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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1915)
combining unusual facilities for busi ness and ideal surroundings for per fect home life. Health, wealth and happiness are supreme in Omaha. These points of interest are given as suggestions that you may spend your time in Omaha profitably and en joyably. Any further information will be cheerfully given by the Bureau of Publicity, seventeenth floor Woodmen of the World Building; phone Tyler 1234—at your service while in Omaha. EXCURSIONS If you have one, two, three hours or days, you will find interesting points. These excursions will permit you to make the most of your time. One Hour [Required. By Auto— A run to Riverview Park, over the Boulevard to Hanscom Park, to the West Farnam residence district, and then over Sixteenth to any hotel or depot. A run to Miller park, over the boule vard, through the wholesale and man ufacturing and retail sections and re turn. To the American Smelting & Refin ing Company or to the Union Pacific Shops, or both. By Street Car— Take Farnian street car, get off at 40th street and walk south through the Farnam district, across to Leaven worth street car lines, returning to hotels and depots. Take Farnam car, transfer to Han scom Park car south, ride to the Park, then walk west on Woolworth Ave nue through resident district and re turn by Hanscom Park car. Take Riverview Park car, ride tQ entrance of Park. Two Hours Required. By Auto. By auto run to Riverview Park, then to south Omaha Live Stock Mar ket, then return over boulevards through West Farnam resirence dis trict and over Farnam street to ho tels and depots. Run to Miller Park through busi ness districts, then to Florence, visit ing route or varied routes, following suggestions of the driver. Run out Dodge street and return. By Street Car. Take Farnam car, transfer to Dun dee car. returning to Hanscom Park car and ride to Hanscom Park, or continue to Riverview Park. Take Dodge or Farnam car, visit Union Pacific Shops and Smelter. Three Hours Required. BY AUTO— A run to any of the historical points of interest, which will include many I of the commercial and municipal points of interest. A trip over ^he lyoulevards and through the parks, going to Uiver view park and then going north to Miller park,.west to Elmwood or Fon tenelle, or both, then to hotel or de pot. A trip to South Omaha, giving am ple time to visit the packing plants and the stock yards. BY STREET CAR— * I A trip to South Omaha live stock market. Take South Omaha car or Twenty-fourth street car south, which will land you at the Exchange build- j ing. A visit to the Omaha water works plant, Florence. Take Florence car on Sixteenth street, get off at the ter minus in Florence. A visit to Fontenelle, Elmwood or Riverview parks. Three of the pret tiest parks in the world. Take Dodge car for Fontenelle park; Leavenworth for Elmwood; Riverview park car for Riverview park. A visit to Lake Manawa. Take car on Twelfth or Fourteenth street mark ed Lake Manawa. A delightful ride across the river into Iowa. A visit to Krug park. Take Benson car on Thirteenth street going north. James Marshall of Colorado Springs who was called to the city by the death of his aunt, Mrs. Archie J. Jones, left for home today. REMEMBER—That the firms who advertise in this paper expect and ap preciate YOUR PATRONAGE. Ad vertising is a BUSINESS, not a char itable proposition. If you wish to boost The, Monitor—if you wish to help make it the best Race Paper in the country—patronize these firms and tell them that you saw their ad vertisement in The Monitor. Patronize Our Advertisers L.O. GREGORY ICE CO. j IS AT YOUR SERVICE Phone Webster 6421 _ i Boulevard Scene in Omaha. Fall Goods Ready Coming in every day to every section of the store - • I THOMPSON, BELDEN & CO. Howard and Sixteenth Sts.