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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1916)
THE HKK: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MATKTf 22, 1910. KING AK'S BOARD YIEWS THE YARDS Also Enjoy Annual Dinner M Guests of Their Former King, Everett Buckingham. CHARLEY LANE WAS THERE, TOO frond as a boy with red-topped boots was Everett Buckingham Mon day night. He was the host to the j board of governors of AV-Sar-Ben for the annual harvest home dinner, which he gave them in the Exchange ,f the ..deaf cpwllurM,.. c. w. building at the stock yards. cslls m. Look at the girls sklpplnt It was not the fart that lie was host at 'rope, ixjok at the boya playing marbles, the dinner that made him proud. Hewasji.,ok at the folks raking their yarda. proud to be able to show the governor i Look at the bonfires of dry grns ai.d auch splendidly equipped stock yards as j rubbish. ee the robins hoppln nbort now exist on the South Plde. He showed them nil over the yards, particularly the new fireproof and weather-proof, con creted hog barns and the new horse barn. He took them all ov;r these latest Im provements before tlv dinner. Doe Krye at the Helm. Then they repaired to the. Exchange building dining room, where the cele brated Doc Frye had prepared a dinner In numberless courses, with all the choic est varieties of "eats and drinks." Governors present were Buckingham. Judson. Hosford, Beaton. Black. Faun ders, Brandels and Richards, and Secre tary 3. D. Weaver. Guests were Charles l.ane. Joe Barker, Jay Foster and Jack Walters. There was no business. This annual harvest home dinner Ic no time for busi ness. It Is an occasion for a rood time. The governors and quests talked Infor mally, told stories and smoked until late in the night. First Practicing Woman Physician in Nebraska Dies Dr. Mary Strong, said to have hean the first woman physician In Nebraska and professor of operative and clinical surgery at the Crelghton College of Medicine, died yesterday morning at 7. Dr. Strong was born in New Hamp shire December 18, 1&54. During her early life she was a school teacher In New England and she came west to follotv this profession. In 1SSS, however, she took up the study of medicine and obtained a doc tor's degree. .She was a practicing uhv sician In Omaha ever since her gradua tion and for seventeen years was attend ing physician for the Salvation Army rescue home. She was a member of the Nebraska Medical Boclcty and an honorary mem ber of the Douglas County Medical asso ciation. She also belonged to Mecca court. Tribe of Ben Hur, and the East ern Star. ' In 1N2 she was worthy ma tron of Vesta chapter. Order of Eastern Star. IShe was deaconess In the Ply mouth Congregational church. She la survived by one brother, who lives In Manchester. N. II., and one sis ter, who lives In Milwaukee. Dr. Strong resided at Twenty-fourth and Binncy streets. Comes to Omaha to Live After Eleven Years in Canal Zone D. n. Wolverton has arrived in Omaha from the Panama Canal zone 'and will go Into business with his brother, E. Wol verton, with officers at 310 Omaha Na tional Bank building. Mr. Wolverton rms been statistician for the Isthmian Canal commission and for the Tanama canal for eleven years. He met and helped to show the sights of the canal to such men as Taft. Roose velt. Bryan, Knox and Root, and there Is no man better posted on the canal In nil its departments than he Is. I "The slides in the canal must be over-! come by patiently dredging out the dirt! Xbenever they occur," he said. "The present serious obstruction will be cleared j away by next month. It is merely s question of finally getting the sides of! Xhe cuts down to an angle where the! earth will not slide any more." Work on New Bridge Across Missouri is to Start at Once General Manuger Ware officially an" nounces that tho I'nlon Pacific, as soon as possible, will begin the reconstruc tion of the company railroad bridge over the Missouri river, with a view to having It completed during the early part of WIT, and. If possible, before the ice breaks an runs out that year. According to Mr. Ware, the contract for reconstruct loft of the brirtse has been awarded to the Ameilcnn Bridge com pany. It is to be a double-track struc ture and in the reconstruction 5.2C0 ton of steel will be used, whert-as. In the con struction of tnc nrcsent brldne. there is jut 2.90 tons. The reconstruction la to be carried on without Interference of train service. It is stated that over the present bridge 320 trains pass every twenty-four hours. Dog Tags Sell Fast on the Opening Day One hundred and fifty dog owners have received 1914 licenses from the city clerk. The sale will continue for several weeks, to give everybody an opportunity before the dog catcher starts making his rounds. The city council authorised the pur chase of a new automobile for the man who pursues unlicensed canines. STIMSON. PLAYGROUND EXPERT, IS IN OMAHA C. F. Btlmson. field seeretary of the Playground and Recreation Association of America, addressed the playground Insti tute at Central High school Monday eve rting. Mr. Stimson urged co-operation by citizens In the playground system being e eloped here. He told of some of the practical sides of helping the people to wisely uw their leisure hours. n Effective Conch Treatment. One tcanpoonful of Ir. King's New Dis covery taken, as needed will soothe and clieek yeur cough and bronchial irrita tion. Ail druifgiats. Advertisement. Spring, Gentle Spring, Comes to Omaha One Day Ahead of Time Fprlng lipped one over on us tht Tr Pprlne. the well-known, Jistly-Cee- 1'rnted and much-loved gentle spring, i arrived a dsy before sh Is usually due. Phe came tripping gently Into the ctly at 4:39 Monday morning. Anybody cO'ild tell thnt Monday was a spring day, "n- shiny and nice and warm and ulmy. I The reasorT why spring got here a da early I that this In leap year an! therc- , (ore we've had a day extra. Spring la here, anyway. look at the and hauling the early worms out of the ground. Sec the politicians shaking hands. Note the demand for aulpnur and sassafras at the drug stores fr Harries Predicted Electrification of Roads Years Ago Recently when the Milwaukee road opened a section of Us electrified north coast line, a circular and some data con cerning the opening was (sent to General Hnrrles. president of the Omaha Electric Ught and Power company. The general has written to General Agent Duval of the Milwaukee acknowledging the receipt of the data, adding that twenty years ago when he asserted that he would live to see the time when electric current would supersede steam as a motive power people laughed at him. Light Engineers ' Ratified by- City The city council ratified the action of Its committee of the whole by Indefinitely postponing the electric street light situ ation Insofar as the proposed new con- trsct Is concerned. B. J. Arnold of Chicago, and E. X, Strait of Belolt, Wis., were approved as special engineers In connection with mi examination of the light plant boln made by the electric light and power committee of the Commercial club. This action was taken on request of J. A. Sunderland, chairman of the committee. Approval of these engineers by the coun cil does not bind the city officials to the findings of tho Commercial club's Inde pendent audit and examination of the affairs of the Ight company. NEW EXPERIENCE HAS HER TALKING Like a Happy Dream Come True Relief from Her Long Illness Charms. WAS SAVED FROM "Bl'CiBEAU'I To suffer almost from childhood with stomach trouble and nervousness and ithen to find relief almost over night, is like having a happy dream come true. But this Is the delightful experience of Mrs. Ivah Spann. of 1913 P street, Lin coln. She has been saved from an attack of nervous iprostratlon, that dread malady that Is woman's bugbear, she tells. "Tanlac has relieved me of nervous dyspepsia." declared Mrs. Spann yester day. This statement is the highest en dorsement that can be given to a medi cine. Dyspepsia usually is a baffling ail ment. The dyspeptic la a sufferer Indeed. Ixjss of strength, extreme nervousness and often fear of trivialities quickly seize the dyspeptic. "I had nervous dyspepsia and was threatened with nervous prostration," said Mrs. Spann. "Ever since girlhood I have been so nervous that I could not sleep well. Indigestion, which finally be came dyspepsia, caused gas almost con stantly. For days at a time I V'ould suf fer from pains In my stomach, head and back. "Of course I had sought relief con tinuously and I did not have great faith i In Tanlac when I started to take it. But jl have now. My relief began with' the I first bottle. Now, after taking the treat- ment, I w ant to recommend Tanlac for jwhat It has done for me." 1 "Tanlac Is a boon to ,weak. 111, nervous, depressed women," explained the Tanlac ;Man who Is Introducing the Master Medi cine at the Sherman & McConnell Drug Co., lfith and Dodge streets. There he explains to scores dally how TanJaC should be taken and the results that inay be expected from its use. Tanlac may be obtained In Benson at the Schliler-Ueattle Drug Store; Spring field, H. Flogenbaum; Weeping Water, Meyer Vrvz Co.; Nebraska City. Henry Schwake & Co.; Auburn, K. H. Dort; Ashland. H. 11. Cone; Malmn. P. B. Fitch; Fremont. Brown-Krederickson Drug Store; Oakland, W. O. Harding Son; Clarkson, E. H. Kosa. ATTENTION-DRUGGISTS. An exclusive Tanlac agent Is wanted In every town, village and eross road In this county. For particulars ad dress Cooper Medicine Company, Day ton. Ohio. Cocoanut Oil Makes A Splendid Shampoo If you want to keep your hair In good condition, be careful what you wash It with. Mont soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and Is very harmful. Just plain, mulslfied cocoanut oil (which Is pure and entirely grease Piss), is much better than the most ex pensive soap or anything else you can UKe for shampooing, a this can't pos sibly Injure the hair. Simply moisten your hatr with water and rub It In. One or two teaapoonfuU will make an abundance of rich, creamy lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp thoroughly. The lather rinses out easily and removes every particle of dust, dt-t. dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves It fine and silky, bright, fluffy and eaa. to manage. You can get mulslfied cocoanut oil at mot any drug store. It is very cheap, and a few ounces U enough to last every one In the family for months. Advertisement. molasses at the grocery stores. Observe the cars that are appearing from winter storage. Observe the park oentlici be ing painted and put In place. Spring Is here, though she en'ereil quietly and unohstruslvely. . Of course, Fsther Rlgge and possibly Colonel Welsh knew tho precise moment of her arrival. But others overlooked her. Matt Oreevy didn't even hoist bis Tuft flag to the top of the staff on his lawn. Judge Cooley's fancy did not lightly turn to thoughts of his Palm Beach suit. And the city fathers overlooked a fine opportunity to Mason on the beautiful, graceful, ornamental, artistic.) and lovely welcome arch' the Incandescent legend; "Soring, "Welcome." . 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