The New Student's Reference Work/South Omaha, Neb.

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1917484The New Student's Reference Work — South Omaha, Neb.

South O′maha′, Neb., a flourishing town, adjacent to Omaha City, in Douglas County, the seat of one of the largest meat-packing establishments in the United States. It is on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha; Burlington; Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley; and Union Pacific railloads. It has a number of fine public buildings, including schools, churches, banks; its population grew in a decade from 8,062 to 26,001, and at present is 26,259.