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COOLDGE DINES HAITIEN PRESIDENT LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 a Year—5 Cents a Co COOLI ROMAN CATHOLICS NUMBERING MILLION ATTENDING MEET Great Eucharistic Congress Brings Pilgrimage From Whole World for Religious Devotion NEGROES ARE PARTICIPATING Given Section of Congress and Will Also Take Part in General Program Outlined Chicago, June 18.—Adding a million people to the normal population of a city is no mean task. Chicago New York, and possibly Philadelphia, are practically the only cities in America that can do it, and survive Chicago is doing it now. The forty-sixth Eucharistic Congress of Roman Catholics from all parts of the world are assembling in Chicago for the big event which begins Sunday, June 20. All available resources of Chicago are being placed at the disposal of the unusual event, which is a pilgrimage of Roman Catholics for religious devotion and consecration. Negroes from all sections of America, and other countries, will have a definite and proportional part The program of the Negro section of the Eucharistic Congress, as announced by the Rev. J. F. Ecker, S. V. D., pastor of St. Elizabeth's church of Chicago, indicates that pilgrimages of colored Roman Catholics will come to the congress from New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit, Louisville, and most of the principal cities of the south. The Josephite fathers, missionaries who work among the Negroes of the United States, will lead surge delegations of their parishioners from the southern states. Another religious order that dedicates itself to Negro missions, the Society of the Divine Word, will do likewise. One of the foremost educators and missionaries of the Negro race, the Rev, Joseph Glenn of Richmond, Va., will deliver the principal address Sunday afternoon at a meeting at St. Elizabeth's church, where that morning a solemn high mass will be celebrated by the Rev. Father Eckert, assisted by two young colored priests. Negro Children to Sing. Participation of colored Roman Catholics in the congress will not be limited to meetings of their section. From Negro parochial schools more than 500 children will in the vast choir of 62,000 voices Monday, June 21, when the "Mass of the Angels" is sung in Soldiers' field stadium. Also more than 150 students from St. Elizabeth's high school are to take part in the ceremonies of Higher Education Day, June 23. and 1,000 Roman Catholic men of color will take part in the men's night ceremony. COLORED PORTERS ASSIST RESCUERS IN DISASTER New York—Alexander McKinney and his staff did their bit in the task of transferring more than 300 passengers to safety when the magnificent steamer Washington Irving sank last Tuesday in the Hudson river, after being in a collision with a heavily-laden barge. McKinney, who lives at 100 West 144th street, and who has been with the Hudson River Day Line company for more than 18 years, ordered a few of his men ashore to assist the fear-stricken passengers to the pier. "EDUCATION WILL SAVE HAITI" Washington.—Dr. Paul H. Douglas, who has recently returned from Haiti, where he investigated all the phases of that country's priciple, gives an encouraging report upon the progress being made under American supervision. He asserts that the greatest present day need of the Haitian people is education, and says "Haiti has made e-rious blunders but with the proper education Haiti will be able to find itself, and eventually be ripe for self-government. THE MONITOR REV. THOS. S. HARTEN STIRS BOSTON Great Ovation Given National Organizer Equal Rights League at Big Mass Meeting. Boston, Mass.—The sensation of the week here has been the great acclaim given Rev Thos. S. Harten of Brooklyn, national organizer of the National Equal Rights league, by the people of Boston, who crowded the Peoples Baptist church to its 1.000 capacity Tuesday night. The attendance was the more remarkable because the meeting had been arranged on two days' public notice. The ovation was in part a welcome back home as Rev Mr. Harten formerly pastored in Cambridge and was locally a civic leader. Rev Mr. Klugh, local executive chairman, announced the occasion as the monthly meeting of the Boston Branch of the National Equal Rights League, and Rev Mr. Harten as guest William Monroe Trotter, national secretary; Albert G. Wolff, local secretary, who presided; J. A. Hagan, Rev C. C. Somerville, Rev W. H. Hester urged a united race demand for redress and eulogized the guest Rev Mr. Klugh introduced him with high praise. The audience rose, gave him the Chataqua salute and vociferous applause. Rev. Mr. Harten responded graciously and then in forceful and eloquent words told of outrages in Brooklyn and New Jersey, condemned in detail the segregation of colored clerks at Washington as well as the Jim-Crow Beach bill, declared conditions had become most critical, urged race unity and action, finally urging the signing of the Sesqui-Centennial petition to President Coolidge to abolish the federal segregation now. Hundreds signed. The vast audience were still in their seats though it was nearly midnight. When Mr. Harten finished with an appeal not to compromise round after round of applause followed, the people rushed forward fairly mobbing the guest in eagerness to shake his hand. Some embraced and he was carried about in the arms and on the shoulders of the men. Seldom has a race speaker received such hearty endorsement on his return here. UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE CITES RACE'S EDUCATIONAL NEEDS New York.—William H. Baldwin, well known philanthropist, educator, and trustee of Fisk University, has just announced to the public a significant review of the needs of Negro education, particularly in connection with such institutions as Fisk university, which is specifically training the mind of the Negro. The war has stimulated a mass migration from the rural South into the industrial centers of the country and thus has created a vital need for well-trained colored men and women to serve and lead their race as doctors, ministers, businessmen, teachers and social workers in the congested colonies of our cities. This training must be provided in terms of college and professional school, not of agricultural and industrial institutes. It is for this reason that the completion of a million-dollar endowment fund at Fisk university, the oldest and most strategically located Negro college in the south, is of special significance. Thanks to the participation of all the foundations which study Negro education in all its phases and to the generosity of many individuals in New York, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and elsewhere, $60,000 is all that is required to establish this fund, and it has become of great concern to Fisk and to public-thinking on a peculiarly American issue. FREDERICK DOUGLAS HONORED Washington.—Several hundred colored pupils of the public schools, together with their parents, teachers and school principals, joined in the annual Memorial Day pilgrimage to the home of Frederick Douglass at Cedar Hill. Anacostia, in tribute to his life and services to his race and country. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1926. PETITION AGAINST SEGREGATION AMERICAN SESQUI-CENTENNIAL PETITION TO PRESIDENT OF U. S. A. By Colored America to Abolish Federal Executive Segregation on Sesqui-Centennial of Declaration of Independence To the President, Calvin Coolidge, Chief Executive, White House, Washington, D. C.: In this year 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Year of signing of the Declaration of Independence of U. S. A. which asserted human equality, at and for American Independence Week, June 28-July 5, set aside by Federal Commission under yourself to the end of nation-wide observances of its 150th anniversary; We, the undersigned, for ourselves and all other Americans of African extraction or descent, do hereby earnestly and of right petition you to abolish by Executive Order the present segregation of Colored Federal Employes in Executive Departments—Treasury, Justice, Postoffice, Army and Navy and others, a subjection of one racial element to the race prejudice actual or presumed of all other elements, and therefore a denial of equality of citizenship to the race singled out from all others for such subjection. For we hold it to be self-evident that consistency and national honor require that race distinction in deference to race prejudice be removed from federal buildings as the federal government arranges nationwide observances of the Sesqui-Centennial of a Republic's first document which enunciated equality and freedom. This is the more incumbent when this one race so proscribed furnished the first martyr, and soldiers in the war, for the very independence to be celebrated, with soldiers in every other war, thereafter, and never a traitor. Thus lead the nation generally to end Color proscription at 150 years NATIONAL EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE. for UNITED COLORED AMERICAN COMMITTEE, 9 Cornhill, Boston, Mass. NAME ADDRESS NAME ADDRESS Mail to National Equal Rights League—9 Cornhill, Boston COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT TO ADDRESS N. A. A. C. P. CONFAB New York, N. Y.—Col. Theodore Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to address the Seventeenth Annual Conference in Chicago of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, it was announced today. Col. Roosevelt has been a warm friend of the N. A. A. C. P. and has served as a member of the Spingarn Medal Award committee. He will speak at the night mass meeting on Monday, June 28. The City of Chicago is ready for the influx of delegates to the conference, according to reports from Dr. Hubert A. Turner, chairman of the Chicago N. A. A. C. P. The elaborate preparations for the entertainment of delegates and visitors include a tea on Wednesday afternoon. June 23, before the opening night mass meeting, tendered at Chicago's and the country's most celebrated settlement house, Hull House. The tea is given by the Woman's club of Chicago, co-operating with Miss Jane Addams, head of Hull House and a members of the N. A. A. C. P. board of directors; Miss Mary E. McDowell, Chicago commissioner of public welfare; Mrs. Julia Lathrop, president of the Illinois League of Women Voters and Mrs. Irene Goins of the Inter-racial committee. A feature of the conference will be an automobile outing to Lincoln Park on Saturday, June 26. followed by an afternoon reception at the Vincennes hotel. The latest addition to the conference list of speakers is William English Wall-list of speakers is William English Walling, author and lecturer, and one of the founders of the association, who for many years has been a member of the board of directors. Because of congestion in transportation due to the meeting of the Eucharistic Congress in Chicago, the N. A. A. C. P. at the suggestion of the railroads is urging all delegates to be in Chicago on the morning of Wednesday, June 23, if pos- sible. A special book booth for books by Negro authors and about race matters is to be conducted at the conference by Mrs. Roscoe C. Giles and the Book club of which she is a member. Mayor William E. Dever of Chicago, who was to have spoken on the opening night of the conference, has asked to have the date changed because he is obliged to atted a dinner that night in honor of the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden. The Mayor has therefore been asked to speak on Spingarn Medal night, the closing session of the conference. All delegates to the conference are urged to register immediately upon arrival in Chicago at the conference headquarters, Pilgrim Baptist church, 33rd and Indiana Avenue. Seats at the night mass meetings will be reserved for accredited delegates and all who register until 7:45. Rates for delegates have been established as follows: Stopping place with breakfast, $150 per day. Luncheon and dinner will be served in the basement of the Pilgrim Baptist church. Already more states are represented than at any previous conference of the association and the attendance is expected to break all records. RECEIVES MASTER'S DEGREE New York—(By the Associated Negro Press)—Among the graduates of our group from Columbia University, New York City, upon whom the degree of Master of Arts was conferred at the commencement exercises on June 1, none deserves greater praise than Miss Miranda Meaddough of Little Rock, Ark., daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Meaddough, who received her Master of Arts degree at the age of twenty-one. Miss Meaddough was considerably the youngest in the university. There were only two others of her race group who also received the Master of Arts degree. Miss Meaddough intends to follow teaching as a profession. Vol. XI.—No. 48. SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME Court, MAKES, AN Columbia, S. C.—In a unanimous opinion rendered, May 28, 1926, South Carolina supreme court found error to the charge of Judge H. F. Rice in the trial court, in which Demon Lowman, Clarence Lowman and Bertha Lowman were convicted of murder of Sheriff Howard of Aiken, and sentenced to electrocution and life imprisonment for the two men and one woman, respectively. Attorney N. J. Frederick of Columbia argued the use on appeal. On trial, the defendants' counsel, while acknowledging that the sheriff held a search warrant and was within his rights in entering and searching the premises of the accused, sought to prove that such entrance and search were hurriedly and improperly made without apprising the defendants that the sheriff was an officer of the law and properly clothed with its mandates and authority. The trial judge overruled this contention and in his charge to the jury held that no improper conduct on the part of the sheriff was shown by the evidence submitted. "This charge," the supreme court held, "excluded the right of the defendants to protect themselves against search if they did not know the parties making the search were officers." The defendants were entitled to have the jury charged that they could stand on their rights as the occupants of the premises and protect their home from invasion, using so much force as was necessary, unless they knew that the persons were officers with the right to search. To convict any other than the person firing the one shot which killed the sheriff, the supreme court pointed out, there must be shown "a conspiracy on the part of the defendants to attack the officers." The Lowman decision marks a victory for human rights under the Constitution, as argued by Attorney Frederick, who conducted the case of the defendants with marked legal knowledge and bearing. A new trial was accorded. ELKS FORM MIDWEST ASSOCIATION OF ORDER At a recent meeting held in Kansas City, the I. B. P. O. E. W. organized a Midwest association of the Antlered herd, embracing Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri and Oklahoma. The honor of the headship in this association was given COUNT WILKINSON Chairman of the Press Committee of the I. B. P. O. E. W. Pres. Middlewest Association of Elks to Nebraska, Mr. A. Count Wilkinson, of Omaha, being unanimously elected president. Mr. Wilkinson who is exalted ruler of the local lodge, has also been honored by being appointed chairman of publicity for the national body, which is an office of distinction and responsibility. Little Rock, Ark.—(By the Associated Negro Press)—Changing their plea of not guilty at the last moment, two white boys, J. R. McCormack and H. P. Price, on trial for the murder of Jack Macraney, a colored taxicab driver, were sentenced to not more than eight years in the penitentiary. GROWING THANK YOU! Whole Number 566 IDENT PRESIDENT OF HAITI IS GUEST AT THE COOLIDGE TABLE Cal, First Lady, Two Cabinet Members and Mrs. Hoover Lunch With Borno and Wife. KELLOGG, WILBUR PRESENT Huge Delegation of Washington Negroes Greet Haitian at Union Station. Washington, D. C.—The president of the United States, the first lady of the land, two cabinet members and a score of lesser dignitaries flanked President Borno, head of the West Indian Negro republic of Haiti, and his wife at an official luncheon at the White House. The tall, debonair West Indian sat on the president's right, the seat of the guest of honor. On his right was Mrs. Coolidge, while Mme. Borno sat on Mr. Coolidge's left. Near by were Secretary of State Kellogg, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, Hannibal Price, the Haitian minister, and Mme. Price, Under-Secretary of State Grow and Mrs. Grow and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the secretary of commerce. The Nordic president of the United States and the brown-skinned president of Haiti broke bread together Tuesday, twenty years after President Roosevelt stirred this country by inviting Booker T. Washington, Negro educator, to luncheon. President Borno of Haiti bears little of Negro characteristics. He is tall and imposing. He dresses fashionably and is well educated, having attended a French college. A huge delegation of Washington Negroes greeted him at Union station, as he stepped from the train. The Haitian president was escorted by State Department officials to a White House car flanked by a troop of cavalrymen. JUDGE RULES NEEGROES MAY OWN, BUT MAY NOT OCCUPY Detroit, Mich.—(By the Associated Negro Press)—In this city, the home of the celebrated Sweet case, the outcome of which to date, has guaranteed the Negro's right to defend his home, Judge Leland W. Carr, has just ruled that Negroes may own property in restricted districts which they may not legally occupy, which is going some. The opinion was rendered in connection with a petition offered by certain whites and the Lakewood Boulevard Civic Association against Mr. and Mrs. William H. Starks. The whites sought to get the Starkes to sell a house which they had erected next to an apartment building occupied by whites. The Civic association regarded the price asked by Mr. Starkes as exorbitant. The decision of Judge Carr is to the effect that if they won't sell the house, the Starkes can't live in it, which accomplishes the purpose the Lakewood Civic uplifters sought just the same. Judge Carr issued an injunction. PAGEANT PLEASES AUDIENCE Fort Wayne, Ind.—(By the Associated Negro Press)—Depicting the history of the Negro from its beginning in Egypt down to the present time, "Loyalty's Gift," an interesting and entertaining pageant, presented under the auspices of the Phyllis Wheatley Social Center at the Majestic Theater, Friday evening, pleased the large mixed audience in attendance and evoked favorable comment of dramatic critics of this city. ROSENWALD NEGRO SCHOOL BUDGET FOR 1926 IS $450,000 Nashville, Tenn.—S. L. Smith, white, general field agent of the Julius Rosenwald fund, has just announced that a budget of $450,000 for distribution among southern schools, has been approved by Julius Rosenwald, president of the fund. This fund is to be spent through the department of education of 14 southern states. PAGE TWO A WEEKLY PUBLISHED Entered at THE REV. W. W. M. 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All persons born or nati and subject to the jurisdiction United States and of the St state shall make or enforce any privileges or immunities of citi shall any state deprive any m erty without due process of within its jurisdiction the equ 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Our Choice for President in 1928 is WALTER W. HEAD of Nebraska An Astute, Able, Clear-headed Business Man TWO PRESIDENTS DINE CALVIN Coolidge, president of the United States, had as his dinner guest, at an official luncheon Tuesday, President Borno of the Republic of Haiti. It was only an event extraordinary owing to the fact that, according to the traditions of a large portion of the United States, it is considered rather off caste to extend social or official courtesies to a man of African descent, no matter what may be his birth and breeding, his culture and refinement or his official status, by one of the white race. President Coolidge honored himself and the United States of which he is chief executive by this official courtesy extended to the official head of the sister republic of Haiti. There can not be the slightest doubt that President and Mrs. Borno conducted themselves in every way fitting their station. This, we believe, is the first time in the history of the United States that an official of known African descent, was so received at the White House. Some twenty years ago Booker T. Washington lunched privately with President Roosevelt, not at a separate table, as some would contend for Theodore Roosevelt was too much of a gentleman to offer an affront of this kind. This was a courtesy extended a private citizen by the President. A storm of protest went up from the South at this horrible sacrilege to its narrow traditions. Doubtless, now, a similar protest will arise from certain quarters over this befitting courtesy bestowed by the President of the United States, who through no choice of his own but by the will of God was born white, upon the President of Haiti, equally unconsulted as to his parentage, was born black. Mirabile dictu! the heavens did not fall when these two presidents dined together, which would seem to indicate that Heaven approves of actions and conduct which befit the dignity and prestige of the United States which blighting prejudice so frequently demeans. 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No make or enforce any law which shall abridge the or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop out due process of law, nor deny to any person jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. standing obligations make this step imperative to maintain solvency. The relationship between The Monitor, which is closing its twelfth year, and its contemporary, The New Era, has always been cordial, and it has our best wishes for vigorous rejuvenation. We desire to make the confession that like conditions have frequently tempted us not only to suspend temporarily, but permanently. That Omaha needs a strong, clean, vigorous, outspoken and sane race publication is very apparent, but non appreciation and lack of support of such publications gives small encouragement to those who try to render this service. IS IT FAIR? LAST week a list of 1,500 teachers to be employed in the public schools of Omaha was announced. In this vast army of teachers there is not one single representative of our people. And yet some people wonder why we are not satisfied. There is nothing fair about this and no one with the slightest sense of fairness or justice in his makeup will claim that it is. WE WONDER WE frequently wonder why it is that so many who profess and call themselves Christians and orthodox, are so filled with racial prejudice while so many so-called free-thinkers, agnostics, and heterodox manifest a brotherliness in their dealing with others which Christianity enjoins? Think it over and let us have your answer. SETS EXAMPLE SO long as the government at Washington fosters and encourages segregation among its employees this undemocratic and un-American principle will continue to grow, sowing seeds of discord and resentment. None but a fool can be satisfied with being classed as a pariah and moron. THE DIVORCE EVIL ONE of the greatest menaces confronting America today is the divorce evil. Hasty marriages result in breaking up of families. "Facility of divorce" wrote Gibbon "lead to the downfall of Rome." Will some future historian record a like story of the United States? ORGANIZATION MEETING FOR SINGLETON FOR LEGISLATURE CLUB Dr. Jesse C. Hutten is calling a meeting next Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the Bachelor-Benedict club rooms, 24th and Luke streets for the purpose of organizing a Singleton-for-Legislature club. Dr. John A. Singleton filed some months ago as a candidate for state representative from the Ninth Legislative district. This district has a large colored population and a united vote in the district will nominate and elect Singleton. The public is urged to attend this organization meeting. RD TO SUBSCRIBERS. require that for newspapers to subscriptions must be paid in, thirty days, is allowed for of this period, where sub- the paper must be stopped. vilegates are denied the pubi- desire to continue receiving that their subscriptions are advance. Statements are be- THE MONITOR As previously announced in The Monitor this year has seen a remarkable increase in the number of our graduates from the high schools of the city, the number being 24, as against seven, the highest number ever graduated before. Many of these students have been compelled to do outside work to help support themselves while going to school and therefore are worthy of commendation. Many of these student, too, are hoping and planning to go to college. They are made of the right stuff and will succeed. The names of the graduates are these: Central High—Gerald A. Adams, Evelyn Olive Battles, Inez Battles, Dorcas Neale Jones, Theresa Josephine Liverpool, Jesse Newton Simmons, Alma Gertrude Smith, Grace LaMar Adams and Luella Mae Pitts, of whom the two latter will receive their diplomas in September. Technical High—Elsie Irene Carter, Ethel Odella Carter, Sam Fellows, Zora Augusta Hill, Raleigh V. Humburd, Maud Elizabeth Jackson, Harry L. Lewis, Sydney Janice Parks, Kenneth Malcolm Pollard, Gladys Louisa Reynolds, Zenobia Lovey Walker and Helen Dorothy Wheeler. (12.) South High—Della M. Jones, Joseph Owens and Fred T. Wakefield. (3.) Lewis, Humburd and Wakefield expect to enter Iowa State University in September. Sam Fellows hopes to be able to go to Iowa, but is not sure. Owen will enter Northwestern at Evanston. Jesse Simmons hopes to be able to go to Howard. Miss Wheeler and Miss Inez Battles plan on entering the University of Nebraska. Some of the other girls will enter the University of Omaha. COLORED STUDENT WINS HONOR FOR SELF AND SCHOOL John Owen, baseball, football, basketball and track star has earned in one year twice as many letters as the average athlete in four years of play. Owen won his first letter in baseball in 1924 when he played a regular part at third base. He played right halfback on the football squad and has placed his name on the hall of fame in that sport. During 1925-26 basketball which he played the last season he was a running forward alternating with Captain Bernard during 1926. He has shown great speed on the track field by winning first in every 220 yard dash he has entered. This year he is a pitcher on the school nine, which has won two games and lost one. John Owen will play his last games for old South high in the season of 1927 when he will get his sheepskin, with a record that will stand for many a season. He plans to enter University of Iowa in September 1927. His brother Joe will enter Northwestern University at Evanston in 1926; as he will finish high school in June this year. He is also a good baseball player and is a star fielder. John Owen's record in studies runs parallel to his athletic prowess. He has made high grades in all his courses. There is already one grade of 100 per cent on the books for a semester's work, he has a few grades of 98, several of 95, and a big collection of 90's. He has not received a medium or low grade in a single subject. From The Tooter, South High Weekly, May 21, 1926. In a real, snappy game played on the Howard Kennedy school diamond last Saturday afternoon, the St. John's A. M. E. Church girls' baseball team defeated St. Philip's girls' Friendly team by a score of 19 to 7. The Methodists went to bat first and were retired in one, two, three order. The Episcopalians came to bat, and the Methodists returned the compliment. In the second inning St. John scored 4 runs and blanked St. Philip's team. In the third St. John's raised the score to 9 and St. Philip's made 2. In the fourth St. John's made 5 and St. Philip's 2. In the fifth inning neither team scored. In the sixth St. John's chalked up 4 and St. Philip's 2. Seventh and eighth both teams were blanked. Ninth inning, St. John's 1, St. Philip's 1. Martin Thomas officiated as ampire. Celestine Smith and Josephine Dixon was the battery for St. Philip's during the entire game. GROVE M. E. CHURCH RAISING Grove Methodist Episcopal church, 22nd and Seward streets, has started a campaign to raise funds to cancel an old mortgage which has burdened it since the ownership of the church by the present congregation. Tuesday evening marked the beginning of the campaign. A nice program was given and a good collection taken. The pastor, Rev. J. H. Ellis, announces tl at it will be appreciated if any friend who will be interested a dollar's worth or more in helping to raise this fund will kindly call WEBster 119. A. P. Scruggs, Lawyer, announces the removal of his law offices to 2310 N. 22nd St. Phone WE.4162. (After May 15, 1926.) ST. JOHN'S GIRLS ANNOUNCEMENT GIVES SOCIAL TEA Last Sunday afternoon from 5 to 7 the Garden Club of the North Side branch of the Y. W. C. A. entertained at a Musicale Tea. About one hundred persons were present and were delighted with an excellent program. The Monitor does not hesitate to say that it was a very delightful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Following the program simple refreshments were served, the cakes being donated by the Schultz Baking company. The program was as follows: Contralto solo.....Miss Dorcas N. Jones Duet.....Soprano and Alto Misses Hazel Roulette, Mattie Nendrix Duet.....Violin and piano Lawrence and Aline Burnett Alto solo.....Mrs. W. S. Brown Duet.....Soprano and Contralto Mrs. Downing and Mrs. Mills Clarinet solo.....Mr. W. Lacey Soprano solo.....Mrs. Irene C. Morton Tenor solo.....Mr. Weldon Solomon Soprano solo.....Mrs. Pearl Reese Soprano solo.....Mrs. Webb ENTERTAINS AT LUNCHEON Mesdames H. J. Pinkett and T. P. Mahammitt entertained at a very delightful luncheon. Monday afternoon at the North side branch of the Y. W. C. A., in honor of Mrs. C. Johnson of Denver, Colo. She is the guest of Mrs. Mahammitt. The table was beautifully decorated in green and white with a large center piece of spring flowers. Covers were laid for 32 Mrs. Frank Butler of Denver, Colo., a niece of Mrs. E. A. 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A, Williamson, 2508 Burdette St. \ Mrs. Solomon Phelps, aged 34, died at the family residence, 2623 Hamilton street, Friday June 11, The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from Pleasant Green Baptist church under the auspices of St Moriah Tabernacle. The Rev. ZC. McGee officiated, Miss Hazel Perry is leaving this week for St. Louis, Mo, where she will rejoin her mother, with whom she will go to Chicago to spend the summer, ‘The Misses Mary Brown and Josephine Ratcliffe and Mrs. James Oglesby gave 4 surprise shower for Mr, and Mrs. Virgil Shobe and his hirde, newlyweds, at their home, 2030 North 28th street, Thursday, June 10, Thirty girls attended and brought many beautiful gifts, Ice cream and cake were served, Mrs. W. P. Wade, has returned home after a two weeks’ stay in Richmond, Mo, looking after her property and_ visiting her aunt, Mrs, Emily Martin, who is 89 years old. Miss L. Bonny Adams, R. N. of San Francisco, enroute home from a vacation spent in New York, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. Fletcher, 1107 South znd street. Omaha plays Oklahoma City at League Park, Saturday and Sunday. Double-header Sunday, first game called at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Nettie Newby has returned from Moberly, Mo., where she was called by the serions illness of her father. Mr. and Mrs. George Scott of Minne: apolis, Minn., are in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs, G. W. Walker, 2802 North 25th street, parents of Mrs, Scott, Mrs, Hattie Brewer entertained at her hoa 2404 Caldwell street, at a 1 o'clock luncheon, Friday, complimentary to. Mr. and Mrs. Seott of Minneapolis, Minn, The Misses Thelma and Madeline Ship- man, who have been with their mother at Sioux Falls, So. Dakota, arrived in the eity Sunday night. ‘Thelma has enrolled at Cen- tral High for the summer school. Mr, Escot Powers, a former resident of, Omaha, but now living in Shanghai, China, was an Omaha visitor this week, He was the guest while here of Miss Lutie Bryant. Mr. Gowers was enroute to Philadelphia, Dr. J. B. Hill, with Mr. R. 1 Williams, commissioner of the Colored Commercial club, are motoring throygh Missouri, Kan- sas, Oklahoma and ‘Té&as, They will be ab- sent for three weeks. Dr. Herbert Wiggins will attend to Dr, Hill's practice in his absence. Dorothy Caldwell of Cripple Creek, Colo, is the guest of Mra, Jennie M. Scott and family, 2465 Miami street. FOR RENT—Two cool and airy rooms for gentlemen; in modern home, Prices reasonable. WE. 2769. FOR RENT, Nice desirable home for man and wife, Reasonable rent. Call We. 4810, af 6-18-26, FOR RENT. Two rooms. Strietly modern. Kitchen and private bath. The new James Apartments, For information call at 2221 North ‘Twenty-fifth street. Phone WE. 634. 11-6-18-26. For Rent—Two neatly furnished front rooms. Private home. 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Double-header Sunday, first game called at 2 o'clock. ; \ Mrs, J. F, Smith gave a theater party Wednesday afternoon for Lavina Scott, Dorothy Caldwell and Elaine Smith. abot ~The Girls’ Friendly Society of St. Philip's Episcopal church held a delightful picnic at Riverview park, Wednesday afternoon, ‘under the chaperonage of Mrs, John Albert ‘Williams. . Se Mrs, Dora Newman Webster and Mrs. Carrie Lewis have gone to Pleasant Point, “Maine, in the employ of Mr. and Mrs. Carl | Gray, where they will remain for the sum | mer. ee Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Yancey left Sat. urday for Chicago and Detroit accompanied by Tommy Mason and sister for a vacation with relatives and friends, On their re- | turn they will stop with friends in Kan: sas City, Mo, | Mrs, James W, Madden and son, Jimmie, who have been visiting Mrs, Madden's parents, Mr. and Mrs, M. F. Singleton, witt eave for their home in Chicago, Saturaay. Omaha plays Oklahoma City at League Park, Saturday and Sunday. Double-header Sunday, first game called at 2 o'clock, Mra. J. M. Goff who has been quite ill at her home, 911 Forest avenue. for several days is reported improving. Mrs. Flora Wilson of Kansas City, Mo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. Cowan, 2430 North 30th street. Mrs. John Givens of Los Angeles, Calif, enroute for a visit in the east and Canaaa spent last week as the guest of Mrs, M. F, Overall, 2101 Lake street. ‘The Misses Frances Gordon and Dorothy Williams, and Mesdames A. A. Foster and E, 1. Reed entertained at a very delightful breakfast at Elmwood park, Thursday morn: ing in honor of Miss Goldie Holmes, house guest of Mrs, W. S. Brown, Covers were Shik tow ‘elvaloe: Mr. Louis LaCour, son of Mr, and Mrs. J. S. LaCour, 2421 Maple street, arrived at home Wednesday morning from Columbus, Ohio, where he has been attending school, to spend his vacation with his parents. Miss Goldie Holmes, teacher in the Gar- rison school, Kansas City, Mo., enroute 10 ‘her home in Pueblo, Colo., is the house ‘guest of Mra. W. S. Brown, 3216 Emmett aed, THE MONITOR U. B. F. AND S. M. T, NOTES ‘The ritualistic demonstration presented at U. B. F. hall by members of eBnson Temple and directed by Mrs. Georgia White was splendid and well attended by ‘the different Temples and Lodges. Grand ‘Master Duke Diggs highly commended Mrs, White for her work. Mr, and Mrs, A. H. Dickerson enter: tained eight guests at the home of Mr. M. C. Sands in honor of Grandmaster Diggs of Jefferson City, Mo. Mr. Dicker- son is one of the members of the Grand Lodge which will convene in Omuha. Dr. D. W. Gooden, medical examiner and Dis- trict Deputy Sands are busy in makiyg preparations, as are also Earl Jones, cbair- man of the publicity commitiee, Mrs, M. C. Sands and others. ; NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION. (Noah W. Ware, Attorney), In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, In the matter of the estate of Henry Peter Joseph, deceased. Alll persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said Court alleging that said deceased died leaving no last will and praying for administration upon his estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 19th day of June, 1926, and that if they fail to appear at said Coy on the said 19th day of June, 1926, at 9 o'clock A. M. to contest said petition the court may grant the same and grant @iministration of said estate to N. W. Ware or some other suitable person and proceed to a set- tlement therof, BRYCE CRAWFORD Bt 5-28 26 County Judge. (C. L. Waldron, Attorney) In the matter of the estate of Eliza- Letcher, deceased. : Notice is hereby given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the Administrator with will annexed of said estate, before me, County Judre of Dougles County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County, on the 29th day of July 1926 and on the 29th day of September 1926, at 9 o'clock A. M., each day, for the purpose of presenting their clainis for examination, adjustment ond allowance. Three months are al- lowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 26th day of June, 1926. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4t-5-28-26 County Judge. PROBATE NOTICE REV. MARY E. PALMER LEAVES FOR CALIFORNIA HOME The Rev. Mary E. 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Lebanon Lodge, No. 39, A. F. & A. M., held election of officers last Tuesday. The following were named for the ensuing year: W. A. Johnson, W. M.; Wendall Thomas, S. W.; Wm. Hightower, J. W.; T. T. McWilliams, treasurer; C. R. Johnson, secretary; Mason Todd, chaplain; Fred Nevels, tiler. Mesdames C. R. Johnson and Cora Thomas have returned from Leavenworth, Kan., where they attended the Grand Court session. Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Mosby have returned to the city. A. L. Corneal arrived in the city last week from Portland, Ore., and is visiting his sister, Mrs. R. H. Young, and brother. B. F. Corneal. The several representatives and friends returned from Omaha Sunday after attending the New Era Baptist association convention. The 1927 meet will be held at Mount Zion Baptist church, Lincoln. Mrs. Maggie Johnson, mother of John Johnson, is reported quite feeble at this time. Official Call. The twenty-first annual meeting of the Nebraska State Federation of Colored Women's clubs will convene at Mount Zion Baptist church on June 22-23, Lincoln. As the aim and purpose of the federation becomes more clear each year, and as the necessity for race women to study the vital issues of the day has become more apparent, we earnestly request all clubs to send a full delegation, each being entitled to representation in the State Federation by presidents, members of the board an one delegate for every ten members. Yours for "Sowing for Others to Reap." MRS. ADAH HOLMES. Pres., 501 S. 9th St., Lincoln, Neb. MRS. RHIEVA HARROLD, Sec. 2508 Binney St., Omaha. COUNCIL BLUFFS NOTES Morning Star Tabernacle, No. 592, will have its annual sermon at Tabernacle Baptist church, June 20. All are invited. Mr. and Mrs. Geirge Althouse leave Wednesday for a few weeks' vacation. They will visit Chicago and points in Tennessee. A delightful surprise party was given Rev. C. A. Moore and family by the members of the church June 12. Mrs. Clarence Reeves has returned from her trip and reports a wonderful time The Union Missionary meeting has been postponed from the fourth Sunday to the first Sunday each month. The next meeting will be held the first Sunday in July at Beulah Baptist church. Everyone welcome. Mrs. Mary Molten Hill has been removed to Jennie Edmundson hospital. Mesdames J. P. Jackson, Nannie Rudd, Ellen Rose and Alta Birdsong are improving nicely. The jubilee week begins on the 28th of June at Tabernacle Baptist church and closes on the 5th of July with a barbecue. Dwight Anderson represented Tabernacle Sunday school at Des Moines, Ia., which convened on the 15th to 20th of this month at Maple Street church. Te Aid club gave a picnic at Mrs. Jeff Perkins, June 19. which was well attended. KLAN FORCES JEW OUT Birmingham, Ala.,—(By the Associated Negro Press)—There has been much rejoicing here this week by members of the Ku Klux Klan who regard the resignation of Chester Bandman, a Jew, as principal of the Woodlawn High School, as a victory for them in a prolonged fight they have waged against him. He will go north to Pittsburgh, Pa. MAKING THE OHIO GOOD WATERWAY MAKING THE OHIO GOOD WATERWAY Will Have Nine Feet of Water in 1929 From Pittsburgh to Cairo. Washington.—Nine feet of water in 1919 for 968 miles from Pittsburgh to Cairo. That aim of the Ohio River valley, it is announced, is two-thirds accomplished. Dams recently completed by the engineering corps of the War department now assure 9-foot water for 604 miles from Pittsburgh to Louisville, Ky. "The first hundred years apparently are the hardest in the development of the Ohio," says a bulletin of the National Geographic society from its headquarters in Washington. "Next year, 1827, will be the hundredth anniversary of the government's efforts to improve the Ohio which began with channel clearing in 1827. The year 1929 will be the fifteenth anniversary of the first of the 52 dams and locks which are expected to make the Ohio more useful as a waterway. Canoes Earliest Traffic "There will be celebrations of the Ohio's anniversaries. Probably there will be floatillas of boats. Each of the four great cycles of the Ohio's life as a waterway is known by a boat. But what a motley collection. The only thing they have in common is that they float. For a hundred years after the Ohio's discovery by La Salle in 1670, the native Indian canoe reigned supreme. The flatboat for 50 years. Then boat building flowered in the building of 'floating palace' steamboats. But the Civil war stopped that. The Ohio river of today is chiefly a river of barges. "The Ohio river's story falls easily into pageants. Land with Monsieur Celoron de Bienville at the bank where the Scioto comes into the Ohio Watch him bury at the foot of a great tree an inscribed lead plate he brought from Montreal. His 200 Indians and soldiers of France have drawn up their canoes on the shore. They stand in battle array. Monsieur Celoron hammers an iron plate with the arms of France to the tree. That will warn the world and the English in particular, he hopes, that this is property of the king of France. Keep off! "Monsieur recites a speech prepared by La Salle for such occasions. It ends with a justy shout, 'Vive le Roi.' 'Vive le Roi' shout the soldiers of France in battle array and the startled silence of the woods echoes the French boast. Monsieur Celoron and his 200 paddled in the name of furs as well as kings of France but such a river could not waste its strength forever on the luxury of fur. "The stage of the next Ohio pageant is about 40 feet long and 12 feet wide. It is the deck of a Kentucky broadhorn. If this flatboat had a roof over the whole 'deck' instead of half it would be a New Orleans broadhorn. The three families who have built this flatboat are going only as far as Marietta. Under the roof one woman feeds wood in a small clay fireplace. Others busy themselves preparing the evening meal. They work gmid a clutter of chests and chairs and the simple needs of a pioneer household. "They brought these precious possessions from New England in Conestoga wagons over the interminable ridges of the Appalachians to McKeesport. The families built the flatboat at McKeesport. It will never come back. The deck and the eight-foot sides will be the floors for their cabins in Marietta." "One man is at the stern with a 40-foot steering oar. A lanky boy in the bow holds a 'gouger,' a short oar for use in swift water. In one hand he has a tin horn—every boat carries a horn. As the evening mists close down the boy blows the horn to warn any craft ahead. The reverberating blast of the horn is the echo and answer to 'Vive le Rol.' There are two 30-foot sweeps on each side of the flatbott. But these are for emergencies. The Ohio offers free transport on its swift current to any settler who will try his luck in the valley of the Mississippi, the largest valley in the world capable of inhabitation by man. Chantey of the River. "Flatboats of the Ohio were to the Middle West what the 'iron horse' was to the far West after the Civil war. "As they float down the river the 'Pilgrims of the Ohio' sing: 'O, the river is up, the channel is deep, The wind blows steady and strong, Asplashing their oars the mariners keep As we row their boats along (Tenor) Down the River (Bass) Down the River (All) Down the O-Hi-O." "The steamboats were finer than anything on shore," says Mark Twain, who is the most entertaining authority of the next and most golden age of the Mississippi waterways. The third pageant begins with the launching of the first steamboat at Brownsville, Pa., in 1811. "Compared with superior dwelling houses and first-class hotels in the valley,' writes the beloved humorist, 'they were "palaces." They tallied with the citizen's dream of magnificence. chimney tops cut to counterfeit a spraying crown of plumes; plithouse, hurricane deck, boiler deck, guards, all garnished with white wooden filigree work of fanciful patterns, gilt deer horns on the big bell, oil pictures on every stateroom door, big chandeliers every little way, each an April shower of glittering glass drops.' THE MONITOR SPINGARN MEDAL AWARDED New York, N. Y.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, today announced that the Spingarn Medal, awarded annually to an American of African descent for highest achievement had been awarded to Dr. Carter G. Woodson, of Washington, D. C. editor of The Journal of Negro History, former supervisor of schools in the Philippine Islands, and formerly principal of Douglas high school in Huntington, West Virginia, as well as instructor in "M" Street high school of Washington. His last work in education was as dean of one of the departments of Howard university. The terms of the award of the Spingarn Medal for 1925 to Dr. Woodson, are as follows: "For ten years' service in collecting and publishing records of the Negro in America, culminating in the publication of 'Negro Orators and Their Orations' and 'Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830.' Besides the works mentioned in the terms of the award, Dr. Woodson is the author of "The Education of the Negro Prior to 1860", "The Negro in our History", "The History of the Negro Church", and "A Century of Negro Migration." The Journal of Negro History has been published for more than ten years. Among those recommending Dr. Woodson for the award was Franklin Jameson, director of the Carnegie Institution in Washington. Dr. Woodson was born in New Canton, Virginia, was graduated from the Douglas high school of Huntington, West Virginia, of which he was subsequently principal, received the degree of Litt. B. at Berea College, travelled in Europe and Asia and studied at the University of Paris. He received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. from the University of Chicago and the degree of Ph. D. from Harvard University in 1912. The members of the Spingarn Medal Award committee who met at the offices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to make the selection are: Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Dr. John Hope, president of Morehouse College; Oswald Garrison Willard, editor of The Nation; Dr. W. E.Du Bois, editor of The Crisis; Bishop John Hurst, chairman of the committee; Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and James H. Dillard were unable to attend. The Spingarn Medal will be presented to Dr. Woodson by the Rev. John Haynes Holmes on the closing night, June 29, of the Seventeenth Annual Conference, in Chicago, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Shop Here & Save THE BRAND Our Bargain MEN---An U 1200 S Athleti --- MEN---An Unusual Buy! 1200 Sample Athletic Suits $1.00 to $2.00 Qualities 89c Unusual values in men's u urch, Chalmers and Kerry lty. Ribbed, Balbriggan, m ties, long sleeves, short slee and ankle lengths. In whi shades. These suits come i is your opportunity to pu real savings. Unusual values in men's union suits, samples of Monarch, Chalmers and Kerry Knit brands—all first quality. Ribbed, Balbriggan, mesh, aero knit mesh, qualities, long sleeves, short sleeves and sleeveless with knee and ankle lengths. In white, ecru, natural and flesh shades. These suits come in sizes from 36 to 46. This is your opportunity to purchase exceptional suits at real savings. by listing your name and telephone number with Greensboro, N. C.—(By the Associated Negro Press)—Miss Katherine Wolff, white, a senior at North Carolina College, has been awarded the second prize in a contest conducted by the Inter-racial Commission with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., for an essay on racial co-operation. Her paper bore the title "The Negro Voter." The award was $50. Miss Olivia Welbourn and Mr. Virgil Shobe were united in marriage Friday evening June 4. The bride and groom are at home at 2930 North 28th street. 9 in 10 College "Grads" Fail. Says Millionaire New York.-John E. Andrus of Yonkers, "the world's wealthiest subway straphanger," who gave up being a college professor some years ago to make himself one of America's richest men, predicted little success for the 4.901 students of Columbia university who have just received diplomas. 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The device consists of a simplified seismograph to be located in a basement and an indicator which may be installed at a place easily visible. Del Monte, Calif—William B. Leeds, millionaire has just been handed a $199 telephone bill. He talked 29 minutes to his wife, Princess Xenia of Greece, who is in New York. Reds Wear Plus Fours Pawhuska, Okla. —Plus fours were as conspicuous as buckskin breeches where Oklahoma Indians gathered here for their annual convention. EIS STORE Where Economy Reigns in Basement Inusual Buy! Sample c Suits union suits, samples of Mon- knit brands—all first quali- mesh, aero knit mesh, quali- ties and sleeveless with knee ute, ecru, natural and flesh sizes from 36 to 46. This purchase exceptional suits at Talk Not Cheap Business Directory PATRONIZE THE STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge Streets Tel. JACKSON 1317 Headquarters for BRUNSWICK Phonographs and Records BAGGAGE AND HAULING J. A. GARDNER'S TRANSFER. Baggage, express, moving, light and heavy hauling. Reliable and competent. Six years in Omaha. 2622 Maple Street. Phone WEbster 4120. C. H. HALL, stand, 1403 No. 24th. Baggage and express hauling to all parts of the city. Phones, stand, WE. 7100; Res., WE. 1056. BEAUTY PARLORS MRS. J. H. RUSSELL, 2914 Erskine street. Poro hair dresser. For appointments phone WE. 2311. MADAM ANNA E. JONES TUBBS. Scalp and hair treatments. For good and quick results call WEbster 5450. 1712 North 25th Street.—Poro. MADAM Z. C. SNOWDEN. Scientific scalp treatment. Hair dressing and manufacturing. 1154 No. 20th St. WEbster 6194. MADAM WILLIE DIXON, 2426 Blondo street. WEbster 6153. Poro hairdressing, facial massage, Turkish baths. Home comforts. COAL DEALERS C. SOLOMON COAL AND ICE CO. At your service winter and summer. All kinds of good coal at prices to suit. Phones WEbster 3901 and 4238. DRESSMAKING and SEWING DRUG STORES ROSS DRUG STORE, 2306 North 24th Street. Two phones, Webster 2770 and 2771. Well equipped to supply your needs. Prompt service. THE PEOPLES' DRUG STORE, 24th and Erskine Streets. We carry a full line. Prescriptions promptly filled. WEbster 6323. HOTELS PATTON HOTEL, 1014, 1016, 1018 South 11th St. Known from coast to coast. Terms reasonable. N. P. Patton, proprietor. THE HOTEL CUMMINGS, 1916 Cuming St. Under new management. Terms reasonable. D. G. Russell, proprietor. NEW LAMAR HOTEL, 1803 North 24th street Tel. WEbster 5090. Semi-modern, comfortable rooms, reasonable. Cafe in connection. Mrs. E. V. Dixon, proprietress. LAWYERS W. B. BRYANT, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. Practices in all courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Farnam Sts. AT. 9344 or WE. 2502. W. G. MORGAN—Phones ATlantic 9344 and JAckson 0210. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. Twenty years' experience. Practices in all courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Farnams Sts. AT. 9344 or WE. 3180. A. P. SCRUGGS, Lawyer. Large experience. Handles all law cases. 2310 North Twenty-second street. WEbster 4162. NOTIONS HOTELS PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS A. F. PEOPLES. Painting and decorating, wall paper and glass. Plastering, cement and general work. Sherwin-Williams paints. 2419 Lake St Phone Webster 6366. FORD PRINTING COMPANY, Jewell building, 24th and Grant Sts. For good printing see us. We. 1750. PATRONIZE THE ST Corner 14th and Dodge Street Headquarters for BRUN RESTAURANTS PEATS RESTAURANT, 1405 North 24th Street. Where those who desire good home cooking at reasonable prices go. WEbster 0530. SHOE REPAIRING BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reasonable prices. All work guaranteed. 1415 North 24th St. WEbster 5084. UNDERTAKERS JONES & COMPANY, Undertakers. 24th and Grant Sts. WEbster 1100. Satisfactory service always. H. A. CHILES & CO., funeral directors and licensed embalmers. Courteous, efficient service in the last sad hour. 1839 North Twenty-fourth street. Phones, office WEbster 7138; residence WEbster 6349. Classified FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT IN modern home. Call after 4 p. m Web. 4535. 2-T. FOR RENT—Modern furnished rooms 2204 N. 19th St. WE. 3308. FOR RENT—Two unfurnished rooms. 2310 N. 22nd St. FOR RENT—Light house keeping rooms, partly furnished. Modern except heat, 2635 Parker street. Phone after 6 p. m. WEbster 1259. FOR RENT—Three-room apartment, nearly furnished. 2514 North Thirty-first street. WEbster 0562. For rent. Four room modern apartments. 1547-1551 North Seventeenth street. $15.00 per month. At. 6863. tf. For rent. Neatly furnished room. Heat and kitchen privilege. Web. 2089 FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms in modern home. WEbster 6834. FOR RENT—Modern furnished rooms. Steam heat. Close in. On two car lines. Mrs. Anna Banks. 924 North Twentieth street. Jackson 4379 FOR RENT—Light housekeeping rooms. 1 block from car. All modern conveniences. 1712 North Twenty-fifth street. WEbster 5450—tf. FOR RENT—Apartment, furnished or unfurnished, for couple. Web. 6975, 2216 North Twenty-eighth Ave. FURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR RENT—2 and 3 ROOMS WEbster 1166 2130 NORTH 28th STREET FOR RENT—Nice front room. Modern home. For two gentlemen. WE. 6789. tf FOR RENT—Light house keeping rooms. Modern home. 2514 Caldwell. WE. 2180. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. One block from car line. Web. 4064. 1405 No. 25th street FOR SALE—All modern five-room house. Good location. WEbster 2478 or WEbster 3030. FOR RENT — Neatly furnished rooms. Heat and kitchen privileges. Prices reasonable. 2433 Franklin. WEbster 2089. FOR RENT. Two unfurnished rooms. Reasonable. Web. 5188. FOR RENT—Four furnished rooms for light housekeeping. $20 per month. 2814 Hamilton street. Web. 5552. tf. 2-26-26. PLUMBERS NEBRASKA PLUMBING CO. J. F. Allison, manager. Estimates furnished. 3025 Evans St. Phone KE. 6848. No Advertisement Accepted for This Classified Directory for Less Than Six Months ATE FURNITURE CO. Tel. 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