THE BBK: OMAHA, TTKNDAV, XOVtiMRKK 4. lflttf.
Opening Announcement of Panama Exposition Contest
A $57,000 Cleaning Plant
that is "Rushed" Every Minute,
Every Working Day of the Year
Finer work COUNTS; speed
M COUNTS : intelligent otllco
JTr j -A service COUNTS: satisfactory
jf lin&krM&J delivery system counts, and
HjWiy w smrv DRESHER HROTHERS are
possessed of ALL these. It
MUST be so, else WHY would
this concern Jump Into FIRST
place among western cleaners
& dyers within three years?
Dresher Bros, nre today turn
ing out the HIGHEST CLASS
Cleaning & Dyeing work In
western America; they do not,
confine their ability to clothes,
but offer superior cleaning ser
vice on Furs, Rugs, Blankets,
Feathers, etc.
Dresher Bros.
Not the "higher price" but the
"higher grade" Cleaners and Dyers
Private Phone Exchange Tyler 345
Plant at 2211-2213 Farnam Street
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Double Value on Your Cash Checks
or Receipts for Purchases Made at
Sherman & McDonnell's
"REXALL DRUG STORES"
Our four drujr "tores, nil located on prominent corners, offer you an
exceptional opportunity to obtain thousands of votes In tile J'anan'a Con
test. You and your friends aro constantly purchasing goods which may
come from our stores. By concentrating your drug purchases In our
stores you not only secure votes In this contest, but obtain th highest
Grade goods at reduced prices not one day, but all the time.
Besides tho voting value of your cash checks or receipts froln our
stores they are good for valuable premiums, same as wo have been offer
ing heretofore. Thus the double value of your efforts.
SOKE BAJCPX.E PRICES.
25c Packer's Tar Soap for Ho
COc Papo's Dlapepsln for 29o
25c "Tlz," for Tender feet, for ., Ho
25c Laxative Bromo Quinine for lBo
25c Carter's Little Liver Pills for Uo
OUK DRUG FHXOSS ASS A3WAYS THE IX) WE ST.
Sherman & Mc Connell
,, SS)UR ST.ORnS-MHirjna.6 itoConnU Drag Co., 16th and Badge sti.;
loyal Vharmaoy, Loyal Hotal Blook, Worth 10th St.; Owl Drug Co., 16th
and Karnty Sts,; Karvard Fbarmaoy, 34th and rarnam Eta.
For 52 weeks, the house of
HOSPE
(A. HOSPE CO.)
' "Will talk to you nbout the nice things it hits
' ' to offer, at prices that are goodsrinovers
'The House of IIospo gets the best trade in
Omaha because it has always put quality
before price.
Pianos Player-Pianos
MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND
NOVELTIES.
" Everything In .Art and Music "
UNTIL YOU'VE
J'S.
1513-15 Douglas St.
OUR FORTIETH YEAR
SHOPPING IS. NOT COMPLETE UNTIL YOU'VE
CALLED AT ' H08PE'S.
A. HOSPE CO.,
OMAHA
Three Free Trips and Expenses
the Panama Exposition
to
CONTEST TO BE CONDUCTED FOR
ONE YEAR
Winners Will Be Those Who Have Se-
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cured the Greatest Number
of Votes.
Votes Given for Cash Checks and Receipts for
Purchases Made From Advertisers
Using Space On This Page
NO OTHER RECEIPTS OR CASH CHECKS ACCEPTED
Votes Secured Here
FOR PURCHASES OF
gashing Machines.
Qld or New House Wiring.'"
Lamps for all purposes. 1
fixtures and Supplies.
?lectric Irons and Heating Devices.
Electric Shop
1810 Farnam St. Tyler 1414
Wire for us and we will wire for you.
litre Is un opportunity for three He
readers to secure free trips and nil tlielr
expenses paid to the Panama Exposition,
to be held at San Ktanclsco, CM., In 1910.
These free trips will be awarded to the
three persons having the largest number
of votes at the close of this contest,
which will be conducted for one year.
HOW TO SECURE VOTES
To secure voles In this contest make
your purchases from advertisers on this
page and cnll for ensh checks or re
ceipts. These cash checks or receipt
will be good for the number of votes
shown by the amount theroon, one vote
being allowed for each one cent. Thus,
If your purchase nt one ot the advert.
ers on this puge amounts to one dollar
that receipt entitles you to one hundred
votes In this contest. Duplicate de
posit slips which open a new account nt
the savlngH department of Tho Mer
chants National Bank count as receipts.
Receipts must bo voted at The Heo
office where they wilt be stamped
"voted" and vote slips for their amounts
will be issued. No less than ono dollar's
worth of receipts may be voted at a
time. Save them until you have at
least that amount Receipts must be
voted not later than thirty days front
tho date of payment, and all receipts
muBt be In by 9 p. m. of the closing
day, November 7, 1914.
In order to win you will have to get
busy among your friends and Induce
them to savo tho cash checks and re
ceipts from advertisers on this page.
Cull their attention to the hi ill grade
of firms which are represented hereon
and If they nre not already trading there
point out the' values -Which are offered
on this pnge and get them to save for
you.
The standing of contestants will he
published on this page from time to
time, and special prizes will be offered
by advertlfttTH occasionally for tho
greatest number of votes secured within
a given time.
RULES FOR PANAMA 'EX
POSITION CONTEST.
1 The Bee offers and will award threo
round-trip tickets and expenses to the
Panama Exposition, the total cost of
each trip to be (200.00 as prizes to tho
three contestants having the greatest
number of points at the close -of the
contest.
2 This contest open to everybody ex
cept employes of advertisers on this
page and of Tho Bee.
3 The contest page will be published
one day each week and will run for u
period of ono year.
4 Point' will be figured on the basis
of one point for each one cent shown on
cash checks or receipts for purchases
made from advertlseers ton thin page.
5 Cosh checks must be deposited at,
or mailed to "Panama Contest Udltor",
The Bee, not later than thirty days from
date of payment of same, and receipts
will be Issued for tlmni.
Contest to close November 7, 1914. All
San Francisco's' Big
Exposition to Cost
Eighteen Million
Up to and Inclusive of August .11, 1913,
the cash receipts of the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition compnny
amounted to moro than W.OOO.COO. The ex
penses to that date amounted to lens
than $3,000,000, and Investment expendi
tures to JtCT.CSl.lfi, leaving a cash balance
on hand of l,27?,3X.(Vt. The actual
present avnllnblo assets of the exposition
company aggregate 111,978,811. t0. It wilt
require about $11,000,000 more to complete
tho work, nnd the actual net assets
nmount to this, without considering the
sums to bo derived from concessionaires,
Interest on money In bank and receipts
from divers pre-exposltlon operations.
1915 Conventions
to Big Exposition
More organizations nnd societies have
decided to hold congresses and conven
tions at Ban Francisco In 11G than at
any other exposition at a corresponding
time' before Its opening. Up to October
13, 1913, 175 such conventions and con
gresses had been arranged.
FRISCO EXPOSITION HAS
SIMPLE FREIGHT SYSTEM
Exhibitors at the Panama-Pacific In
ternational exposition may have their ex
hibits delivered light on the grounds
from car or ship. The exposition has Its
own freight ferry slip, which may be
entered by car floats, bearing tho cars
with exhibits. Tho cars may then ho
taken to tho desired building over1 the
rails of tho exposition's standard gauge
railway system. The exposition has also
Its own harbor and docks, where vfcssels
from all parts of tho world may moor
and discharge cargoes. No trans-shipment
will be necessary from time of
first loading on car or ship.
cash tickets and receipts must be
turned Into The Hee office not Inter than
9 p. ni. on closing day of contest, or If
mailed, must be post-marked not later
than that hour.
How to Obtain Votes Through the
Merchants National
An opportunity to soenro n
large number of votes is of
fered by the representation of
Tho Merchants National Bank
upon this contest pnge. This
bank is ono of the oldest nnd
best, banks in tho city, with
millions of deposits, a vnst
capital nnd surplus, bankers of
national reputation nt its head,
and n generally good place to
save or deposit money.
By placing their own savings
account, and by pointing out
tho ndvnntnges of this bank to
their friends, thus inducing
thorn to open a savings account
bore, contestants may se
cure n vast number of votes.
Thoro is much money be
ing divortod which might
bo moro profitably put away
in tho Savings Department of
Tho Merchants National Bank,
nnd by porsuading their friends
to do this contestants would
not only secure votes for them
selves, but actually favor their
friends.
MnJco a canvass of your
friends and acquaintances at
once; find out tho possibility
of inducing them to open n
savings account at a reliablo
banking institution, where it
will draw a fair rate of interest,
and then keep after them until
they hnvo done both you and
themselves a good turn by hnv
ing opened n savings account
with this bank.
ATTENTION
CONTESTANTS!
Thoro is no easier or bettor way to secure a large
number of votes in this Panama Contest than by direct
ing your efforts to obtaining
Kimball Laundry
Receipts
Every homo has moro or less laundry work. Here,
then, is an opportunity for you to get busy among your
friends and point out tho superiority of our service. Get
thorn to savo our receipts thus helping you and at the
samo time getting tho fullost laundry valuo in tho city.
run "WAnwouv or tjcb xoks
BLUE WAGONS.
P(HONE DOUG. 919.
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Every Dollar Deposited to Open a New
Account in the SAVINGS DEPARTMENT of
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
Counts 100 Votes in The Bee's Panama Contest
Capital, $500,000
' Surplus, $500,000
Undivided profits, $240,000
Total deposits, $7,000,000
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
13th and Farnam Streets
LUTHER DHAKE, President
FRANK T. HAMILTON, Vice President
VHVA) P. HAMILTON, Cashier
!J. H. MEII.E, A&ustnnt Cashier
0. li. Dl'li DALE, Assistant Cashier
NOTE: Vote will not be allowed for other than bona fide new vavlngs
account.
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Many Votes
May be Secured
Through Things
Electrical
Contestants in this game
may benefit substantially by
watching for the electrical
needs of their friends.
Many votes can be earned through
the purchase of the popular electric
flat irons, electric toasters, coffee
percolators and heating and cooking
appliances of all kinds, and better
still, thousands of votes can be
earned by contestants through old
an6r new house wiring and equip
ment. OMAHA ELECTRIC
LIGHT & POWER CO.
NOTE Electric Light and Powr
bill art txcladed from thU contttt
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Our Christmas
Presents
to threo most popular contestants.
In addition to tho gqnorous offer of tho "Omaha Deo" wo ex
tend tho following vnluahlo glfU to tho ladle or gentlemen who
have tho highest numher of votea at tho closing hour at the Dea
office on
CHIMST.MAH HVK, DEC. 21, lOirt.
lt prlio Highest number ot votes Xraan eve liody's or Gentle,
man's Dlumoiul ring.
Unci prlro 2nd highest numbor of votes Xmas eve I'nlr of lady's
or gentleman's nolle! gold ruff button.
3rd prize 3rd highest numbor of votes Xmas eve Lady's solid
gold bar pin or gentleman's solid gold scarf pin.
SKK TIIK8E PHIZES IX OL'Il WINDOW. J
AT WE SIGN OF
we CROWN
UP me GOLMH STAIRS
Q?fiwj Qptiwfy Qptiwfy (JwSiQwj? Qwftwi
Importing
Qrocers
Table
Delicacies
OOHKBOTB WITH BRAWBEIS STOKES.
PURE FOODS AT POPULAR PRICES
Our Store Offers Great Oppor
tunities in This Contest
Every home In Omaha buys groceries all of the time.
Contestants can secure a vast number of votes by asking
their friends to savo our cash checks or receipts from either
our
Groceries, Wines, Meats or Cafe
All these departments are unequalled either for quality
or prices in the city. Every one knows this and it should
be easy for contestants to make this store a big vote getter.
Tell your friends Courtney's cash checks or receipts are
good for votes in The Bee's Panama contest.
YOU ARE INVITED TO
Courtney's Harvest Festival
beginning November 10th and lasting for two weeks. In
teresting demonstrations will bo features. Free souvenirs
will be given.
Qpifcwjfc Qptiwfy Qptiwfy Qjwfcw Qwjk ($55
