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HE BEEt OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1920.
DISTRICT COURT
RECORDS SHOW
: "BANNER" YEAR
Enormous Increase in Peti
tions for DivorceCivil
Cases Filed Totalled
More Than 3,200.
" An enormous increase in petitions
for divorce in 1919 over 1918 is
feature of the report of the business
of the clerk of the district court's
office. In 1919 there were 1,397 ap
plications for divorce filed while in
1918 there were only 933.
. The total number of civil cases of
hll kinds riled was 3,251 in 1919,
compared with 2,378 in 1918. v
. There was an increase of nearly
!00 per cent in the numbt-r of crim
inal cases which were 1,064 in 1919
and 563 in 1918. Juvenile cases de
creased from 400 in 1918 to 365 in
1919. i
I The grand total of cases in dis
trict court in 1919 was 4,680 com
oared with '3,341 in 1918.
'. Total amount of damages asld
for in personal injury suits ftle? in
1919 was $4,204,635.60,
': Total amount asked for in 1919
in other suits was $243,90O,7f7. This
astounding sum is due to jrmg of
two suits aeainst 47 of e great
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14,000 clam
or alleged in-
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ivorces granted
t in 1019 was
M. E. Smith & Co. Close Year
As One of Unusual Activity
With the announcement last week
of awarding of contracts for a new
factory building at Tenth and Doug
las streets, to cost more than $500,
000, M. E. Smith & Co. have closed
year of most unusual activity.
The firm beg-an business 52 years
ago, with a force of four salesmen.
Today the business is practically nation-wide,
with 125 salesmen on the
road.
The new factory building is being
erected for the purpose of consoli
dating all manufacturing operations
of the main plant in one specially
designed building. Architeit Fred,
erick S. Scott, who drew the plans,
stated that the new structure will be
one of the most complete in the
United States.
The company's plant now consists
of twin buildings, eight stories high
which occupy the east half of the
block bounded by Farnam. Ninth,
Douglas and Tenth streets. Last
July the company purchased the en
tire vest half of this block. lhe
new building, soon to be erected
will occupy ths northwest corner of
this block. i
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Produce Results.
Many Save Through Medium
Of Loan Association In Year
The Conservative Savings and
Loan association reports total as
sets of $16,650,000, and a reserve of
$600,000, the latter having been sub
stantially increased during the last
year.
"During the year more than 5,000
new members have availed them
selves of the advantages of saving
through the opportunities offered by
this association," said Paul W.
Kuhns, president.
'The!new year is most promising,"
he added, "as many have learned the
gain and independence acquired
through habits of regular and sys
tematic saving."
SAY YEAR 1919
WAS PROSPEROUS
FOR WHOLE CITY
Substantial Gains Made in
Every Line Some Fig
ures Prove to Be
Astonishing.
(Continued Vrem Face Om.
of $1,500,000. The Board of Educa
tion has a large building program.
During the year the Dodge street
hill will be graded and repaved at
an expenditure of $500,000. The
county will spend at least $1,000,000
on an extensive road-building program-
The Ak-Sar-Ben Exposition
company will start its $1,000,000
project and other large improve
ments are in prospect. The City
Planning commission expects to get
under way with some of its projects,
including the widening of Twenty
fourth street, Pacific i to Cuming
streets.
Stock Market Flourishes.
This live stock market held its
own as the second world's general
market and the first feeder market
of the world. More than 8,750,000
head of live stock were received at
the yards during the year.
"Omaha, the Convention City," is
a designation that, contains more
truth than poetry. Last year there
were 117 conventions, in spite of the
fact that some had to be postponed
on account of the coal situation.
The city and county treasurer re
ported that on December 1, he had
$1,500,000 more funds than on the
corresponding date of last year.
The year was a record one for mar
riage licenses.
CHIEF GOMPERS
ASSURES LABOR'S
PLACE FOR 1920
Pledges American Workers
Will Do Their Full Share
In Working Out Problems.
Washington, Dee. 31. Samuel
Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, in a New
Year's statement, pledged America's
workers to do their full share in
working out the country's problems
in 1920. Mr. Gompers said:
"America's workers stand ready
in the new year as in the past to do
their duty as American citizens, We
have always placed our obligations
as citizens above all else. As citi
zens we are true to the American
ideal of equal opportunity for all.
"In the past we have found it nec
essary to right for that ideal against
agencies that sought to establish
special privileges. Those fights have
not been in defense of class advan
tages, but to assure to wage earne-s
the, rights and opportunities that al'
should possess. Our struggles may
have brought discomfort to others,
but they prevented a greater evil
deterioration of the virility of a Dart
of the nation.
Great Struggle in Past.
"The great struggle of labor n
the past has been to assure to work,
ers in their industrial relations the
rights of free citizens. We have
fought to give the ideal of America
dominating influence in shops and
factories. Our militant struggle has
won general recognition for our de
mands. But our work is not all mili
tant. We are in a position to ron-
tribute to the improvement of pro
duction processes and organization.
"The immediate problem of the
world is to develop a production or
ganization that will benefit directly
CO"
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We Announce
,e Annual January Clearance Sale
Starts Friday, January 2 9 A.M.
me Values in Merchandise at Forceful Reductions
:fers Unparalled Money Saving Opportunities in
i Women s
ats, Suits, Dresses, Furs, Blouses, Silk Lingerie, Undermuslins, Silk Pet
oats, Negligees, Sweaters, Scarfs, Brassieres and Corsets.
Entire Stock of Women's Boots, 20 Off
Girls
Coats, Dresses, Middies, Skirts, 1 . . ..
Boys
Suits, Overcoats, Mackinaws, Blouses, Sweaters "
One special lot of 150 Corduroy Suits.
Children s
Dresses, Coats, Furs, Hats, Sweaters, Wash Suits, Rompers, Toques
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Infants
Dresses, Coats, Skirts, Booties, Flannel Petticoats, Bands, Blankets, Creepers.
, The Annual January Clearance Sale of
i Men's Furnishings
Include - .
Men's Shirts, Neckwear, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Gloves, Sweaters.
The Eldredge-Reynolds Jewelry Shop
Feature in This
Annual January Clearance Sale
Wrist Watches, Silverware, Gold Jewelry, Gold Filled Jewelry, Novelties, Bte.
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The Eldredge-Reynolds Annex Shop
(Located in the Basement of Benson & Thorne)
Features in This Annual January Clearance Sale
Women's Shoes, Men's Shoes, Children's Shoes, Boys' Shoes
Women's Coats and Dresses
Women's Housedresses, Lingerie Camisoles, Hosiery, v -
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? ELDREDGE-REYNOLDS CO.
those who are the real producers and
will also serve the needs of starving
nations. When assured of just deal
ings, America's workers are able to
co-operate in freeing production
from the preventing grasp of specu
lators and influences that manipulate
industry to enrich a few, who gain
unfair advantage, thus preventing
production, for the ruin of all.
"This is a bin job, but it is essen
tial for well-grounded development
in the years to come. It is essential
to that ideal which is American-
equal opportunity for all. America'
workers will do their full share in
working out all our country's prob
lems. "Hail to the new year 1920; may it
bring freedom, glory and happiness
to all our people."
Owner of "Life" Dead.
New York, Dec. 31. Andrew Mil
ler, 62, one of the owners of Lift?
nd among the foremost of Ameri
can sportsmen, died of heart disease
at his home here.
Season's Greetings and
Best Wishes for the
New Year
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Happy New
Year
W. R. Nichols
Motor Co.
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A Record We Are Proud of
Three years ago the Nebraska Oldsmobile Co. was
organized. Then we were distributors in a small
territory in Nebraska. Now we are the Oldsmobile
distributors in Nebraska and the west half of Iowa.
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Three years ago we were quartered in a comparative
ly small building at Lincoln. It was a good building,
but we soon outgrew it. Today we occupy two
large locations in Omaha. One at 2559 Farnam
street, and one at 3 1 st and Harney. We also main
tain a branch at Des Moines, la., have a full dealer
organization and employ 45 men and women.
1919
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Next spring; we will move into our new building at
18th and Howard streets. A four-story building
built especially for us and including all modem au
tomobile equipment as well as a storage capacity to
accommodate our stock.
All this has been possible because we are handling
Oldsmobile Cars and Trucks "Strong Products
built by a Strong Company" and we are surround
ing ourselves with men capable of handling big
things in a big way. ' i
We hope the coming year will be as prosperous for
y ou, as we feel that it will be for us. We want pros
perity to be universal.
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