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Gloria Chocolates are on sale today throughout the city.
Buy a box. If you do not find them the most delicious
Chocolates you ever tasted, ask for your money back; it
will be promptly refunded. They are so much better
than any others and so different that there is no com
parison. Many Different Varieties to Select From
Half-pound, one-pound and two-pound boxes, at 80
per pound.
Skill, knowledge and disregard of expense are the secrets of the
unequalled excellence of Gloria Chocolates.
They are made from choicest fruits and nuts from the garden
spots of the world, combined with chocolate of more exquisite flavor
than you ever thought possible. All materials used are the purest
and bust that can be obtained. No extracts, synthetic flavorings,
artificial colorings or substitutes of any kind are permitted.
They are produced in a bright, sunlit factory, where the most ex
acting conditions of sanitary hygiene are strictly enforced.
No chocolates to equal them in quality or flavor have ever been
offered to you before. Take a box home tonight, and If you are not
delighted with them, get your money back..
Nebraska's Largest Candy Makers
ROSS B. TOIVLE, Pres. A. H. GORDON, Treat
DREAM OF LONG AGO
BECOME REALITY
Opening of Barkalow Bros.' Store
Recalls Hiitory of Farnam Street
Fifty Yean Ago.
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LAKE OF SMALL STORES THEN
Ths opening of ths nw rtarkalow cigar
nd candy store In ths Rose building re
Calls to mind a little history which con
cerns Farnam street of fifty years turn.
There are In dmaha today oltliena who
can turn back In fancy to the ilays of
1865 when Farnam was a villas atreet.
with a hill at Sixteenth street. The
pedestrian alnnfc. tnia atreet firty year
ago today would have regarded as a
fiction of the brain the suggestion that
In 191 thers would be such a fine struc
ture on the southeast comer of Sixteenth
and Farnam streets as the nose buildlng
and that the corner store would have
been ueed for th sale of Man clans clgara
and candles, with expensive furnishing
of mahogany, marble, plate glass ani
mirrors.
Dream Rernmea Knot.
The dream of fifty years ago Is a reality
today.
Drawing aside the curtain of the past,
what is revealed on Farnam street In the
days of the steamboat and the Indian?
Fifty years ao Charles Goodrich lived
on a hill where now stands the Hose
building. On the southwest corner wi
the firs engine house and Mr. Goodrich
"ran with the machine," when the bell
rang. The old court house was on the
northeast corner and Redlrk's opera
houss on the northwest corner. TU
opera house later was used ss a city
hall.
Retimed or -
There were no "alfroads here then and
pavements had not been thought of. The
walks were wooden und the streets some
times muddy.
Taking a stroll down Farnam atreet In
those halcyon daya the passerby could
have stopped at famuel Hums" store for
crockery and chins ware, bought a steam
boat ticket of Harry P. Deuel, hardware
Of W. J. fit-natch or i Fred 8nyder.
groceries at Will It. King's store and
some dry goods of Mat fhtclda. Prwnunl
A. Orchard was In business and Henry
W. Yates was In s bank. Samuel Moffatt
was cashier of the Rsnk of Xebraxka and
the Western Kxchnnse bank was In op
eration. Caldwell A Hamilton were en
gaged as bankers, later forming the
Omaha National bank. A. I. Wyman.
afterwards treasurer of the United
Rates bank, was a member of the colony
of money changers and Joseph and John
Bheely were dispensing meats. I May
owned a clothing store and lwey A
Trimble advertised their furniture itoie.
legislative hall w:is m in-v-ii o ri
nam strvot. Kountse liios.. were bunk
ers. Jesse H. Iacev and John Mi-formica
conducted an outfitting stoio
where Fd Maurer now holds forth. I.ary
and McConnlck sold flour, sugsr. coffee,
sowbelly, baking powder, pick handles
and Julius Smith's "Old Magnolia."
Frelghtere stocked tip at their place and
worshipers In the Methodist ihunh
around the corner sometimes complained
of the noise on Kunday. Captain C II.
Iowns was well-known st the ferry atn
tlon snd the Herndon house wss a pop
ular hostelry.
Trinity church wss at Ninth and Far
nam streets and the Tlvoll nearby. K.
t ronton would tske your photoginpli
for a few kopeks and John R. Caulfleld
sold books. William Stephens and Cap
tain William I. Wilcox operated a gro
cery store. Jacob tJIsh was known as
a mortician and Jainea K. Ish dispensed
drugs. Milton Itotrers exchanged hard
ware for money and the Morning Btar
Clothing house brightened a corner of
Its own. M. C. Wilbur and John Coff
nian rented livery rigs to the beaux and
t bellea of the village. Henry Pundt waa
another grocer and Harvey atson ap
peased hunger In his recta ur nt.
Of course, all of tills historical recol
lection he to do with the openlnB of
Ilia Harkalow company's new store
in the Huso building. It .1"t " to
show how this company haa kept ahrenst
of Omaha's urowth and that It knoas
what the public wants.
5. E. Corner 16th and Farnam
Christmas Suggestions
Give him well known standard brands.
Take no chances on unknown cigars.
We carry NILES MOSER ROGERS
CO.'S staple goods. A few mentioned
below:
Webster s
La Saramitas
V, ,
La Preferentias
First Consuls
Chancellors
All put up in Christmas packages.
Call for them.
Niles Moser Rogers Co.
Distributors
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We have made a careful selec
tion of cigars, candies and
smokers' articles, because we
want to stand behind every
article sold at the store.
Our years of service in cater
ing to the public has taught
us the absolute necessity of a
careful selection of stock as
well as necessity for modern
and up-to-date equipment for
taking care of same.
" Up-to-the-Minute "
We especially recommend our
Fontenellecigar, which is made
up solely for us.
Barkalow
Brothers
News Co.
16 th and Farnam St s.
Telephone Your Orders. Tyler 333
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They Have No Superior or Equal
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Blunts in 1 Oc Size
Merchants in 10c Size
Staple in 2 for 25 c Size
Panama in 2 for 25c Size
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