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VOL. XL NO. 213.
OMAHA, WKDXKSDAV M U.N'lXd, FIOUKLAKV L'L
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I IGNORES LEGAUEPARTIIENI
1 Hamrel telli lltcLtelien City Dadt
Heed Not Ltptl Advice.
DOnj TAXES UP THE CHALLENGE
Will IttMnt Ilinarl as Wltaes la
th Maadasaa HeaHaa at Starr
Case Tkirriir ta Eaalala
HIa Meaalaa.
tularin; that the elty counr.II pay no
attention to the city attorney's rfics.
t'O'incllman Joseph H. Hummel requested
City Electrician Waldcmar Mlchaelsen to
lasu a general electrical permit to C. E.
Starr, though he had been advised not to
to ao by Assistant City Attorney Punn, at-
i cording to Mr. Mlchaelsen, against whom
tnsndamna proceedings have been Instituted
. to compel him to Issue the license. The
earing tgnlnrt Mlchaelsen la aet for
Thursday morning In Judge Troup's court.
Mr. Mlchaelsen repeated hla conversation
with Hummel to Assistant City Attorney
I'unn Tuesdsy morning and and as a re
ult. Dunn aaya he Kill have the council
man subpoenaed to testify In the mandamus
Pi-nr-cfdlii8 Thursday morning and also to
explain what he meant hy the statements
made to the city electrician.
Mlchaelsen also any that Councilman
Hummel told him that he should rarry out
the orders of the city council, even If he
lind to lanore alvk received from the a-
siKtant city attorney. This. Mlchaelsen i
aaya he rff.iwrt to do. and an a conse
quence. Starr began rvyidamus proceedings
to force the unnce of the permit.
Mlchaelsen stand, pat on his refusal to
lisue the permit, even though a resolution
s paid by ihe council ordering him to
do so. Mlrhaeisrn aaya ho will not Issue
the permit unless he la compelled to do It
through an order of the court.
MlchaePam Fllnwa l.e-pral Advice.
. According to Mlcliaelaen. he was ap
proached by Ilummol aficr he had r"fu-ed
to Issue the permit on the grounds that
Starr had reprnledly violated city ordin
ances , Hummel nslcd hhn why he had
not Issued the permit and Mlchaelsen'a
reply nan that he had been advised not
to bv the as'lsiant city attorney.
"Why do you follow the advice of the
Irsal department?" Mlchaelsen saya Hum
mel asked him.
Because I think It Is rlaht and t have
my bondsmen to protect." replied Michael
sen. "1 em under bond of 1.1.010 and 1
don't want any come back on my bond."
"lon't you know that the city council I
does not follow the advice of the legal de
partment.". Michaeleen raj Hummel re
plied. "I don't know anything shout that,"
Mlchaelsen retorted. -"If you don't, you.
lako the consequences. t and that Is your
lookout." . ' " i
"Well, we take the conaequrnce. and you
should follow the rdera of the council and
leap this permit' Mlchaclsen says Hum
mel replied.
Mr. Mlchaclsen rays this conversation
took place In the council chambers of the
city hall and was heard hy other members
ol the council, who raised no objection.'
Mlchaclsen declares that the council passed
the resolution ordering him to Issue the
permit at the next meeting, but that he rr
lused and that he does not. Intend to Issue
It. until the district court tells him b
has to do so. t . ,
ALLISON SAYS DR. CONNELL
.' SHOULD HAVE AUTOMOBILE
Ale Advises that Oniaka ftheald Kara
Medical Inspection af tha
Schools.
Dr. C. C. Allison, one of the leading sur
geons of the west, came to tha front tor
Health Commissioner Dr. R. W. Connell
and his request for an automobile Tuesday
morning by filing a ' communication with
City Clerk Dan Butler, which asks that
tha council reoonaider its rejection of Con
ncll'e request. Dr. Allison asks that the
city council make an appropriation for tha
purchase of an automobile for tha use of
the health department.
Dr. Allison sets forth three reasons why
' tha council should buy the automobile. He
argues that Omaha is a city of large area money the government shall pay the rail
end that the commissioner Is unable to 1 ioad4 for carrying the mall tor the next
cover the territory without the use of an I '"ur years will be determined In this way.
auto. Ills second argument la that the' The "third contract district,'.' which Is
nenitn commissioner should personally visit
each case of contagious disease and give it
hla personal attention. Thla the Commis
sioner cannot do. according to Dr. Allison.
Otherwise the city may be sued and Judg
ment recovered by some individual on the
grounds of ,.lcct and In such casv the
pament of the Judgment would amount to
many times more than the cost and main-
lenance of an automobile, ahich would re-
duce the pooflbllttles to a minimum.
In hla communication Dr. Allison Indorses
th project of medical examination for all
public achool children by saying In the
abaenc of medical supervision, which
Should prevail, the health commissioner ia
unable to give his attention to the duties
of his office as he should.
Th communication was sent to the city
council last night. At the same time Dr.
Connell will ask for a leave of absence for
aeveral days, lie filed his request for a
eav of absence Tuesday mornlnat.
Dr. Connell sent a request for an auto
to the council two wetks ago. biit the reso-
luUon was placed on file.
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-.... mtw reiiaat remoJy
for backache, I heumaikrai and urinary if
regularities They are tonic In acliva,
ouick In ivSJIla aud .from m
H.C irom ail kidu.v Hi...rf.i-
Aruagwia
Marring l.leenaea.
Th follow ing marriage lld-uea hav
been granted:
Name and Kevidence. Age.
V4i cy L I't'iktii. imaha ,.
Kranovo Xtuipiiy. omana it
t'harlea A. Kentify, txnaha ii
ljialuo H. Williams. Omaha m
John Kj Do'iKias, l.khorn. Kent S.'
bertl. a nt iluniiM a
Ben J. MrriKle n. a i . rlo. N eb
V-kir, li.ii.i.an, iiinana
Jaiiib ftlab.ck vmaha
Arm, a x ne. 1 laiiMiiouth
i.li i Mi inl rt.on. south unl)t ..
Ji'puino till, omaha
Dieinck K. t'ut.ker, t'inaha
iael (.iiaar, xilh Ulna ha
Cha-les It Marler. Omaha
lifien K. tialicn, Omaha
VN iill-i ,1. lUiber. ttmaba
Luii-tl li. vi lies, omtlia
KisnK Vlrnfc. ivmth Omaha
Aum t-'ki tla. South omaha
Kred A. (.linn, t hadroit, Neb
Uinie KenoUi. I'aulding, O
KirderU-k O I'stieraon. tnaha
Mam a K. Wtiik-rnaon, Omaha
Joseph .metka, ro.itn Omaha ..)
ilar.v Mailmu.-e-. omaha IS
Krnk Tomaaek, Omaha
Ann Mils, Omaha
V illl!n J. Greene, Omaha..
Mtnruc T. SuliiiMn. tmiuha
lliilienl T Kelsv, tin;ah
Pioneer is Here
After Long Absence
George Featheritone Came to Omaha
' When There Were but Four
Houses.
George Feathereton. one of Nebraska
pioneers. Is In Omaha today for the third
time In his life, although he has livet" the
greater share of hla sUty-Mve years in a,
surrounding territory not fsrther removed
at a'y tlm. than a distance of fifty mil s.
The l"t time Mr. Keatherston a n
Oni'jha u when the I'nlon Pacific rallrojd
wa4 In the process of construction.
"The old town sure has grown up." was
tha titrsrk the pioneer made concerning
the changes that have transpired aince his
last virdt. )
"The first time I laid eyes on Omahn was
when a boy. 10 years old, I came here in
IVij with my uncle and mother on the ay
to bottom lands near Tekainah. There
were fourteen ox teams In our bunch. We
crossed the river here on flatboats. Omaha
then boasted. only of four buildings."
Mr. Featherston Is at present a resldnt
of Missouri Valley, la. He Is ti years old.
RINE SEES JOKERS IN BILL
City Attorney Says it is Too Strong
for the Railroads.
HAS TO J)6 WITH THE VIADUCTS
City nala Sot Have Power to Order
Vladaeta for Streets I. aid Oat
Before the Railroad Was
Bnllt.
Before Senator Hoagland'a bill, known as
senate file No. 245, becomes a law, If It
ever does, It 1h going to encounter violent
opposition from the city attorney's office.
The bill, which seeks to amend section 7.5
of Cobbey'a annotated statutes of Ne
braska, has to do with the building- of via
ducts by railroad companies.
Ih brief, the bill provides that no rail
road company or companies Can ba forced
to build viaducts In any city over streets
which were not opened before the railroad
tracks were laid. Copies of the bill were
received In Omaha Tuesday morning. City
Attorney Rlne discovered numerous Jokers
In tha bill which he says will practical. y
eliminate any city from forcing railroads
to build any sort of a viaduct. ' -
"The bill seeks , to tak everything away
from the city.". said Mr. Rine. "It la ao
heavily loaded that the only fear la that it
will explode of Its own accord before It
cornea up for passage. Tha bill, which was
drawn by attorneys for the railroad com
panies, protects these corporations from
every angle. It even - goes ao far aa to
provide that In tha event that any paving,
grading or curbing is done along such
right-of-ways the amount must be deducted
from tha proposed cost of the viaduct. Be-
fora the companlea get through they would :
have the city owing them money for every
vladuoi that la built.- ' . i
"The bill has been hatching for a long
time. K f forts ware made to get some mem
ber of the Douglas county delegation to
preecnt It to the legislature, but they all
turned It down.. Hoafland came to the
rescue' of tha railroads..
"As soon aa I find out when the bill will i
be considered by the committee. I am go-
Ing to Lincoln and protest against it even
being reported for passage."
Uncle Sam to Weigh
' the Mail in Omaha!
AH Mail to and from the East to Re
Weighed for One Hundred
and Five Days.
Tha quadrennial weighing of tha amount
of United States mall carried In the third
contract district by the railroads will begin
one minute after midnight of February 27.
The weighing continues lot days, all the
mall received from the eattt and going to
the east being weighed, and the amount of
the district In which the weighing la to be
done thia year, extends oniy to the Mis
sour iver on the west, so the mall going
out of her to the west and received for
thla place from the west will not be
weighed. ' But all through mall from both
wkI and east and originating her for the
east must be weighed.
' Omaha by Its position upon the division
j line la obliged to weigh mall every two
! years. On one occasion It Is fur th third
connect district, aa this year, and two
years from now It will be Urn to weigh
th mall for th quadrennial weighing of
tha mail of the fourth contract district,
which Includes th territory west of here.
' The Burlington and Union stations will
employ extra men for th 106 days, sftx
extra men will b mployed at the I'nlon
station, making th fore there twenty-five
mall clerks and transfer men working for
the railroad and eleven for the govern
mmt. At th Burlington station tour extra
men mil he added. fcMcn aet oi men oi me
j government employes and the ralhcad men
h,ep a kBt ot f.urM of th weight of the
mail. An average truck of mall will weigh
trucks are handled daily In Cuiaoa and
mora at the Council Bluffs trur.jur. All
ii.ust b weighed
WOMAN CHANGES HER MIND
Inentlflea Maa aa tha One
Who Snatched Her Parse lat
nrdny laht.
Mrs. M. Tillman of 70S South Sixteenth
atreet Identified a negro Sunday at the
police station as the one who suatclied a
handbag containing H0 from her aa she
31 i waa walking In front of the Omaha Gen-
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I erai tioapivai d.iui.j vtmi.)
morning sh a as forced t change her
mind and identify another, and Instead of J
l harles Mitchell, who now faces a rhatg j
of purs auatching It la John LMuican. j
Tartlrs who witnessed the robbery wer .
rse.onrtbl for th cltang of face. Not!
wlahitia to sc an Innocmt man convicted
they "put tr police on the trait of the real
I robhsr, whom thev had recognised. Aa a
reault John uuuean ol council riiufta, col
ored. aa arrested terday by the police.
Mra. Tillman was again eunnnlonad to the
nation and Identified the aecond man.
When your feet r i anj cn.d, and
Tour boty chlled throou and througlt
from exposure, tak a i Jose of Chaot
berlaln'a Cough Kemd.'. bath "ur feel
In hot water before (jolag to bed, and
vou are almost certain ti wstd off a
sever cold. Tut "' by a.l dsaiara.
WANTS STREETS STRAIGHT
Commercial Club Would Disregard j
All Cost in Matter. j
FLAN A FELLOWSHIP RALLY j
Retailers Are ta Re Kutertalaed
Vhlle la Omaha Neat Month
with a Theater Tarty and
Luncheon.
Regardless of cost all streets to be
opened In the city hereafter shall be made
straight and wide, according to the rno
lutlon adopted by the executive committee
of the Commercial club Tuesday at noun.
In reference to the opening of Twenty
second street from Dodge to Howard strict
the committee voted two tentative plans
by which the street shall be made to cut
through one-third of the Central achool
building. It was provided that the two I
plans be submitted to the city council w.th j
a request that one of them be adopted,
whatever the cost, rrcvlous plans under
consideration by the council contemplated
laying out the street with a turn at that
point.
The committee received a report from the
entertainment committee to tho effect that
plana have been made for a monster good
fellowship rally to be held In March prob
ably at the Auditorium. The big affair will
be somewhat on the order of the "good
fellowship" dinner of last year, except that
It shall be on larger proportions.
The committee on the Jobbing trade re
ported plana to extend a theater party and
buffet lunch to the Federation of Nebraska
Retailers during the convention of that
body on March 8.
Delegates to the Nebraska atate develop
ment and conservation congress were
named.
A list of the goods now being advertised
as those on which bids for contracts shall
be received by the Indian department, was
Issued. All sorts of stores and articles of
hardware, merchandise and general sup
plies from tha Hut.
Red Cap Boards the
Wrong Train-Alas-
Is Forced to Borrow Funds from a
Young; Woman Com
panion. Never again will Victor Wiles, living at
1230 rtouth Tenth street, do a favor' for a
friend, no matter how pretty a girl that
friend happens to be.
It happened this way. Victor, who Is em
ployed at the Union station in Omaha,
was Just starting tosleave when he spied
an old school friend tugging a heavy grip
along, towards the Burlington depot. Very
gallantly he offered to help. Being natur
ally generous, his offer of help extended
so far as to put her on the train and then
he tarried a while to chut. .
Suddenly tha train began to move and
he waa urged to disembark. "No, I'll ride
over to Council Bluffs and Jump off there.'.'
But, alas,, this Burlington train went down
the Nebraska side of the fiver and the first
stop waa Pacific Junction.
Victor' waa all unconscloua of this fact,
however, until the conductor asked for his
I fare, when he tendered the two bits he had
ready to pay his way to Council Bluffs
-jhe stern conductor demanded he receive
niore tn8n that for a rije to Pacific June-
tlon, but Wiles had only' 40 cents in hla
possesssion.
After borrowing the nveessary fare from
the girl, Wiles persuaded the conductor to
slow down a little at Plattsmouth, where
he Jumped. Then came a long walk to the
Missouri Pacific station to catch the train
for Omaha, and the wind blew cold Mon
day night.
"Never again. And think what kind of a
hit I made with the girl?" walls Wiles.
MEN NOW TAKE THE UPPERS
Barllnaton Receives It First Wire
Request I nder the New
Role. '
Proof that some of the traveling public
are awakening to the 30 per cent reduction
In upper bertha waa received by J. B. Rey
nolds, city ticket agent of the Burlington.
Tuesday. The first telegram that he ever
remembered having come t his office ask
ing for an upper berth arrived there early
Tuesday morning from Nebraska City.
This was also the first specific order the
local office . has had for an upper berth
since the order went In, most of the trav
elers preferring the lowers at even th
greater cost.
"The only point of difference noted by
the lowering of the lower berth rstes."
remarked one of the office force is that a
man will now accept an uper without
much talk when he cannot get a lower. Be
fore the cut was made they howled like
wolves at the idea of riding In an upper."
SCHOOLS CLOSE WEDNESDAY
Prlarlpal Graff of the Hlh School Is
Kept at Home hy HI Daaah
ter's Klekaess.
Beiaus of Diners In his family, K. U.
Graff, principal of the high sihool, will be
unable to attend the National Association
of Superintendents, which meets in Mobile,
Ala., this week. Mr. Graff had Intended
to leave Tuesday evening, but his little
daushter was taken ali-k with scarlet fever
Tuesday mornlnf and he decided to remain
her. ,
All the public schools of Omaha will ob
serve Washington's birthday Wednesday.
A holiday has been declared. There were
programs save exercises at the Iake school,
which mete given Tuesday afternoon.
BalloUasI Permits.
H. Cerises. tS I'aclflc. frame duelling.
$1 .'.0ft: i.iougias becurtty company, ZTM fouth
Thlrty-flrsi street, frame dwelling, :I.,'kj,
Ixnmlaa Security company. .".' houtli
Thirty-first street, frame dwelling. $.1.jijo;
John T. .McDonald. 3M5 Farker street,
fiaive dwelling, II Ht: Khull l-ami company!
1&3 South Twenty-fifth street, fiaine dwell
ing. n.M. ,
Your cooking will have
the final touch ol art if you
use quality condiment.
( aaaaa
- pepper, ginger, clerea. He
are full of streng-ta and fresh,
la eea'ied carton. Oeeeere, 10c.
TONS ... Di. H.u,u. U.
Little Progress
in the Ouster Case
Attorneys for the City and County
Aid Donahue in Their
Testimony.
The state's attorneva sptnt most of their
time Tuesday morninK In trylps. to get the
books of William Boekhoff ndmittcd na
evidence In the ouster li.-ailnK charces
against Chief of Police lvmehue. When
they got through, they bud made little
progress, as Iteferee F.vnna stuck to his
former rulings, admitting only such records
cs could be Idrntifhd by the witnesses.
Boeckhoff and Peter Zarp were placed on
tho HtRnd and Identified entries that hail
been made, showing that beer bad leen de
livered to houses In the red light district in
the fall of But the testimony went
for naught when Zarp testified that the
entries ndjtlit be correct and, might not.
Though Wcdneaday Is a national holiday,
attorneys for both sides agreed to continue
the proreedlnss, which will go down on tha
records aa February 21.
BUTLER'S REGISTRATION BILL
City Clerk Has City Attorney Draft
Law for Voters.
SUGGESTS SOME RADICAL CHANGES
Increases Pay of Judges and Clerks
and Decrease Their Work and
Also Chanarea the Mode of
Ttcalstrntton.
A bill drawn by City Attorney nine at
the Instance of City Clerk Dan Bjitler,
amending the present-registration lawa will
be taken to Lincoln Wednesday for Intro
duction Into the leglHlature. Mr. Butler
will tak the bill to Lincoln and will pre
sent It to the members of the legislative
committee, which recently Investigated al
leged election frauds In the city of Omaha.
If the bill meets the approval of these leg
islators. Mr. Butler will ask one of them
to introduce it Into the legislature for Im
mediate passage.
The bill proposes radical changes In the
prevailing methods of registration. It pro
vides that tha number of books kept for
registration purposes In' each precinct shall
ue uecreasea irom rive to three and that the
salary of the registers be Increased from S3
to $5 a day.
It also changes the day a of registration,
which are three In number, so that two
Saturdays, Instead of one as now main
tains, shall be Included In the three days.
But the number of days, three, la left aa
at present.
The bill further provides that non-registered
roters, who now are compelled to
go to tha city clerk's office, accompanied
by two freeholdera, for registration may go
to the precinct In which they live and be
aworn In by the Judgea and election clerics,
provided they are vouched for by two regT
Istered voters of the precinct.
"If the bill becomea a law, It will, Jn my
opinion, overcome the objections to the
present lawa." said Mr. Butler. "I am going
to take the bill to Lincoln and offer It 'to
the member of the Investigating com
mittee, recently appointed by the legisla
ture. If the bill meets n 1th their approval,
I will ask one of them to offer It to the
legislature and ask that committee to do
all It can In the interests of the b'll."
Retailers Will Talk
Advertising Schemes
Prog-ram of Fifth Annual Convention
in Omaha Announced Thou
sand Will Attend.
' Window trimming, advertising, credit
rating systems and personal lettei adver
tising are among the subjects of speeches
on the program announced Monday for the
fifth annual convention of Nebraska re
tailers. The convention Is to be held at
Hotel Home, March T, I and 9.
A number ot prominent retailers from
other parts of the state will be among the J
speakers. The Omaha Ad club will Join
In several of the sessions. Will A. Camp
bell, publicity man for th Commercial
club, arranged the program under the di
rection of the Retailers' federation of
ficials. Scalded by Steam
or scorched by a fire, apply Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. Cure plies, too. and the
worst sores. Guaranteed. 25c. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co. ,
Sensible Way of
Shampooing the Hair
(From th Fashion Gaxetta.)
"It ia unwise to drench the hair with
water and acour It with aoap to achieve
cleanliness. Too much moisture rulna the
hair makes it dull and brittle and the
scalp hard and scaly, because It is robbed
ot the ' natural oil nectsmry to hair
growth.
"Then, too, washing th head la ac
companied by the dunger of catching cold.
Dry shampooing Is a sensible method of
cleansing the hair and scalp of all dand
ruff, dust and excess oil.
"A perfect and Inexpensive dry sham
poo powder Is made with four ounce of
amutone and a half pound of corn meal,
either white or yellow. Put In a fruit Jar
and sttr and shake until thoroughly
mixed. Bprinkle a tablespoonful over the
head, then brush out and your sculp will
bo clean and your hair light, fluffy and
lustrous. It brushes out very easily."
Arc You Daa.?
lave You Catarrh,
AsihnaorDroncIiiiis?
We fur Then and Other t'liroulc j
OiHeaitfft, such na Catarrh of the (Stom
ach, Liver, ki'lucy, ;iullr and Alt
IXfteasrs of tlie llruurlilal TiiIkhi a-ud
l.unifs.
Vie Removo iha Csuso -
We Have Had Vear of Hus With
Other and Keel That We Can
Help i ou.
We Can Treat You at Your Home'
Writ or CalL
Berlin
dledical
Institute,
405-1O7 luVe liliiji-. Ouutlui, Neb. j
FEBRUARY 243, lOll
Grand Offer to Familios Not Owning Pianos
You have just as good a chance to win this lunnpnifioont Piano hp anyone
BETTER GET BUSY RIGHT NOW!
tm' mm
DIRECTIOXH Outline on this or a aeperste sheet of paper, twenty objects in the above picture, whose
nsmps begin with th letter "ca." For example, "cat," Also write out your list ot names. The person not
owning an upright piano sending In the neatest correct answer will receive the first prize. Also other
prizes. Including Jewelry, etc., to be distributed among contestants according to merit, to the amount of
.$3,200. Everyone not owning an upright piano that sends In an answer will receive a prlie. Winners
will be notified by mail. OnVy one prlre awarded In a family. Decisions of iudgrs final. Professional
artlrts, draftsmen or designers' answers will not be accepted. Write your name and address plainly ou your
answer and mall or bring same to us.
Contest Closes February 2S
A. HOSPE CO.
1H13-1515 Douglos street,
Geo. M. Redlck
Our Electric 'Exhibit
: .K'': ' ' of-. . ;.r :'.v ";
Baker and Rauch & Lang Cars
Can Be Seen in Spaces I and Ai Today
at the Omaha Auditorium
Don't fail to sec these Models,
latest features of electric vehicle
We are now equipoing our
the new "Ironclad" Exide
J Electric Garage Company
$ 2218-20-22 Farnam Street
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The Thing
... lo Do
U UAA E-l.l,
lis
1 mn a
Va&
14 M,Ut
Home Day.
Thursday.
Look in the Real Estate Columns
and see how cheaply you can get a home
on that day.
This gpring will toe a great deal of activity In real eotsto. Prices will
advance new building wUl go up. There la a chance for 7011 to make a bunch
of money by purchasing a piece of real estate now and holding it for the spring
rise. - 1
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Moat of the real estate estate adverted for sale in Thursday's' n"
can be bought on the easy term plau, a few hundred dollar down, balance
monthly. Thla plan makes you a home owner without you having to Invct
much money.
Now la the time to buy.
n
If you lose your pocketbook, umbrella, watch or
soma other article of value, the thing t do I to
follow th exampl of many other peopl and advr
tlae without delay In th Ixist and Found column of
Th Be.
That la what moat peopl do whan they lea"
arllilea of value Telephone ua and tell your lo
to all Omaha In a single afternoon.
Omaha, Neb.
Denlse Barkalow
embracing the
construction.
cars with;
Battery.
to
It t
Put It In
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