The Omaha Sunday Bee.
EDITORIAL SECTION.
PAOS 9 TO 18
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 187L
OMAIIA, SUNDAY MOIJNINO, DECEMBER 11, 1004.
SINGLE COrY 'FIVE CENTS.
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Bargains ii Jewelry
Solid fold mounted cuff links, rood weight,
plain and fanry rose finished 'it
patterns, per pair "-
Scarf Pms and Cuff Links
Lsrae finry hend patterns, solid silver or
roue finish, sold filled, strictly up to date
and big value, f lift
links, per pair mt
ach9-.".': 75c
The largest line of the popular lolld Bold
wljrnet rlnjrs In Omaha, plain or f OSE
diamond mounted. 1:5.00 to InJ
(bargains
in the
Big
Silverware
. epartment
Pretty and excellent
nutplck and f (
crack sets, 1 If
pedal
98c
Eeatalful Onold.i Community, f 4ft
2fi-vtar teasDoons. rmr net
Solid ptlver teaspoons, plain irotd OH
bowl or Omaha souvenirs, ench zrOw.
Complete display of French stag: tollot
sets In Jewelry Department. ,
II
Irli
lite
TloRera 1R47
teflnpoona,
ht net.
Rousing Sales for Monday in
Copper Nickel Placed Goods
In Hardware Section
88c
A pleasing. bright, spick and "pan array the useful and
the rsautirul at tne prico or common ware.
No. 7 copper nl-kel plated, extra
quality tea kettle
Forty ($4.00i Green Trading Ptamps.
No. 8 copper nickel plated, extra
quality tea kettle 0A
Forty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamp. OC
Twenty ($2.(nii ;reen Trading Stamps with every small
copper nickel plated range tea kettle. Especially nice to
ue on heating stoves.'
Twenty ($2.00j Green Trading Stamps with every copper
nickel plated tea or coffee pot.
A, full line of five o'clock teas, nickel plated and brass
come early and secure choice of the finest assortment of
rliitflng dishes to he found anywhere.
liarooy & Kerry's skates, all kinds, all styles, all sizes, all O. K. See
them and you'll buy. FIVE DOLLARS TO FIFTY CENTS.
COLD WEATHER IS COMINOl COHINO QUICK AT THAT1I
Have Your Heater In and Going Before It Comes. Here's Help to it flonday.
Double Green Trading Stamps (twentv to the dollar) with every stove
sold Monday. We carry the leader, "THE PENINSULAR,"
Beyond a perad venture it's the best appearing, best working and best
value neater on the American market.
HARDWARE SECTION BASEMENT.
Only Twelve Days Left for
Christmas Shopping, and
the Rusk is On. It Will
Gather Momentum as Christ
mas Approaches.
Do Your Christ
mas Shopping
Early.
DO IT NOW!
Tou'Il greatly oblige us and you'll
tickle our employes half to deuh
every one of them. The advantapoi
will be all on your own side, for
you'll have absolute cholco of the
greatest and heat displayed storks of
Christmas merchandise ever offered
for money In the wst. You'll have
room for that choice and our de
livery fystem will be kept In proper
shape.
Do Your Christmas Shop
ping Early. Do it Now!
A Great Christmas Book Sale Rafin? Values for This Week.
It's our determination to place our Bovk Department swond to none In the
west, to leave the exclusive book store behind us. to be to the great west's hook
lovers what the Associated Press Is to the western newsnapeta. With this in
view the book you want Is waiting your ownership at Hennett's book stalls, and
at money-saving prices at that.
There's more genuine satisfaction In a leisurely Inspection of Bennett's book
talis than a digest of current reviewer s notes.
HALF I.KATHKR. BOOKS A WOIDER Fl I. OFFER.
Bound In colored leather backs and corners, printed on the best book paper.
In large clear type. Illustrated. This book would sell ordinarily for $lj we hiive
enough of them to lat several days; dun't miss this chance tor an Xmas gift.
Thev come boxed. Hero are a f'W titles:
Talisman." Hcott; "lvnnhne," Scott; "Thetma," Corelll; "Txirna Dnone."
Blackmore; "Hypatla," Klngsley; "Jane Evre." Hronte; "John Halifax, Oentle
nian," Muloch, and sixty-two other standard titles, while they last, ilr"
price CJW
BOTH AD OIRIS' BOOKS.
The Henty series, handsome colored, cloth binding, Illustrated,
price
15c
58c
The Elsie Hooks, hnnrisome clnth binding, best bock paper,
illustrated, price, Monday only
1.ITT1.K ;IFT BOOKS.
Bound In white, blue and red cloth, printed In gold with attractive flower designs,
halftone Illustrations, linen book paper, printed In large, clear type; these are
the booka of Action, religion, art, poetry, etc., by standard authors, 1r
Just think, only I JC
UATKST COPYRIGHT HOOKS.
"The Mivquoraders," "A Ladder of Sonls" "God's Good Man." "The Sea
Wolf," "Christmas Eve on the Lonesome. " "The Prospector," "The Prodlgnl
Son. "Beverly of Uraustaxk." and all the late J1.&0 copyright f
fiction, price V"J
POPl'I.AR COPYRIGHT BOOKS Original 1 SO hooks, Illustrated, a few titles
"Alice of Old Vlncennes," "The Flllgtee Ball," "Red Rock. "Graustnrk."
"Dorothy Vernon," "The Right of Way," and 237 other copyright J"ip
titles, Monday
BOOKS FOR CHILDHK.
Buster Brown books, large edition.... 4Xc I Picture Linen ABC books 8c
Bmall Visard of Oa hooks 8c Picture Pai i r ABC books So
Don't fall to look over our tremendous stock of Juvenile books the largest In
Omaha. BOOK STALLS. MAIN KLOOH.
ENGRAVED
CAUDS
Christmas Presents
One hundred Engraved Cards and Copper
Plate, any style script type.
best wedding bristol stock-
special
ki..65c
1.35
35c
One hundred Kngraved Cards
Old English type
special One hundred Cards
printed from your
plate
NOTE These prices are good for Mon
day only.
Our styles of Engraved Cards and Sta
tionery are strictly up-to-date, and from
the artistic viewpoint they are samples of
highest engraving art. . .
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Main Floor.
ae bSw- ,e,u' Bennett Crockery
' Unique and new display of rich cut glass, lamps, statuary,
electrical figures, French and Japanese china. Our China
Department is a feast for the eye, largest and most complete
line of china in the tri-cities.
Ilaviland & Co.'s Limoges china dinner sets, a nice pink rose
decoration on green background, on the Hanson shape, with
gold handles and knobs, CA
100 pieces 9
25 per cent discount on all white china for decorating. New
est, largest and brightest line in the west.
Charles Fie'd Ilaviland Limoges China Dinner Sets, nice pink
decoration, mingled with green leaves and foliage, full large
sizes, excellent composition, 100 pieces, Q H C
for Monday
Special sale of Limoges china hand painted and coin gold
treated placques, every one bears the name of the 7 Cp
artist, actual measurement 10 in., Monday only I J'
Gas mantles, all kinds, at 35c, 25c, 20c, 15c
and
Fifteen ($L50) Little Green Stickers with each one.
10c
Best Colonial tumblers,
per dozen ;
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps.
One hundred (f 10.00) Little Green Trading Stamps
with any jardiniere, up from
Bohemian lemonade or water sets, nice pitchers, 6 tumblers
and trays, choice of four patterns, $2.48, $1.88, OA
$1.48 and ........ VOt
One hundred ($10.00) Little Green Stickers.
88c
90c
Bennett's Toy Bazaar Leads Them All
This isn't "hot air," but sober truth.
Monday will be special day for BENNETT patrons.
EXTRA STICKERS GALORE IN BENNETT'S TOY BAZAAR.
Complete your stamp book and get on to another. Twenty ($2.00)
Green Trading Stamps with every purchase of $1.00 or over on every
thing in Bennett's Toy Bazaar.
Specials in Bennett's Toy Bazaar Monday
TOY TEA SETS Fifty ($5.00) extra ( TOY TEA SETS Twenty ($2) extra Cf)p
stamps with each tea set up from Cpl stamps with each tea set up 'from. ...wwt
Hobby Horses In Bennett's Toy Bazaar
Special stamp sale Monday. One hundred ($10.00) extra Green Trading
Stamps with each $5 horse or over. Fifty ($5.00) extra Green Trading Stamps
with each horse up from $2.00.
Games in Bennett's Toy Bazaar
Five (50c) extra Green Trading Stamps with every purchase JJ
up from
AT TUB GAME COUNTER.
Wiggs The "Cabbage" Game
The leader of all card games. Read "Mrs. Wlggs of the Cab
bage Patch." You'll want to play Wlggs, the "Cabbage" game
65 cards, Cft
illustrated JVC
Fifty ($5.00) Little Green Stickers.
Mechanical Toys in Bennett's Toy Bazaar
V'o have the most complete line of mechanical toys In
Omaha.
i... .Mule, 'IQ Waltzing Pig,
Monday, only fZC Monday, only ,
39c
Sheet Pictures, Sheet Pictures
25c, 15c and !0c
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with each.
Pictures to suit every one's pocketbook and every one
a masterpiece. Following represont a lew of the world's
greatest artists and their foremost pictures at the above
popular prices.
"Horse Fair," by Bosa Bonheur.
"Beturnintr from the Fair," by Bosa Bonheur.
"SCOTLAND FOBEVEB", one of the world's Master
pieces, the Charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo that decided
the destiny of Europe, the charge that wrung that bitter wail
from the Great Napoleon, "Oh, those terrible grey horses!''
This picture on sale with the others.
Stay at Bay Ed. Landseer.
Hoffman's Christ at Gethsemane.
St. Cecelia by Naujok.
St. Anthony by Murillo.
Last Supper, by Da Vinei.
Alone, by Vosburg.
COO beautiful new productions of the prettiest cat pictures
ever shown in Omaha.
The "Evening Prayer" Picture, everv one buys it on sight.
OTIIEB VARIETIES OF SUBJECTS AND STYLES.
SEE OUR BIG WINDOW DISPLAY, HARNEY
STREET ' '
SALE STARTS MONDAY 8:00 A. M.
THIS IS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
YOUR FRIENDS AN XMAS GIFT THAT IS EASILY
WORTn TWO AND THREE TIMES ABOVE PRICES.
. ART-SECOND FLOOR.
GROCERY
Second to none in the grocery business.
Headquarters for everything
Twenty (12.00) Green Trading Stamps with
2-lb. can Bennett's Breakfast Coffee... Ko
Twenty ($2.oo) Green Trading Stamps with
one pound of Tea to
Ten (J1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pound new candled peel.
.260
New California raisins, pound 8c
New cleaned currants, pound 10o
California prunes, pound 5c
Ten (11.00) Oreen Trading Stamps with
pound full cream New York cheese.. 20o
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps wlrh
three cakes Neufchatel cheese 15!
Ten ($1.00) Oreen Trading Stamps with
one dozen large German dill pickles..,. 12c
Five (6oc) Green Trading Stamps with
S-lb. can grated pineapple 10c
Five (6oc) Green Trading Stamps with
Jar preserves '. lQu
Corn. 2-lb. can So
Three, cans for 26c
Tomatoes, S-lb. can 9c
Three cans for 26o
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps with
quart can Franco-American oxtail or
mock turtle soup 85c
Five (60c) Green "Trading Stamps with
package Dr. Prloe'i food 12)
Five (6oc) Green Trading Stamps with
can asparagus 2c
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pound William Baker's Premium choc
olate 3fa
CANDY DEPT.
The finest array of all the good things
In this line, novelties for the holidays.
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
one pound box Bennett s special choc
olate creams 2So
Five (60c) Oreen Trading Stamps with
glass Jar filled with candles ldo
...5c
..10c
California figs, new, package
Dates, new, pound
CIGARS
Joe Wright, a 10c cigar, fifty for.. $3.00
A nice Christmas present.
Seventy ($7,00) Green Trading Stamps.
Royal Banner, a 6o cigar, 25 for 80c
A nice box of stogies, packed 100 in
box or can $1-50
Genuine French briar pipe 30o
Twenty ($2.00) Oreen Trading Stamps.
"Pipe racks, smokers' sets, tobucco Jars,
snuff boxes, Turkish pipes, match safes
and cigar holders.
Extraordinary Rocker Sale
35 DIFFERENT STYLES OF HIGH-GRADE 4 AC
ROCKERS, at, each
The mere announcement of the wide range of selection at
this popular price should be interesting news to the Xmas
shopper, but doubly so when we tell you these are selected
from our regular line of $6.00, $7.00 and ?8.00 values, that all
are highly polished, faultless in construction, and combine
comfort with artistic qualities.
Third Floor-CARPET DEPARTMENT -Third Floor.
Special sale of 12-ft. linoleums, extra quality surface, patterns
made in tile and parquet, made of pure ground cork and
'linseed oil, goods that sell regularly at 65c, 75c JLQ
and 85c per square j'ard, at 55c and JK
Remnants of the best quality of C. C. and all-wool Ingrain
carpets, worth up to 75c yard, Mondaj', as 'is
long as they last, yard.
.1.000 square yards of the best qualities of oil cloths, made in
1$ yard widths only, at, per
square yard IC
'.6x72 double faced Smyrna rugs, heavy fringe, yf Q
regular $2.25 value, for Monday only
Third Floor DRAPERY DEPARTMENT Third Floor.
Our annual clean up of rope portieres starts Monday. We
have a large assortment of these good that will have to go
to make room for our spring stock. We are showing about
75 patterns of velour and chenille ropes for double doors, in
all colors, worth $2.75, $3.25, $4.50, $5.00, $5.75 and $6.50,
will be sold Monday for, each, $5.75, $1.75, $4.00, rt
$3.25, $3.00, $2.50, $2.00, $1.75 and lJ)
Valances and single ropes for archways and small doors,
worth $2.00, $2.75, $3.00 and $4.25 each, sold f -)P
Monday for $2.00, $1.75, $1.50, $1.35 and
This is an unusually good offer for this grade of goods.
DON'T MISS IT.
Our Hue of silk down pillows and Japanese pillow tops are selling fast
and attracting a great deal of well merited attention. Just look over this
lot of prices:
Silk down Pillows, In 16, IS, 20. 22 and 24 Inches squure, for 111
each, UiV, 50c 30c and X;C
Japanese print pllluw tops, f
for, turn "'v
25c
Knruan and Oriental stripes.
lii.i and Ituk, rur, each.
Jspnnese eold and floes
cloth tops, fur, each
Japanese band embroidered
ou sailn
...75c
.1.50
. .1 of screens. plUow corda, book stalls, lace curtains and portieres.
Money Saving Offers in Dry Goods
For the Early Christmas Shopper,
Ladies' Shawl Day Monday
A great part of the space of our Cloak Department will
be devoted to a display of Shawls Monday, and special In
ducements will he made for the day.
Doublt Green Trading Stamps will be given with every shawl of
every kind sold Monday.
SINGLE WOOL SHAWLS at $5.05, $3.95, $3.50,
$2.75, $2.50, $2 and i
DOUBLE WOOL SHAWLS at $10.50, $8.50,
$0.05. $5.50, $3.95 and
HEAVY BEAVER SHAWLS at $8.05, $7.95,
$5.05, $1.05, $3.0.r..$2.95, $2.50 and
KXIT WOOL SHAWLS, square Knit Wool Shawls, circle
Knit Wool Hoods, plain and Nubia styles.
DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS WITH ALL
SHAWLS AND KNIT HOODS MONDAY.
LADIES' KNIT PETTICOATS another case direct from
the mill of those fine knit fleeced cotton Petti- 1 C
..98c
2.25
1.48
coats, worth 6()c, Monday at
The Greatest Sale of
Ever Mod- in
Ladies' Waists
Omaha
3.75
We will put on sale Monday morning every waist. In plain
and fancy mohairs, Imported Salisbury flannels, finest
French Flannels, metallic velvets, nuns' veilings and
series, albatross and melrnse cloth, silk taffeta and peau
de sole, in black, white and colors this sale includes all
our stock from $4.50 to $7.50 all will go
Monday at
Great Values in Ladies' f Cloaks
Two Bargains for Monday
Black cheviot, latest yoke effect, tourist pockets and belt,
satin piping, leg of mutton sleeve a regular O (IP
$12.50 coat O.UD
Imported fancy mixtures, long capes, Peggy from Paris
pockets, piping to match, broad shoulders, three bos pleats
in bark, velvet trimming, value $15.00 and A QA
$17.50, at lVJ.JKt
Sale of Ladies' Suits Monday
FIFTY SUITS AT $5.95 One of the leading styles, is a
gray inLxea ciotn jacket, lined witli mercer
ized sateen, trimming, velvet and braid, pleated
skirt, value flO.liO, at
TU' RTYTHREE SUITS AT $9.75 One of the styles is a
wool serge, black or navy, coat taffeta silk
lined, handsome trimming, was $12.50
FORTY-FIVE SUITS AT $12.50 A military style, silk
braid on coat and skirt, wide flounce, nine
gores, colors, navy blue; Bold at $171)0, for. ..
Also a cheviot serge, black, navy and brown, self and cord
trlmmln1;, jacket taffeta silk lined, strapped
skirt, was f 10.50, at
Colored Silks
Monday, on front bargain counter, we put on sale 500 pieces
of Fancy Silks, in every new and pretty style, for w-'ts
and full dresses silks that are worth to $1.50
yard make your selections early at, yd.,. 00c and.
.'.9 i
Extra Special
50 pieces plain and Crepe de Chines, all the new pretty
street ana evening shades, 1M inches wide, worth
$1 ynrd Monday at silk counter yard
59c
Black Dress Goods for Christmas
Presents Special Bargains
for This Week.
All one price, yd.
40-Inch Nuns' Veiling ,
40-lnch Storm Serge . .
60-iuch Mohair Sicilian
44-lnch Wool Jacquard
42-inch
40-lnch
44-inch
44 inch
46-inch
44-lnch
54-lnch
54-lnch
Wool Poplin . .
Wool Taiulse .
Crepe de Paris
French Voile . .
Eoiienne
Fancy Melroso
French Cloth ..
Cheviot Serge .
75c
All one price, yd.
1.00
Colored Dress Goods A
Bargains
Rare List of
25 pieces fancy dress goods, worth 50c, Monday
yard 50 pieces plain and fancy dress goods, worth 75c,
Monday yard
39c
50c
5.95
tyles is a
9.75
tyle, silk
12.50
12.50
A Great Opportunity to Buy a Good
Black Silk Very Cheap
We have just received 200 pieces of fine black silks,
bought in New York very cheap. They go on sale Monday
morning at the following very low prices:
27-lnch Peau de Sole, worth S5c yard, sale price
yard 27-lnch Peau de Sole, worth $1.35 yard, sale price-yard
20-lnch Peau de Sole, extra heavy double-face,
worth $1.50, sale price yard
27-lnch Peau de Sole, extra heavy double-face,
worth $L25, sale priceyard
80-inch Peau de Sole, worth $3.00 yard sale
price '
Black Taffetas that Wear
19 Inch Taffetas, worth 50c yard sale
price
27-inch Taffetas, worth $L19 yard sale
price
30-lnch Taffetas, worth $1.25 yard sale
price
27-inch. Taffetas, v ftrth $1.35 yard-sale p
V1
49c
89c
1.00
1.50
1.98
35c
75c
75c
95c
EXTRA SPECIAL 25 pieces $1.00 and $1.25 Dress Goods
at 75c Yard All the 50-lnch Panne Suitings all the 48
inch Flaked Camel's Hairs all the 40-lnch Irish Tweeds
all the 68-lnch Golf Suitings Wool Cheviots, Sergos and
Granites all the $1.00 and $1.25 good Monday 7f
yard t DC
On Our Bargain Square
Manufacturers' Sample Linens
Pattern Cloths, Napkins to match; odd Napkins, Sideboard
and Dresser Scarfs, Lurch Cloths, Embroidered Linens, Towels,
Tray Center Pieces, Carvlna Cloths, Battenburc Pieces and
about 350 remnants of fine Belfast table linens from 2 to S1
yards In each pieceat one-half regular prices. All goods on
sale at bargain square prices Monday.
Xmas Novelties in Stationery Section
Full of interest to the thinker and the buyer with a
taste for the cute and the pretty.
Calendars The world's most popular gift Item.
Fancy Box paper.
Bibles, Prayer Books and Rosarys.
Dainty Paper Weights and Everything in Correspondence
Merchandise.
Prices less than you'd willingly pay.
WALL PAPER c'"' s,e
Remnants. 1c I Rnm tots, at per room,
per roll Iw I 75c, 60c and
This is not even the former price of the border. See them.
Double Stamps Monday. Third floor.
$1.00.
25c
CLOTHING DEPT.
Brokaw Bros. Hand-Tailored Suits and
Overcoats, some new numbers just received
for the holiday trade. See the $20.00,
$2250, $2.00 and up to $40 ones, they're
models of tailoring.
Clearance Sale of Young Men's Suits
and Ulsters, sizes 14 to 20, small men of
34-chest measure.
Turnover Collars
223 dosen Turnover Collars, fine quality Swiss, pretty em
broidery, worth 26c and 35o Monday's price each
10c
5c
Lace Collars
SO dosen Lace Top Colin rn new patterns white and
cream values up to 26c Monuuy each luc and
Ladles' and misses' Silk Mittens "wool lined" fancy nn
bucks all slues at lUrLto, ILlta and I.VU
Pans for Christmas
All the novelties in gauce, spangled, feathered and silk
fans ranging In p.lce from (SCO U
Extraordinary Bargains in
25c
Hosiery
Strictly all wool ladles' and Infants Hosiery all sixes from 4
to liAt-cualiUes from 2&c to 6uc ail go at one price Tp
Monday pair
Special Sale on Ladies' Wool Frame
Union Suits
Button acrp p d" n the frrnt silk tapd, crocheted flnlph
made to fit the fi.ure--regular ll.no quality Mun-
L25
The up-to-date young man will welcome this sale, it includes
several hundred of this season's choicest suits and ulsters,
not the ordinary kind, remember, but the Bennett kind, with
broad shoulders, long, snug fitting collars and a swing and
dash you cannot find in ordinary ready made clothes.
Suits reduced from $9.00 and JflO.OO
to ,
Overcoats and ulsters reduced from $10.00 and
$12.50 to
New line of children's stocking caps and angora
Tarn O'Shanters, 75c, 50c, 35c and
Not too late to get in line with a brown hat. We are showing
a choice Hue (both stiff and soft) at $3.00,
$2.50 and
Latest blocks. .
Men's and boys' corduroy caps,
$1.00 caps at
75c caps
at
Another sample line of gloves Just received, and selling at
wholesale list price. They're on sale in Furnishing Goods
Department.
BARGAIN SQUARE.
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sampln Uthlrts ! ...
and drawers, j
close out lots J
50c flownl line fthirU and
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6.50
7.50
25c
f Khnwinr
2.00
75c
50c
$1.00
S1.25
$1.50
2.00
FOR..
75c
35c
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