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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1917)
.5 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1917. BUT FEW THINGS SELL IN OMAHA AT SAME OLD PRICE Coffee, Shines, Fruit, Marriage Licenses and Car Fare Re- ' fuse to Soar With High r Cost of Living. Bje, BEATRICE FURMAN. You can get these things in Omaha for the same price you paid last year: Coffee Street car ride Klectrleity Jlarr!ae llctni. Gu ''. Preaching Water ' Y. M. C. A. member- Fruit attlp. . Chine Newspapers There are 1 1 things the price of which nas not soared during the last few months. The list is the result of long search and many questionings. Busi ness men, chance acquaintances and members of the household racked their brains to produce it. It is hardly worth while to hang it up by the kitchen sink for refer ence, as it is subject to revision up wards overnight, or even while you read it. 1 Coffee No Higher, Coffee, for some unfathonied rea ,on, has maintained its equilibrium, while its former associates on the grocery, shelves have gone aeroplan Ing. " v fVe don't know why," said the cof fee buyer for a large establishment. "Perhaps because there is no govern ment, tax on coffee. Perhaps it is merely an oversight. We'll look into the matter if you wish." "Mercy, don'tl" was the hasty re sponse, "Forget it don't let it trouble your dreams a second. We have no objection to its remaining as.it is.: It will remind us of old times, you know, when we could get a whole market basket full for a dollar or so." Fruit, unless very unseasonable, al so costs about what it did a year or even two years ago. Several reasons might be suggested for this. Fruit is not shipped abroad in, large quantities. .And it cannot be "cornered" and "stored away. A perishable corner is hard to put across. ' Water, Gas, Electricity, Mr. Zimman of the electrc lght company said . wages, copper, coal and everything else about the plant ' had gone up except prices to the consumer. ' "All utilities are about the same," he said. "Water, gas, electricity cost the consumer no more. In some cities ,they have gone up. We soon may have to get permission to raise our rates." : , To amend the constitution or what ever it takes to raise the prices of utilities will take -some time. There fore you next month's utility bills are likely to be the same. Leaving the electric light offices, the reporter sought T, E. Quintan, manager of a downtown department store. 1 ; ' "Is there anything in this whole establishment on which the price has not advanced?" Mr. Quinlan considered the ques tion. After prolonged meditation, he sighed and shook his head. Shines and Car Fare. . "You're wrong," I said, triumphant ly seizing him by the hand and drag ging him to a far corner of the room. There, hidden beneath a staircase, was , a small blacking stand. Above was the sign "Shine 5 Cents." 1 "Well, welll" was all the manager could say. How it happened, no one (knows. Perhaps it, too, is. a mistake. Tomorrow it may read "Shine 10 Cents." Better hurry, women, while the price lasts, Street car rides are still 5 cents. When they become 6 or 7 cents we'll have to carry a grip for our change. .With everything that use to be 5 cents 'costing a penny or two more now, one accumulates a heavy load of the little copper coins given in change. The baby .used to get dad's pennies for his bank, but so much of dad's pay envelope turns into pennies before the week is out that the prac tice has been abandoned. Already -new issues of pennies have been turned out by the treasury at Wash ington. Have you noticed how many shiny new Lincoln pennies are float ing about now? ' . 'i Marriage Licenses Cheap. "Cupid" Stubendorf has a heart. He knows the difficulties the newly wedded will encounter with the high cost of living and he doesn't want them discourged at the start. So he hands out his important papers at the same old price. " Preaching has not advanced, say Omaha ministers. You still can put a nickel in the collection box and hear a good sermon, with choir music . in addition. Membership in the Young Mens Christian association has even de creased. It now costs but $10 to make a man of a boy, as membership in this organization is likely to do. - This is a special bargain offer, but even the regular rate, $13, is no higher than last year. ' - ' St. Vincent de Paul Jo Give Charity Concert The several branches of the St. Vin cent de Paul society have arranged to Rive a sacred concert next Sunday evening at St. Philomena's church, Tenth and William streets, for the - purpose, of replenishing their charity fund for the winter. Many demands on the. society's limited resources are expected, and provision is to be made to meet them. Now, as in the 40 odd years of its charitable activities, the society limits its work to aiding home oeoole whom Bickness or other mis fortune diminish means of self-support The concert is one of the means of starting the good work. The following musicians will take part in the program: Martin Bush, . organist; Robert Cuscaden, violinist; Mrs. Leo Hoffman. Marie Haller ' Burnstein, Miss Geraldine O'Matley, Messrs. John McCrary, Richard O'Neil, Harry Burklcy, Thomas F. Swift, Clinton Miller, Charles Monar ty, and - St. Philomena's choir, un der the dire:tion of Phil McMillan. Garage Dooi Unlocked, Find , r ' Quantity of Booze in Car A couple of hundred . bottles of whisky were found in an automobile at 3601 Q street early Friday morning. according to South Side police, who looked into the car when they found the door of a garage unlocked. They are trying to find the owner of the ma -; chine . ,, HARRIES TALKS TO DEMMSOLDIERS Nebraska General is Principal Speaker at Dedication of New Stadium For Camp Cody. ' At the dedication of the new stadium, recently erected at Camp Cody, Deniing, N. M., where Ne braska hoys of the National Guard are now in training General George H. Harries of Omaha was one of the principal speakers. Thousands of soldiers and civilians ' attended the dedication. It is declared to be the only outdoor stadium of its kind in any of the cantonment camps. General Harries said: "From the long-lost day when the original pollywog stretched his muscles and started out to try con clusions with the second pollywog as to an atom of food there has been athletic competition. Strife, in some form, has to be. Sometimes friend ly, as on this and other like occa sions. 'Sometim.es deadly as on the battlefields of the world's greatest war, in which we are preparing to take part. "So, seeing that we are not as yet ready to strive with our war-skilled antagonist, we are turning attention strongly to individual fitness. s Need Strong Men. v "We need strong men. -Physically strong. Mentally strong. Men whose minds and muscles co-ordinate. Men who will instinctively know what to do in conflict and how to do it. Men whose developed skill scorns all fear of a skillful enemy. Men so armored with muscle and so confident of themselves that victory cannot be denied them, ' Men who, because they are fit, can laugh at hardship. Men who have strength in reserve to meet shortness of rations. Real mend Men of whom the whole world can be proud, and in whose deeds we qan rejoice with exceeding great joy. "So we start out with the individual. We present physique and skill for emulation. Here from time to time you will have opportunity to see men whom you should strive to surpass. Not necessarily in this stadium; you can play this game in your company streets for your own amusement and betterment. Except as spectacles these exhibitions will fail of their real ob ject unless they promote your in dividual and general welfare and add to the efficiency of the army and thef United States. Encourages Physical Fitness. "What ought to be a great incentive to physical excellence is the fact that we are competing with every other division of the army. Uur allies on the western front con tinuously praise the physique and the alertness of General Pershing's force and the German prisoners who are now behind our lines marvel at those characteristics. Are we going to show a lower standard? I cannot imagine such a thingl ' "We have proven what we can do in one variety of competition. It was our first attempt. We subscribed more money, in gross amount, to the second Liberty loan than any other camp in the entire army $2,003,800 willing dedicated dollars, $96.56 for every man in Cody. Are we going to be satisfied with that single supremacy? Not for one moment I ' Must' Have Supremacy. .' "The red-blooded responses to the nation's request for ready money will be paralleled along other and more self-sacrificing lines. We are going to devote our energies, more and more, to supremacy which will be ef t.' , I, -1 Eiuvc in i lauix inu ueigium ana Germany! We will think less and less of petty pleasures of no value and unceasingly of the great task which is here and ahead of us. Physically unfit, we would be easy prey for the enemy, Our strongest defense in the offensive is our own intimate knowledge of the modern art of war. Trained muscle and trained judgment will save count less lives maybe your lives when tne hour of combat arrives. Sound hearts and nerves of steel will then prevail, and you can't possess these essentials if you think licrhtlv or not at all of proper preparation. Remem ber that your lives are at stake each individual life! What will it nrofit you in the hour of trial that you went - 1 T"v iu a picture snow in ueming every night and thus threw away the hours which might have been devoted to studying the profession which teaches you how to defeat vour enemv and at the same time how to save your self? "Shakespeare was wise in his ques tion: 'Who buys a minutes' mirth BAKER'SCOCOA IS PURE Purity in cocoa means carefully selected, scrupulously cleaned cocoa beans, scien tifically blended, skilfully roasted, and with the excess of fat removed, reduced to ah extremely fine powder by a strictly mechanical process, no chemicals being used, the finished product'eontaininnp added mineral matter. - 4 " ( Trade-mark Booklet " WALTER orr. Mo. u. a. PAT. Broken Bow Couple Celebrate 63d Anniversary of Marriage ' ( 111 iw . - f MR. Mr. and Mrs. George Purcell of Broken Bow, Neb., celebrated the 63d anniversary of their wedding on Saturday, November 17. They were married in 1854 at Cincinnati, when Ohio was a pioneer state, densely timbered, and considered "out west." Later they removed to Springfield, III, thence to Chicago, and in 1874 came to Nebraska, settling at Crete. Ten years later, in 1884, they came to Custer county and spent a few years on a farm near Merna, but for the last 27 years have made ttyeir home irt Broken Bow. Three sons and one daughter were born to them, William G., Edward H., Ellen Elizabeth and Emerson R. The only daughter died in 1897. The sons all reside in Broken Bow, Of the to wail a week, or spends Eternity to gain a toy?' Are you going to an swer 'I do?' Not on your life, will you! "This day not tomorrow or any more distant day will mark the birth of high resolve. Only by the united effort of every individual in this com mand can we secure in matters mili tary such supremacy as we have in the matters financial. And to get that there must first be great growth of soldier spirit the, spirit which over comes in-. W many minor items of preparedness; the spirit of .tempo rary self-denial in order that great re sults may follow; the spirit of clean liness, of order, of discipline, of fearlessness, of team-play." , FirSt Present in 25 Years Given Soldier by League i Mrs. Ward Burgess -furnished a sweater through the Woman's league to a soldier al Fort Crook who said that he had been 25 years in the service arfd that this was the first present he had ever received. Steps' will be taken to provide sweatersJor the 35 men just arrived from Texas. A member reported this morning that the men were shiv ering with cold in this northern climate and the additional clothing would be welcomed by the newcom- Grain Men Buy Tickets ; For the Big Soldier Game The Omaha Grain . exchange has taken a block of 20 tickets for the Camp Funston-Camp Dodge foot ball game. On. the floor of the exchange Saturday morning these1 tickets will be sold at auction. The proceeds will go to the camp fund. . ' ; In additional the Omaha Grain ex change taking 20 tickets, practically each member has bought one or more. Attorney Has Narrow . ; Escape in Auto Smash Charles J. Jensen, attorney, 4622 Capitol avenue,- was slightly injured Friday noon when an automobile truck struck a. car. he was, driving. The machine, was wrecked. ' Jensen crawled out from underneath - the wreckage unhurt except for a few bruises when an ambulance got to the scene. . . , v , Alleged Auto Thieves Put On Trial in Criminal Court William, Walters, charged with the theft .of an automobile belonging to Clark and Joe Carnaby, was put on trial in criminal court before Judge Sears this morning. A motion for new trial is pending in the case r m ius ; r: I AND IT HAS A DELICIOUS FLAVOR . i '"'. on avery gtnuint packag of choice recipes an rat . ' '-- v .'.V ' ? ' ' ' Made only by . BAKER & CO. Ltd. " fil Dorchester, Mass. ' Established 1780 1 : " , 'j GEORGE PUR-CELL. once large family of which Mr. Pur cell is member, a sister, who still lives at the old home in Dublin, Ire land,, and himself are the only sur viving members. Mr. Purcell has a very eventful and interesting life during his younger days. He was born and educated in Dublin, Ireland, and is the scion of a distinguished, line of imMitary and naval officers who have figured prom inently in the history of Great Britain. Mr. Purcell is now in his 85th year and Mrs. Purcell is 79. The above photos were taken on the 63d anniver sary and bear evidence that time has dealt kindly with both. The anniversary was the occasion of a family reunion at the home of Em erson . R.- Purcell, publisher of the Broken Bow Chief. against Frank ' Keating, alleged to have been Walters' partner in the theft. . Walters was found hidden in a manger by officers searching for him in a barn in connection with the crime. He was hid under the hay and growled like a dog when an officer put his foot down in the manger. A B With Every Purchase of a Suit or at Beginning Saturday and Every Day Up to Thanksgiving We're Thankful to You for Your Patronage And WeVe Going to Show Our Gratitude. , A joyous Thanksgiving to you, folks! In ac cordance with our annual custom the 'Palace is going to give away free on Saturday a big, live, corn-fed TURKEY with every purchase of any suit and overcoat at $15 and up. We're not going to let "war times'' inter: fere with our annual Thanksgiving gifts. We established this unique method of showing our gratitude to our customers, and we're going to keep it up this year. It's been a rather trying year in some respects, but we feel that we have cause to be thankful for many things par ticularly the generous patronage of our many friends. . , In spite of the difficulty in securing merchandise, we have managed to maintain our usual high stand ard and moderate, prices: 1 We've split our profits with you this year, folks, and now we want to treat you to a Thanksgiving dinner. Come early! The big fat turkeys are squawking lustily. They're a bunch of fine-looking birds the very best that money could buy. There's one here for YOU. Special Thanksgiving PANTS SALE Men's Strong, Well-Made Pants Good, service able fabrics, in neat dark pat terns, sizes up 40 waist, at $1.35 Men's $3.00 Heavy Cassi mere Pants seams extra sewed, sizes 3 52 inches, light and patterns, at $2.00 Men'. Ail-Wool Blue Serge Pants . Just think! Genuine pure wool blue Serges, in cuff d0 QQ or plain bottom, atP'0 Men's Splendid $5 Worsted " " Pants ' Stylish, stripe effects that are suitable for dress or business $3.00 Man s Haavjr $5 Cordurojr Pants Serviceable drab color, built to withstand unusual d0 QQ hard wear, at Pa0 . - JiS .-E ? - r .5 a r a t j' . 1 y L mi iMmmmiiK). KB 11' II m m I siis ah i U I well I o l mm 30 1( n I III lboth 1:1 11 I dark mm: Harry Palmer Goes East to Hear Case in Chancery Harry O. Palmer, special master in chancery of the United States dis trict court for this district, has gone to New York City to hold the final hearings in the case of New York Scaffolding company against Egbert Whitney. The action is an injunc tion suit based on patents on build ing scaffolds held by the New York concern, which charges that the Ne braska company and its president, Egbert Whitney, infringe upon these patents. The scaffolding used on the Athletic club and on the Conant ho tel at Sixteenth and Harney streets, now under construction, is the type in controversy. Mr. Whitney of the Eclipse company has been cited for contempt several times, but has been cleared on each occasion. Attorneys from Omaha, Chicago and New York City appear in the case. Mr. Palmer is holding the fi nal hearings in New York because it was easier to take the court to the cloud of witnesses than to bring all of the New York witnesses to Ne braska. The action has been pend ing before tne special master for about two years, but will be closed after the hearing in New York is completed. eaV what you want when you want it H appealing- especially to their palate, because indulgence has al. wave meant subsequent mfferlmr. vrfi think tMa a aVong taSSSS It la a fact, however, that moat people can, without fear of dis tressing consequences, indulge the appetite 'within reaaon IX the bow el are active and regular. Heavy dinners and lata supper can be enjoyed with Impunity if, before retiring-, one will take a poonful of Or. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, mild combination of sim ple laxative herbs with pepsin that druggiata seU for fifty centa a eottle. Gentle In action and positive In effect, it regulate the .la "My, natural way, without griping- or other die com fort, and la the Ideal family lax ative. Get a bottle of Dr. Cald well' Syrup Papain front your drag-glit and keep It In the houae. Vie It occasionally and yon will ' find yon oaneat almost aaythln yon like without fear of oonae anencee. A trial bottle can be obtained free of charge by writing- J to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 456 Waah Ingtoa St., XontlceUo, Hiiaola. ig, live Corn - Overcoat Beginning Saturday -and Every Day Up to Thanksgiving BARGAINS IN Boys' $6.00 Suits With Extra Knickers Remarkably well-made Suits, in all the popular patterns and styles. Unusually winter wear. Witn Sizes 7 to 17, at Strongly made cassimere Suits, in, the light and dark pat i terns that are so popular for school wear. Sizes 5 to 17, at . Boys' $5.00 Suits Choice of stylish Trench model or pinch-back styles, in the desirable patterns; strong, durable cassi- do An mere fabrics; 6 to 17, at ' . vOitO Boys' $5.00 Mackinaws A remarkable value in heavy Mackinaws,' stylish checks and plaids, broken sizes 6 to 16; usually sold dQ AQ for 85.00 and more, at J5xO Boys' Haavy $7.00 Overcoats Extra quality, full length Overcoats, in the stylish pinch-back models, splendid fabrics in the desirable' light colors; sizes 13 to 17 only, $5.00 Juvenile Wool Overcoats Heavy, weight Overcoats for Drown piaids, plain grays and novelty mixtures, at Good $4.00 Boys' All sizes 2Vt to 9, in the serviceable. button-to-neck. moaeis, heavy all-wool fabrics, in serviceable brown mixtures, at r it. CIOTHING COMPACT COR.i4B UWajMkJMJNul 1 1 1 1 h i h 1 1 1 u Only $89.50 With 12 beautiful D. F. 10-inch selections. Sat urday we will give ten of these Victrolas for special terms of $5 per month. Come in Saturday and hear the new records. Glad to play any you wish to hear. Open Saturday Night Until 9. MICKEL'S 15th and Harney Streets. j When Buying Say You Read of Fed Turkey -jms"- -esta f0ryout m i 5. - ,TSi3 Ccme and Take M Me Home! rf " ' - i - ins BOYS' CLOTHES durable and just the thing for two pairs of knickeTs. $3.98 Boys' $4.00 Suits id dark pat- $2.98 boys; pretty red and brown Overcoats $3.98 tne $2.98 IMMII ft DOUGLAS n m i m 1 1 vfmmmm&is, --See Th is Beautiful Victor Victrola SATURDAY AT VMICKEL'S It's Just the Victrola Everyone wants one. Get yours now. Remem ber, more joy and pleas ure in a Victor Victrola than in any other single article in the world. Douglas 1662. Advertised Goods Them in The Bee Unusual Values in Furnishing Goods Night Shirts Domet Flannel Night Shirts, good heavy winter weight. Ac tual value,' $1.60; on QQ sale, at OJ7C Regulation Wool Army Sox Heavy weight wool, usually sells for 35c. On sale, 19c Saturday, at Men's Sox Lisle thread, in black, tan, navy, gray; usually priced Q . at 15c, Saturday 2C Sweater Coats ; An extraordinary offer of men's heavy Jumbo Knit Sweater , Coats, made with large roll ' collars and deep pockets. Sizes 34 to 42; $1.50 values, Qg Union Suits Heavy ribbed winter weight, ecru shades. Actual J 1 in. values $1.50, on sale V X a 1 U Boys' Furnishings Boys' Caps All-Wool fabric:. mart fall patterns and hapes..48c Boys' Shoes ' Unequalled money-giving values in button or lace styles ,.j.$2.4S Bora' Sweaters Exceptional quality; with adjustable storm collar . .... ......... . .69e ' Boys Stockings For strenuous school service; heavy, black ribbed quality 12c Boys' Union Suits Washable ribbed fabric, long ajeerea and ankle length S9c J TKRl m y it ml' ..... 1 1 II t i V - ffl CM ' aTT I J water 1 1 i Dour 31 1 A k I (viimi iiiusji auwinuaiwusii." 1