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About Will Maupin's weekly. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1911-1912 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1912)
" Little Hatchet" THE FLOUR OF QUALITY Made from selected Nebraska hard wheat. Guaranteed and once tried, always used. WILBER & DeWITT MILLS RYE FLOUR A SPECIALTY J45 S. 9th St., LINCOLN, NEB. TELEPHONE US Bell Phon 200! Auto. 1459 FIRST SAVINGS BANK OF LINCOLN DEPOSITS $845,000.00 The directors of this bank are the seme as the directors of the First National Bank of Lincoln 4 PER CENT. INTEREST ON DEPOSITS We gladly open accounts for sums as low as $1 '' JOHN BAUER DISTBIBTEB OF Dick Bros. Celebrated Bottle and Keg Beers Anheuser-Busch Budweiser White Rock Mineral Waters and Ginger Ale. McAvoy's Malt Marrow Also a Fine Line of Wines and Liquors for Family Use Phones: BeU. 817: Auto 1817 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA is the dependable kind. Scientifically churned from pure, pasteurized cream it is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, always pure, nutritious and delicious. Ask pour grocer. Its flavor wins favor. 'BEATRICE CREAMERY COMPANY Lincoln.Neb. LIBERTY FLOUR From Selected Nebraska Wheat Best Wheat in the World Best by the Oven's Test 1.I3ERTY FLOUR rt LI sfa h A ft n r m n.v.oniocrt A Nebraska Product Worthy lot Nebraska H. O. Barber & Sons. Lincoln ROBERT J. FRAAS Wholesale Liquor Dealer Distributors of the famous Storz and Saxon Brew Beers Family Trade a Specialty &8sE? 201 N. 9th St. i Policeman on Beat First Time, Makes Big Haul. NEW YORK. Twas a proud day, the other night, for Dennis Red ding, beginning his career as a full fledged policeman. No longer was he to be held in contempt by the coppers of the Tremont avenue police station In the Bronx, where Dennis had been Qlllng the humble office of doorman, which Is little more than being a Jani tor. Dennis moved up, in and out follow ing Police Commissioner Waldo's new order to Increase the efficiency of the force without augmenting Its numbers. The order promoted all doormen to be patrolmen. ' Dennis' ambition aspired to deeds far above wearing out shoe leather, however, and upon his very first night came the grand opportunity to prove his innate ability. Captain Brennan of the precinct assigned him to keep Third avenue between One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street and One Hun dred and Sixty-seventh street clear of underworld folk. Dennis assumed the task at 11 o'clock at night. Ere the unproductive wee sma' bours had entirely sifted through the hour glass a north-bound Third ave nue trolley car was brought to a jerky stop near Dennis' stand. The motor man, frightfully frightened, nearly broke his neck In jumping from the car to inform the amazed Dennis that a most mysterious bundle was lying close to the tracks at One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street. That was a long way from where Dennis was then upholding the dignity of the law, but he lost no time. The bundle turned out to be a box three feet square. Sainted Infernal machines! Dennis lifted the heavj object to his shoulder with extra cau Won. , When Dennis arrived he was toot sore and shoulder sore. His new clear linen collar, purchased that very day, was starch. Lieutenant McMann wai on the desk. He wasn't excited, but he asked what the capture was. Dennis obtained a jimmy and t hammer, as being the most appropri ate instruments with which to open s box labeled "Handle with great care." Finally the lid was pried off and Dennis lifted out some four pounds ol excelsior, underneath which there re posed a boulder bearing this inscrip tion in red paint: "Stung!" The "fine" is not recorded on the police blotter and Dennis is looking for the. Third avenue motorman. Is Kansas City Woodpecker a Slave to Science? KANSAS CITY, MO. Out on Camp bell street, the neighborhood Is treated each morning to what sounds like the roll of a distant drum or the far away clatter of the trip-hammer on a new skyscraper. - It is an elusive sound, now appearing to come from some remote distance, then permeat ing the whole atmosphere as if close at hand. ' The noise was something of a mys tery at first, but at last the source of It was discovered. The drummer is a woodpecker, one of the red headed va riety. His drum is one of those gat vanized iron boxes linemen put, . for reasons best known to themselves, just beneath the cross pieces of tele phone poles. It Is now several weeks since Mr. Red-head began his musical develop ment. Alighting by chance one morn ing on the tin box, he, probably as a matter of habit, tried his hard beak on the material which formed his resting place. Apparently the result surpris ed him. As the resonant response to his tapping rang out he stood erect and looked about him in surprise. Mr. Redhead flew away. But the result of his experiment lingered in his memory. Here was the Sir Isaac Newton of the feathered world. 'Why should the apple fall to the ground, or rather why should his pecking in that particular spot cause all that noise and no hole? He would return and investigate again. He did. Not only once, but half a dozen times that day was the air vibrant with the sound of his hammering. A night's sleep did not erase the strange phenomenon , from his thoughts. Early the next morning his rub-a-dub-dub, delivered almost too rapidly for the separate blows to be distinguished, showed that he was of the stuff that made James Watt mar vel at the power of the steam in the teakettle. Every day since that time Mr. Red head has delved into the mysteries of science, but hasn't delved percept ibly into the stubborn surface of the echoing box. It is observed that he al ways . hammers In exactly the same place. Chicago Sleuths to Study Ibsen and Etiquette CHICAGO. When a beautiful de butante is suddenly awakened from the spell of a dreamy waits by the R r rip of her gown, and she turns In horror to find the neat number 12 pat ent leather pump of the corner police man planted on her train, she need not wonder who let him In. For Chicago policemen are planning to get their names on the Invitation lists of society. The activities of a "Raffles" who attends exclusive enter tainments and robs his hostesses, has made them despair of trapping him in any way except invading society and meeting the gentlemanly burglar on his own ground. Disguised in full dress suits and their wrists shaved to prevent the bristles from showing in the gap be tween glove tops and the latest model patent reversible cuffs that will bear evidence to the tender ministrations of Hop Wah, president of the Chinese Laundry trust, they propose to attend fashionable functions and watch for the society thief. They are confident that even the most acute observers will fall to detect them as detectives while they mingle with the throng of Beau Brummels. The latest exploit of the Chester fieldian burglar was to make off with much valuable loot, Including $250 from the handbags of women guests, while Mrs. O. H. Grubbs, 1040 Dakln street, Edgewater, was entertaining. When this was reported, word went out from the Town Hall and Summer dale stations that the limit had been reached, and that policemen assigned to duty as sleuths, must provide them selves with dress suits and study books on "Etiquette, and How It Should Be Served,' preparatory to their social campaign. "Don't you just love Ibsen?" a hostess will ask. "Well, I don't want to 'knock" our friends, lady." Patrolman Cornelius Bourbon McGillicuddy may reply as he toys with his tea cup, "but if the Gib son you mean is the new 'cop' over at Thirty-third, I can't second the motion. No mum." Farmer Offers Pigs as Starter for a City Zoo ocT) ST. LOUIS, MO. A domestic depart ment In the zoological garden Is urged by George L. Laage, who, in a letter to the Zoological society, offers to present a nucleus in the shape of a pair of blue-blooded hogs. Although officers of the society believe that what the St. Louis collection needs most is wild animals, some favor such a supplement as Mr. Laage proposes, and his communication will have se rious consideration. The Laage letter is as follows: "I have noticed with a great deal of Interest the progress being made to ward establishing a zoo in Forest Park. "Not wishing to Intrude at the same time I am anxious to make a sugges tion and a donation. "So many of the city children. Crown folks as well, have seen all kinds of wild animals In traveling menageries, but how may of these city folks have seen our ordinary domestic animals in their habits? "My reason for this suggestion: About a year ago I had on exhibition in a show window, a prize pig. A mother with her two children stopped to take a look at it. The children ex claimed: 'Oh, - mamma, what a fun ny looking dog that is!' The mother knew no better and could not explain to her children. "Why not exhibit our own food-pro-Cueing animals, such as cows, sheep and hogs, to the children who never get to the country, and let them know where their food stuff comes from? "Domestic animals can be secured without cost. Anyone having pride in them will be glad to donate or loan them to your proposed zoo. "To start the ball-a-rolling, I will donate a fine male and female Duroe Jersey hog." A WORD PERSONAL. The issue of Will Maupin's "Weekly of August 30 will be a "Harvest Home" number ,a repetition of the annual editions of this newspaper. I believe I am warranted in saying that the special editions of this newspaper are about the best possible textbooks on Nebraska and Her Resources. I am not going to make any big primises, but I do promise that the forthcoming annual number will be the best ever issued by me. As to what this means, I refer you to the annual editions of the past. In the "Harvest Home" number I purpose : telling you a few thnigs about Nebraska's history, about her productivity, about her enterprise, about her resources and about her possibilities. I will give statistics that are startling, and presented in an intcrestiug manner not in the old dry-as-dust fashion. Something, will be said about the men who are doing real things for the upbuilding of the state; something about the big enterprises of the state, both under way and in prospect. In short, the "Harvest Home", number will be worthy of the study of every Nebraskan who wants 1o know more about his state. Of course I will appreciate all support given me in this enter prise. The edition will be a good advertising medium for live and progressive business establishments. This paper is fighting for the "home patronage" idea with all its might, and seeking to cultivate state pride and state loyalty. I ask your cordial co-oneration in my efforts to advertise Nebraska's resources and build up her local institutions. , -.' , WILL M. MAUPIN. Object Lessons in Thrift AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK Lincoln, Nebr. It is not the dollars you earn and save that make you independent. It is the dollars you earn, save and put to work. Busy dollars make men independent. A dollar hidden away is serving: no good purpose. A dollar put to work earns money for the owner, earns money for the borrower, and earns money for the general public by enlarging the volume of business. When you save a dollar, put it to work at once. Make it earn more for you, while serving the public. We will show you how to make your savings earn more money for you.' The record of nearly twelve years of successful business is our recommendation. Come in and let us explain our system to you. AMERICAN SAVINGS DAUK 110 South Eleventh. SELECTED The proprietor of the Economy Shoo Repairing Co. at 1431 O St., made a good selection in the name, and to those in need of first-class repairing it will be economy to you to have them do your work. They are experts in their line and make it a point to do good work, Mr. Gus Demma has full charge and his reputation as to good workmanship in our city is generally known. Drop in, Gus will be glad to see you. MORSE GOODS Harness, saddles, collars, nets, pads everything for the horse and what you want because every article is the best See me for spring and summer horse wear. Right goods and right prices. Repairing a Specialty You will be satisfied with my repair work. C. C. BARLOW ANDRUS HOSPITAL A private hospital sit uated in a walnut grove. Has every convenience for those seeking health with all comforts of home. Dr.Rf''M. Andrus 3259 HoMredge St. SURGEON Auto B2720 Lincoln, Nebraska n fcl The "Dr. menj. 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