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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1906)
unionists of Lincoln are growing tired of some things, and stores that allow Henry Pfeiff DEALER IN Fresh and Salt Meats Sausage, Povllry, Etc Staple and Fancy" Groceries. Telephones. 888477. ' 314 So. Ill Street Saturday Houseiurnishmg Specials their clerks to do that sort of thing are going to lose a lot of good cus tomers. The clerks ought to "get wise" to the union game and organize. FROM THE PRESSMEN. &im Granite Tea and Coffee Pots, slightly damaged, all sizes worth up to 40c. Saturday your choice for (Iranite Wash Basins, small size, sold regular at 8c Saturday, each Horton's Rotary Washing Machines, stave legs, easy to operate, extra high speed, regular price $tf.50, Sat'd'y Galvanized Iron Wash Tubs, large size, sold regular at 80c Saturday, each ; Universal Food Choppers, family size, regular price 95c Saturday, each , , Miller & Paine CXXXXX)OOOOOOOOOOOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)OOOOCXXXXXXXX)C ADAM SCHAUPP COAL CO. ...COAL... COKE AND WOOD r Rock Springs, Hanna, Maitland CENTERVILLE BLOCK 05.50 Spadla, Pittsburg: nut, Washed and Lehigh Anthracite. Best and ed by Union Teamsters only. CITY OfflCE 1234 0 STREET BELL 182. $20.00 $22.50 Ogden, Salt Lake Citv. Butte, Helena, Spokane, . Etc. $25.00 $25.40 Los Angeles, Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, Etc. Spokane, Ellens&urg, Wenatchee, Wash., Via St. Paul, Minn. $27.90 Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Etc., Via St. Paul, Minn. The above are one way Colonist Rates, Sell Daily February 15 to April 7. R. W. M'GINNIS, Gen. Agt. 1024 O Street. C. & N. W. R. R. Lincoln, Neb. 13 Protected by Block Signals The first railway in America to adopt the absolute Block System in the operation .f all trains was the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway It to-day has mors miles of road operated under block signal rule than any other railway company. The St. Paul Road was the first railway to light Its trains by electricity, and it now has more than 400 electric-lighted passenger cars in daily service. . Three trains from Union Station, Omaha, to Union Station, Chicago, every day. For time table, special rate write F. A. NASH, General Wlm Agent, ISM Par nam Str.at, - OMAHA, 1KB. . Columbia National Bank Csstnl Banking Business. Interest on time deposits UNION TRANSFER AND DRAY LINE All kinds of hauling and transfer work. Mov ing household goods a specialty. UNION DRIVERS ONLY This is a union concern. All drivers are mem bers in good standing of Teamsters Union 440 R. E, MORRIS 10 c 05c $5.48 59c 75c Egg. Best Grades. Scranton quickest service. Deliver- ; ALTO 3812 San Diego, San Francisco, NEBRASKA 00000OMMMO0000 Office Phones Bell LI 154. Auto 3824 Residence Phone Auto 3076 All Work Guaranteed. . 6 . Dangerous Precedent. .-. Mother I can't see why you should cbject to Mr. Goodsense. Daughter I never could marry such a man as that. He wears the cheapest kind of ready-made clothes. Mother That is mere idiosyncrasy. "Y-e-e-s; but I'm afraid he'll want me to dress the same . way." Ex change. Could Afford Some Luxuries. Myer I wonder why Browne added the "e" to his name after inheriting a fortune? Gyer He probably figured out to his own satisfaction that rich people are entitled to more ease than popr people. Stray Stories. FISHERMAN'S Raggles (fishing) "Well, this is from the vasty deep!'" Not Anxious for Fame. ' "But," said the publisher, "the book is a wonder. You had 'better drop the nom de plume and publish over your own name." "No," replied 'the author, "it's money I want, not fame." "Why, you can have fame and money both if you publish over your own name." "Not much I can't. My wife would know I had the money then." Where He 'Was Weak. The editor of Trun Tropics was on the stand. "You demanded $10,000 of this man, did you not?" asked the lawyer. ."Sure." "Was that not morally blackmail?" "I plead ignorance." "Don't you- know what blackmail is?" "Yes; but I don't know anything about morals." Pride of the West. The Chicago man looked disdainful ly around on the small doings of the eastern city he was visiting, his breast swelling with civic pride. "We never do anything small out our way," he declared. "Everything we do is on a big scale. Just look at our bank failures.'' Baltimore Amer ican. High. Citizen I read somewhere that Melba appeared at a swell musical re cently and got $1,000 for only one song. Subbubs Ah! I understand now what my wife meant when she said Bhe got that last bonnet of hers for a mae song. Coming to Him. "I think I'll pick out a good sensible woman and get married." "Oh, you do, eh?" ' "That's what I said; don't you be lieve I will do it?" "Nope; I think if you pick out a good sensible- woman you'll get snubbed." Speared. "Hello, there's that chronic borrow er. Brown; let's cross the street." "All right; you talk like you had money." "I have." "Then lend me $10, will you, old chap?" Houston Post. . . 1 Gratitude. Brooks My dear fellows, you need not thank me so profusely for a mere box of Christmas cigars." Rivers Oh," but you gave me a box of matches with them, you remember, and they were the best matches I ever used. . Synonymous. Towne Yes, there's a word of nine letters that describes Grouchy to a Browne Ah! yes, "pessimist." Towne Well, I mean "dyspeptic," but it amounts to the same thing. Expensive. "I thought t was going to buy a seat in the stock exchaaee." "So he was, but he had to us the money elsewhere. He had to buy two seats at the opera to please his wife. THE RETAIL CLERKS. Losing a Whole Lot by Not Organiz ing in Lincoln. The retail clerks of Lincoln are los ing more than they know by reason of not having' a union. Their fellow clerks in St. Joseph, St. Louis, Denver and surrounding cities are wiser. They J HDr. ILeonhardt The Only Tfine. Knox It seems to me, old man', that you're inordinately selfish. Don't you ever perform any act of sacri fice? Galley Well, sometimes, when I get home late from the club and find my wife in an inquisitive mood, I sacri fice the truth a bit. No Use. Sam How comes yo' wuz'n' at de ball larst ebenin', Mose? Yo' sed yo' wuz gwlne. Mose Yas, Eph Black 'lowed he'd lend me his. razzah. Sam An' didn't he do it? ; Mose Yas, but it wuz a safety ra zah. ' LUCK. what I would call bringing 'spirits In Disguise. The senator shook his head.. "No," he aid, "I can't support your bill for government control of insur ance." " "Why not?" " '. " "Well, in the first place, you've got the title twisted. Call it a bill for in surance control of the government and I'll talk it over." A Sure Sign. "That looks like a revenue cutter," remarked the first passenger on the ferryboat. "No," replied the wiser one; "it's a private yacht." "How do you know?" "Don't you see all the empty cham pagne bottles floating around her?" Opportunity. "Well, I'm going to get married next week." t "Why, I didn't know you were even thinking of such a thing." "I wasn't, till a fellow told me where a young couple could get a mighty fine cook.. Too good a chance to miss." He Was the Good Thing. Hewitt You know a. good thing when you see it. Jewett Well, here's looking at you. MORE TROUBLE. She Well, I'll forgive you, dear, formerly. George Er oh ah! (George it Meant Nothing. "He's engaged to her, and I think we may look for a wedding soon." "Why?" "She told me she believed in short engagements." "So she does short and frequent." Then He Quit. Mr. Jawback You women think it's a terrible fate to remain an old maid, don't you? Mrs. Jawback Yes. Look what aw ful chumps we marry to escape it. have strong unions in the cities named and thereby have secured better hours and better pay. The average wage for retail clerks in Lincoln is considerably less than $10 a week, and they work from ten to twelve hours a day and sixteen hours on Saturday. Unionists find most of their difficulty in getting union made goods when 17: N STREET Sweet. "Whadda you think o' my sister, Mr. Spoonalot?" "Why, Johnny, I think she's very sweet." "Gee!. She thinks that about you,, too." "Oh, indeed ? That's glorious. How do you know?" : "I heard her tellin' ma you was a regular puddin'." The Prima Donna's Story. "It was at one of the concerts given on the ship on the way over. I had just completed my song and the au dience was recalling me, when sud denly a heavy squall struck the ship, I " ... . "What did you do?" , . ! "I dropped the encore and we were saved!" t "Oh, fudge!" One of the Fixtures. "Well well, it sounds like slavery times to hear of this traffic in human beings. I understand old Col. Bum lusch has actually been sold." "What! You mean the colonel's per son has been sold?" "Yes. The paper says Gilligan sold his saloon yesterday with 'all its fix tures' to somebody else." No Vacation. "You want to get away from your business," said the physician. "You are worrying too much." "My dear sir," answered the Wall street man, "my present worry is nothing compared to the worrying I'd have to do if I weren't on hand to protect my interests." ' Mild in Comparison. "The cannon's mouth," said the ad vocate of universal peace, "does more' damage than anything else on earth." "Yeou are wrong thar," drawled the sage of the soapbox, as he looked up from the checker' board. "It can't do nothing like as much damage as a wo man's mouth." Why It Didn't Show. "Has ' that new friend of yours any business ability?" "Oh, yes." "Well, it doesn't show on . the sur facel" "No; he's an official of the under ground railway." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Double Dose for That. Papa (sternly) Come here, sir! Your mother and I agree that you de serve a sound whipping. Small boy (bitterly) Oh, yes, that's about the only thing that jou and mama ever do agree about. Stray Stories. Amending It. . Miss Pepprey I suppose that was your valet I saw with you yesterday." Cholly My deah Miss Pepprey, don't say "valet." That word, you know, is not used now as Miss Pepprey Well, then, your "keeper." Get Off the Earth. "Life is but an idle dream," com plained' the poet. "Well, get busy and wake up!" said the editor, who was tired of him. and wear your engagement ring as had pawned the ring that hiorning.) Uncomplimentary Sympathy. Wilkins I've just indulged in a lot tery- speculation 'and it cost me five dollars to find out what a fool I am. . Bilkins What a waste of money! Anybody would have told you that for nothing. Detroit Free Press. No Words Wasted. "Whenever I express a desire for anything," said . Mrs. Newbride, . "my husbpnd never objects." "Neither does mine," replied Mrs. Oldun. "Me simply ignores it." they try to do business with the clerks The clerks try to discourage the label and are always offering "something better." They wouldn't do it if they were smart enough to have a union of their own. Then they would know better. But something is going to happen to a lot of clerks who are so, quick to offer something better. The Iffieart Specialist Breezy Bits from the Boys Who Make Wheels Go Round. A. C. McKane, fprnaerly atthe. North printery, is playing checkers again. He has moved to Auburn, Nebr., and ex pects to get into the king row, either by the liquid or paper route. The Free Press boys are trying to forget how hard they worked during' the last two months. . Foreman Brown is sprouting a couple of new, wrinkles ' as a reminder of strenuous times. Some of the boys say that T. Bridges is losing more of his golden hair try ing to get the Nebraska Farmer through oh time. It's really too bad, for he used to have such lovely hair. , From all appearances the Western" Newspaper Union boys are going to get. "a dollar and," as Judge Cosgrave would put it. Did you ever try ' to raise : a mus tache on the installment plan? It's great. Full information at the Jour nal office. The boys who "flip the sheets" at the Journal printery have been getting in all kinds of overtime during the past month. As a result the pay envelopes look dropsical and work overtim Saturday noons. Did you ever notice the expression on a monkey's face when it is eating a- peanut? That's the way the Journal pressmen looked last Saturday. There seems to be a lack of "push" behind the Allied Printing Trades La bel just now. Get busy! We need it. We used to have some little red stick ers. Get them out and stick 'em ou everything that . does not sport the label. Say, did you ever stop to think how easy it is to step into a store and say, Give me a pair of Union-made shoes," or "give me a union-made cigar?" It's easy and you feel good for a long time after. SEED SPECIAL. Union Pacific Runs Train to Show ' Farmers a Few Things. Last Tuesday morning the Union Pacific started a "seed special" train out of Lincoln for a week's trip over the Union Pacific lines in Nebraska. Mr. Alfred Darlow, of the advertising department, had charge, of the train, which fact assured those who accom panied1 it that they would be well cared for. ' The train made stops all along the lines and experts from the State Agri cultural College made' interesting and instructive talks to the farmers con cerning methods of selecting and planting seeds. Reports indicate that the train, was met 'by large crowds everywhere. ' THE CIGARMAKERS. , ' ... Awaiting with Interest the Result of Their General Election. Last, week the cigarmakers of the country were voting by referendum- on the election of international - oflicers for the ensuing term. The indications point to the re-election of President Perkin3. There are seme warm con tests on for other offices and a second election may have to be held in order to decide. Business locally is not as good as it might be. Several firms have reduced their working forces, but it is general ly believed that the reduction is only temporary., . MET HIS BROTHER. General Kelsey Enjoys a Visit from a Relative Long Unseen. J. C. Kelsey, of Kansas City, dropped into Lincoln one day last week and visited a few hours with his brother, General T. C. Kelsey. The brothers had not met for several years, and until they met this-time General Kel sey did not know that one of his sis ters had died in Denver upwards of two years ago. - Mr. Kelsey travels for; Askew Bros., of Kansas City, a wholesale . saddlery firm. In 1863 he signed up with the Leatherworkers' Union at Leaven worth, Kas., and ever since that time has been a staunch advocate of the closed shop. It is needless to say that the brothers enjoyed every minute of the time they were together in Lin coln. You Bet! The Butterick company for a while will have the help of thousands . of loyal union women in "cutting out" their patterns. , Whether they will ap preciate the work remains to be seen.- Washington Trades Unionist. The Small Farm Is the Home Farm. William Smythe in his book on the Conquest of Arid Americe, says: The great farmer of California is the suc cessor of the gold hunter. Both were speculators. Both looked with con tempt upon the matter of making a living and dreamed only of making a fortune. Of homes and institutions they were neither the architects nor the builders. They - sought only to take the wealth from' the soil and spend it elsewhere. jJPhe miner leaves nothing to commemorate the place where he gathered 1 gold save the crumbling hovels an empty tin cans. The five thousand-afre wheat farmer leaves no monume beyond fields of eepulsive stubble afl Vle Panties 0f 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks . DtllONI Copyrights Ac. . Anyone sending a sket eb and description mar sickly ascertain our opinion free whether aa Antaklv invention ta probably patfiitxbl isamanlea. tinnaffirtaciTGOiinaeiiiiaj. rumunuim ;j. icy. ittffl on Patents ant free. Oldest asency lor aeouruur patann Patent taken through Mann Co. reoMT ipeeial notice, without charge. In the Scientific Jtetrfcsa A handsomely llhwtrated weekly. tarscst rtr calatlon of any sclentlSe Journal. Terms, S3 a year ; four months, SL Sold by all newsdealers. - MUNN & Co.381-- New York ' Branch Onlce. K2S F St- Washington. XX C Dr.CHf ford R. 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I find its application in tonsi litis and cases where a false mem brane exists in the throat, as in diphtheria, to have an immediate ef fect, loosening and removing the mem brane, and thereby at once relieving this distressing sensation of smother--ing noted in these cases.. My clinical experience with Gilson's Sore Throat Cure has proved to me its value and I can heartily recommend it to all as a safe and reliable preparation for the disease it is recommended. V. M. LINE, M. Dt Grad. L. M. C. '93. , ' ' Address all orders to ' . - Mrs. J. S. Gilson, - Aurora. Neb. PAGAN'S c a f e; tgate O STREET HANDLES EVERYTHIXB 13 , SEASON UODERATE PRICES. FIRST CLASS SERVICE MEALS, IBcts AND UP A)L.I NIGHT 4 v; w Mil i 1 7V pve to 1127 O street about March 1. . Twenty per cent discount on ... jaXt work to March 1. - , - J. A. Harden 1029 O Stregt i A LI LN, NEB. his ;'noDoes. .