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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1924)
Rental Report on Vacancies in Office Buildings Taxes Discussed at Conference Attended by Alfred C. Kennedy of Omaha. Rental conditions as pertaining to both office buildings and apartment houses are about, the same in Min neapolis, St. Paul, Duluth and In dianapolis, according to the report made to the Building Owners’ and Managers’ Association of Omaha by Its president, Alfred C. Kennedy, of Peters Trust company, who attended the northern conference of building owners and managers in St. Paul last week, representing the local associa tion. Duluth reported 6 per cent vacant In office space. St. Paul reported 4 per cent vacant in office space. Minneapolis reported 6.33 per cent vacant in office space. Indianapolis reported 5 per cent va cant in office space, with a larger percentage of store rooms. Detroit is carrying a much larger vacancy than apartments, due to their extensive these other cities, both in offices and building program. Chicago reported average of 8 per cent vacant, most of which is in the new buildings. Texas, which, of course, are one of the largest items of expense, were discussed, it being the policy of the various building owners’ and man agers' associations throughout the c ountry to see that the levying bodies cut their expenditures to as small an amount as consistent with good gov ernment, and also to see that all prop erty is assessed equitably. In De troit, for Instance, three members of the association are sitting in wdth the assessor placing the values on the wrhole downtown district. BOY BURIED IN LEAVES RUN OVER Parksburg, W. Va., Nov. 22.—Paul Hupp, 8, was playing hide-and-seek with several companions, and one of them covered him with dead leaves in the middle of the street, making tha boy invisible. An automobile ran over the pile of leaves and Paul suffered a smashed collarbone and shoulderbone, a badly bruised side and internal Injuries. ARMAND BUILDING SOLD FOR $32,500 Ernest Sweet Inst week sold his Armand apartment building at 663 u-7 South Twenty-eighth street for *32, 500 to a Los Angeles Investor, Mrs. May Johnson. The deal was for cash. The Armand is a three-story build ing, containing nine separate apart ments. The ground area is 78x160 feet. PEOPLE 511 --. New York Physician Perfects Harmless Method of Re ducing Weight. The loss of as much as a pound of excess fat a day with no harmful re sults is the record made by many patients of Dr. R. Newman, a li censed practicing physician of 28C Fifth avenue. New York, who an nounces that he has perfected a treat ment which has qyickly rid fat peo ple of excess weight. What is more remarkable is the Doctor's statement that he has successfully treated thou sands of patients for fat reduction without change of diet or unnecessary exercise. It Is also said that fat peo ple who suffer from chronic rheuma tism, gout, asthma and high blood pressure obtain great relief from the reduction of their superflous flesh. Realizing that this sounds almost too good to be true, the Doctor has of fered to send without charge to any one who will write him, a free trial treatment to prove his claims, as well as his “Pay-when-reduced” plan. If you want to rid yourself of super fluous fat. write him today, address Ing Dr. R. Newman, 285 Fifth ave nue, New York City, Dept. It 26. Try Skin Absorption Instead of Cosmetics Th# constant use of certain rouges, powder* and cream* invite* n coarsened, roughened condition of iho skin, eruption*, enlarged pore* and wrinkle*. Jf you've learned thi* from experience, suppose yo i quit cosmetic* and try the following: Ask your druggist for an ounce of or dinary mercolized wax and begin using this tonight. Apply like cold cream, wash ing it off in the morning. The wax will literally ahsorb the coarse, colorle** or blemished top skin, but so gradually a* not to discommode you at all. .lust ns gradually the clear, velvety, naturally tinted underskin remes to the surface. And mercolized wax becomea your ever lasting friend. Kidneys cause backache! No! Your backache la caused by lumbago, rheumatism or a strain and the quickest relief is soothing, penetrating tit. Jacob's Oil. Hub it right on your pain ful I tuck, and Instant ly the soreness, stiff ness and lameness disappears. D o ti ’ t stay crippled! (let « 3o cent bottle of SI. Jacobs Oil from your druggist. A moment aftpr It Is applied you'll wonder what became of the back ache or lumbago j pain. la use for Ra years for lumbago, backache, sciatica, neuralgia, rheu matism or sprain.*. Absolutely harm leu. Doesn't bum the skin t Scouts to Open Christmas Toy Shop —r■—^, m.ag' '' ? MT”* Omaha Boy Scouts will open their Chrisfmns top shop at 2008 Farnant street Saturday morning, laist year over 1,500 toys were repaired In the shop and presented to worthy chil dren in Omaha. The noonday serv ice clubs supplied autos and deliv ered the toys. The toy shop will be open from 8 to 9:30 every morning and all day Saturdays. Omahans who want to I ilo a good turn ran bring repairable toys to the toy shop. An arrangement has been worked out with the Campfire Girls, where by doll furniture and dolls will be turned over to them for repair and distribution. Work benches have been supplied by the board of education. Boy Scouts will work in relays from 4 to ti each evening and Saturdays. “J. Ek” Is Shortest Name in Omaha; Brevity Has Good, Evil, Owner Says f Retail Grocers’ Association Secretary Given All Illegible Mail by Oshkosh Postmaster. Introducing the only mart in Omaha with family name of two letters. lie is John Ek, secretary of the Omaha Retail Grocers’ association. The owner of this brief name stated that brevity in his case brings its penalties as well as advantages. Re cently at Lincoln he gave a woman a check in payment of a debt. When he was more than a block away he observed the woman in frantic pur suit. She wanted to know if ho had forgotten to complete his last name. When he is in a hurry he signs his name ‘‘J. Ek," but ordinarily he writes it "John Ek.” In Oshkosh, Wis., his former home, when the postmaster had a letter ad dressed to anyone whose name was in two letters, and he was unable to read the name, he sent the mail to the Ek home and invariably he did the proper thing. Ek believes his name originated 'when one of his great grandfathers joined the royal guard in Sweden and gave an abbreviated name which is said to have the custom. The secretary of the retail groceAs believes that brevity is the soul of wit. He sees no good reason In hav ing long names or several baptismal names. He can sign his complete name In three letters and he done with it. Apartment Building Sags, so Owner Raises It, Puts New Story Underneath Strange things happened to the five flat building at 3202-3210 Harney street some time ago. Doorways as sumed bent shapes, window panes cracked, floors sagged. Herbert and Elizabeth Dunn, the Owners, and J. D. Hiatt company, agents, were notified. Engineers were called in ai|d It was found that while the middle wail was solid, the east end of the structure had settled about! 12 lnrhes and the west end about eight Inches. It was thought at first that the whole building would have to be wrecked, as it was built on filled in ground, consisting of tin cans, old brick and asphalt, bedsprings and the like, J. L. Hiatt, however, worked out a plan with engineers whereby the, building was raised 10 13 feet, deep holes were dug down through the fill and eight feet into the solid ground. l'nder the original flats. Vis now raised, wil ho built a basement con taining Janitor's quarters, laundry room and heating plant. Ov-r this will be f*ve new apartments and above these will be the original a partments. Thus, at an expenditure of about $40,000 a property worth tluo.OOO lias hen made, with an annual income of *10,000. RASPS TO BUILD 13 MORE HOUSES Rasp Rrothers, last week took out permit* for the construction of 13 new houses to be built in various pari* of the city. All will be of the bungalow type, amt will he finished next spring. The total value of these properties, when finished, will he about $'0,00<l, according to members of the firm. Ten of the houses will lie priced at from $5,500 to $5,Tut. and three of them at $4,150. Rasp Rrothers this year have com|Wlted 28 other houses of bunga low types. LINCOLN AGENT LEASES BUILDING The new ngent for Lincoln nutomo hile.q In Omaha, J. V. Thorndike, of Sioux City, haw taken a three year lea^e on the building at 3124-26 liar ney street. Mr. Thorndike, who will move here from Sioux Pity aw soon aw tin* re modeling of the building iw completed, haw been operating an exclusive Lin coln agency In Sioux City* The re modeling will begin January 1. ac cording to JL P. Payne, who, with L M. Slater, owjm the building. The remodeling will Include the Inwtalla tion of a, tile or terraxsa floor, and will eowt approximately $6,000, ac cording to Mr. Payne. The lea we H for $400 per month, and waw negotiated by Payne & Honw company. Business Man’s I.otlrr Has Small Vocabulary Chlcngn. Nov. 22.—Average Ameri can business m»n have a working vn cabulnry of only 500 words In their everyday business letters, according to Frank K. Hand, supreme vice , hlcf ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters, In an address bore. “The chief part of the nation's business, so far as Us correspondenoe Is concerned,'' said Mr. Hand, who based his statement on research^ conducted by the Russell Huge I'oun il/tlon, ''is pursued by means of a vocabulary smaller than that possess eil by a grammar school gradual*. A few words tire made to do most (if the work. The It) commonest words In English are: the, and, of. to, I, a, that, we, you, for. With their repe tition they constitute more than one fourth of all the words ordinary men write." A SPECIAL SALE Factory Rebuilt Typewriters—All Makes Lnte Model* New Machines Depreciate 25% to 75% the First Time You Use Them Buy These Late Model Guaranteed Machines and SAVE THIS DIFFERENCE Term* If De*ired Shipped Anywhere All Makes Typewriter Co., Inc. 205 S. 18th St. Phone AT. 2413-2414 AIM r. It IN III M' PHD XTQ Lift Right off V->V_/XV1N O No Pain at All thiean't hurt oha hit! limp n little "Krtetona” cut uti ai hlnir nu n, In atantly that iurn atop* hurlin', thru Hhortly you lift It tight off with fin gala, * • Your tlhikkIM nell* n tiny bottle of "Kreeroni*” for n few rent*, *uff|rl • nt to remove every bar*! rnrn, *o'ft rorn, or corn between the toe*, Mini the foot m|Iu*v*, without lurmw or irritation. 43 Real Estate Sales in Week Total $280,450 Property Moves at Good Prices in All Parts of the City. Forty-three real estate transfers of $4,000 or more each were filed last week in the office of the register of deeds. The fatal of these transac tions was 1280.450. Following 1m the list of these prop erties and the districts in which they are located: Dundee. Marguerite Harris to E P. McCreary, j Hamilton, between Fifty-first and Fifty second streets. $7,850 K. H. McCreary to F. P. Stark. Hamil ton. between Fifty first and Fifty-second ! streets. $7,850. Platte Valley Land and Tnvestmen* company to ( >. N. Van Oatrand, 6006 Western avenue, $6,500. Nancy M. Morris to Schlanger, 4716 Cuming street, $5,500. South Omaha. John Rybln to Mary Picha, 5248 South Twenty first street. $8 0(>n. Velma Era nek to J. F. Murphy, 2014 J street, $5,560. Leila R. Tlbbits to J. W. Crocker. Fortv third, between E and F atreets, Nettie Sneed to Charles A. Crocker. 1816 Missouri avenue. $5,000. Northwest. Mary Pi* ha to John Rvhln, Forty-third and Laurel avenue. $5,000. \V It Zink to E. F. Bean, 3437 Taylor street. $4,750 T W Metcalfe to J H. Negelt, 4725 Lari more avenue, $4,650. T \V. Metcalfe to P PJ. Klngdon, 4601 La rim ore avenue, $4,650. William V. Nieman to Clara H Win chip. northeast corner Fifty-first end Miami street*. $6,075. Sylvia R. Woods to D P* Crocker. 4723 North Thirty-sixth avenue. $5,500. Amelia J. Swanson to Wesley Bennett, southwest corner Thirty-eighth and Park er street**. $1,500. C. J. Funk to Eva M. Wadum, 4816 Manle street, $4,150. George Sprague to Olive Christensen, northwest corner Forty-fifth and Frnnlt lln streets. $5,750. .T E McDonald to Eastern Mortgage and Loan company. Fontenelle boulevard, between Bedford and Wirt streets, $6,250 Southeast. Pietro Casentlro to Jesse L. Schroed er. 1212 South -Sixth street and other property, $6,000. The Christ Child society to Antonio Plrrucello, 1259 Park Wild avenue, $4,000. Central. Grover Realty company to Hrovle F Rhipler 630-32 South Seventeenth ave nue. $5,700. Wesley Bonnett to Amelia J. Swanson. 2835 Davenport street. $1 750 Ernest Sweet to Mae S Johnson. 563 - 565-567 South Twenty-eighth street. $32,500. HaHscom Park. Alva Nelson to Lewis E. Scott, 830 South Twenty-eighth street. $5,500. Alva Nelson to Lewis* K Scott, 834 .Sooth Twenty-eighth street. $5,000 Krnlly Jensen to Standard Development romnany, 2129 South Thirty-fourth street, $4 50ft. South. .T. T, .Tones to Anton Halzapple, 2938 Vinton street. $ 1,800. Anna M Skhlsd t << .lane Tarmele. 1539 South Twenty-se nth '*,reet, $5,750. North Side. T. W McManus to N B Snvder. f,022 rest. $6,150 C A. Anderson to board of trustees of Church nf Christ 2 1 22-24 North Twenty sixth street. $4.ftnn Rubv A Parshall to TV R. Oruenlr 6311 North Thirty - second avenue. $5,950 J F O’Rourke to Marjorie Chase, 3720 North Twentv-first street, $6.0on Bv-’*>n Reed company to Marv J Carey. 47 t North Twenty-ninth street, 94 750 J. 1! McDonald to J H Stoner. 6120 North Thirtieth street. $20,000. Henson. H. H Harper i*» W. F Kuchnsr. 6740 Lake *Jtrof-* $4 Ons. Elva B Needham to H F Miller. 2612 North Sixf • “••cond street. $6,000. West Leavenworth. T. TT. M&enner to H. H. Arsnt. 6620 Pacific street, $5 740. Joe Shaver to Kern S Heggelund. 4693 Pierce Btreet, $7,000. Minn# T.nsn. Tda Tufveson to v W. Nordell. 2919 Nevvnort a Venue, $6,360 Echo Whlgam to W. E Pare. Newport, between Minne 7.u*a and Twenty-elgh» h J avenue, $6,900. Cath edral. William Hevden to Laurs 8 Kletberg j cr, 4616 Wakelev street $' 000. Field 4 luh. If w eld* to Clyde O'Neill. 8]9 Snu h Thlrtv fifth avenue. $7,150 IT I Gmve to E K Holst. 1931 South Thirty-sixth street. $6,060. NEW MOVIE HOUSE WILL COST $30,000 A new motion picture theater. scat inir 500 nn*l costing $30,000, will he built at Thirtieth street and Ames! a. venue. Tt will be 40 by 112 feet.’ Contract was signed for tt between Ji. .T. P* anne11. trustee for the Paxton estate, and Walter and William Cyeal. present owners of the Suburban theater. Stores In the building will be occti pied by a leading chain otore, a large grocery and a representative of a Chi cago house handling women’s an 1 men’s clothing. This is looked on as the beginning of a business development at this cor ner. Plans for the theater are being (h iwn by fJeot’ge L. Fisher. Penn-Delphia Boot Shop Looks More Like Living Room Than Store i i — —■ ■ - 1 ■" 'i'll" 1 One of the most attractive shops in the New Aquila Court building is the Penn-Delphia Pout shop. This shop has not the stereotyped appear ance of a shoe shop. Instead of two rows of seats, the effect is that of a living room. Roomy upholstered chairs are placed about the room in no particular order, giving a homey - _ — Photo by Lie well. effect. The walls are not tiers upon tiers of shoo boxes. All stock Is out of sight in hidden shelving in another room of tlie store. The store has a pleasing outlook on the court in the center of the building. The Penn-Delphia Hoot Shop is under the management of Mr. Morris Herger. Top Land Price in Week’s Sales Is $250 an Acre 80-Acre Farm Near Albion, Neb., Vi ith Ordinary Im provements Brings Good Figure. Farm prices recorded in Nebraska sales last week ranged from $110 to $250 per acre. ‘The $250 price was paid for an 80-acre farm with ordinary improve ments two miles north of Albion. Nei>. Two farms, one of 80 acres and another of 160 a res, near <'reston. Neb., not adjoining each other, soM for $185 an acre each, both to farmers. In the northern part of Cedar coun ty two farms, one of ] 50-acres and another of 198 acres, sold for $150 per acre. Near Harvard, NeK, $110 an acre I was paid for a quarter section and i 105 acres near P.rock was sold for I $1G0 per a* re. Four miles from Fil | ley a 160 acre farm was sold £or $26,400 cash. 9 SAILORS KILLED IN MINE BLAST Bolnugne, Nov. 22.—Nine sailors I were killed today by the explosion of | a mine which the fishing smack j Yvonne found floating on the high j seas off the French coast. The fishing boat picked up tie J mine and was bringing it to port KIDNEYS BOTHER Take a Tablospoonful of Salts if Back Pains or Bladder is Irritated Flush your kidneys by drinking n quart of water each day, nl«»^ take I salts occasionally, Hays a noted au thority, who tells us that too much rich food forma acids which also I I*aralyze the kidneys in their efforts to expul it from the blood. They be come sluggish nnt| weaken; then you may suffer with a dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the j back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue Is coated, and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine gets cloud}, full of sediment, the j chnnnelH often get sore and irritated. I obliging you to seek relief two or j three time* during the night. To help neutralize these Irritating acids; to help cleanse the kidneys and flush off the body’s urinous waste, get four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy here. Take a tablespoon ful In a glass of water before break fast for a few days, and your kid nevs may then art fine. This fam ous salts is made from the acid of ffr&pes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for venrs to help flush nnd stimulate sluggish kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in the system so they no longer irritate, thus often relieving bladder Irritate, thus often relieving bladder weakness Jad Salts is inexpensive; can not injure and makes n delighful offerees cent lithia water drink Fy nil means have your physician examine your kidneys at least twice a year. \l>\ MUISKMh N r. Mr*. Mary \\ on* Have You a Daughter ? Omaha. Nolo "Ih*. Pierce's Favor Its Prescript inn is the best remedy 1 have ever known for the ailments of I women. It benefit*1 me so much that when my daughter was on the verge of womanhood and was In frail, deli [cate health, I gave it to her without any hesitancy, and it removed nil dls comfort and regulated her system. It also put itn end to fainting spells, which had been the cause of a great deal of worriment to us, and from n frail young girl she has grown into a healthy looking young woman i believe that 1 >» Pierce's Favorite Pro scripthm saved her life anti I often recommend this good medicine to the mothers of other young girls who are I In need nf just such medicine Mrs MaV\ Won*. sJr. Seward St Send lOe to h|*. Pierces, buffalo, N V., for trial pkg Prescription taldeis CRESTWOOD SCENE OF MUCH BUILDING Sixteen homes are being built in Crest wood, the Metcalfe company’s new addition just east of Kim wood park, bounded by Fifty-sixth, Six tieth. Pacific streets and Wool worth avenue. Grading of streets, placing of w;-ter and gas mains and laying of sidewalks have been completed. Two homes have been completed and are occupied. During last week eight more were contracted for. The addition is protected by building re strictions. Draw Health From Your | Light Socket! 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In a gentle, ra*y way. you can treat your*elf with Tonad, the positively-proven, effective, non-surgical treetmrnt for diarnsed adr nnidt, tonsil*, and raw. inflamed m*m hranea in the note and throat Tonad t* a scientific combination of medicinal com pounds, perfected by an eminent Special 's t. wht» ha* treated hundred* of severe case* during the past few y«ars, demon strating, beyond a doubt it* wonderfully effective healing qualities. Tonad ha* the most praiseworthy endorsement*, and i* truly a remarkable medicinal, non-survival discovery, A fointcr sufferer write* from Abilene, Texas: "1 take pleasure in writing you *hat vmir adenoid treatment ha* entirely cured me. Thankfully yours. (Signed! I.loyd i Gray If you, or any member of your familv. are ■suffering, don't pas* thi* announce ment by If you treat youcaelf with Tonad. 1.01 wil ptohi \ hr e!»d to write, a- Mi Grav ha- A i■•*•.» card or letter. addre**ed to The Tonad Company, *10*211 Hrad bury Hldg . f#o* Angeles, Calif, will bring to you. post haMr interesting Itttle folder. I K* idener." and full particular* maiding | the Tonad lieajment • 1 Improvements in New (ieorjre Tract Are Completed Several Homes Already I n der Construction in Fourth Happy Hollow I nit. Sewer systems, water and gas mains, sidewalks, guttering, curbing and ornamental lighting system have! all been completed in Happy Hollow addition, which is being put on th> market by George & Co. Many ar' now driving through it and viewing the many fine lots for sale. The first and second units of the addition, between Dodge street and Underwood avenue, are almost en tirely built up. The third unit, open ed two years ago, west of Happy Hollow boulevard and north of Under wood avenue, is practically sold out and 20 houses have been erected. The fourth unit is now on the market and several houses are already being built. A Spanish house which has just been completed by Maenner was built in the addition because of the many good locations and beautiful homes already there. The model house is also being constructed on a lot in this location. Five lots were sold last week and about half of ali the lots in this unit are now in the hands of persons who expect to build soon. Modest building restrictions protect home owners against erection of any undesirable buildings. Hee Went Ads are tne best busi ness boosters. INSPECTION NIGHT POPULAR AT STORE Those who like to ndmlre leisure the latest In fine furniture are tlridin their opportunity at "insiieoth nights” held every Thursday at th Wilbur Brandt furniture store. "A great deal of interest has bei created in our ‘Inspection nights' at., all have been well attended.” ^ Mr. Brandt. “No furniture is and visitors are permitted to wind leisurely through the store BIG GAIN SHOWN IN BANK CLEARINGS Hank Hearing* for tlr* week in Omaha totaled $43,041,316, as rom pared to $39,606,868, (hr total for hist week, and $37,988,171, tin* total for U»p same week a year ago. CHIROPRACTIC Is potent and ef ficient in colds, grippe and fe vers, as well as chronic diseases. For Chiropractic adjustments see member of Omaha Atlas 1 Club. Page Ad in Telephone Directory. EXPOSED! last winter's great coal robbery You were robbed by radiation — not at the radia tors but at the points marked(X) on the picture. Those pipes were not covered with Johns - Manville Improved As : bestocel — the household pipe covering which ^ „ . . , (a) Cross mark3 the spot where the by test saves heat escaped, more heat per dollar of cost than any other on the market. Let us assist you to stop this thievery next win ter! Ask us to estimate on covering your heater’s bare pipes with Johns-Manville Im proved Asbestocel. A card or phone call will bring our representative without obligation to you. In fact you’ll thank us! BENNETT-ALLISON CO. Distributors JOHNS-MANVILLE INSULATIONS AND PACKINGS AND MINNEAPOLIS HEAT REGULATORS Phone AT lantic 9551 1111 Harney Street | Announcement We Are Again Able To I Furnish You With | BERNICE COAL 3 Semi-Anthracite | j Direct From the Bernice Mine | If this is the kind of coal you want, we will be pleased to serve you Call WA lnut 0300 47f’s Our Business To J Serve You” UPDIKE ; Lumber & Coal Co. I See Samples of This Coal in Hayden s Grocery Dept.