The Omaha Sunday Bee
PAHT TWO
EDITORIAL
PAGES 4. TO 8
ADYEHTISX IN THX
OMAHA DEE
BEST IN TIIK STE3T
VOL. XXXVIII NO. 3D.
OMAHA, SUNDAY .MORNING, MARCH 14 1909.
SINGLE COrY FIVE CENTS.
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A THREE DAY SHOE SALE FOR WOMEN
Post Card Albums, a sale
A timely purchase brings you this lot. High
grade Albums, leather bound and em- C a(
bossed or plain. Capacity 300 to 600 j
cards, Regular $3.00 and $4.00 books...
Family Bibles Holman editions with family
records In each book.
$8.50 Bibles, heavy j $6.00 Bibles, board
board and leather and cloth bindings
binding ....$.175 1 for 83.75
Monday's Corset News
One big lot of women's high
shoes, patent colt, Run
metal, ylcl. tan and black
suede ; shorn, all hand
ewed, every pair 13.60
and $4.00 values, $2.09
Women's tan calf, tan kid,
patent colt, vlrl kid, pumps
and oxford ties, $3.00 and
IJ.50 values, for 51.08
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we will sell women's high
shoes, low shoes and evening slippers at third and more un
der regular prices. Dependable qualities and best styles:-
A dollar saving on corsets is the best opportunity
you'll find in the stoma tomorrow. Bennett's has
secured from a prominent eastern nmkar a large
shipment of new Ions' batiste corsets at a pro
nounced reduction on account of little Irregularities
In the making, but so slight aa to be of no conse
quence, as they do not In any way affect the life of
Sample Line women's high
grade shoes in tans, blacks
and patent leathers, sites 3,
3 M and 4 only, values pos
itively up to $5.00, choice,
t pair 81.70
Evening Hllppers In pink,
blue, and white kid and calf
skin; also patent leather,
three strap slippers and
pumps. $2.60, $3.50 and
$4.00 values, for ..$1.08
set the life of
$1.29
the corset. The styles are absolutely
new; models to produce the slender
youthfulness the new fashions
demand; 2.25 corsets ..,
j f SPRING 8TYLK IMK)K, and any 15c La-ll M
jf, dles' Home Journal Pattern, for . .20 Jjfcjaw
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STUPENDOUS SALE MONDAY
DRESS GOODS FROM N. Y. AUCTION
1,800 Pieces Foreign and Amerioan Dress Goods in Peremptory Sale by Order of
FRANZ MERZ and other Importers and Mfrs.
Our New York representatives at 320 Church St., were on the ground when this sale was
held February 24th, and bought up thousands of yards at almost incredible low prices.
The house of Franz Merz is known as one of the greatest importing concerns of high
class Dress Goods in the world. The line consists of BLACK AND COLORED FANCIES,
PANAMAS, WORSTED VOILES, SILK MIXED VOILES, SILK EOLIENNES, SERGES,
HAIRLINE SUITINGS, SICILLIENNES, ETC.
31 Pieces Foreign Dress Goods from famous
German mills, consisting of diagonals and
shadow stripe effects as well as plain weaves,
44-incli goods, all colors, that cost 75c to
land, retail price $1.00, for G9c
Grey Suitings similar to wool taffetas, grey
grounds only, with hairline stripe, of various
widths, 44-inch goods worth to $1.25, at per
yard 70c
Mohair Sicilliennes in black, brown and navy,
rich, handsome and silky in finish, most ser
viceable fabrics made, widths up to 54-in.,
cost to import alone was $1.25. In Monday 's
sale, at yard 88c
28 Pieces Finest Imported All Wool Worsteds,
in all late colors, navy, brown, wine, green,
grey, in several shades of each. Merz's
' wholesale price was $1.32 Vc yard, now 98c
Silk and Wool Fabrics. Iligh grade materials,
worth to $3.00 a yard, fabrics of a soft,
clingy texture, in nearly all colors. Just such
materials as usually go into highest priced
gowns. Priced tomorrow, at yard . . . .95c
White and Cream Serges for tailored suits for
evening wear or for street frocks; also for
Misses' and women's spring jackets. Some
white wool taffetas, also only 5 pieces
great values at $1.00. Our price 59c
Also a great assemblage of handsome black and colored materials of which there are
only one or two pieces of a kind. Every one a full third under Merz's import cost.
Our Newly re-organized
and improved
Delivery
System
To more thoroughly cover the dis
tricts of Omaha and its environs, It
lias been found advisable to rear
range routes of our delivery wagons.
Under this new system we shall be
able to cover more territory without
materially affecting present arrange
ments. The Bennett delivery service has
for many years been the largest and
most efficient In Omaha, and we aim
to make Improvements as occasions
demand.
Twenty-five wagons and fifty
horses are "on the Job" dally, deliv
ering your goods promptly and In
good condition.
The following territory Is covered
by our delivery system:
Omaha proper, South Omaha, Fort
Omaha, Benson, Dundee, Walnut Hill
and Clifton Hill.
Our "Inside" routes covering three
fourths of Omaha, will receive two
deliveries daily.
America's
Finest
Tailored Suits at $25
New suits crowding in at a rapid rate. March sales breaking all
selling records. Busy, busy, busy, every day and all day long hustling,
bustling throngs fill the department. Bennetts again set the pace with
the most brilliant assemblage of high-class styles ever displayed here
abouts at popular prices. Scores of beautiful, dignified, classy suits
are shown at $25.00, such as are not duplicated anywhere. They are ex
clusively Bennett styles.
To illustrate we mention suits of finest grade Botany serge, in grey,
navy, taupe, green, rose and black, half tight-fitting, self buttons for
a trim; also splendid Lymansville worsted suits in best
new colors, trimmed with large silk bengaline buttons
and loops; both queenly models; real value $35, priced at.
$25
Spring Jackets Black panama
and serge jackets, 36 inches in
length, splendidly tailored, sizes
up to 46. Just the garment re
quired if you do not care to buy a
spring suit; semi-fitted and silk
lined $10, $12 and $15
Tan and Gray Covert Jackets
Smart 30-inch garments, designed
on entirely new lines, dressv and
stylish, $7.50, $8.95 and
Jumper Dresses of Anderson gingham, in small broken checks.
broidery insertion trimmed $4.95
Silk Petticoats, creating unbound
ed enthusiasm tomorrow with a
big shipment of fine silk petti
coats, made of Simon taffetas and
every one big $7.50 values, all the
best colors, including black and
white, for $4.95
Madras Jumper Dresses, in green,
tan and gray stripe, made with V
neck and cap shoulder, to be worn
with shirt waist $3.75
em-
1.00sou8h&ilks:59c
Those handsome, stylish, nobby rough silks, 28
inches wide in a dozen new spring shades; nothing
more fashionable shown, $1.00 quality 59c
New Spring Mescalines. Foulards, 24-inch Silk Wash Tat
, fetas; the cream of the season's most popular silks in a
i. world of new colorings, values unmistakably up to $1.50,
at, yard 60
Double Fold Black Silk Voile- 10 pieces on sale; a rich,
filmy fabric of finest texture, Imported to retail at $1.50
a yard, secured In New York auction and now offered.
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Silk Mill Lengths 1,000 pieces 3 to . 10 yards, including
' plain and fancy Messalines, Loulslenes, Peau do Cygnes,
i Taffetas, fancy silk of every description.; every late shade,
i $1.00 values f40
Black Tourist Silks for traveling, for street
Lwfcar, for auto coats absolutely does not show
creases when crushed, launders like linen; on sale
exclusively at Bennett's.
, MONDAY'S GREATEST
EMBROIDERY EVENT
24 and 27-Inch Flouncing, beautiful and elaborate designs
on splendid Quality cloths. These are having a great
. sale now for combination undergarments, dresses, etc.,
values to 75c yard, at yard , i--.20
6.00O Yards Embroidery Edge consisting of edges, inser
tions, bands, galloons, and corset cover widths. Large im
port order from St. Oall, Switzerland; values 25c and
10c, op sale, at, yard 12
42-iirch Walstlag Nets, the erase tbla Beason for evening
waists, yokes and sleeves, come with small neat designs,
' and every piece $1.00 value, Monday, a yard 40
Hootch Madras Ginghams, a special lot for tomorrow. En
tire case fine 12-lnch g-oodB, usually selling at 25c yard.
' Suitable for dresses, waists, children's wear, men's shirts,
etc, light and dark styles, at half, yard... 12
&, Baltenberg Centers ,
A Monday event with price Inducement enough to clear up
the entire lot tn the day. 15- and 18-lnch Battenberg Cen
ters, hand made, felled edges, round or square QC
shapes, 40c Values, at tt)C
Tblt (roods for tailored suits, check stripe and figured, 28c us
ually, fur 10
Jondalk Salting linen finish. If -Inch, thoroughly shrunken and
tx)rt)d, lo goods, at 10
Jtonm Cloth, very fine, soft finished cloth, specially designed for
undergaruumta, . free from spots or flaws, lie grades, at 18ViO
DOMESTIC SPECIALS
Sterling Sheetings, It bolts. -4
widths, full 1 imlies, good
welirht and soft twisted yarn,
standard Jc quality, Monday,
for 3o
Bleached Sheets, fine large sice,
76c quality, our price tomor
row, each 4o
PUlow Oasis -i-lnch, stand
ard cloths, J3o value, for loo
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20,000 Pieces ., Monday
Fnrirp snmnle lines carried bv 25 travelling
salesmen for one of the largest importers of Oriental China in America.
Most Astounding Bargains on Record
Positively the greatest and niost phenomenal dealiaver consummated by an Omaha retail establishment.
It's a buying scoop that ' was the envy of scores of "New York buyers. Our department chief turned the trick
and secured this-vast sea of China at one-fifth and one-sixth its actual value. 20.000 pieces, mind you. Ml
samples. Kew, novel and artistic Japanese conceptions. 1.25 pieces for 25c. $2.50 pieces for 49c. 6.H
r.t' r.rr t.oo and so on. The bamains are simply marvelous. The winaow uimuuy n ... ,
telling a forceful story of the wonderful opportunities. Immense space Is given over to this display
salespeople to wait on you. Bale starte promptly at 8
1,000 pieces at $1 each, positively worth $-6, $5, $0
This great lot includes new and unique Tankards,
Chocolate Pots, Cracker Jars, Tobacco Boxes, Chops,
Cake Plates, Vases of all kinds. Plates, Celeries,
Trays, Tea Pots, Syrups, Mayonnaise fl Af
dishes and many other articles $leUv
1,500 Pieces of Jap China -Including Trays, Salads,
Vases. Comports. Nut Bowls, Cups and Saucers,
. $2.00 for China Worth to $8.00 Several hundred
. magnificent pieces both useful and decorative. All
new stock from big New York purchase shown first
Jf time Monday. In the lot are Jugs, Tankards, Vases,
JT Rniads. Fern Dishes. Chops, Chocolate Seta. Etc.,
.(E,vJ.from.,u:.,!- $2.oo
2,500 Pieces Jap China Such as Plates, Salads, Nap
pies, Jewel Boxes, Nut Bowls, Hair Receivers, Pow-
. der Boxes, Bon Bons, Cups and Saucers and a world
of other pieces worth $1.50, $2.00 AQj,
and $2.50 choice vL
10,000 Pieces at 10c, worth to 50o Trs,ys, Plates,
Hair Receivers, Powder Boxes, Fruits, Cups and
Saucers, Ash Trays, Salts and Peppers, Etc., beauti
ful and wonderfully cheap, worth iAa
,lVt
Extra
o'clock Monday morning.
Chocolate Pots, Tea and Coffee Strainers and dozen
other kinds, values $2.50 and $3.00 nr
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for
5,000 Pieces at 25c, values $1.00 Including Cups and
and Saucers, Manicure Trays, 8ugars and Creams,
Almonds, Olives, Hair Receivers, Powder Boxes and
dozen other kinds. Average values $1.00,
'X. V7Urt2 to 60c, for
Shipment and Sale
All Linen Tailored Waists
from the Goodstock Mfg. Co., makers of best linen
tailored waists in America. The excellence of the
materials is unsurpassed, the finish and fit of each
garment absolutely correct.
One fine assortment of corded Madras .Waists, are
made with pleated front and laundered collars
and cuffs of self materials, and finished with gen
uine pearl buttons; all sizes 2.00
All Linen Waists Made of nice grade fronting or bosom
linen front and back, tucked collar and cuffs. Btlff laund
ered, of .self materials, all sizes. .$2.50
Pure Irish Linen WaJsta Tucked tailored Waists, the fit of
these garments appeals to all. Most serviceable and dressy
garments $3.50
Pure Irish Linen Hhirts foe-women, cut deep with plenty of
material below skirtband. Made with Gibson back
for $3.50
Linen Waists Tailored with -inch pleats overall fibnt
and back, neat gentoels styles $3.05
Girls' Dresses 3 to 14 years, made of best Toile du Nord
Ginghams and standard washable materials, exquisite new
styles all for less than cost to make, up from 50c, 80c,
$1.25 and $1.75
Expert Jewelry and Watch Repairing
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We desire to call your attention to our facilities for do
ing high class repair work of all kinds in our Jewelry De
partments. Watches, blocks. Jewelry, etc., repaired and
guaranteed to be the bett and to give perfect satisfaction.
All work done at cut prices.
Watches cleanod, 76o to 91.00 I Jewels, at 6O0 to 91.00
Main Spring 78o to 91-00 I Thin Watch Crystals, for ...lOo
Extra thick Watch Crystals, vach ' tba
If your clock don't run, telephone us, we will call for It, re
pair and return it to you.
Optical Department
A thoroughly equipped department, modern In every
respect, in charge of expert and licensed optician. Eyea
examined free. Glasses furnished at cut prices.
OPENING SALE
MONDAY
Wall Paper
50,000 rolls of new spring paper ready today.
Finest retail stock at popular prices ever assem
bled in Omaha. Unusual price inducements to en
courage a big Monday business.
35c Ingrain Papers In all
colors, roll 10
5.000 rolls Gilt Papers-
worth 26c, at, roll.l2t
2,000 rolls of the best selec
ted and most complete as
sortment of new patterns,
at, up from 3
Full stock of Burlaps, Sanltas, Room Moulding, Plate
Rails. We do hanging and painting.
Phone Douglas 137. (Third Floor.)
Hardware
A sale of hardware specialties
such as every family has need of
this spring. Every item shows a
good round saving, too.
rassUy sUmlM with diagonal dial, easy to
read, weighs to 24 pounds, 8c scales,
or Te
Sain scales with scoop, worth $1.25. BSo
Wash IBoilers,- small lot only, slightly
dented, will close them out at Malt Mo
OMoUaa Ovens, our $1.26 line, for . . . . B&e
Extra grado Ovens, worth 9175. at 91.as
Wheelbarrow, good strong railroad wheel
barrows for garden and lawn, or use
about home, strongly constructed, f J 25
velure, for 91.83
(tardea Wheelbarrows, the $3 60 kind, at
each 98.60
QlvaAlse4 Falls, l-o,uart slse, regular
suo palls, for 19o
Bills 9Uak atralaers for corner, beat made,
(Including li) stamps) tomorrow, for SOo
Assoc eeae Wall Paper Ctoaacr, can lfto
And ro Stamps.
jgall Boses, cast iron, usual price every
where 6uo to SOo, our price 3e
teel Kail Boxes, new, each Se
Bteel Mall Boaes, lock and two keys.. Ma
lEEMETT'S
March Furniture Sale Opens Tomorrow With Great Economies
pi-tags One lot of wood Iron
frame bed springs, odd sixes, slightly
damaged In shipping, clos- J QJ
Solas Oak Dreesers With FTench
plate mirror two large drawers and
two small ones genuine fi: til J ft
values, for
Months of preparation fop this annual spring furniture sale has filled our show rooms to overflowing
with matchless economics. In your refurnishing for spring you owe it to yourself to see liennett's lines.
Here and there we bought entire stocks. Dining room chairs and tables here, parlor furniture there,
beds In another factory and so on. In every case the price made us was ridiculously low. Thee you
share in now. Today's announcement is merely a hint of what you may expect. Start your buying to
morrow. The bargains certainly justify it.
Wonderful Purchase Beds
Here's a sale
from two great
one now offered
It's an opportu
and we advise
tlon. There are
of over 600 Iron beds
purchases, and eveiy
at lust half and leas.
niri' seldom presented
your Immediate atten
over a score of styles.
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Dining Tables
(Exactly like cut.)
We show one of our great bargains.
This table la all solid oak. 45-Inch
round top that extends to 6 feet.
It's firmly constructed throughout
a genuine $12.50 table for the
first time now for the CIA Oft
March sale, at 11.5 7
Automatic Bed Davenport
Like drawing shown slse Sixlt ;nrhes,
covered with velour; steel top, spring
construction; a genuine 2 00 piece
of furniture March sale jjjj gj
Mattress Special We put on tale
Monday luv) fine 45-lb elastic (elt
mattresses covered with best grade
ticking and blsuult tufted, abso
lutely sanitary. Each mattress Is
paper wrapped and aewed la burlap
bale. There are no better mat
tresses at 110. the regular ? QQ
price of theae; tomorrow. ,'.
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Turkish Couches
We picture above an attractive and sub
stantlul couch with oak frame and steel
construction, 30x76 Inches. Leather
ette upholstered, great value at Q CA
$15 March sale price
Sanitary Couches All steel, strong, du
rable, rerfert in every detail, tr
opeilal March eale price, fS kind'
4u.iMMSjaaju '
pining Chairs A substantially built
chair, full quarter-sawed oak, (just
as picture shows) large, comforta
ble, full bos seat, ll-lnch frame,
highly polished. Best $t.6 dining
chairs on the market ff p
March sale price
Iron Beds at Half
Twenty-six patterns in the March
sale, full size, three coat enamel
beds, In green, blue, white, etc.
prices commence at $1.48- then
rise gradually Jl.OJ. $3.20.
$3.48. $4.08 bd up, and not a
single one but what Is actually
worth double or more.
(Third floor.)
Groceries
Bennett's Golden Coffee, per pound . .86o
And 60 Stamps.
Teas, assorted, per pound 48o
And 40 Btamps.
Bennett's Capitol Pepper, can lOe
And 6 Stamps.
Bennett's Capitol Flour, per aack ....91.90
And 76 Stamps.
Rice, four pounds lOo rice fur as
Granulated Sugar, 20 pounds, for ,...91.00
Cracker, three lOo packages, for t3q
Fillet of Herring and Sauce, can . .1SH
Poppy Evaporated Milk, 10c cans, for So
Peach Hale, our regular 16c quality, lb. lOo
Diamond C. Soap, 10 bars, for Bio
Sweet Pickled Peaches, quart jar, for SOo
Vegetable and Flower Seeds, package Ho
Burnham's 20c Clam Chowder, can lHo
Swansdown Codfish, 4 packages, for 96o
Velvet Gloss Starch, lOo package, for Be
Corn Meal, 8-lb. sack, white or yellow,
per sack 19 Ha
Economy Clothes Cleaner, bottle 86o
And 20 Stamps.
Succotash, "Best We Iave," 16c quality,
for lOo or a dosen 91.SO
Kvap. Black Raspberries, pound ROe
And 10 Stamps.
Pure Honey, Mason pint Jar. for SSc
And 20 Stamps.
Snider" s Pork and Beans, I cans for ..90s
And 10 Stamps.
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