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Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 2

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bier Costello, novt serving 18 months for contempt of Coa- No Dumbell Friday, February 13, 195.1 P.M. Lincoln Evrnina; Journal and Nrhrla State Jonmal R. I. Mrs PROVIDENCE, gress. Almeda Brooks, 91, of Providence Kansas City Library Buys Books Found in BoardedHo uses ARCTIC 113 N.

11 By MARVIN CRUSE Journal Staff Writer purchased material is comparable) patrick lived in one book-crowded; in order for inspection of to that found only in some great room. iWhen the books fjnally left Lin- maintains her health by exercising with dumbbells before going to bed. "Helps to keep arthritis away." she said. Costello Denid Parole WASHINGTON The U.S. Parole Board saia Friday it has All kinds of Wiring, ContrctlngKFixtur.

Motor! No down payment on 3 Mo. Contract coin the past week end they filled Th tnn nf ron hnnkc that the! Eastern libraries Books filled completely the four heavily-loaded vans with! late Thomas Jefferson Sealock and four librarians! small one-story house next aoor. 2-1626 fret Estimate trailers, Chapman recalled. CHAPMAN CONFIRMED ru- at 6814 Lexington in Bethany. Some of the rarer items were housed at Bessie Hall, and in a denied a parole petition by Gam-i professor emeritus of botany at spent the week end in Lincoln the University of Nebraska preparing the books for trans-amassed during a lifetime of col- pprtation to Kansas City.

He esti- lf4inn ha h.n arnnirAd hv mated that his 20.000 volumes had barn on the Linder family home-mors of rare and out-of-print JJJJLIlJllKaiMOLJ. fiiiiBwirrirnnMiB in Advertised Mcgazics tvonir rionn vr, ritv Mn Un actual value nf annmvimatpl stead near Iowa City. Ia. It was utr. KiichoT- to that home that the widow, Mrs.

nnn i Mary Linder Fitzpatrick. now 94 Lloyd Chapmen, administrator! THE UNIVERSITY of upon the death of her 4nr tho ectafA tho latp nro- braska. said Frank A. Lundv. di-: husband.

books found among the tonnage. The collection sparked with individual items and collections of books, in many fields, he said. "He had a wonderful collection in botany and ecology, including a full set, of Linneaous, the 18th Century father of botany," said iLeruur rector ot University UDranes, lessor, sairl the Kansas Citv our chaser offered highest bid among i had acquired no part of the gen- rick, chairman of the biology de group oi 0 irem America over. mnm-u, u. itnivfrsitv Bids ranged from $20,000 to the rare botanical set.

pu geology $53,000 sale price approved Feb 6 -vera. Vith he two maiden Tsil i "There were many by County Judge Herbert Ronm I $500. 'tors on the Iowa Citv farm where i books, books of early surveys CHANCE THt Fo matdtlcn cimfttniinliip esJetterTti Upendff o' volr her father had built a family man- pamphlets by obscure publishing: estate matter pending. jn many 8 valuable sion in 1847. fjrnrw on topics now KANSAS CITY'S public library! books and several fine small col- There she is today, convalescing 1 1 he Americana included early, system acquired 20,000 of the re- lections which the Unversity from a oroken nip, writing ncr wim.

inimisiam iiomc fnr cu- l.ihr.inK avinH havP hpm flad to memoirs, and poetry. Holder of'guiae books published in the conuatently aupenor quality, titer a im bcttar Dancing Shoe than Mont Carta Leading dance matructon recommend tnem la their tuVnU 000. announced Chief Ubrarian'have," added Lundv. Master's degree, from the Uni-j 1830s and 1840s for Mr. Fitzpa Bihn.A iHontifi hv, a' t-.

versitv of Iowa, she studied rick was a grand nephew rhanman si rn "assoriated with WHFN heart ATTACK abroad at Heidelberg and Thomas J. ritzpatrick the famous Glenn" in, purchase of all the brought death March 28, 1952, to France. She maintains her inter- fur trapper and associate of Kit BOTH THE HOUSES Book-jammed, they included a 2Vj-story at 6802 Lexington where Mr. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick were crowded by books into one small, room, and a neighboring house at 6814 Lexington containing stored books only.

Knnk itho fii.vpitr-nlH hr.r.Lr rnllw the 84-year-old book collector, est in art and painting. i Chapman said that when he was io nmer on a small couch sandwiched administrator of the ica in 1818 and at the age of 16 tween books, in the on room of; estate May 8, 1952, he found itltook "The wealth of regional material will be placed in the Missouri room of the public library," said Sealock. "We have purchased books Thea Tan Tk. palrnt leather. (klldrra'11.

MIm-a A Women' 13-room. 2 -storehouse at 6820 necessary to sort and move i9Deca to me sania re trail, in lBDU-n ti i r-i. i w.i tl ame Indian agent at Bent's1 rCtCr 1 aripOVlCll I Man tharfSfll itll I heft near Pueblo. A i Of Car Given Probation to the Santa Fe trail. In 1850 loaas oi material irom xne yaras V.

B. Plemteal Tea Ballet, Lexington a house packed by all e. v- ahlte I tare leatner. (tar lis rounu ueaa U'hich will move the library into what city authorities had esti aa4 hllarea'a. Mlaan' Hamea' alaea.

Maalaaa A IJ.H. jammed with books, papers, THE FITZPATRICK collection Donald Smejkal, 25, of Crete, pamphlets and cartons. 'contained books from the library1 Peter Panpovich, 72, of 4442 has been placed on probation for By Nov. 20 of the past Thoma." Jefferson, and from, Paul, retired railroad worker, died two years on the charge of steal-cleaning women had set thebooksthe Randolph family library in at hs "home Friday morning. ing an auto Nov.

5. mated at 90 tons of books. Entrance through the front door was impossible it was jammed shut with books. Mr. and Mrs.

Fitz- the ranks of those possessing leading collections when we add these volumes the books we Bow have. Some of this newly- IUI Onfonl Taa Shoe, palenl leather. Baya' Sliea Vt ta SS.M. Mill enti tile 11 ta tVe Randolph claimed A Rort Ander-' in an- kinsmanhip with the author of son nc cl'ec oI nis own nana" taster District Court of taking a the Declaration of Independence, apparently by hanging himself car belonging to Thomas E. Brus-Thp collection.

Chanman vuiH with a clothes line 1038 St. Included law books Jefferson Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. studied when a student, including; Bessie M. Kuehn of Lincoln; a 4 a song book Jefferson had natrhpd sister, Mrs. Amelia Mirich ofi with contemporary 18th Century jBend 0rc- and four grandchil-newspapers.

On the margins ofldren- sT- --r some, Jefferson had made nota tions. "The collection contained probably the most complete collection of books and pamphlets on the Church of Mormon in existence." continued Chapman, "not only published books and pamphlets dating back from the 1830s, but a history of the so-called 'King James version of the Book of Mormon," written by a Mormon who established a branch colony on an island in Wisconsin and did Electric Train Specials! Big savings on demonstrators and trade in models. See these now only one of each model. FEBRUARY SALE of Home Furnishings I many things including the issu ance of his own currency." 0 SOME COLLECTORS regarded the gem of the collection an un American Flyer Freight set NOW 5210 "V.T." Reg. 59.50 $29.95 published manuscript of Constan-tine S.

Rafinesque, the French naturalist and explorer-botanist who paid the United States two 'visits from 1802-1804 and again from 1815-1840. Rafinesque's work, compared by 'some to that of Audubon, embraced a comprehensive history of American Flyer 370 Diesel Switcher Reg. $32.50... now $19.95 new species of plants and fish in the early days of the whole Ohio K335 "U.P.1 and Mississippi Valleys. American Flyer Locomotive NOW Reg.

S49.50 $24.95 Letters, some by signers of the Constitution, and colonial broadsides and pamphlets on themes of historical interest, were included in the collection, Chanman Lionel ZW transformer Reg. $27.95... NOW $19.95 said. Chapman said the entire Fitz patrick estate matter would bel closed, possibly in May. Prefac-! ing the final report of the admin-1 istrator is the sale of the two houses in Bethany now cleared of their Inari nf rar hnnks 1 VJfA Vut pamphlets and being readied for I 2-4692 1123 St.

I occupancy. flowed into a house next door. This is the head of the stairway, bearing up its full load. RARE AND OUT-OF-PRINT Books jammed the stairway, and the head of the stairs at the Fitzpatrick's 12-room home in Bethany, over I sajuraav onivsw Licenses Suspended in Two Lexinpton Cases John M. Kaifihin and Emil 1 tftir Hi Bogner, both package liquor 11- Smucker's Pure Strawberry Preserves .1 lb their licenses suspended nine and Six days respectively on cnarges mm i of selling liquor on credit and I pi 11 GROCERY MARKET selling to intoxicated persons.

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"Chompogn" finished mahog- ROCKER WITH OTTOMAN 2-PC. LIVING ROOM SET Spacial purchata mti $30. 1 qq Coil aprings. friaia. 107.00 3-in-l platiorm rockar.

Flattie covering. No-tog tpringt. 64.88 59.50 QUALITY MATTRESS 39.88 Fomout a adTtrtitt iam quality at 59.50. SALE BED DAVENPORT Sola opena to 54x72 bad i nn with innartpring mattrata. 104.00 REG.

69.95 DINETTE SET Your Search is Ended! max Factor brings you smooth, leather-light make-up and faultless finish applied with a puff! REG. 34.35 MATTRESS in 5-piece tat 1 a tt i top. chromed legt. Duran aaats. 59.88 29.88 203 coilt.

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