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Omaha at the Time The
Bee First Made Its Bow
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Chapman, vice president; James M.
Watson, cashier; James E. Boyd, as
sistant cashier. The First National
bank, then at the corner of
Thirteenth and Farnam streets, had
been established in 1856 agd organized
as a national bank August 20, 1863. Its
capital and undivided profits were
$250.1)00. Edward Creightori was
president: Herman kountze, vice
president; Augustus Kountze, cash-
ii-r; ii. n. i lies, assistant iianici.
The Omaha National bank, corner
Thirteenth and Douglas streets, had
a paid-in capital of $100,000, and "an
authorized capital of $500,000. Ezra
Millard was president and T. H. Mil
lard cashier. The State Bank of Ne
braska was at the corner of Thir
teenth and Farnam streets. It had a
capital of $100,000, with Alvin Saun
ters as president and Benjamin B.
Wood cashier. The banking house-of
Caldwell, Hamilton & Co., now the
United States National bank, was al
ready at the corner of Twelfth and
Farnam streets, and transacted busi
ness the same as an incorporated bank;.
In the line of jobbing and whole
sale trade the chief business was in
agricultural implements, groceries,
hardware, lumber, liquors, furn'ture
and some dry goods. In addition to
the nucleus of manufacturing on a
small scale, as everywhere carried on
by the cigar makers, shoimakers,
blacksmiths and so forth, there were
a number of more important factor
ies and mills. Two flouring mills
were at work grinding wheat into
'flour. Two breweries were convert
ing malt into beer. A distillery was
in operation manufacturing whisky
and spirits. The linseed oil works
had just been started. There were
'two soap and candle factories, a cigar
box factory, a paper box factory, a
coffee and spice mill, a foundry, a
carriage factory and several wagon
makers, sash door and blind manu
facturers, a showcase maker and
pork packers. There were two es
tablishments engaged in the construc
tion of lightning rods and one which
was flooding the west with Nebraska-
made hoop sl.irts and c-rsets. All
this without counting the two thriv
ing lottery swindles which were soon
after compelled to retire from busi
ness under the irresistible onslaught
of The Bee. ' The principal addition
to the industries of Omaha for the
year 1871 was the smelting works,
which had been organized the pre
ceding year and which completed the
construction of its works and began
active operations in February, 1871,
giving employment night and day
to an aggregate of 60 men. Next to
the Union Facific car shops, the
smelting works at once took rank at
the forefront of Omaha'; manufactur
ing enterprises.
Representation in the Professions.
Among the inhabitants of the town
our traveler would have found a fair
representation of intelligent profes
sional men. Of the attorneys and law
firms then practicing before the
courts only a comparatively few arc
still pursuing the profession in this
city. Here, however, are some of
the familiar names: G. W. Ambrose,
Baldwin & O'Brien. J. C. Cowin, Gil
bert & Swartzlander. Neville &
Hawts, Strickland & Webster, Sav
age. Mandcrson. A. T. Poppleton. C.
H. Brown, C. S. Chase, W. J. Con
nell, G. W..Doane, Luther & Thurs
Motors, Dynamos and General
r Repairing
Electrical Machinery and Armature
Winding a Specialty
Electric Elevator Repairs
Power Wiring
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LeBron Electrical Works
Expert Electricians and
Machinists x
T!phon Day, Douglas 2176 Night, W.bt.r, 902.
318-320 South Twelfth Street
, ' Omaha, Nebraska
A Record of
Achievement in
Service to the
People of
Omaha
In 1896 twenty-two. years ago the Kimball
Laundry Company made its first bid for the
patronage of the people of Omaha, and four
years later moved to the location it still oc
cupies at 1507-9-11 Jackson Street
In 1903 Mr. H. A. Jacobberger, manager of
the company, became associated with the
firm, and the watchword of the company is
the same today as it was then no pains will
be spared to please the customer. -That
this policy of absolutely satisfying every
patron is the right policy for any business, is
well attested to by the fact that from a total
business of $40,000 a year in 1903, the busi
ness has steadily grown until it amounted to
over a quarter of a million dollars in 1917,
and was limited to that amount only because
the capacity of the plant waa reached. ,
Steadily improving our equipment, service and
capacity, we hope to maintain our steady
growth, simply by giving to the people of
Omaha the best laundry service that can be
obtained In any city in America.
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LAUMDRY'CO.
1507-941 Jackson St.
.Phone Tyler 280
ton, John I. Redick, E. Wakeley, T.
M. Woolworth, D. L. Thomas.
The list of surviving physicians of
twenty-five years ago is still smaller.
Those who are well remembered are
Drs. I. Van Camp, O. S. Wood. Peck
& Moore, V. II. Coflfman, S. D.
Mercer, J. C. Denise, J. R. Conklin.
George Tilden and James H. Pea
body. '
None 'of the ministers of 1871 oc
cupy Omaha. pulpits regularly today.
Amusements and Entertainments.
In the matter of amusements our
traveler would not have much diffi
culty to secure desired diversion. The
Academy of M-ufic, in the Caldwell
block on Douglas street, was the
sceqe of theatrical entertainments by
its own stock company under the
management of Mr. Corn. Redick's
new opea house had but shortly been
completed at Sixteenth and Farnam
streets and witnessed a number of
performances, both amateur and pro
fessional, before it was knocked down
as a capital prize in the great Pattee
lottery. Scattered about the town i
were innumerable concert and dance
halls, where social gatherings of vary
ing degrees of propriety were the
powerful and frequent attractions. .
Asa hotel guest, our traveler would
hardly have fared so well as he might
reasonably have expected. The
famous Herndon house had been
transformed into the Union Pacific
railroad headquarters, and the "won
derful Cozzens hotel, which George
Francis Train had built in 60 days,
could no longer lay claim to superi
ority. There were, nevertheless, some
dozen fiostelries teady to receive
guests and give them good accommo
dations, and a host of lesser hotel
lights and boarding houses. Among
the hotels to which the, business man
of Omaha would have recommended
his friends in 1871 were the American
house, Atlantic house, Cozzens hotel,
Davenport house, Douglas house, Em
met house. Metropolitan hotel, Oma
ha house, St. Charles hotel, St. James
hotel, United States hotel, Valley
house and Wyoming house,
Every hotel of pretension of course
conducted a saloon in connection
with it, but if that had been all, there
would by no means have been enough
saloons to supply the demand. The
places where liquor was to be had
added up between 80 and 90 and many
of them had gambling room attach
ments for which no effort was made
at concealment.
From the Standpoint of Morality.
. In contrast with this the organiza
tions of church-going people presented
a strong array and Omaha had made
good progress in ihe field of mission,
church and Sunday school.
To quote in conclusion from, the
unknown contemporaneous author to
whom I ' have previously referred,
"with :egard to morals, Omaha has
suffered from its position as the
entrepot for all the west and the re
sort of professional rogues seeking
a Respite after a sojourn in the moun
tains. ' It was also plagued with a
set of newspaper correspondents who
delighted in retailing all that, was
prurient and giving. to everjr street
brawl the importance of a firstclass
tragedy. Hence the impression east
is general that life and property are
by no means safe in Omaha; upon
this subject we say briefly that as in
all cities, vice may be found in certain
haunts in Omaha, but it does not ply
its seductions nor display its vul
garities in public, as it does in many
places laying claim to superior virtue.
"As to the state of religion during
the last year, some of the churches
have had to endure the trial of wit
nessing the fall of prominent mem
bers; others are divided in sentiment
and some are destitute of pastors, bu
a glance at the city will show that
religious activity has been the rule
form the beginning. Sabbath schoolt
are numerous and well attended,
benevolent associations are sustained
as well as missionary enterprises ant
should any one test the report of lib
crality which pervades all classes h?
will find nowhere in the world a more
hearty response to the claims of suf
fering humanity than he will from the'
religious portion of the population o
Omaha." "
Nearly Twenty Years!!
In the GLASS and PAIN! Business in Omaha-
' We've grown considerably since 1899. Our many good customers
have made it necessary for us to move three times into larger quarters.
During these years we have studied carefully the requirements of the
exacting trade and carried the most de pendable merchandise- We point
with'pride to many big buildings erected in Omaha, for we have furnuhed
the glass and paint for most of them.
It will always be our aim to give the best of service at reasonable
prices.
PittsburghPlate Glass Co.
(FORMERLY MIDLAND GLASS AND PAINT COMPANY.
Frank W. Judson, District Manager.
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large enough, but since 1908 the building pic
tured below has been 'occupied and has at times
been too small for our requirements, so that we
have been forced to rent outside space.
if mvitssims..
James M. Fitzgerald
LAWYER.
1017 City Nat'lfeankBldg.
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