THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 2. 1909.
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HELPS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
JOPEPH R. LEHMER
How the Current is Made to Serve
Around the Home.
WOMAN GETS MUCH-NEEDED EES!
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WE offer you a full line of direct or alternating current
ceiling, desk, bracket, oscillating and exhaust FANS,
every one of them backed by a guarantee for perfection in
material and workmanship and economy in operation.
w
E make a specialty of small
motors for direct connected
machines, as Sewing Machines,'
Lathes, Grinders, etc.
WE handle the SIMPLEX ELECTRIC
IRON; the highest quality in
every particular and the standard
of excellence in design, finish, effi
ciency, quick heating and; dura
bility. Also a full line of Electrical
Cooking Utensils.
WE maintain a Consulting Department whose advise is
free to our customers. If you have a special power
problem, let us solve it for you.
teraska Electric Co.
SPEClALTIESi
Fans,
Irons,
Lamps,
Motors,
Heating
Pads.
1207 Harney St.
Om&ha, Neb,
Doll Doug. i408 Ind. A125S
SPECIALTIES:
Colombia Batteries,
Robber Covered and
Weatherproof
Wires and Cables,
Tungsten and Incan
descent Lamps.
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It costs less than one cent
to remove every particle
of dirt from i your room.
Swaepsr and Giber Combined
Cannot get out of or
der and anyone can op
erate it.
No Dusi
fik Wl ft'i give
No N
oise
r representative will
t your ' home and
free demonstration
your request.
Seit at the
Electric Show
'gglloolhs 1 and 2
Burgess Granden Company
Wholesale and Relatl Gas and Eleeirle Fixtures
The Progress7 of Electricity
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able to produce. This principle hat already
been demonstrated In an experimental way
by Illuminating rartfled air In a glass tuba,
but the practical aolutlon of thla problem
ia undoubtedly the property of a dlatant
future.
In the telegraphic world the last few
years have wrought wonders that well
nigh border on the miraculous. It ia not
neresaary to go into detail aa to what has
been accomplished by wireless telegraphy.
In Ita present atata It Is employed to com-
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AGENTS FOR THIS DUSTLtSS CLEANER
1511 Howard Street
I. B. ZIMMAN,
Omaha Electric Light Co.
A Blind Man
can't ae whether your letter are good,
bad. or Indifferent. But your prospective
customers are not blind, are they? We'd
ltke to furnish you with the kind of Type
written Letters that will pass the Inspec
tion pf a man that Isn't blind. We make
a specialty of Letters, and the fellow who
receives one of them will have a guess
coming if he thinks they are not the real
typewriting. , ,
We operate a department for filling
in and addressing.
May we have your orders for Letters?
The
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Mangom & Company
Letter Factory.
AuU Phorve A-1885. . OMAHA.
109 S. 13(K Street
merclal uilvantage far beyond all expecta
tions and will without doubt increase ita
utility when secrecy of the messages can
be better preserved. According to present
tndlcationa this Is a matter of but limited
experiments and wireless telegraphy will
go into history as the chief accomplish
ment of the first decade of the twentieth
century.
In the wire telegraph the laat couple of
years have developed an invention which,
although uninteresting to the public, will
play Its larjo part and stands as a credit
to the ingenuity of Its Inventor. This la
the Barcley printer. To describe this ma
chine it might be termed an electrically
operated typewriter with the keyboard lo
cated, for Instance. In Chicago, and the
typewriter part, say, In Omaha, the two
being connectej by a wire. An operator
manipulating the keyboard in Chicago
causes the typewriter In Omaha to pro
duce a rrlnted message on a reguhir tele
graph blank, ready for delivery to the
addressee. The introduction of thla In
vention makes It possible to transmit over
one wire aa many messages aa formerly
required three direct wires.
The up-to-date electrlei! engineer does
not find much difficulty In keeping track
of the various Inventions or new features
In the field of electricity. But where he
frequently finds himself n a dilemma Is
In keeping posted on the kinds of current
suitable for the various purposes and the
different laws which govern them.
As an. electrical Inspector, I desire to
say, In closing, that It ia well for the
public to understand that all service per
formed by electricity Is not possible with
one kind of current. Tn order, therefore,
to accomplish the many and varloua re
sults which electricity is called upon to
produce. It is necessary to generate or se
cure the particular kind of current ca
1 aMe of pruiiuclng the results aought.
Therefor, when .laws and rules for the
safe Installation of electric wires arte
changed from time to time It la not be
cause the authorities change their minds,
but simply to provide adequate protection
against new conditions brought about by
the rapid and constant evolution of elec
tricity. WALDEMAR MICHAHLSEN.
; ' City Electrician.
Kw Waye of Cook In Dwlagr
Other Maats About the Honee
Dae to Knowledge of
Electricity.
It la an oft-quoted remark that If George
Washington could come back to earth la
thla latter year of grace and see the
changes which have been wrought by
sotence and especially by electricity In our
mode of living, he would not believe his
eyes. The telephone, telegraph, wireless,
arc lights, trolley cars and a thousand other
inventions would give tha conservative old
gentleman a start which would probably
send him back to his grave again.
But if It Is true that all these innova
tlona have made changes which really
amount to revolutions in the life of the
nation, especially In commercial life, and
have made possible the growth of gigantic
cities such aa the father of his country
never even dreamed of, It la equally true
that if his famous wife, Martha Washing
tlon, could likewise be permitted again to
vlplt mother earth, and ahould investigate
modern American -home life, she would be
equally dumfounded by the many epoch
making changes which have taken place In
the lives of the women of the land and In
the arrangements and conveniences of the
modern home.
The first of the First Ladles of the land
had at Mount Vernon a home which was
equal to any in America at that time, but
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E. C. BENNETT,
E. C. Bennett & Co.
when ahe wanted supplies of any sort, there
was no telephone with which to call for
them. When night came there waa no
simple turning of a button to flood the
house with light. There were only candles
and these were made on the premies.
Even a modern steel kitchen range had not
been thought of, and If some prophetic
soul had told the historic Martha that the
time would come when a breakfast could be
cooked In twenty mlnutca without flame,
smoke ur odor she would hare thought tha
prophtt craay and let it go at that.. .
Wonders of the Modern Ma arte.
Yet such la the progress which, has
been made in adapting electricity to the
convenience of the home that the things
mentioned have com to be regarded aa
amonjr the A B C'a of housekeeping and
are thought no more wonderful than
looking at a watch for the time of day.
The modern home equipped, aa It may
easily be, with all the conveniences and
labor-saving devices of electricity, la a
veritable house of marvels, and things
are done every day which a few cen
turies ago would have been attributed to
miraculous Interference or witchcraft and
would have auhjected the owner to grave
danger of a trial for connivance with hla
satanlc majesty.
Such homes are becoming more numer
ous every year and a visit to one of
them la well worth the time and trouble.
Even before the house Is approached,
if it be at night, the number may be
seen, fixed in a transparency and lighted
with a small electric bulb whloh makes
It possible for the visitor to locate the
place without trouble. At the door is
the button, which when pushed causes
an electric, current to ring a bell and
brlnj ready admittance.
Inside the hall more of the conven
iences of electricity become apparent
Instead of the old-fashioned hanging
lamp, cumbersome and dangeroua, frosted
bulbs are aet in the celling and give a
aubdued light, grateful to the eye. A
button near the front door controla theea
so that they may be lighted the moment
one atepa within the door or extinguished
the last thing before going out. The
lights in the various rooms are also con
trolled ty switches in the hall, and tf It Is
so Ueslred other switches may be placed
both upstalra and down and another but
ton may be placed near the bed so that
the house may be lighted at any hour of
the night.
Jn the hall it will be also noticed that
no wires are visible and that even tha
telephone ahowa no obtrusive connections
of wires and corda. Thla la a feature
which is due aolely to a little planning,
for the modern house Is wired while In
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W. F. YOUNQ,
Brunswick Balks Collender Co.
the process of building and before It haa
been plastered. This Item Is not ex
pensive and demands on'y a little fore
thought, which Is well repaid by the im
proved appearance of tha rooms.
Tha parlor will show little that la
novel except In the arrangement and
character of the lights, unless there la
an electrical attachment to the piano to
furnish muslo when the performers are
Indisposed.
I m for ts of lb Day.
Should the host take you Into bis "don"
Electrical Railway Mine and Power Plant Equipment.
Direct connected Engine Generator Sets for central energy service
Detail apparatus of all kindsTransformers, Wattmeters, Switch
boards and Switchboard Instruments.
Steam and Hydraulic Turbines for prime movers in electric cen
tral stations.
Small steam or gas engine driven house lighting sets for country
and suburban homes.
Incandescent Lamps Carbon, tantolum, tungsten.
Arc lighting material and Tangsten series street arcs.
Machines tool of all kinds with direct connected motor drive.
Motor generator sets and mercury rectifiers for storage battery
charging.
Storage batteries for gasoline engine, ignition vehicles, power
storage and isolated lighting service.
Telegraph and telephone line construction material.
Motors arranged for mounting on floor, wall or ceiling and to
run vertically, horizontally or through the medium of back gears.
Motor driven pumps for shallow or deep well service.
Electrical household appliances, cooking and heating apparatus,
sewing machine motors, sad irons, desk, and ceiling fans, clec
troleums, vibrators.
Electric contractors supplies.
Largest exhibitor at the show. Largest and most complete stock
or electrical goods west of Chicago.
Estimates furnished without charge on complete electrical pojw
er plants of any size or characteristic.
JOSEPH R. LEHMER
1218 Farnam Street, - - OMAHA
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The Ceiling OgKting Effect
at the Electric Show
was originated by
MwSi Co !idt
Electrical Contracting Engineers
550 IB22 BoSldlSogj
The novelty and practicability of this lighting effect
gives Omaha a lead over all other electric shows anywheres
Electric Steel Conduit and Raceway Experts
Complete conduit system with electric wiring, designed and installed for light and
power. Electric work by contract or percentage plan specification.
Believing that "a pleased customer is the best advertisement" we present below refer
ence to a few of our satisfied customers.
AVe appreciate the continued favors of these and others, which we have in the past en
joyed, and endeavor to retain this good will as well as to gain increased patronage.
We Aim to Please
Here are a few of the contracts we have executed:
Public Buildings
Burlington Depot, city.
Burlington Headquarters Building, city.
Hoagland Block, city.
Wright & Wilhelmy Building, city.
Crane Company, city.
Y. M. C A., city.
Burwood Theater, city.
Conservative Building, city.
New Methodist Hospital, city.
New Wise Memorial Hospital, city
Nebraska-Iowa Grain Elevator, city.
First National Bank Building, Grand
Island, Neb.
First National Bank Building, Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
Government officers quarters, Fort
Omaha.
Government Pole line court, Fort
Omaha.
Government Administration Building,
Fort Robinson, Neb.
Government officers quarters, Fort
Crook, Neb.
Henry W. Yates, city.
J. M. Cudaby, city.
W. H. McCord, city
J. J. Hani gh en, city.
Residences
H. I) Thompson, city
Ward Burgess, city.
E. M. Gibson, city.
And others on application.
T. J. Mahoney, city.
Thos. It. Kimball, city.
Mrs. T. L. Kimball, city.
and ths sv.ninf bs chilly, a, portable else
trie radiator, frss from odor or dirt, will
b placed near as foot wirmtr. You
will light your cigar on an electric lighter
and from tha depths of an easy chair you
will notice that tha shaded table lamp has
no awkward hanging cord to cause acci
dents. Tha wlrlpg runs from the floor
through the table and If more light Is de
sired In the room there are bulbs In the
celling which may be lighted by a chain
pull and turned off In the same manner.
A late lunch U easily and quickly pre
pared with the elect rlo chafing dish and
coffee percolator, the wiring for both of
these being brought up through the floor
n1 not by means of the cumbersome over
head cords- The dangera and Inconveni
ences of the old fashioned spirit lamp
chafing dishes are also become a thing of
the past.
If one Is to spend the night In such a
home and goes upstairs to sleep the con
veniences of electricity still follow. The
stalra are lighted by shaded bulb and all
the sleeping rooms and even the closets
have their lights of varjlng degrees of In
tensity, for the closets there are little
4'canJUpcwer lights, whlrb do away
with the dungeon effect of the old fssh
tuned closet. The mirrors and Chiffoniers
are furnished with side lights, each on a
separate switch, so that either may be
turned on at pleasure.
To warm the bed there la a electric
heating pad. which Is far and away an Im
provement on the old hot water bottle, aa
the temperature la always the game and
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