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TUG BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER C. 1021.
Father Awarded
Custody of Girl
In Court Battle
Daughter Says She Pre fcra to
Return to Home of Grand
parent, Accused of
Abusing Her.
Vivitn Kirby, 15, told Judge
Scan in oourt yesterday that (he
wand to so back to Ravenna, Neb.,
lier Grandfather' home, to live.
Rut the judue, alter hearing the
evidence, awarded her to her father,
J'.ert Kirby, who wa divorced from
the girl's mother tlirc vzutt tgo,
In a petition filed in district court he
alleged her Rrandparenti forced her
to perform household duties beyond
her Mrencth.
Under the termj of the divorce
decree the girl wa given to John
Ilacon, her maternal grandfather.
Deniei Mistreatment.
In court todiy Mr, Bacon denird
she ever ba bcrn ill treated. He
o'enied the hai been kept out of
school to do the washing.
Vivian testified her grandparents
refused to let her visit girl friends,
or to have them come to the house.
"You think a big, husky girl like
you. with red hair, ought to have the
privilege of seeing her friends at her
own home once in a while?" Judge
Sears asked.
Vivian nodded.
Judge Agrees.
"Well. I agree with you," the
court decided.
"Years ago, when I was a young
man, I had red hair too, so we have
a common ground."
Letters were read in court, writ
ten by former roomers at the Bacon
home to Bert Kirby. the girl's fath
er, telling of alleged abuse of the
girl by her grandparents.
Vivian testified that she tas to
get up at 5 a. m. and stays up until
10 or 10:30.
Her grandmother sometimes
swears at her, she said.
Ex-Service Men of State to
Offer Silent Prayer Nov. 11
Lincoln. Ncb Nov. 5. Ex-service
men of Nebraska, particularly those
who are members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, are urged to uncover,
turn to the east and offer a two
minute silent prayer from 11 a. m.
until 11:02 a. m., Armistice day,
Friday, November 11. as a tribute
to the burial of America's unknown
soldier, in a proclamation issued
here today by Richard L. Abbott,
department commander, of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars.
Veterans' posts throughout the
state also are requested to actively
participate and co-operate with other
patriotic organizations in Armistice
Day programs; to conduct a cam
paign for universal, display of the
American flag; to salute the stand
ard at every contact, and teach re
spect for the flag by diligent observ
ance on the part of post members.
Woman Accused of Picking
Man's Pocket Is Arrested
Police think Reta Turk, 2110 Web
ster street, did a sleight of hand trick
at the Central station Friday when
she was brought in for picking the
pocket of G. Snyder, Council Bluffs,
at Sixteenth and California streets,
of $13. . '
Passing her hand quickly over the
front of Snyder's shirt pocket, she
exclaimed, "Maybe the money is in
there." The policemen looked again
and fuond the $13. But they held
Reta.
Former Omaha Officer
Slays Self in China
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Attachment Filed Against
Air Meet Plane; Hill Paid
One of the p!anei brought to the
International Aero congress wai met
here with a lawsuit. An attachment
was hied Friday in districtc court
against an Ansaldo motored plane
brought here by the Curtiss Iowa
Aircraft corporation, Fort Dodge,
la., from the Ralph C Diggins com
pany, Chicago. The tatter company
held a promissory note for $1,735,
the balance of the purchase price.
An hour after the attachment had
been served by a deputy therifT W
D. Swaney appeared in court and
paid the amount of the note to Harry
Fischer, attorney for the Diggins
company.
Clearing House Show
$3,112,170 Decrease in Week
New York, Nov. S.-Tho j al
condition of clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week
ihowi that they hold $12,961,950 re
serve, in excess of legal require
ments. This is a decrease of $J,
412.170 from last week.
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A Crcal Library
of Victor Records
Avails All Who Shop
at O. & W.'s
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'A Splendid Selection
of Christmas
Records Is Now
Available.
Victrola VIII, $50
Victrola No. 90, $125
Victrola IV, $25
Victrola No. 80, $100
Capt. 'Gerald Marsh.
Capt. Gerald L. Marsh, 27, for
merly stationed at Fort Crook, is
dead in Tien Tsin, China, where he
was stationed with his regiment, the
Fifteenth infantry, United States
army, x tits word was rcacivea rn
dny through the government by
his mother-in-law,-Mrs. C. S. Weir.
2627 Cass street. Captain Marsh
married her daughter, Edna, in 1918
According to the report receive'.!,
he took his own life, October 25,
though no cause can be assigned for
the act. He was a native of Hum
boldt, la., where his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Marsh, live. He is
survived also by a son, Gerald, jr., 2.
Missionary Shows
Bread of Bark f
For Christmas
A Victrola
The "OTHER SELF" of hundreds of the world's most gifted
musicians and entertainers all of them at your command, as
soon as you have a Victrola by your fireside.
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Ready, Monday! With the greatest show
ing of Stoves, Heaters and Ranges at new,
low prices and on Easy Terms.
Oak Heaters Big, mas
sive, heavy Heaters with
largo 17-in. firepot, heavy
grates and extra nickel
trimmings that are reg
uarly $42.50. Challenge
price , $22.50
Oak Heaters Very mas
sive Stoves with big 19
in. f irepots, heavy grates,
inside ash pan, extra
nickel trimmings, etc..
regularly $49.50 Chal-
lenge
Salo . . . .
$24.50
Speaker at Convention Tells
Of Suffering and
Famine.
Samples of bread made of a flour
ground from the bark of trees and
eaten by the starving Chinese was
exhibited by Miss Thone Sandland, a
returned missionary from China,
who addressed the Omaha circuit
convention of the Norwegian Luth
eran church of America in Our
Saviours Lutheran church, Thirtieth
and Izard streets.
Miss Sandland supplied food to
500 women in the famine district.
These women had been abandoned
by their husbands because they
could not get food. Many men sold
their wives and children, she said,
and if they couldn't sell them, aban
doned them. '
At the final session of the conven
tion, Thursday evening. Rev. O. C.
Hcllckson of. Newman Grove, Neb
was re-elected president; Rev. P. J.
Reinertson of Kcnnard, Neb., secre
tary, and Rev. A. C. Hendrickson of
Hemmingford, Neb., treasurer. The
sacred cantata, ''Ruth," was pre
sented by the choir.
$100
Per Week Until
December 25th
Puts Any Victrola in
Your Home for Xmas
Massive Heating Stoves, 07 rn
Regularly $67.50, for. . ..$j.I)U
A Colonial design somewhat similar to cut
with 20-inch firepot and full nickel base;
burns any fuel and will heat three to four
rooms comfortably.
Cattiron Cook Stove A heavy model with
large 18-in. oven that was dlQ 7C
$37.50 in the Challenge Sale at V 1 O
Laundry Stove. A two-hole model that will
heat one room, worth $8.50 for $4.95 a four
hole model worth $18.50, 6lO QC
in this sale at vli5I0
Heater, a. Low a. $6-50
"Maje.tic" Electric Heaters
Sale Howard Heaters
The Stove with the famous "overdraft" construc
tion that cuts down your fuel bills a THIRD by
consuming the coal gases usually lost up a flue in
smoke; burns any fuel and holds
fire for hours; a $59.60 value at. .
$39.50
Combination Range (ctist
iron throughout and will
Inst you for years)
Bums either coal or gas,
excellent baking oven, a
$79.50 Range in this
sahif.T.. $42.95
Cast Iron Rang with high
warming closet, excellent
oven, nickel towel rack
and nickel trimming; a
$97.50
Range at.'
$69.50
Cast Iron Range with
large pouch feed firebox,
16-in. oven, duplex grate
and white enameled doors
a $69.50 Kange in tne
Challenge
Sale at
$39.50
Howard Heater. The
round style, with ' large
firepot; burns any fuel;
Rr7 501 $17.50
value, only.'''
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After That We Arrange Easy and
Convenient Terms , for Payment
Vietrolas From $25 to $550.00
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Around Butter-Ilut Coffee is "woven a fair-Iike tale of romance.
Grown in some far-away tropical country, carefully cultivated by
dusky natives, it is picked at tne rigkt time dried and Hulled. Still
green, it is carried from tke inland to the boats by donkeys, in some
countries, and ox-carts in others. From there it is shipped across the
seas to the north and arrives in our great terminals of New Orleans or
New York. Fast freightjbrings the Coffee- to Omaha, where we in
turn roast, grind and pack it, and it soon reaches -your table, a pot
or aeuaous real coffee with all its natural flavor and fragrance;
ouneivuut, ihe Coffee Lfelicious.
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Omaha
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Library
Dines
For Small
Apartments
is roasted, Wended anl packed
in Omaha, an Omaha product
well-known through tho entire
central west.
The Brandcis Store has turned over
entire eighth floor to a free exposition
Omaha-Made Goods
for the week beginning November 7. Open
Have a np of Bntter-Xut Coffee at our demonstration v
PAXTON & GALLAGHER CO
Several patterns in these splendid
Tables, which take the place of a
Dining Table, go in the JL
Challenge Sale at about 2 OFF
Library-Dine Table, an attractive
model in mahogany finish, regularly
$49.50, in the Chal- 6QO Cf
lenge Sale at 4iJS .OU
Gate Leg Tables Our entire stock in
the Challenge Sale 1
at 3 OFF
Reduced Prices On
Fiber Rugs, Monday; Half Price
"Bozart" Fiber
Ruffs 8-3x10-6
beautiful effects,
all reversible, at
$10.75
Tapestry Rug
0x12 seamless rugs
in beautiful pat-
terns are only
$19.50 I
Willow Grata Rug
6x9 sizes in neat
color designs, in
Challenge Sale
$7.45
Seamiest Ve I 7 e t
Rugt in 8-3x10-6
size, suitable for
any room, only
$32.50
"Bozart" Fiber
Rugt 9x12 sizes
in colors with ar
tistic borders
$12.75
Velvet Rugt 9x12
size, fringed and
seamless, for liv
ing rooms, only
$53.50
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$3.50 Carpet Sweeper, $1.49
Monday Only A large, well-built, heavy all-steel Sweeper
with excellent brushes that get the lint and dirt; worth $3.50.
Challenge price $1.49
Dependable Brooms 31
Alum. Tea Kettles. . .$1.09
2-piece Alum. Koaster3. .89
Alum. Rice Boilers 89
3-piece Sauce Pans Set. 89
Preserving Kettles 89
Three-Piece Overstuffed Suite Large Davenport, Chair and Eocker
covered with high grade velour with loose cushions and restful
arms, a $375.00 Suite, in the Challenge Sale
at
$195.00
TaDettrv Chain and Rockers, a
special group, values up to
$79.50, in Chal- dOQ Crt
lenge Sale at. . . HOV,DJ
Queen Annfi Dining Suite of solid quartered oak, comprising 54-inch
Buffet with Tiiirror, a large SQUARE Dining Table and six Chairs
covered with blue leather, QlEQ
$300 value at P 1 Oi7.U V
Three-Piece Bedroom Suite in a beautiful ivory finish, comprising a
Bed, large Dresser with French plate mirror and fl - CA
roomy Chiffonier, a $175.00 high quality Suite. ... V 1 it JV
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Stately Buffet, built of rich
Jacobean oak, Queen Anne
period, has large top, $79.50
avtal.u;: $47.50
Colonial Library Table in ma
hogacy finish, a Cfi
$37.50 v.L. only
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