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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1909)
e HewsHeralb TWICE A WEEK HERALD. EttablUhc d April 16. Ml S CoUilci J,n- PLATTSMOUTn, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY" 18, lt0? VOL. XLV NO. 7 1 MOST RAPID GROWTH Wonderful Strides Made by the Telephone in the Past Ten Years. With the presidential election nearly two month3 pa3t the excitement at-, tending thereon has died away. But ; there are stories andjanccdotes connec-1 ted with the campaign that will not die ! for many years. ; Many of these stories, and perhaps a majority, have to do with the getting i of returns. Every instrument, every j news getting agency and every being ' who is directly concerned in getting results on election day and night arc J kept on the qui vive. Press associations, newspaper correspondents, news tickers and every other news getting agency make supreme efforts to be first in get ting returns before the public. The extent this competition reaches, the intensity of the rivalry and the means employed to get the results first are hardly believable to one who has not, directly or indirectly, been a partici pant. In the presidential election of 190S this rivalry was unprecedeed. The utmost efforts were pu. forth and un usally large expendi.ures of money were made to score what in newspaper parlance are known as "beats." In( the late campaign the plum for the most efficient, feasible and datisfactory j way of getting complete and authetic ; returns, went to an agency which a i few years ago was considered imprac- i ticable and too expensive. This agency was the telephone. Some years ago the telephone compan ies gave out their bulletins direct in the large cities. In the last election they gave them to the newspapers, who, in turn, gave them to the public over the telephone or on screens. In these large cities extra stations and lines were in stalled in newspaper offices without extra charge. The completeness and accuracy of the telephone companies' bulletins taken in conjunction with the smooth manner in which they handled the extra rush of business have prompted the various newspapers throughout the coutry, who enjoyed the benefit of tie service-, -to give liberal credit to the telephone companies. Tke Philadelphia Times, a new even- ing paper, in expressing its appreciation says:-This is the first time we have received anything without pay for it since we have been in business." The Baltimore World says:-"The (telephone) service was perfect and enabled us to put a more complete "extra" on the street by eight o'clock than ever before." Although the bulletins of the tele phone company were first at hand in nearly every instance, the accuracy of the reports was not sacrificed to obtain this result. In so far as possible every bulletin Iwas rigidly censored. Wild cat guesses, prophecies based en hear say, etc., were eliminated. Consequent ly.the the bulletins had a real value, t ., Department head and traffic officials of the telephone companies are elated at the highly successful outcomeof this rigid test of their system. As a result HANSEN'S made Gloves and Gauntlets FOR OUTDOOR WORKERS VIII nod ill kind, of ftithtr, work ad weir better tbin in? oibtr lov Iwcium tbey in pcrfectlr reinforced, be Mime ere properly pltced and tba leather tborouf hi atretcbed. There are no plnchlni, binding rldfea r aeama la grip or palm. Long vear la Insured beeanaa matc rlala if the beat to be bad and iba co etrnctioa perfect. . The are alwaya comfortable beeanaa the are BUILT LIKE A HAND FOR SALEBY 4 C. E. Wescott's Sons. "Where Quality Counts." of the work it performed, stacks of letters are carefully filed in the execu tive office complimentary to the effi ciency of the organizations. Other tests the telephone has been subjected to would make interesting reading. For instantce, during the pen nant winning game3 at Detroit last fall the city was base ball mad. During the last two weeks of the season the enthusiasm of the "fans" was bubbling over with every game. The climax was reached on the pennant winning Tues day, however. The telephone exchanges were beseiged with enquiries. To prepare for the emergency the the telephone companies organized bul letin squads whose duties were to an swer base ball i nqu;ries. The large num ber of young ladies who comprised these squads handled in some cases over 7000 calls an hour, or, in other words, some operators handled about seven calls a minute, although each one in sisted she handled thret times as many. One operator on that memorable day handled, by actual, count, twenty-one calls a minute from an outside exchange apparently without confusion. This was at the rate of 1200 on hour. These are but two instances out of many that are happening day after day which prove that the telephone has be come our most indispensable Eervant. It is becoming a necesity in every home and office, whether in towr, city or country. It is lock-stepping with prog ress at every stride. These two instances also serve to in dicate the increased number of purposes for which the telephone is Ufed. and also tends to show the dependence the general public places upon it. But to get a deffinite idea of the growth in popularity of the telephone and the number in use, one should take note of the growth of the Western Electric Company, trie principal manu facturers of telephones and telephone supplies in this country. In 1902 tele phones shipped by this company num bered one million and a quarter, in 1904 a million and a half and in 1906 two million and a quarter, an increase in five years of a million telephones, or approximately ovez 80 per cent. Recommends Dorsey. The dispatches of Wednesday the 13th inst to the state press from Washington state that Congressman Pollard has re commended the re-appointmcnt of W. C. Dorsey as postmaster at Louisville, Neb. Mr. Dorsey has made one of the best postmasters Louisville has had for many years. Dr. Walker in a Wreck. Monday morning while returning from a call in the country, Dr. Walker had the experience of a real Missouri Pacific wreck, with about the same amount of "grief." As he was coming down the hill this side of Rynard Kettlehut's one of the little roan ponies kicked over the tongue, throwing itself and breaking the tongue. The short part of the tongue ran in the ground, throwing the Man of Medicine out and tangling the horses up in the wire fence. The-rnedjcal gentle man escaped, but one of the horses re ceived a bad cut on the leg, and pills were scattered broadcast over the corn field. Nehawka Register. 20 0 Discount ft r cash on all sheep lined duck and corduroy coats, also fur coats and buffalo coats. These are all new first class ''quality" goods. Worth the price on one cold day. Buy now and save this discount. PROTECTIVE TARIFF Mainly Historical Showing How Former Administrations Viewed It. George Washington, the first presi dent of the United States, in his first annual message to congress, on Janu ary 8, 1T91), made the following recom mendation: "The advancement of agriculture, commerce, and manufact ures by all proper means will not, I trust, r.eed recommendation: but I can not forbear intimating to you the ex pedience of giving effectual encourage ment as well to the introduction of new and useful inventions from abroad as to the exertions of skill and genius in producing them at home." And in an address co the house of repre? cntatives only four days later Washington said, "We concur with you in the sentiment that agriculture, commerce and manu factures are entitled to legislative pro tection." And again in his eighth an i.ual message, on December 7, i7'J6,. he said, "Jongress have repeatedly, 'and not without success, directed their at ti n to the encouragement of manufac tures. The object is of too much con sequence not to insure a continuance of their efforts in every way which shall appear eligible." Thomas Jefferson, the third president, and the great apo3tleof the early demo cracy, in his second annual message to congress, on December 15, 1802, said, "To cultivate peace and maintain com merce and navigation in all their lawful enterprises: to foster our fisheries an nurseries of navigation and for the nur ture of man, and protect thk manu factures ADOPTED TO OUR CIRCUM STANCES; to preserve the faith of the nation by an exact discharge of its debts and contracts, expend public money with the same care and economy we would practice with our own, and impose on our citizens no unnecessary burthens; to keep in ail things within the pale of our constitutional powers, and cherish the federal union as the only rock of safety these, fellow-citizens, are the landmarks by which we are to guide ourselves in all our proceedings." James Madison, the fourth president, and a president chosen by Jefferson to be his successor, in a message to con gress, on May 23, 1809, said, "It will be worthy at the same time of their just and provident care to make such fur ther alterations in laws as will more es pecially protect and foster the several branches of manufacture which have been re:ently instituted or extended by the laudable exertions of our citizens." James Monroe, the fifth president, in his first annual message to congress, on December 2, 1817, said, "Our manufac tories will require the continued at tention of Congress. The capital em ployed in them is considerable, and the knowledge acquired in the machinery and fabric of all the most useful manu factures is of great value. Their pre servation, which depends on due encour agement is connected with the high in terests of the nation." Andrew Jackson, the patron saint of democracy, in 1824. then a United States senator, declared, "We have too long been subject to the policy of the British merchants. It is time we should become a little more Americanized, and instead of feeding the paupers and la borers of Europe, feed our own, or else in a short time by continuing our pres ent policy (the tariff for revenue only of 1816) we shall be rendered paupers ourselves. It is my opinion, therefore, that a careful and judicious tariff is much wanted." Millard Fillmore, in his second annual message to congress, on December 2, 1851, said, "The policy which dictated a low rate of duties on foreign merchan dise, it was thought by those who es tablished it, would tend to benefit the farming population by increaring the demand and raising the price of our agricultural products in foreign markets. The facts, however, seem to show, in contestably, that no such result has fol lowed this policy." Of the above Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson, were democrats, but none seem to be Bryan democrats, and all favored the principle of a pro tective tariff. We're in a Hurry. Even when a newspaper is growing like The Lincoln Daily News, its pub lishers are not satisfied but want thou sands of farmers and other state folds to be reading it, and the quickest way is to make a cheap trial offer in the hope that you will like the paper and keep on taking it. This offer beats them alt, only 25 cents for a daily news paper f.-om now until the close of the legislature, April 1. 1909. We stop it then unless you send in money to re new it. Don't pay your money to strangers for any newspaper. Send direct to the paper or hand it to your postmaster. The Lincoln Daily News is always a live one, bui just now dur ing the legislature, you will get a dol lar's worth for trial quarter, and if yoti decide then to not stay with us, we're the loser, but we want you to try it, even if we do lose money on your trial. If you don't say that The News is the plainest, frankest and fairest paper you know of, we miss our gueBH. No nasty medical ads, no liquor adf, a paper for the whole family. Watch your man in the legislature The Lin coln News will print the truth about him. The sooner you send in a quarter the1 mora papers you will get. GvOD CITIZEN DIES J. B. Meisinger Succumbs to Heart Trouble Friday Eve ning at His Residence. J. B. Meisinger nn old and highly re spected citizen of Cass county departed this life at his home west of Platts mouth Friday evening at the advanced age of seventy-three years. Mr. Mei singer had been ailing some for a few months, but was not though to be dan gerously ill until a few hours before his death. Although rhuematic trouble had bothered him for a few weeks, he was taken suddenly worse Friday morning with heart trouble and his sons, C. A. of Springfield, and J. B. of Lincoln were summoned and arrived Friday evening. J, B. Meisinger was born in Boclstein Hessen Dermstadt, Germany, June 13, 1836, and came to America with his parents when he was eleven years of age. Ilia parents settled in Tazewell county, Illinois near Pckin. Here the subject of this sketch grew to man hood, and in 1856 was married to Miss Anna Eva Meisinger who preceded her Habandto. tha batUr world almost two years ago. To Mr. and Mrs. Meisinger were born ten children, eight of whom survive thorn, all of them married and having families. The deceased is sur vived by nineteen grandchildren. He also leaves six brothers and one sister to mourn his death. The surviving children are, Mrs. Eva Dreezen of Unadilla, Neb., Mrs. William Heil of Cedar Creek, and their six brothers, G. G. Meisinger of Cedar Creek, C. A. Meisinger of Springfield, Neb., P. M. Meisinger of Benson, Neb., J. B. Meisinger, jr., of Lincoln, W. G. Meisinger and L. A. Meisinger, brth of Plattsmouth. The deceased was the oldest of seven brother.', and the first to be called to his long home. His brothers are J. M., II. J., Conrad, Jacob, George P. and P. H. Meisinger, who acted as pall bearers and tenderly bore the casket containing the remains of their beloved brother to its last resting place. The funeral occurred Sunday after noon at the residence of the deceased and was conducted by Rev. Langhorst of thia city. Interment was made in the family lot by the side of his wife in Oak Hill cemetery. The funeral was one of the largest seen in this part of the county for many years and at tested the great respect in which the deceased was held by his neighbors who sincerely mourn the daath of a friend. The deceased was a member of the Lutheran church and was an exemplary law abiding citizen. He was a kind husband and father and a man of rare business ability, and amassed a con siderable fortune. He came to Cass county thirty -seven years ago, and was always a leading spirit in the commun ity in which he lived. J. B. Miesinger will be greatly missed from our midit, and his bereaved children have the sympathy of the entire community in their loss. Mr. Tidd at the Helm. The Plattsmouth semi-weekly News Herald has been changed to the News-Herald, with A. L. Tidd as editor. Mr. Tidd states that the politi cal complexion of the paper will re main republican, and that it will be the aim of the editor to give everybody a square deal. The first issue under the new management shows a decided improvement. The Courier wishes you success. Louisville Courier. I have a good 5 room house in first class condition with 2 lots, barn close in. A snap if taken at once. I aho have Dakota, Western Nebraska, Kansas and Texas lands for sale or trade. J. H. Thrasher. A SHOOTING SCRAPE John P. Thacker, of Near Union, Is the Victim of Shoot ing Affray. On last I'rtlay afternoon, at the farm of James Darrough, a few miles norther.st of the villago of Union, John I . Thacker, a well known farmer, was shot nigh unto death by John Clarence, a resident ot the same neighborhood. James Darrough was having his corn shelled and a number of the neighbor ing farmers were assisting in the work. Among those thus engaged were Carter Albin, and his nephew Earl Al- bin, who became engaged in a quarrel. At this time John P. Thacker put in his appearance, and in some way became involved in the quarrel, ha did also Johnny Clarence. It is reported that Thacker, either struck Clarence with a club, or was attempting to strike him, when Clarence drew his revolver and shot Thacker three times, one bullet taking effect in the breast, one in the abdomen, and the other in the left thigh. Either of the first two shots may prove fatal. Thacker is a large and well built man, while Clarence is a small man and a cripple. After the shooting Clarence camo to this city, and surrendered himself to the officers and was placed in jail. It was about two o'clock in the after noon when the shooting took place, and as the last Bhot was fired, Thacker fell to the ground. The wounded man was picked up and removed to his home. Medical aid was quickly summoned and Dr. Livingston, of this city, and Dr. Davis, of Omaha, made a complete ex amination, removing two of the bul lets and dressed the wounds. The bullet which entered the breast just above the hearti inflcted a dangerous wound, as Is also the one which entered the abdomen and lacerating the bowels. Mr. Thacker is a man about forty seven years of age, having a wife and six children. He is regarded as an in dustrious and thrifty farmer, nd, tn 1905, was the democratic for county commissioner against L. D. Switzer. John Clarence is a young man about twenty eight years of age, and had re sided in that vicinity all his life. He is a cripple. Attorney Byron Clark has been retained to defend him. The real causes of this affair has not been learned with any certainty. Dr. Livingston called on the patient Sunday evening, and he still survived, and one of the neighbors of Mr. Thacker was in the city this morning and re ported that the wounded man was still living. It was an unfortunate occurrence and the neighbors and friends of the par ties hope that the shooting may not terminate fatally. At the hour of going to press the News-Herald is in receipt of informa tion to the effect that Mr. Thacker has a very high fever today, which the doctors consider a dangerous symptom. County Attorney Ramsay went to the wounded man.s bedside- this afternoon. R. O. Walters transacted business in the metropolis Saturday afternoon. :..l..j.,-H.,..K-4-M I I.'MhH'M 'M"H"M We're Here to Slay And we have on exhibition one of the finest lines of strictly high grade pianos that was ever brought to Plattsmouth. There is a distinct advantage n buying anything from a local dealer, and especially is this true of Pianos. If you get hold of a poor package of canned goods, if the calico or print doesn't measure up to the standard, if you get a shoddy piece of clothing, -the local dealer will make it good. His business is to make you satisfied. His future in the community depends upon his giving vou exactly what you pay for. With the mail order houses it is largely a question of getting your money. And this is especial ly true in the Piano business. We represent only houses of un questioned standing and integrity, aim in addition to the guar- X artee of the manufacturers we place our rock bound guarantee on every Piano that leaves our store. And we are in the same class with the rest of your local dealers. Our fnture in your community depends upon our living up to our advertised prom ises. We shall appreciate tho courtesy if you will call and in spect our stock, even if you are not now in the market for a piano. A handsome souvenir will be given to every lady caller this week. Now is the time to have your Tiano tuned and put in good shape. We make a specialty of this line of business. X t " "v miiuiuuviUI i lUOlt VUt t I Twin and Repairing "Crandpa" Propat. Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Propst jf Mynard were in the city Thursday and called at the News-Heiiald ofiice to get ac quainted with the new management. They arc entertaining at their home Mr. J. Nearhood, of Ong, Neb., whom, they had not seen for eighteen years. In the early duys they were neighbors in Kansas. Mr. Propst incidentally in formed us that he had recently become "Grandpa," a son having been bom to his daughter, Mrs. Maud Test, at Mit chell, S. D., on the 9th inst. And it is very plain to be seen that Grandpa Propst appreciates to the limit the dign-. ity which has been thurst upon him. ISABOUTCOMPLETED Bridge Across the Platte at Louis ville Will Be Opened For Travel Soon. The Louisville correspondent to the State Journal under date of January 14 gives the following account of the work on the bridge spanning the Platte at that place, which will be cheering to those desiring to drive their autos to Omaha next summer: The work on the wagon bridge across the Platte river at this point is rapidly being pushed to completion, and it ia the opinion of the contractors that it will be ready for traffic by the first of February. The workmen have passed the middle of the river with the most difficult part of the work done. When the work was begun it was prophesied that the structure would not be com pleted until in the summer, but barring accidents traffic will be opened by the first of the month. The recent announcement of the names of The Platte River Bridge com pany, by Secretary James Stander of the organization, shows that the inter est in the completion of the bridge ex tends to Lincoln and Omaha and the towns in the Immediate vicinity of Louisville. Tho list of stockholders in" the company follows: Louisville-C. A. Richey, W. F. Diers, II. E. Pankonin, James Stander,' M. L. Williams, Fred Wegner, F. H. Nichols, J. P. Ellis, P. A. Jacobeon, Dr. E. A. Worthman, Frank Johnson, Robert McCarty, B. G. Hoover, Geo. Frater, C. E. Urwin, J. W. Waldron, W. C. Dorsey, E. Palmer, Ernest Pautsch, C. II. Phelps, L. Bocdeker. M. N Drake, Chas. Vanscoyoc, John Ahl, A. J. Hoover, E. A. Pandonin, E. C. Twiss, Walter Blake, August Oa senkop, W. T. Starkey. Omaha II. F. Cady Lumber Co., C. W. Hull. J. J. DeRight, N. B. Updike, G. H. Kelly. D. C. Bradford, C. B. Haven & Co., Gould Dietz, Byrne Hammer D. G. Co., Mrs. Alice E. Sunderland, Dr. C. Allison, H. D. Neely. Lincoln Cornish Brothers, Curtis Towle, Payne Co. Plattsmouth-Tom E. Parmele, F. G. Egenberger. Springfield-Chas. Thompson, W. H. Davidson. Mantey Peter Vogler. Cedar Creek -C. E. Metzger. V HI MM 1 iM.t..H-llH"H"M"H-4 J. A. Becker, M&n&Jer -H. " 'Illll HI t MHIIHIH