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Newspaper
Omaha Morning Bee
Location
Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1922
Page
11
A historical notice describes the Beebee Fund appeal for infants needing milk and ice. It lists prior acknowledgments and multiple small donations from various towns and individuals, totaling a large sum and noting the fund’s delivery through local organizations and the composing room.
Hearing on an injunction to stop William Mellagh from placing the home rule charter provision for Omaha on the primary ballot will be held in District Judge Wakeley s court Monday at 10. Copeland a progressive candidate for the state legislature from the Nineteenth district filed the petition alleging the ballot question violates state law and the constitution. He says a charter commission must be elected before such a question is put to voters. McHugh said Copeland overlooked the new state constitution which permits the procedure.
Zigler Dalowski, 621 South Fifteenth Street, found shot in the road at Fiftie th and Francis streets with $1 146 on him. Elmer Pass, a milkman, reported the scene. Police arrested Bee Button who said she rode with Balowski and that he attempted to assault her. Balowski claimed a taxi driver demanded money and he was shot in the arm.
Gov. McKelvie will deliver a patriotic address at the noon flag raising in Fontenelle Park on July 4 under the Fontenelle Park Celebration association. Arrangements include baseball games sports and fireworks with twelve pyrotechnic set pieces headed by Custer's Last Stand.
Rev. Joseph B. Cherry of Omaha left Wednesday for Colorado Springs to attempt to break his previous Pike's Peak climbing record. At 63 he finds mountain climbing a pleasant pastime and has reached the summit of the Colorado peak 50 times.
A list of marriage licenses includes Cort O. Johnston 27 Falla City Neb and Cortina Jadys Roszell 26 Omaha. Bernard Flynn 24 Cimeha and Margaret Thomas 28 Louisville Neb. Rose Jantcek 28 Schuyler and Allen V. Robinson 23 Anita Ia. Zeta M. Bills 19 Anita Ia and Jake W. White 25 Atlantic Ia. Eldon J. Smith over 21 Burwell Neb and Mabel Fisher over 21 Omaha among others. The licenses show numerous pairs from towns across Nebraska and adjacent states.
A list of birth and death notices with numerous names and ages, streets and addresses, and hospital mentions. Included are Stella and Anna Austin, Fonti, Molleta, Treskow, Minarri, Hatton, Degen, Roedde, Glasgow, Harley Force, Collins, Utterback, Brooks, Lambert, and others with ages from infant to 75 years, plus hospital references.
Readers submit questions on hygiene sanitation and disease prevention to Dr Evans. He answers personally with limitations and will not diagnose or prescribe for individuals. Send stamped self addressed envelopes to The Bee in care of the newspaper. Copyright 1922.
A 1921 summer note recalls dramatic drop in adult dysentery due to better health and hygiene yet warns flies remain powerful disease vectors. Observations cite 200 Wisconsin dysentery cases linked to common houseflies and hot weather, with transmission possible across miles. The piece discusses risk to babies from soiled diapers and responds to a reader about eggs for six month olds.
Letters to the editor discuss vaccination safety using a Nebraska smallpox example and advise on feeding a dirt-eating 18 month old. Guidance includes giving milk daily, cereals, whole wheat bread, vegetables, fruit, meat, and occasional egg, with general dietary tips for age one to eighteen months.
Burton Powers aged 25 lies in Lord Lister hospital after being found unconscious in his Brown apartments kitchen with four gas jets open. He declined to discuss reasons for his attempted self harm and spoke only about pretty girls at the hospital. Police say the incident involved safety concerns. Powers is expected to recover.
A list of cities including Elmira Newark Hoboken Scranton Wilkes Barre Bingham Ar and New York appears in a regional reference. The read shows multiple urban names without additional context or events.
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