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Happy New Year to one and all!
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What an opportunity the 1918 chronicler has
to immortalize himself by writing "peace" across
the page.
Look over Omaha's record for the last year
very closely and you will find many reasons for
local pride.
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Wall street finds a happy New Year ahead,
with Uncle Sam at the throttle and dividends
guaranteed.
No complaint is heard from the ice man as
to a shortage in crop. His kick is reserved for
next summer.
4 Following the experience of other unions in
war times, Nebraska lawyers are adopting a new
scale of wages.
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New York shows op with an unofficial record
of 69 degrees below, a mark that will make sunny
Calgary shiyer with envy.
"I am a democrat," says Mr. Hitchbranch, elu
cidating his many otherwise inexplicable changes
of mind. Explanation accepted.
Guatemala has had another terrific shaking
op, but it is only a slight jar compared to what
the world has sustained during the last three.
Vears.
;' Stubborn juries may find a little justification
in the fact that the lawyers themselves could
not agree on a course of action concerning the
election of candidates for the Nebraska supreme
licnch.
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Pooling rolling stock, road bed and terminals
will accomplish much, but the pooling of man
fiower will be needed to produce the full bene
fits of railroad consolidation under government
rontrot
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German subjects domiciled in America are to
lie held to stricter rules in the future. Subjects
o'f Emperor Karl will do well to note the steps
Uncle Sam is taking to safeguard his own citi
zens at home.
a, Peter of Serbia addresses his people with
words of encouragement and thanksgiving,
aroused by the presence of the United States on
the battle front. He sees a hope in this that can
be found nowhere else.
' South American neutrals are to hold a war
council, the outcome of which ought to help
President Irogoyen to make up his mind, unless
Von Luxburg was right in his estimate of the
Argentinian statesman.
Colonel George Harvey calls for a real war
council made up of the biggest men in the coun
try, regardless of politics, instead of just a so
ciable meeting of bureau heads wearing a new
label It will come in time. .
Cuban sugar is coming in, so the food admin
istrator takes off some of the restriction. How
ever, the lesson of the last few weeks ought to
be applied in some way other than indulgence,
now that plenty 'is at hand.
; ' Former Premier Goremykin is the latest victim
of the Bolshevik revenge, although his death
will be charged as'the work of robbers, .former
leaders in Russia are .not safe under the rule of
"liberty" as interpreted by the mob.
The "pitiless publicity" which President Wil
son prescribed for big business malefactors is
just as good for profiteering food speculators,
crooked army contractors and negligent and in
efficient public . servants. "Pitiless publicity"
worksjaster tljan red tape or the slow machin
ery of prosecution in the courts.
The New Year and the Old.
Omaha folks will look carefully over the rec
ord of the year just closed and then turn their
attention to the tasks ahead of them. Close in
spection of the balance sheet for 1917 will con
vince any that great progress has been made in
all ways. Mary things have been carried for
ward for further consideration and future ac
tion; not all the program laid out twelve months
ago was accomplished, but enough was done to
prove the capacity and determination of our
citiztns.
In a material way the showing is gratifying;
commerce and industry show such increases in
totals as indicate how busy our merchants and
manufacturers have been; bank clearings have
risen to a height that keeps Omaha among the
leading cities of the land; the building record is
ahead of any former year, while the live stock
and grain markets show satisfactory totals as a
result of 12 months' operation. Uow much the
coming of the war affected the community in its
expansion can not be accurately told, but it cer
tainly did have some effect. Many well consid
ered projects for new buildings and extension of
enterprise have been held in abeyance because
of disturbed conditions incident to the war, but
none have been entirely abandoned. These will
be renewed in good season, for they are essential
to the growth of Omaha.
Spiritually and intellectually, the community
shows similar progress. No community in the
land has shown a more spontaneous or generous
response to the unusual demands made by the
war; contributions of money and service have
been promptly forthcoming, and citizens gener
ally have vied in service to the government and
humanity. Schools, churches and all forms of
the higher life have had their full measure of the
prosperity that has attended the year, and in
them as always, the citizens have a justified
pride.
The new year has in it quite as much of
promise and encouragement as any ever held. All
business will be subject to war demands, but this
will not prevent growth. Omaha will keep
abreast of the great forward movement, and
when 1918 is a closed incident, the local record
will be one for which no apologies will be required.
Bolshevikj Peace and Its Effects.
The tentative peace terms between the Bol
sheviki and the Germans, just made public, will
be carefully studied by the Entente Allies, be
cause of their possible effect on the course of
the war. Declarations made at Brest-Litovsk
show how far Germany has been able to impose
its views on its late enemy. "Peace at any price"
will cost the Russian extremists dearly in the
long run. Terms made are to extend only to
such sections of the disintegrating Russian em
pire as have given evidence of willingness to sub
mit to imposition in order to avoid war. "Self
definition" referred to in the prospectus of the
treaty is permissible only on condition of sub
mission to the German plan first; for the coun
tries held in subjection this right will be con
ceded only within limits already firmly fixed. "In
dependence" as prescribed by Austria or Ger
many is of doubtful value to any aspiring people.
At present the declaration of independence by
Bessarabia, Turkestan, the Ukrainian provinces
and other divisions of the empire is an invita
tion to a continuation of the war in southwest
ern Russia.
The Bolshevik agreement to withdraw Rus
sian armies now co-operating with the Entente
Allies against Turkey also presents an interest
ing phase of the problem. Affairs are going
against Turkey and the military situation in the
near east is decidedly in our favor at this time.
Some reason exists to doubt the ability of the
Petrograd schemers to carry out their plans to
abandon their share of the war on this front In
the end it would only prolong the task of forcing
the central powers to terms.
Lloyd George announces his intention to con
sult at once with Clemenceau prior to replying to
the Czernin proposals, made last week. The
United States will doubtless have its word in
this conversation. Every approach to peace, from
whatever source is significant and the Czernin
program is interpreted by some as indicating a
weakening of the junker sentiment in Germany.
The, kaiser's party just now seems to be in a
bargaining mood and the victory over the Bol
sheviki shows how cleverly the "shopping" has
been carried on from Berlin. Terms so far of
fered are not i such as can be accepted by the
Entente, but the modifications already made in
the original draft indicate that the central pow
ers are not rigidly attached to a single view. Dis
cussion bf war aims wilt do little harm and hon
orable, definite peace is far more to be desired
than a continuation of strife.
In the death of George E. Haverstick Omaha
lost a realty useful man we can ill afford to spare.
Primarily a banker, he found time (o interest
himself in all the big things of city life out
side of the counting room. His keen percep
tions and his earnest sympathy made him valu
able in ways little known to the general public.
As president of the Commercial club, as member
of the Ak-Sar-Ben board and as a leader in our
commercial and industrial life, his opportunity
for helpfulness was never neglected.
When the Kaiser Visited Jerusalem
Reminiscences oj the Event by an Eye-Witness
By Spencer Leigh Hughes, M. P., in London Times.
More than 19 years have passed since I had
the experience of seeing the kaiser enter Je
rusalem, heralded, appropriately enough, by
blatant and brazen music and surrounded by
what is sometimes called by descriptive re
porters "a plentiful display of bunting."
It was at about 3:15 on the afternoon of
Saturday, October 29, 1898, that this curious
specimen of a pilgrim entered the Holy City,
armed to the teeth, escortedby troops, with
Turkish mounted police thrashing out of the
way such natives as had drawn near. Some
accounts of the event relate that he went in
by the Damascus gate, but that is not the
case. To oblige their imperial guest the
Turks had made a breach in the historic and
immemorial walls of Jerusalem in order to
save the kaiser from the trouble of turning
an awkward corner an outrage that may
have satisfied his sense of kultur. It may
be thought that any reflections I cast on
those 198 proceedings have been tinged by
the fact that we are now at war with the
chief performer and that what then appeared
harmless now seems offensive. That is not.
however, the case, for at the time I wrote
get within 24 hours of him either in ad
vance or followms behind. We knew our
kaiser better than that, as he liked to travel
"with a full band," as the phrase goes. One
of ur party, the late Melton Prior, had
a letter of introduction from the prince of
Wales, afterwards King Edward VII, and so
obtained an interview, when the kaiser an
nounced that he wished all facilities to be
given to the journalists. That made things
more easy for us, but we had been delayed so
lor.g that it seemed likely that we should not
get to Jerusalem in time for the show. But
ten or a dozen of us, acting together, hired a
special train and thus we were able to romp
itito Jerusalem about a couph of hours be
fore the curtain went up and saw a sight
worth seeing.
What struck me about the kaiser in Jeru
salem more than anythi. ; else wa: his com
plete lack of a sense of humor a lack so
complete as to be hardly consistent with en
tire sanity. The entry ceremony which I
h,ve mentioned showed the truth of the say
ing that there is but one step between the
sublime and the ridiculous. For it was really
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an account of the event in which I described ! ludicrous beyond description and so were
the kaiser as the only rival of Earnum and
in regard to the procession of German offi
cers, Turkish pashas and the hordes of hangers-on
I then wrote: "Nothing like this has
been seen since Noah came out of the ark."
The kaiser had arrayed himself like a Cru
sader as seen in pantomime helmet, silk
robe and the other usual trappings for the
part. He appeared to be in a mood of exal
tation and saluted with almost epileptic fury.
Indeed, it seemed to me that he imagined he
had captured the city by the sword instead
of arriving there, as was the fact, as one
of Cook's personally conducted tourists. I
have sometimes seen accounts of that impe
rial trip to the Holy Land in which it is said
that the German thoroughness and efficiency
were shown by the perfection of the arrange
ments and by the manner in which the time
table was kept. All these tributes to that
pertection or arrangements are wen acservcu,
but the Germans had nothing to do with it,
as the whole business, including the provid
ing of money and the catering and transport,
was in the hands of Messrs. Thomas Cook
& Son of Ludgate circus and it would be im
possible to imagine a more British institu
tion than that.
It was only by chance that I saw this fa
mous entry, for, though I had gone out on
purpose to witness and to describe it, the
Turks, who. do not appreciate the press, had
tried to keep the special correspondents at a
distance. They assured us that the kaiser
had expressed the wish that we should not
some of his subsequent performances in that
city. I have never witnessed anything more
really funny than his appearance as a preacher
in a church in Jerusalem, when he took part
in the dedication of a German Protestant
church there. He and his attendant officers,
gigantic .nen selected on the Barnum princi
ple because of their size, marched up the
church, all armed to the teeth, with a mix
ture of the goose-step and the cake-walk.
while the choir sang a respectful anthem
which the kaiser took to refer to himself and
acknowledged it with a military salute! As
Germany is not my spiritual home, it hap
pens that I do not understand the German
language indeed, I am so ignorant in this
respect that I was not always sure whether
the imperial preacher was tackling a guttural
or clearing his throat But the tone through
out was that of a drill sergeant giving or
ders. As I came away I talked to a German offi
cer who knew our language and our country
well He said, "I know you make fun of our
emperor in your country." I said that, of
course, we would not be so rude, but he re
torted, "Oh, I know all about it; I see
Punch," and then he added this discriminat-!
ing remark, "Whatever you may say about1
him this at least is true he is the greatest
commercial traveler in the world." That
seemed to me to be true at the time, but
his journey to Jerusalem and Palestine has
not turned out to be good business for the
Turks.
In Lincoln's Cabinet.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 29. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: I notice a statement
written by Mr. L. J. Quinby, in your
letter box in today's issue, via:
That President Lincoln never
thought of taking men of the opposite
party into Yia cabinet.
The only trouble with this state
ment is that it is not true.
President Lincoln made Edwin M.
Stanton hi secretary of war. after
Cameron, although Mr. Stanton had
been in B"chanan's cabinet and was
not only a strong democrat but a
rank critic of President Lincoln.
Now, if a precedent is all that Mr.
Quinby wants before Mr. Roosevelt
Is invited into the present cabinet, I
think he has it.
CHAS W. RAINEY.
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That Wonderful Living Flag
How It Was Made and Photographed
Many of our readers have doubtless seen
the picture of the wonderful living flag at
the Great Lakes naval training station. This
flag was laid out by Conductor John D.
Thomas, who is choirmaster of Zion City,
and photographed by Arthur S. Mole, Zion's
official photographer. How this feat was ac
complished and the details of the designing
of it make an interesting story.
This photograph of a flag waving in the
breeze, taken on the mammoth parade
grounds of the Great Lakes navril training
station, shows nearly 10,000 bluejackets (9,650
to be exact). It is the first living flag ever
photographed with complete success. Many
previous attempts had been made by vari
ous well-known photographers to secure a
picture of a similar character, but all had
met with failure, for the reason that they had
not been laid out according to natural laws.
This flag was designed according to an ex
irt r!nri hasH nn the law of nersnective.
Everyone knows that the picture of three i
men, tor instance, taken out a tew paces dis
tant would appear much larger and take up
more space on a printed page than a picture
of 12 men 200 yards away. This illustration
presents the principle in its simplest form;
however, it gives but little idea of the multi
farious difficulties encountered in laying out
the parts of this vast and intricate design, In
planning the picture Conductor Thomas drew
a flag as it would necessarily have to be laid
out on the field, according to the law of per
spective. The actual dimensions of the flag as laid
out on the ground seem almost incredible.
Just stop and fancy, if you can, that the
right end of the canton, or star field, meas
ured 184 feet, while the right end of the en
tire flag itself measured but 128 feet; in other
words, the end of the flag was narrower than
the end of the star field.
Here are other dimensions equally as sur
prising; The ball at the top of the flagpole
as actually laid out measured 237 feet in
length and only 20 feet in width, yet in the
photograph it appears perfectly round. Why
is this? For the reason that the men com
posing the ball, because of the distance, ap
peared as a round mass instead of a long,
narrow, elliptical figure, but if the ball had
been laid out round it would have appeared
flat in the picture.
The flagpole without the ball measured
550 feet in length. The distance from the i
base of the pole to the top of. the ball was(
about two blocks. The pole was three andj
a half feet in width at the bottom and six!
feet in width at the top where it joins the I
ball. One would naturally think from the
picture it was just the other way round; how
ever, note that three men abreast compose
the base, while twice that many are required
at the top.
The flag measured 293 feet in length at
the top and only 73 feet in length at the bot
tom, 428 feet in width at the left end and
but 128 feet in width at the right end.
The star field measured 143 feet at the top,
66 feet at the bottom, 350 feet at the left
end and 184 feet at the right end.
The ball at the top of the flagpole required
250 men, while the pole itself required but
700 men.
In the star at the upper left hand corner
there were 126 men, while the one in the
lower right hand corner contained but 12
men.
It took 1,600 men dressed in white to form
the white stripes on the flag; 1.900 men
dressed in .blue to form the other stripes.
The blue field required 3,400 men, while
the stars required 1,800 men.
At the appointed time on a certain day in
November lines of apprentice seamen and
officers marched to the parade grounds from
every quarter of the naval station to form a
part of this picture.
Thin strips of white tape covered the
ground, fastened there securely with the most
careful precision, and, guided by these, the
men were thrown into the various positions
assigned them. To the uninitiated the move
ments doubtless seemed weird and purpose
less; army and navy drill regulations con
tain nothing like them.
The drillmaster of the naval station stood
at a point nea.- Mr. Mole until everything
was in readiness. At a word of command the
bugle sounded "Attention" and instantly
every man stood motionless in place. The
camera clicked and a picture had been taken.
Again the bugle sounded "Salute" and in
stantly every man raised his hand in salute
to the flag, as seen in the picture, presenting
one of the most magnificent sights imaginable.
Running the Railroads.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 2S. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: The appointment of
MeAdoo to manage the railways of
the country is in line with many
other acts now being performed by
the present administration. To raise
railway rates would be an unwise act,
because we are now in a period of
financial inflation; that is, we have
got to the money standard which was
endorsed by the democrats in 1SS6.
Inflation has done this country more
damage than any other political pol
icy. We have now got the 50 cent
dollar mentioned in 195, and that 50
cent dollar will soon b- reduced to
a 25 cent dollar under present policies.
Price fixing should be established
under competent commissions and
not by politicians. Had the adminis
tration placed a man of the ability of
Clifford Thome at the head of the
railways of the country we might see
some advantage in government man
agement; but to place a banker in
such position is the beginning of in
competence. Bankers have their
place, but the latter day banker has a
nose equal to that of the bird dog for
rooting in everybody's affairs, and in
most cases he is incompetent in any
practical task. Keep the prices on a
proper level to await the day o ad
justment MeAdoo is no more com
petent to handle the railways of the
country than the average of any 100
business men in Omaha. The de
mands that the railway brotherhoods
are making should be met by placing
all of them on the battle front They
have no more principle than the
trusts. The chickens will come home
to roost WALTER JOHNSON.
LAUGHING GAS?
Blaek He's a youns lawyer and desper
ately in love!
White Yes; he enters an appearance at
the girl's home three nights a week, pleads
his case, receives an adverse decision, and
then appeals again! Puck.
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Around the Cities
Two policemen of St. Paul mixed up In
the syndicated activities, of automobile
thieves plead guilty to the charge and won
an indeterminate sentence not to exceed
five vears in the state penitentiary.
State and federal authorities are steadily
driving against pronteeriner in war chari
ties in New York City. Where one force"
falls down in an attack the other strikes at
the flanks and scores. The federal forces
at present center their attack on a group
of Italians who s'aged a war relief bazar
which netted $60,000. So far only $13,000
of the sum has been traced to die destitute
families of Italian soldiers. The remainder
stuck to local pockets or palms, which are
undergoing a thorough search. The district
attorney Kave a heart-to-heart talk to a
solicitor who held out $130 of a contribution
of the Elks' lodge to an ambulance fund.
People and Events
A Missouri author of Bible stories has
started suit for $100,000 against Rev. "Billy"
Sunday for alleged plagiarism. Sunday is
charged with borrowing sentences from the
Missourian's works to enrich his book of
"Love Stories o the Bible." The case will
interest vendors of slang the world over.
Should the Missourian win a verdict, Sunday
will be kept busy defending his borrowings
from other quarters.
State and federal grand juries are
steadily grinding out indictments against
alleged citizens of Minnesota for talking
against the government and laws. Kaiserite
loyalty has been particularly blatant among
cheap politicians and heelers in St. Paul and
Minneapolis, and several will presently stand
trial for disloyalty. The mills of the gov
ernment grind slowly, but they are getting
there there just the same.
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One Year Ago Today in the War.
Russians started trench . raiding
south of Riga.
Berlin reported French battleship
Verite torpedoed by submarine.
'Teuton army of the Danube drove
Russians back on Matihln bridge
head after six days of severe fighting.
The Day We Celebrate.
Rear Admiral Albert Cleaves, who
piloted the first American contingent
abroad, born at Nashville 1858.
t Major - General Clarence R. Ed
wards born at Cleveland 1859.
'Samuel T. Ansel), recently pro
moted to be brigadier general, born
in North Carolina 1875.
George E. Chamberlain, United
Ptates senator from Oregon, born at
Natchez, Miss., 1IS4.
yrohn D. Reld, minister of railways
and canals in the Dominion cabinet,
bora at Prescott, Ontario, 1859.
(William Fox, motion picture man,
born 1879.
This Day in History.
1735 General John Lamb, revo
lutionary soldier and first collector
nt the port of New York, born in New
,Yrk City. Died there May SI, 1800.
1110 Char le Ellet, who built the
first wire suspension bridge in this
country, born at Penn's Manor, Pa,
Died at Cairo, I1L, June 21, 1862.
1115 British battleship Formida
ble sunk in English channel, with loss
of. 700 Uvea . -
Just SO Years Ago Today
Messrs. Murray and Monford, del
egates from the Omaha Bricklayers'
union, started for the national con
vention of bricklayers, which con
venes at Boston, Mass.
About a dozen of the stock yards
employes received cards of dismissal
as a New Year's gift
The Burlington commenced work
on its new station at L street this
week.
The Hebrew Knights of Charity,
organised a couple of months ago,
gave its first ball at Germania hall.
About 90 couples were present and
$100 was cleared.
"Lumpacl Vogabundus," one of the
most entertaining German comedies,
was presented at the opera house.
The Nellie Boyd ? Dramatic com
pany is at the Windsor, where it
will remain a few days prior to re
suming its trip on the road.
George L. Plowman, a young evan
gelist spoke very interestingly at the
Younc Men's Christian association.
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Twice Told Tales
' ' Having come down to see her sol
dier brother, who was on duty at
that time, she was being taken around
by his chum.
"Who is that person?" she asked,
pointing to a gymnastic instructor
with a badge of crossed Indian clubs.
"That is the barber; don't you Bee
th scissors on his arm?"
Seeing yet another man with cuffs
decorated with stars, she asked: "And
that one?"
"Oh, he is the battalicn astronomer;
he guides us on ni.cht maneuvers:"
"How interesting!" replied the
maiden. Then, seeing: her compan
ion's badge, that of an ancient
stringed instrument she asked: "And
does that thing mean you are the reg
imental liar?" London Tit-Bits.
The other Monday afternoon 'n
woman rushed excitedly down an alley
in a poor quarter of Manchester, and,
Stopping at a house, knocked loudly.
Receiving no reply, she knocked a
second time. Still no answer.
A third time she knocked, and then
a window above was hastily flung
open and a woman whose appearance
betrayed signs of a sudden uwaken
ing, leaned out
"Well, what is it?" she asked.
The woman below looked up and
explaimed, with bated breath:
'Mrs. Skinner, yer 'usband's got ten
days!"
"Dear, dear me, Mrs. Jones," was
the reply, "is that all? 'Ow yer dir
unnerve me! Ah thought it was that
scarecrow after the rent again."
London Tit Bits.
Aimed at Omaha
York News-Times: The school
teachers of the western part of the
state threaten to break with their old
frli-nd, Omaha, and have a state
teachers' association for the western
and central parts cf th state and
propose to meet in Hastings for the
first convention. This secession move
ment must be a great shock to the
o ma nana.
Beatrice Express: Omaha police
methods are in for another probe due
to a report made by the special prose
cutor who alleges that the police de
partment ot the Nebraska metropolis
has been Kullty 0f winkins at viola
tions of the sttto'ji prohibition law.
It appears that Governor Neville will
yet be compelled to step in and insist
upon the discharge of police officers
who are failing to do their duty.
Beatrice Express: In dismissing a
$200,000 damage suit riled by a disap
pointed Omaha, woman against heirs
of the man she expected to wed, the
Nebrasku state supreme court rules
that a person who urges an engaged
man or woman to refrain from marry
ing is not liable for damages to the
jilted lover. The opinion was writ
ten by Chief Justice A. M. Morrlssey,
a bachelor, who states that "every
disappointed rival might sue the suc
cessful applicant for a woman's hand
if the court would let this suit stand."
The court holds that any lover might
take the advice of his friends before
liable for damages alienation of affections.
Electrical Don' ts
Don't fail to replace cracked in
sulators, broken switches and worn
lamp sockets. . .
Don t hang clothing, or anything
else, on the electric light wires, or
lamp cords, in the home.
Don't attempt to improve the elec
tric wiring in the house unless you
are an electrician.
Don't meddle with the electric wir
ing. If you want it changed consult
an electrician.
Don't run electric motors and fans
without proper oiling.
Don't attempt to adjust electric
lamps with the current on.
Don't use screw drivers, pliers and
other iron or steel tools about electric
lamp sockets without opening the
master switch in the attic.
Don't handle electric meters
roughly.
Don't fail to treat every loose elec
trle wire as though it were alive.
Handle it with care. Tou can't tell
by looking at a wire whether it is
alive or not
Don't touch dangling wires in the
street Even broken telephone wires
are dangerous as they may be lying j
across a live electric trolley wire.
Don t be too familiar with Strange
overhead wires. Caution the boy not
to touch an overhead wire, even with
a kite string.
Don't replace burned fuses with
bits of wire. The fuse is designed to
protect you as well as the circuit
Don't forget that 800 volts, or less,
is sometimes fatal.
Don't touch the electric lamps while
standing in a bath tub of water.
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& Range Co.
"Established 1819 98 Years of Service"
of Cincinnati, Ohio
Announces the opening of their new salesroom
and warehouse at
1015 FARNAM STREET, OMAHA
Phone Douglas 8068
COMPLETE line of stoves and ranges will be
on display, including the wonderful
Caloric Pipeless Furnace
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Your Inspection is Invited
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