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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1924)
l Woman Cuts Off Brother in Will; Money to Steno. Sislrr of Dr. Jamrs S. Foolo of Creighton Dental College Left $60,000 Estate to Employe. Dr. James 5. Foote, 102 South Fifty-second street, professor In Creighton Dental college, receives nothing from the estate of his sister, Mrs. Jennie Holbrook, who died In St. Louis last Sunday, according to the will, which leaves her $BO,OOU fortune to Miss Billie Edith Stanley, 22, a stenographer, formerly of Louis iana, Mo. Dr. Foote, a nationally famous man In medicine and dental surgery, said he was on good terms with his sister, though he has not seen her for sev eral years. He declined to state whether he intends to file a contest. Par Value .$181,000. >Th# par value of the estate was said to have been $181,000. An effort was made Thursday In Rt. Louis to probate an earlier will, In which the estate was left to the Centenary Methodist church, St. Louis, and two women friends, and Dr. Foote was given $1,000. The court refused this. Met on Street Car. Miss Stanley says ehe met Mrs. Holbrook first on a street car. Later when the girl was 111 at the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Holbrook, who did much ^ for ths betterment of living conditions of working girls, took her to her own home. Miss Stanley says she first began to live with Mrs. Holbrook three years ago when she wanted to adopt her. This the girl refused because her parents were then living. She and Mrs. Holbrook lived at the Del Monte hotel In Rt. Louis. Five Divorces Granted by Court at Madison Madison, Nov. 21.—District court was in session here Thursday, Judge Chase presiding. Walter M! Rees was granted a dlvoree from Edith A. Rees, and Beatrice Blank a divorce from Otto Blank, alimony being de nied. Oscar Malm was allowed a divorce from Violet Malm and the question of alimony was continued. Helen Tritten was given a divorce from Arthur Tritten, with maiden name restored, and permanent all . mony awarded In sum of $200. Ra.v I mond Hillls was granted a divorce from Elizabeth Hillls and plaintiff will pay the defendant permanent ali mony In sum of $S00 and the costs of suit. All these partlee reside at Norfolk. Two Women Dead at Upland. Upland. Ncfv. 21.—Mira. F. A. Scheets, 6S, wife of a retired farmer, who had lived In Upland for the past 13 years, died at her home, Wednes day, after a lingering Illness. She had an operation about eight months "* ago to remove a tumor on the brain. Mrs. Charles P. Davis, who lived on a farm between Bladen and Blue Hill, died suddenly about noon Thursday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Kile, here. She had been visit ing at the daughter's home for the last three days. Death Is sakl to have l>een caused by heart failure. Alabama Drouth Broken. Mobile, Ala., Nov. 21—Rain fell here today for the first time In 53 days. The last rain was on Sep tember 2K. I Knowing That “We Must Move” and | That “We Must Sell,” Why Don’t YOU Buy Christmas Gifts Now! y Christmas looms near! Soon that endless trudge, search and query for choice, uncommon gifts. Why not forestall all that? Select jewel ed gifts now; leisurely; especially so since we are undermining the price of most every line in this establishment. We "Must Move,” “Must Sell.” Select what you will need as Christ mas jrifts from any department here. Make whatever deposit you wish and the piece will be held for you, if necessary, until the very day before Christmas. This sale means much to you—if you will but look into it—SOON. 1 Men of Now Enthuse 5; Over the Very Name I "GRUEN” Our Christmas showing of g watches in general,nnd “Gruen” H watches in particular, is re markably complete; more hand some than at any time in our § career. But, even so, an im 5 mediate DISPOSAL is in order, i “Must Move”—"Must Sell.” i _ GRUEr* Here's a Man's Exquisite “Gruen" WATCH , At $27.50 A white gold filled watch with raised numbers on dial; beauti fully engraved bezel; a watch that may be termed EXQUIS ITE at the money. Best of all, ^ it’s a “CJruen” and any man > who reads knows what THAT j means. ! Never a Better Time to Select Gleaming Loose ,j | Diamonds Than Right NOW (Use 'em as Gifts) j --- 14 Carat $67.50 \ V2 Carat |$ 157.50 3A Carat $275 One Carat | $405 * C. B. Brown Jewelry Co. U. S. National Bank Bldg., 16th and Famam. Comedian Backs S. 0. S. for “IVise Cracks” With Cash, Theater Tickets f—-- ^ These Rules Govern JT ise Cracks Contest Purpose—To furnish Billy Glnsnn. the Orpheuni comedian, with "wise rroi-Us" for tils art. first Prise—15 In rash for heat "wise iTSik." Herojiil Prize—55 In rash for second best "wise crack." Third Prize—si In rash for third hcst "nlse rrark." Ten prizes of two scats fo the Orpheuni theater. t lose of Contest—Friday. November IS. Mall vour "nlse cracks" to the Wise Tracks Kdltor, The Omaha Bee. In submitting "wise cracks" he aura to enclose niur nttme and address. V_/ Girls are Just about the funnies’ things on earth, If you believe every thing Billy Glason says. Billy has told so many Jokes about “his girl" In the In at few years that he can hardly thlnlt of anything new to say about her. But he still believes (or pretends to) that girls are funny, so he wants Omahans to play "turn about" and tell him some jokes on their girls. He wants to have these new stories to tell when he appears at the Or pheum theater during the week of November 23. He's willing to pay for his fun. For Instance, he'd pay J5 for a Joke like this: "My girl's so skinny that I heard | a man say: ‘That fellow must he go ing to build a girl; he's got the frame up already." But Billy saw that one fir«t <n don't send It In. “Think up just as good and send It lo the Cracks Editor of The Omah.i 1 ■ If it's the best submitted It will win $5. Next best will get $3 and third best J2. The 10 next best will get a pair of ticket* each for the Or phetim. Billy insist* only on one thing. The Joke* must be original. He can read the magazines himself, *o don't clip the cracks. And he doesn't like jokes about “My girl Is so dumb . . .'' His girl Isn't as dumb ss some peo ple think. Billy will tell the jokes in his act at the Orpheum. He wants all the Jokes to be In the hands of the Wise Cracks Editor by Friday, Novenv ber 28. _ FATHER OF 11 SEEKS PARDON Special Illepatch lo The Omaha Hee. Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 21. Otto II. I-angley, northern Gage county farmer who Is serving a 20-year sen tence for the slaying of Judge Chris tine Pfeiffer at Cortland in 1919, has petitioned the state board of pardons for a commutation of sentence. At the time of the slaying of Judge Pfeiffer on the streets of Cortland a lynching was threatened. The pris oner was spirited away to Beatrice. Langley is 62, Is married and father of 11 children, some of whom have attained their majority since the tragedy occurred, Henry Field Invited to Coolidge Dinner Shenandoah, Is., Nov. 21.—Henry Field, local seedman, Is In receipt of an invitation from the president and the board of directors of the Interna tional Livestock exposition to attend a dinner given in honor of President Calvin Coolidge, Thursday, Decem ber 4, at Chicago. Fliers’ Story of Historical Value, Savs Belle Ryan 0 0 Assistant Superintendent of Schools Believes Narra tive Will Equal Tales of Jul?s Verne. Belle Ryan, assistant superintend ent of schools, declared Friday that she Isn’t going to miss a word of the narrative of the world fliers which starts in The Omaha Bee next Mon day, ’T think It will equal anything that Jules Verne ever wrote," she said. “And though I am a busy woman, 1 expect to read that from start to finish. I consider that flight the most thrilling adventure of our times. ’ James L. McCrory, also assistant superintendent, said the children of the public schools should read It. "Here we will have an event which made history placed before us In daily Installments. Children should read It and will want to read It, I believe, because It will be thrilling as well as Instructional. I certainly won't miss reading it myself.” Lowell Thomas, author and explor er, has collaborated with the six lieu tenants In whipping the story into shape and The Omaha Bee has pur chased the exclusive right to publish the story In this territory. Wymnrr—Loss estimated at *2,500 was caused by fire on the Tom Little bridge farm, in the Morrowville, Kan., vicinity, just south of here Thursday evening. The fire la sup posed to have started from a short circuit in the wiring or Ignition sys tem of an automobile, In a shed ad joining the barn which burned. Governor-Elect Meets Governor McMullen Expresses I utention of Determining Appoint* ments After Conference. gperlMl Itlspntrh to The Omaha lire. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 21.—Fifteen minutes after Governor Elect Me Mullen arrived in Lincoln after a short rest after his campaign, he called on Governor Charles IV. Bry an to receive any helpful Informa tion that Governor Bryan might ten der him. Governor Bryan, in a re cent letter, offered to aid the gover nor elect In becoming acquainted with details of the position the same as the former governor, Sam McKel vie, did with Governor Bryan. The visit between the governor elect and the governor occupied an hour. it was announced after the conference that McMullen would act as a spectator at a meeting of the stale capitol commission and the state pardon board, both of which are scheduled before Adam McMul len is Inaugurated in January. '1 will return to my home In Beatrice tomorrow and consider can didates for my appointments,” Mq Mullen said. ”1 will not have any difficulty In finding men for the fen jobs at my disposal. There are in applicants for one position and near ly as many for the remainder. A majority of appointments probably will he announced within a week. During the remainder of the day the governor elect was In conference With Walton G. Roberts, his man ager, and Arthur J. Weaver, of tails City. This evening he spoke at the 22d annual reunion of the Scottish Rite Masons. Bee Want Ails Produce Results. MRS. G. H. HARDEN DIES AT SON’S HOME Beatrice. Neb., Nov. 21. Mia. Oenrfiia H. Harden of Liberty, Neb., died suddenly at the home of her son. E E. Harden of this city, where ahe had been visiting for a few days. She waa 62 and the widow of the late K. E. Harden, banker, at Liberty, who located there In 1882. She waa a native of Dixon, 111. Five aona sur vive. r --\ Velvet Ensemble C-O-S-T-U-M-E-S F. W. Thorne Co. 1812 Farnam V A in iMBi mil 'W1 L T" I LiMH i Tt Conant j Hote l Building SATURDAY—In Our Great Coat Section—Second Floor A Marvelous We predict that when women see these Coats they will scarcely believe that any store could sell them at $33. Every Coat a new Fall style, and a QUALITY GARMENT THROUGHOUT—in material, in lining, in fur trimming and in workmanship. I Fur Trimmed Coats worth to $45 Notice "These Details: —The New Wrap Effects —The New Sleeves —The Single-Button Fastenings —The New Bell Cuffs —Novelty Fur Bandings —Crepe Linings in Harmonizing Colors - Sizes for Misses. Women, and Stouts Every feature in coat fashions that has just made its appearance will be found in this wonderful offering. Many Are Copies of Expensive Models m mmmmmmmm m Fine Quality, All-Wool Bolivia Full Silk Lined Fur Collars and Cuffs Shown in Black Malay Brown Reindeer Kit Fox Cranberry Ox Blood m hhh m Wonder Value $ ^*1 Coats 3 5 Newest Fabrics and Fur Trimmings Luxurious Fur-Trimmed I Worth to $100 p Cloth—Kerami and Hudson Seal Plush Our Policy: . We Will Not Be Undersold Money back for the asking at any time on any unsatisfactory purchase. I Beautiful New Silk and Wool Dresses 1 ■ Incomparable Values in Saturday s Sale at f I B W* are showing in these Dreuea the pick of many manufacturers’ models, with every new style and I N; B interesting new conceits in trimming. The designers have ahown their skill and the result is worthy 1 jl B the hearty appreciation and approval of the women of Omaha. 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