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We Have a Complete Line of
FLOWER,GRASS
AND GARDEN OCUUS
Bulba, Hardy Perennials, Poultry
Supplies
Fresh cut flowers always on hand
Stewart’s Seed Store
119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office
Phone Douglas 977
Call Webster 1358 After 6 P. M. •
| C. W. ANDERSON :
Upholstering of Chairs ;
•j. 3325 Emmet Street. Omaha
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Petersen & Michelsen
Hardware Co.
GOOD HARDWARE
2408 N St. Tel. South iui
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Liberty Drug Co. J
EVERYBODY’S DRUG STORE <
We Deliver Anywhere. •!
Webster 386. Omaha, Neh. 5
Established 1890
C. I. CARLSON
Dealer in
Shoes and Gents’ Fumiahings
1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb.
' PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE
N. A. Patton, Proprietor
1014-1016-1018 South 11th St.
Telephone Douglas 4445
62 MODERN AND NEATLY
FURNISHED ROOMS
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MELCMOR--Druggist
The Old Reliable
TeL South 807 4826 So. 24th St.
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Hill-Williams Drug Co.
PURE DRUGS AND TOILET
ARTICT.ES
Free Delivery
Tyler 160 2402 Cuiaing St.
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. Start Saving Now
“ On* Dollar will »p*D an aocoant In U>«
Savings OeparlmcM
of the
United States Nat'i Bank
l«th and Farnam Utr«eM
F. WILBERC
BAKERY
Acros* from Alhambra Theatre
Tha Beit It None Too Good for
Our Customers.
Telephone Webster 673
IC. H. MARQUARDT j
CASH MARKET
Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt
Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc.
2003 Cuming St. Doug. 3R3 i'
Home Rendered I.ard. We Smoke'
and Cure our own Hams and Bacon.
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J. A. f-dhotm E. W. Sherman
- Standard Laundry
24th, Near Lake Slree*
Phone Webster 130
% Just Call 4
i Douglas 3889 •
X Autos Everywhere
•[• Empire Cleaners and Dyers
g 707 South 16th SC <
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For Accurate and Dependable
Service Sec
WILLIAMSON
DRUGS, TOILET ARTICLES,
PRESCRIPTIONS
2306 North 24th St.
Phone Webster 4443 and we will
send it out.
E vents and
Persons
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Lawrence Parker and his Jazzy Jazz
Band, with Blevins as violinist, Rou
lette. saxophonist; Fitzpatrick, trap
drummer, and Parker, pianist, re
turned to the city Saturday after com
pleting a four months’ engagement
with the Kearney Amusement Com
pany.
j. | A chance for the kiddies to earn a
f prize. Read Monitor Mother Goose
;• offer on page six.
;• Have you joined the N. A. A. C. P.
J yet ? Why not ? »
'f j Willie Jackson, who suffered the
loss of one of the fingers of his left
’ hand by the accidental explosion of
ja shotgun several weeks ago is rap
! | idly improving.
First class rooming house, neatly
j furnished rooms. Mrs. Georgia Tapps,
! 207 South 13th street. Tyler 4782.
Poro hair culturist, scientific scalp
j treatment. Mrs. Georgia Tapps, 207
1 South 13th street. Tyler 4782.
! For special bargains in stocks,
: bonds and real estate see Fred Wil
j liams, Monitor office. Douglas 3224.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Robinson of
j Sioux City, la., had tile misfortune of
j. losing their personal effects by fire
Friday. Neither Mr. or Mrs, Robinson,
who is tlie daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
A. O. Kdwnrds of this city, was in
j jttred.
The I.aKeene straightening process
| is a perfect camouflage. So true an
! imitation of nature’s work. Once
I tried means a life-long patron.
R. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 640 Bee
j Building. Douglas 3811.—Adv.
Are you a member of the N. A. A.
C. P.? If not, why not?
I Miss Lulu Spaulding of 2832 Rinnev
[ street, returned from Kansas City Sat
urday where she recently took the re
mains of her mother for burial.
Rooms for rent, furnished or unfur
I nished. Call Webster 1873.
For big bargains and safe invest
ments see Fred C. Williams, Douglas
| 3224.
Jesse Harrison and Miss Mary Bur
ris of Kansas City, Mo,, were married
Saturday night at St. Philip’s rectory
by the Rev. John Albert Williams.
Don't forget your engagement at
Columbia hall November 24. 1919.
Don’t fail to try the LaKeene Toilet
Articles. Phone Webster 1236.
Two large unfornished rooms for
rent at 2132 North Twenty-eighth St.
Webster 3867.—Adv.
Mrs. A. W. Moore, former Omaha
girl now a resident of Douglas, Wyo.,
spent the last four weeks visiting her
brother, Tony Peeke, 2811 Ohio street.
Photos painted in oil colors by our
method, beautiful and look alive.
Send $1 with photo for sample. De
scribes color fully. We copy and en
large all kinds of pictures. Satisfac
tion guaranteed. Representatives
! wanted. The Photo Color Studio, 2866
! Saratoga street, Omaha, Neb.
Nicely furnished room; steam heat
and hath.- 2518 Caldwell St. Webster
i 1483.
Smoke John Ruskin cigar.
North Side taxi, J. D. Lewis, pro
| prietor. Two limousines with heat.
Stand phone, Web. 1490; residence
I phone, Web. 949.
FOR SALK — Four-room cottage,
partly modern, located at 2212 North
Twenty-seventh street, for $750 cash.
Call Tyler 897. N. W. Ware,
Drs. Singleton & Singleton, dentists,
111 South 14th street. Quality and
efficiency our motto.
Houses for sale In all parts of the
’ I city. Tel. Douglas 2842 or Webster
6619, Guy B. RobblnB.
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WILL I Si: MOVIES TO
COUNTERACT EFFECTS
OF RIOT PI IILKTTY
In an attempt to counteract the un
I favorable nation-wide publicity re
ceived by Omaha as a result of riots
on December 28, the Chamber of Com
merce bureau of publicity announces
will be taken at once to distribute the
recently filmed Omaha picture, "Kust
Meets West," in every large city In
J the country,
• The bureau plans to place the film
Min 5,000 of the leading picture houses
■* of the United States. The cost of this
» distribution Is estimated at $25 000. A
I drive will be started soon to raise this
1 amount.
"The houses in which the film will
be shown will be carefully selected,”
said Harvey Milliken, chairman of the
bureau. “We hope to reach most of
the leading citizens of the entire
country.”
RECITAL POSTPONED.
Owing to the orders of the fuel ad
ministration closing all public gather
ings the Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Philip’s announces that the recital
which was to have been given next
Tuesday night has been Indefinitely
postponed.
ATTENTION.
There will be a chltterling supper
and entertainment given at the homo
of Mrs. Henry Watts, 2121 North
Twenty-seventh street, Saturday even
ing, December 6. All are Invited to
attend.—Adv.
'Kev. Mary E. Palmer, pastor of Grace Gospel Tabernacle, Pasadena.
Calif.
Rev. Mary E. Palmer is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Martha Smith, 1920
North Thirty-fourth street. Mrs. Pal
mer is en route to the east on a lec
ture tour. Since leaving her home in
Pasadena she has been informed by a
telegram of her election as secretary
of Women’s International University
club. This club is composed of eleven
different nationalities. While in the
city she lectured at St. John’s on two
occasions to crowded houses.
APPOINT COLORED
(URLS CASHIERS
Orkin Bros., Omaha's Leading Mer
chants in Exclusive Ladies’ Dear.
Recognize Ability of Employes.
The Misses Ruby Thompson, Otis
Watson and Cunia Watson have ac
cepted positions with Orkin Bros, as
cashiers. Miss Thompson has been
with the store ever since the first day
it opened. Through her Mr. Orkin dis
covered the business-like qualities of
colored girls and asked her to secure
the services of two other colored girls
to act as cashiers. AVhereupon Miss
Thompson selected the Misses Otis
and Cunia Watson to fill the positions.
The Misses Watson are graduates
from the High School of Commerce
and both are officers of the Phi Delta
sorority. They have been with Orkin
Bros, since the first, of November.
MISkOHEE, Okl,A„ HI SI \ESS
MAN AN OMAHA VISITOR
S. h. Drew, special agent of the
Muskogee Electric and Traction com
pany, arrived in Omaha last Wednes
day for a brief business trip. Mr.
Drew, who is one of Murkogee’s most
wide-awake business men, dropped
into The Monitor office in company
with his friend, Attorney N. W. Ware,
of Omaha, renewed his acquaintance
with Fred C. Williams of The Monitor
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stoff, whom he met in Tulsa, Okla„
two years ago, chatted about business
prospects in Oklahoma and left his
subscription for The Monitor, which
he was kind enough to say is "a race
newspaper absolutely in a class by
itself.”
OMAHA ATrOKNEVS
ADMITTED TO l’KACTK'E
Attorneys Ailey VV. Lewis, formerly
of Denver, Colo., and Noah W. Ware,
who appeared before the state board
of examiners at Lincoln Wednesday,
November 26th, have been duly ad
mitted and licensed to practice in both
the state and federal courts. Mr.
Lewis, who is a graduate of the uni
| versity of Colorado and other institu
I tions of learning, was a successful
practitioner in Denver for five years
when, on account of his health, he
had to abandon his practice. He is a
gentleman of the first rank, of broad
culture, excellent character and splen
did ability and is a decided addition
to the legal fraternity of Omaha.
Mr. Ware was admitted to the local
bar some few years ago, but has not
devoted himself to his profession, hav
ing been engaged in other business.
He has now been admitted to prac
tice in the federal courts and it is his
intention to actively engage in the
practice of law.
Omaha offers a good fields for law
yers of character and ability.
You Are Particular
and Properly so When You
Buy for Yourself
i
How much more care you exercise when you buy |
for others. The character of your gift is assured I
when bought at this store, for we have been tak- j
ing this responsibility from our customers for j
years and have always made good. May we sug- I
gest to you the beauty and value of
A Gift of Furs
The Season, The Fashion, added co the natural I
feminine longing for them stamp Furs the ideal j
gift. We know this and have prepared. Some of {
the very newest models have just been received. I
Luxury, comfort and the spirit of Christmas is
exemplified in these beautiful style-sanctioned J
garments. Here you will find Coats, Coatees, fj
Scarfs, Stoles and Muffs of Seal, Beaver, Mink, !
Marten, Skunk, Mole, Nutria, Kolinsky, Lynx, j|
Fox and Wolf.
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They are modestly priced, too.
Countless other gift things for women, for chil
dren and for men are ready in every section of the
store—gift things that will be warmly appreciated
by the recipient.
We cordially invite you to come in jjnd look over
these displays. You will be surprised at the ease
with which you select your remembrances.
|| 7Jhomcis JCi/pcitric/c & Co.
1507 Douglas Street Omaha, Neb
HAIL CHRISTMAS
PACKAGES EARLY
"Do your Christmas shopping and
mailing early,” advises Charles Fan
ning, postmaster, who is beginning to
think of the busy days ahead for his
department.
He stated that packages for over
seas shipment should be at Hoboken
not later than December 8 to insure
delivery for Christmas.
A maximum weight of 11 pounds
has been prescribed by the postoffice
department for Christmas packages \
to Europe and a further maximum of I
two pounds for each rticle of food sent I
overseas by mail.
“I have been receiving many in
quiries from Omahans who want to
send remembrances to their relatives
in Germany,” the postmaster said.
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BOOMING GENERAL WOOD
FOR PRESIDENT
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The colored people of Omaha have
already taken active steps to promote |
General Wood's presidential boom 1
I’nder the leadership of John W. Long J
a Wood Club has been organized and '
is actively canvassing for members j
The names of the following gentlemen
have been suggested as officers of the
club: John W. Long, president; Nat
Hunter, vice-president; E. W. Sr-ott,
secretary, and Dr. L. E. Britt, treas
urer.
CAMP FIRE NOTES.
Group Ocowasin, Mrs. Larry N.
Peoples, Guardian.
Misses Ruth Jones and Audra True
hart are the authors of the following
Camp Fire songs:
Air—“I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"
Let us keep our candles burning,
Shining thru the day and night
Let us all light
Love, health and work
It is our duty, let’s not shirk.
We will not. be hindered
By hate ills or care
If we keep our candles burning,
For they’ll guide us everywhere.
Let us keep our candles burning.
Candles of work, health and love.
Let them burn high,
Flaming toward the sky,
May Ocowasin never die,
Let not night or darkness,
Our camp fire light hide,
But let them make it burn more
brightly,
To forever be our guide.
Air—“You’re So Pretty.”
We're Campfire Group
“Ocowasin’’
We are camp fire girls
We’ve got the kind of pep that makes
folks talk
We hike, sing, dance, play, work and
walk;
Oh, we lfive it, yes we love it,
More and more each day
To work, health, and love, we’re true
We’re Wohelos thru and thru
We are
Cause, we>e Campfires, yes, we’re
Campfires,
We are Campfire Girls.
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We Cater
to Couples
After parties or dances
you will find this an
excellent place to dine.
Whether it’s a light
lunch or a hearty meal,
your guest will be much
pleased if you bring her
here.
Our prices are reason
able—our cooking un
beatable and our service
commendable. Cive us
a trial. We’ll serve you
in style
The Monarch Cafe
EARNER & TRIMBLE, Props.
107 South 14th St.
Phone Tyler 4119
A CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY OF
OMAHA’S COLORED BUSINESS
AND PROFESSIONAL FIRMS
1 A. F. PEOPLES I
PAINTING
PAPERHANGING AND
jj DECORATING 1
k Estimates Furnished Free. ||
All Work Guaranteed.
a 4827 ERSKINE STREET. 1
PHONE WALNUT 2111.
jSILAS JOHNSON f
a Licensed Emhalmer and Funeral gj
Director
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2518 Lake Street »
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The place known for its qual- I
h ity service, and reasonable prices H
U We spare no pains for our H
!(! complete chapel service. Open §j
5*’ dav and night. a
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Phone Webster 248.
g For Pierce-Arrow Li monsine I
Service, Call |
CHAS. BOYD
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§ Webster 208
(After Midnight) Tyler 4119 |
a Service With Class—Car Warm
and Cozy.
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\ GREEN & GREEN j
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We Operate the
J One Minute Shining Parlor !|
| Chairs for Ladies.
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t Auto Truck and Transfer I
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: $
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1919 Cuming St.
\ Phone Doug. 3157; Web. 2340.
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| Repairing and Storing l
Orders Promptly Filled x
NORTH SIDE
| SECOND-HAND STORE |
R. B. RHODES
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Dealer in
| New and Second-Hand Furniture |
i and Stoves. S
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| Household Goods Bought and §
I Sold. Rental and Real Estate, it
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* 2522 Lake St. Webster 908
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• ATTENTION! LISTEN! I
MEN OF OMAHA ja j I
*i Are you interested in giving your 8
| wife one day’s rest during the g
| week with no dinner to get and no |
* worrisome dishes to wash?
|j If so, take advantage of
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SOUTH & THOMPSON’S
| delicious 50-cent Sunday dinner. j
ij Regular Weekly Dinner, 35c. K
| Phone Web. 4566 2418 No. 24th St. %
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% Allen Jones, Res. Phone W. 204 1
| Andrew T. Reed, Res. Phone gj
Red 5210
JONES & REED
FUNERAL PARLOR 1
: 2314 North 24th St. Web. 1100 >tj
Lady Attendant
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EAT AT
WEST CAFE
i Good Cooking, Reasonable Prices |
1712 North 24th St.
T. J. ASHLEY, Prop.
MISS ALICE MARSHALL
Artistic Hairdresser
{ Student of Madame J. C. Walker jS
j Parlor IN85 North 23d Street |j
Phone Webster 2087.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
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Open for Business the
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;; BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ih|
HOTEL
j Nicely Furnished Steam Heated S
n Rooms, With or Without Board. ES
, 523 North 15th St. Omaha, Neb. gj
Phone Tyler 897.
| Eureka Furniture Store
i Complete Line of New and Sec- ij
ond Hand Furniture
PRICES REASONABLE
jj Call Us W'hen You Have Any aj
Furniture to Sell
ti 1417 N. 24th St. Web. 4206 |
i'RisiRMmimstiiiJknflK’iritiK ig&frfasflwsjHK |
DR. W. W. PEEBLES J
DENTIST
220 So. 13th St.
(Over Pope’s Drug Store)
Telephone: Douglas 7812 Ij!
