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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. JUNE 26, 1921.' r:r Large Holders 1921 Motoring Guide, Popular Book, Is Ready La6t Edition of Touring Guide A Suburban Home Of Property Once Small Investors N-)ne Who Began Purchases 15 V A TVT 1 rwi j. cars Ago n ow uwns l wo Big Buildings Which She Leases. Two Investment property pur chases last week were made by in vestors who began buying Omaha property a few years ago on a small scale and who now have Urge hold ings. One of these deals was the pur chase by. Mrs. Lola Vincent from Leo Wilson of n apartment house at Twenty-fourth and Evans streets, just south of Omaha university, for $45,000. The oilier deal is the southeast cor ner of Twenty-second and Chicago from Henry Rix to James Nasladek for $15,000. Both deals were made by A. P. Tukey & Son. Mrs. Vincent began purchasing Omaha property about 15 years ago by buying small properties and mak ing small down payments. She now owns a large apartment house on Fortieth between Farnam and Har nty, and the building at the corner of Twenty-sixth and Douglas. Both row leased are for 99 years. With these rentals on 99-year leases she buys other properties. jj, Mr. Nesladek a few years ago pur hased a house on Davenport near Twenty-second street and rented it out as a boarding house. This ven ture was successful financially and he I purchased the Lewis Reed property I at Twenty-second and Davenport. His latest purchase was the old Ben Wood home. Other sales reoorted bv the Tukev firm bringing the week's 'total to $126,000 are: . R. C. Howe home at 114 South Thirty-third street, G. W. Carter to Mrs. Martha J. Itnyer; the Lola M. Sewall house at 1326 South Thirty fifth street to C. J. Marhoff; the Mcl cher livery stable at Fifteenth and Leavenworth to Abraham Saxe; va cant iot Thirty-first and Hamilton, W. H. Gates to Gus Larson. Real Estate Sales South Omaha District J. R. Web ster to Jean B.,Frotzman, 5605 South Twenty-second street, $7,250. Fritz Muller to Emil Motor, 1515 B street, $5,250. . . North Side District Florence G. Young to Gertrude L. Johnson, 2564 Kwnort avenue. $6,500. C. J. Shimeall to R. B. Crippcn, 2709-11 North Twentieth street, $12, 500. ; ' ' Hortense E. Griffith to Hans Dan ikv, 2508 Pinkney street, $7,000 J. C. Vizzard to Manhattan Oil company, southeast corner Nine teenth and Ohio streets, $4,150. H. L. Norton to Naomi Piestrup, 3702 Pratt street, $5,500. H. A. McCord to H. L. Norton, 7h? Pratt street. $5,250. , , w, j-iergevin ic mane v-uuaivn-ten. siSrNffrth Thirty-fifth street, J. F. Cottrell to Lydia E. Short, Nineteenth street, north' of Sprague street, $5,800. r J. A. Gross to C. W. Corcoran, 5937 North Twenty-fourth street, M.250. . . Dundee District. Dundee District Mattscfl & Smails to Lulu. M. Dawson, Fiftieth avenue,-115 feet south of Farnam street, $11,500. F. S. Selby to E. C. Goerke, vmthwest corner Fiftieth and Far lam, $13,500. . . S. H. Eaton to G. H. Gendall, 5022 Nicholas street, $6,750. Florence District N. P. Nelson io Myrtle Richcreek, Washington Ureet, 50 feet east of Fifteenth itreet, $5,000. Olive M. Hall to Bertha Mertens, southwest corner Thirty-eighth and King streets, $10,000. Riverview Park Clara Karbach to Charles Anthony, 1914 SoutU . Tenth street, $8,000. Nathan Somberg to B. D. Kenne dy, 1400 South Eighth street, $7,500. Hanscom Park District Hanscom Park District C. G. Carlberg to C. F. Wilkeson, Thirty fourth street, 160 feet south of . Wright street, $7,000. H. A. Reynolds to Mary Hahn, Oak street, 40 feet west of Thirty- second street, $5,wu. Florence Putman to C. A. Prather, 2316 South Thirty-fifth Avenue, $5,000. ' T . Gertrude A. Leeson to G. B. Lenn hoff. 2615-17 Poppteton avenue, $6,000. ... Jatnearai visit .i " j to A. F. LcermaKers, n street. $6,750. . South District Otto Slunicko to V. T. Voboril, 1208 Castelar street, $s.5bo: .... Cassel Realty company to Mike Kalcik. northwest corner Fourteenth and William streets, $5,000. Northwest District H. W. Cul bertson 'to G. L. Henos, northeast corner Forty-eighth and Maple streets. $5,250. Fred Signall to E. P. Greve, 3224 Fontenclle boulevard, $7,000. J C. Cunningham to -Mary h.. Hawes, southwest corner Fontenelle boulevard and Wirt street. $8,500. Elmwood Park District. Elmwood Park District Maenncr to H. L. Wilder , Fifty eighth street, south of Mayberry 6 Benso' District-John Anderson to G. E. Saltigiver. oiw-ii w,... Sixtieth street, $6,000. Close-in District-E. S. Redick to Lou M. Herdman. 531 South Thirty-first avenue, $8,250. .rt Corliss Land company to Herbert Goldsten. between Twentv-swth and Twenty-seventh, south side of Leav enworth street, $5,250. . Bemis Park District O. Mosner to Margurite E. Fields, 647 Lincoln boulevard, $4,300. L. A. Hoffman to Mary C. Mat thews. 3502 Webster street, $13,250 F. L. Shirk to F. J. Alberts, 2930 Nicholas, street. $5,500. ; West Leavenworth District Mane B. Monger to Kathne M. Malm, 4227 Marcy street. $8,500. Albert Koppenhaver to Pansy M. Howard. 4311 Barker avenue, $4,100. - t Many bargains are to be found on The Bee Want Aa pages, jjis h i i Of simple construc tion, this cottage will make a very pleasant home. The exterior of first story is plaster cast, with second story and roof of shingles. Convenience character izes the floor plan, which consists of an en trance hall, bright liv ing and dining rooms, kitchen and pantry, with three sleeping rooms and bath, on the , second floor. Attic can be used for storage pur- . poses or divided into two rooms if .desired. Clyde Smith Adams, architect. H.A. Wolf Company To Pay Dividend Firm and Associates Will Give 6 Per Cent on Preferred And .Common Stock. The most encouraging-news to realtors and property owners in gen eral last week appeared to be the an nouncement by Harry A. Wolf that th H. A. Wolf comoany and all of its associate companies on July 1 will pay their regular semi-annual divi dend at the rate of 6 per cent on both preferred and common stock. The combined capitalization of the parent Wolf company and the six as sociates is $2,899,000. The six asso ciate companies are: the Commercial Realty company, the Douglas Hotel company, the Overland Realty com pany, the Saunders-Kcnnedy Build ing company, the Harlan Realty com- nanv and the Larlton Keaity com- r nan v "Th directors of the H. A. Wolf mm nan v and of its six associate com- nanies met last week and voted" the regular semi-annual dividend for July," is Mr. Wolfs brief announce ment " ' , v There are more than 800 stock holders in the H. A. Wolf company and its associate corporations. The dividend checks to the stockholders will all be signed by Harry W. Wolf personally, along with a letter to each stockholder also signed personally hv Mr. Wo f. Nnne of the Wolf corporations has eyer passed a dividend. Practically all of the holdings of the Wolf com panies are business properties in the downtown district ot umana The Wolf companies this year have paid a total of $97,000 in city taxes alone. This amount does not include state and county taxes. Two Renters Lower Monthly Payments by Purchasing Homes A list of 16 sales reported by D, E. Buck & Co., totaling $77,650, in cludes two instances where renters lowered their monthly payments by buvire a home. J. E. Kemp, who purchased a house at 1002 North Forty-ninth street, had been paying $75 a month rent. His monthly payment now is $38. A. Thornton, who bought 5039 Pinkney street, has been paying $40 a month rent and the payment on his house will be $35 a month. The list follows: 1650 Victor avenue to Frank L. Hayei, 17.500. 3125 Miami itreet to Charles E. Davla, i:.900. 3126 Miami street to R. E. Krimlofskl, SJ.ooo. 2405 South Seventeenth street to R. V Vrtmlnf.kl 1.1.000. 1002 North Forty-ninth stfeet to 3. E. Kemp. 17,000. Til Dorcas street to John Hladek 15.750. 141 North Thirty-fifth street to Earl Rorkwood. $8,600. 4318 Barker avenue to Roxle White, 5ii04 Laird street to Joe CanlKlia, 24.769. 2569 Msnderson street to Charles D. Hayns. $7,500. 1S19 Locust street to D. E. Epstein, $5,000. 4411 Commercial avenue to Emma Bloedel $3,700. 1308 Fort street to Steve Agaltio. $2,450. 5039 Pinkney street to A. Thornton, $3,500. 6061 Tlnkney street to IT. O. Beuther, $3.50. J75 Barker avenue to O. Bozwell, (through H. W. Volland company), $6,300. Western Man Invests In Omaha Property John B. Tripp of Los Angeles, real estate investor, with properties in Los Angeles, Fort Worth, Sioux City, North Carolina, Georgia and Mexico City, has now selected Oma ha real estate as an investment. Mr. Tripp purchased last week from A. P. Tukey & Son 11 lots at Twenty-fourth and 'Spencer streets, on which he expects to build eight six-room houses and one double store building. He p!;:ns to keep all of the properties as an investment. The total investment will represent some thing over $100,000. Mr. Tripp believes Omaha offers the best possibilities of any city in the country now for permanent prop- i I g i PANTRY T3 Tfe HALL PARLOR " 18 ll&'xl) JJjxl4 Fbj2CH9'WKic. FiestEooePjlan Sjecond Floor Plan Cadillacs Built In New Factory 20 Years of Steady Growth Result in New Home for Famous Car. Cadillac motor cars are how be ing constructed in a recently built Detroit factory, which is declared by industrial experts to be one of the best adapted to its' purposes of any in the automotive industry. The factory is also one of great size, oc cupying a 47-acre site. The new plant is regarded as one of the finest in the automobile business, and a tribute to the Cadillac Motor Car company, and its steadily grovying success in the production of Cadillac cars during the last 20 years. "Among the 19 cars of the price of Cadillac or above," according to H. H. Rice, president of the Cadillac Motor Car company, "more buyers have preferred the Cadillac than all other cars put together. This pre ference, which has been increasing year by year, has in a large measure made desirable the concentration of Cadillac manufacture. This is done in the new factory, which the com pany has built as fine as it knew how, just as it has always built the best cars it knew how to build." Walking four stories above t he street, one can start at the west end of one of the new Cadillac factory buildings and go approximately 1,000 feet in an east direction, before reaching the eastern walls of another Cadillac building with which it is joined. From north to south, there . f itei ra. is a similar route or i,im ieei. Practically all main structures are four stones high. Normally more than 7,000 employes work for the company. Great pains have been taken to get working quarters so well lighted and they are almost shadowless. 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The plans had been drawn and the contractor was ready to proceed with the work on March 1, but the entire project was held up temporarily be cause the Elks lodge building com mittee for a time was considering 'this corner for its new $600,000 home. , The men controlling the syndi cate, B. R. Hastings, F. H. Myers and C. W. Martin, believe the new St. Marys ayenue grading project will create a big demand for their new stores. IN EVERY ROOM W?stiiighouse ome in and aak u about ou: Free Fan Offer THOMAS DURKIN 8-inch, $11.25 10-inch, $20.25 Electric Light and 2223 Cuming Street lovelier than I PANELING a room with Cornell - Wood Quicker than lathing and plastering and Were it not for Cornell Panels I should have had to endure a muss of work for days, and then wait weeks perhaps for plaster to dry out Of course I might have used some other wallboard, but i found no sur face half so attractive as CorneU's "Oatmeal" finish. 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