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'PHONE AN AID TO HEALTH
Much Sickness Prevented by
Handy Instrument.
This
Move Into a Wired House
and Have Us Move You
When looking for a house with all modern improve
ments, see that it's wired Tor electric light it is as
essential as the plumbing.
A house wired for electric service affords conven
iences and comforts not obtainable otherwise electric
light, electric heating and cooking, the use of electric
fans and other things electrical.
Best Moving Service
Our service in moving you this spring has never been
equalled in the history of Omaha. We have large, safe
vans and all the modern conveniences necessary to con
veying your furniture and articles without the slightest
damage. We do the work quickly, too, and aid you in
getting settled very rapidly.
If you have any goods to store, remember that our
fireproof storage, now one of the largest in the west, is
the safest place in which you can place your household
goods.
OMAHA VAN
& STORAGE CO.
804 South Sixteenth Street.
Phone Douglas 4163
AMBULANCE SERVICE ASSISTED
Trloilion' Vint Sine l'rniuput I'arl
of Did'n Work tif Doctor mill
Mnoti I. imi of Time l
AortMl.
Tho editor of the Meillcul Hivlrw (if
Reviews gives the telephone jucHt credit
for IniprovliiK tlio health a ml welfare of
communities, lto piiys;
"The telephone hns I'een a inlylity fuc-
tor In ImprovliiK the health und welfnio
of the community. Health butenUH have
been able to aecompllHh their work more
rapidly nmt effectively by two of the tele
phone. Ambulance service has been de
veloped to a high state of efficiency
throilRh the accessibility of telephones
In all part of the community. Hnpldlty
of service, with promptness In telephon
ing, has served to save many lives that
otherwise might have been lost.
"The private practitioner, It Is true, lias
suffered a marked decrease In his emer
gency calls through the recognition of
the value of ambulance service and the
case with which one may be summoned
by telephone. In fact, the doctor's tele
phone Is frequently used to call the am
bulance. Only a few years auo the
nearest physician was called for minor
conditions at all hours of the night. To
day the telephone saves many a long and
needless Journey. Frequently, because of
the knowledge and appreciation that a
physician may bo summoned by telcphoii"
In case of real necessity, the doctor Is
not called at all, as some transitory con
dition has disappeared before morning.
"In contrast to this small loss Is the
gain through telephone visits In lieu of
office calls. Such visits may be regarded
as office visits, on the ground that If
telephones did not exist It would be nec
essary for the patient to seek- advice
at the office."
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Burgess-Oranden Co,
Put Lighting System
In Nebraska Clothing
The old arc lamps In the, Nebraska
Clothing company have been relegated
to tlio junk pile along with all their old
store fixtures, and- their entire place of
business has been newly furnished. The
Burgess-Qrandpn company has Just fin
ished installing a most satisfactory sys
tem of lighting on the first floor. A
single unit system, with largo Miizdn
lamps, has been Installed. The Nebraska
Clothing store has now become one of
tho most handsome In the state through
the new lighting system, which is one of
tho best of the present day. Tho dif
fusion of light Is very excellently at
tained. The fixtures are tasteful In
every respect, being of the freshest type,
with substantiality stamped In every
detail, The Uurgess-Qranden company
has done very excellent work In many
of Omaha's largest fctorcs.
Vfilunlilr ICIeetrlcnl Library.
About six months ago Theodore N.
Vail, president of the American Tele
phone and Telegraph company, and of
tho Western Union Telegraph company.
presented to the Massachusetts' Institute
of Technology at Boston, a collection of
electrical books, periodicals, pamphlets
and reports estimated to bo worth 1100,000.
It was the library on electricity and elec
trical engineering collected by tho late
George Kdward Uerlng of England, who
died on January S, 1911, at the age of SO.
The collection Includes ovor 4,000 books
and 9,000 pamphlets, In addition to tho
periodicals and reports. It has been
described as the most valuable electrical
library In existence and is comparablo
only with the library presented to thu
American Institute of Electrical Engin
eers some years ago by Its former presi
dent, Dr. .Sohyler Skaats Wheeler.
President Maclaurln of tho Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, now an
nounces that he has received from the
American Telephone and Telegraph com
pany a gift of $5,000 a year for five years,
or $25,000 In all, as a special fund to bo
devoted to the care, cataloguing and
maintenance of this library and for the
purchase of additional books.
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Wednesday Flashlight Day
AT
THE ELECTRIC SHOP
Get ypur Flashlight at 25$- less thau regular price
-ONLY ONE TO A CUSTOMER.
$1.25 Flashlight goes nt 94
Jjtl.no Flashlight, goes at Q8fi
91.00 Flashlight goes at SI. 20
and many others. (
25 off regular price on all Batteries for one
day only. '
Wolfe Eieofrio Shop
Tyler 1414. 1810 Farnam.
"Wire for Us and We Will Wire For You"
Savages Very Much
Alarmed Over New
Telephone Cocoamit
"While In the government employ In
the Philippines," says Sanford .lone of
North Yakima, Wash., "I was stationed
on the island of llnsllan, which Is a
small Island In the Siulu archipelago. The
natives of the Island were so unclvllUod
that they did not even know the value
of money, and of com so had never heard
of a telephone. We frequently had them
entertain us with their native dances, and
In turn would fill them with wonder and
aVo with a ponograph which we had
In our outfit. We found it necessary to
put up a telephone line bctwcct two
bill. tllngs that were a little distance apart,
which wo did. One day t found a lather
large coconnut under It tree near the
bamboo hut we were living in, and con
ceived the Idea of making a coconnut
talk. So 1 emptied the contents and
hung It on the outside of the house op
posite the phone, so arranged that we
could put the receiver through th grass
wall and drop It Into the cocoamit.
"We Invited some of tho natives to see
the wonderful cocoamit that wo could
make talk, and with tho nld of an Inter
preter at the other phone who understood
their language we had a lot of fun. tfomo
of the natives were fco frightened they
left the village, and one day a delegation
of natives came mid asked us to burn It
as they did not like to have so uncanny
a thing around. So with great ceremony
and much rejoicing we consigned It to the
flumes, and to this day I suppose they
are telling their children about the co
coamit that. could talk."
Automobile Doe
, Not Freeze Up
An Englishman hns .taken the prize for
bringing a flat Iron Into good use in ills
automobile.
lie found himself obliged to Icavo a
gasoline car In an unheated garage while
the radiator and cooling system were full
of water.
He saved himself trouble and his en
gine from probable destruction by bring
ing out the electric flat Iron and attach
ing It to the lighting circuit.
The Iron snuggled safely under tho car
bonnet and no note was taken by tlio
engine of the cold weather all around.
MIeetrlelly mi Ilnttle aliln.
Our new battleship, tho U. S. B. Now
Tork, which 'will go Into commission
next fall, will Imve what Is probably tho
most complete electrical equipment over
Installed In a vessel.
Among the tasks which will bo per
formed by electricity are: A fifty-horse
power motor will opernto tho steering
gear: a thlrty-flve-horso power motor will
raise tho anchor; electric motors control
the water-tight bulkheads and motor
driven pumps will take caro of any leak;
twenty-five-horse power motbra point
the great guns; the ammunition hoists
aro operated by flfty-flve-horse power
motors; a three-horse power motor opens
tho breech of each gun nnd a seven
horso power motor rams home the charge;
an electric spark fires each gun; tho
signal lights, searchlights and general
ship lighting aro electrical; the ship's
galley Is provided with an electric range;
motor-driven tools perform all culinary
tasks from slicing vegetables and bread
to mixing dough; clothes aro washed in
an electric laundry; flfty-horse power
electric hoists will hnndle tho ship's
boats; an electric ventilating and re
frigerating system keeps tho ship cool,
provides forced draught when necessary
and holds the temperature of the ammu
ntlon magazines at a safo point,
OF PROFIT TO ALL WOMEN
Electrical Shop Hns Done Much to
Open Their Eyes.
SEE HOW CONVENIENCES WORK
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In t'levrlnnd lluimrwtws Take Ail
TnntniiF if Opportunity to View
SI it ii r IJrvloe nnjl to
l.rnrn Thrlr I .
At the American Woman's exposition
recently held In Cleveland at least one
third of the floor space was occupied by
electrical conveniences of every descrip
tion. The electrical displays were arranged
In one continuous line down the center
of tho building nnd the crowds eager to
see the latest achievements In this Una
were constantly congested In the two
center aisles.
Beginning with the modern electric
kitchen In which were displayed tho lat
est development In electric ranges, every
kind of an electric appliance was ex
hibited until down to the last booth were
the different sizes nnd shapes of Mnr.da
electric lamps.
This was a double booth and showed
by actual contrast the great improve
meat which has been made In elect)
Intiiiia allien llln flrat linftH Were 11111
thirty years ago. Many people were
vastly Interested In reading the watt
meter which showed tho old carbon lamp
consuming the same amount of current
as the Mazda lamp did while giving three
times as much light as the carbon. A
good deal was also learned about the 1
different sizes of Mazda lamps which i
could be employed In household lighting. .
A lady here learned that sho could use
four Vcn watt tamps In her cluster In- i
stead of one forty-watt nnd that she I
would have as much light with the same
bill for current, nnd with much more
beauty In her lighting arrangement. She
had ofton deprecated unllghtcd sockets,
but thought that she could not have them
all burning, excepting for company, with-
out being extrnvagant.
Another learned, by watching n drawn-
wire Mazda lamp bumping merrily away
on a chain and rod that theso lamps have
been greatly strengthened since sho first
heard of them about three years ago and
that they will stnnd any treatment any
other will stand.
Others learned of the now flve-lamp
carton which enables people to buy five
lamps at n time Instead of one, and so It
went on. Kach person had had exper
ience with tho long hours of winter dark
ness and wns In a receptive mood for
anything which would glvo some good
pointers for future days.
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Many Accidents Occur.
Statistics provo conclusively that trie
greatest number of accidents occur dur
ing the dark months and that the larger
per cent of theso are caused by Inade
quately lighted siops; shops in which
the light is not only insutflclent, but
poorly distributed.
Ono of tho new spring motoring cases is
of bronze wicker, having a canvas cover
with snap catches to protect it from the
dust. It Is light and prettily fitted with
elephant hide brushes. It also has a
pouch case for volls and a flat caso fof
extra hatpins.
Woman Discovers an
Easy Way to Clean '
Floor by Vacuum
"Will It take up those pieces," asked
a woman who was curiously watching:
the performance of nn electric vacuum
cleaner at the American Woman's ex
position til Cleveland.
8ho watched while lengthy strings ills-
appeared up the nozzlo like trained
monkeys,
'Just bring your little boy In here nnd
let mo brush up his coat a little," invited
the man.
The youngster unwillingly ndvnnred to
ward tho "mouth" of tho long tube and
manfully stood while it was moved over
his coat. lie fairly wriggled with pride
when the dust bag was opened ind he
was convinced by tho amount of dint In
the bag thai his coat was now dustless.
He evidently considered himself a mighty
good little boy.
The woman remarked as she moved
away that she had discovered an easy
way to do two hard things how to keep
a floor and a boy clean.
Deep. Klrctrlc Pumping-,
The construction of the new Catsklll
aqueduct, which will furnish New York
city's wnter supply when la Unfinished,
Involves many difficult engineering prob
lems, not tho leaBt of which Is seepage,
which would flood the tunnel work It
not properly controlled.
At ono point the contractors have In
stalled an electric pump which Is con
stantly operated at a depth of 476 feet
below the surface. The water It delivers
above ground amounts to almost 100,000
gallons a day.
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Store Lighting
A well lighted store is a well advertised store. But few
merchants really know how to properly illuminate their
places of business. What seems satisfactory in one place
of business will not suit in another where conditions aro
different. A flood of direct light is suitable for your
auto headlight, but entirely wrong in a well appointed,
genteel place of business.
If yqu want your place of business properly lighted,
just put the problem up to us.
Burgess-Granden Co.
1511 Howard Street
Your kitchen is not a model one unless equipped with electrical
conveniences. Then it is a delightful plaw and you enjoy
being there.
srs
BENNETT ELECTRIC CO.
ron
BAFK AND RKLIAHLK WIHING
it PAYS To PLEASE
301 Omaha Nat. Bank Bldf, D 3816.
Omaha Electrical Works
Electric Elevator Repairs
and
Westinghouso Motors
108-13 K. 11th at. Phone Doug-. 1101.
Lanktree Electrical Co.,
308 S. 18th St. Tyler 1011,
All kinds of electrical con
tracting. Oet our prices.
" was so good of you to tall us."'
An Evening Chat
A Bell Tclephono ndds so much moro joy to
homo life. In theso days of constant communi
cation a residence seems strangely isolated
almost out of the world if it hasn't a tele
phone. When you want to reach any person, any
where, Bell Telephone sorvico demonstrates its
great usefulness. But it is of particular value
when called upon to satisfy emcrgenoy needs.
Bell Telephone Lines Reach Nearfy Everywhere.
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY
9-NT
Children Need Electric Light
The Pure Air llluminant
Electric Light burns in a sealed
glass bulb. It neither devitalizes the
air in the home nor gives off products
of combustion. Electric Light is,
therefore, the most healthful and the
cleanest of illuminants. The merest
child can switch Electric Light on or
off without effort and without danger.
The most satisfactory illumin-
ant for reading or sewing is Electric
Light. By its use the darkest corners
of a house are made brilliant.
Have your house wired now.
Your house can be wired at a lurpris
ingly low cost and with but very little
labor and annoyance. You should
have Electric Light it is the most
economical illuminant.
Gall our contract department for esti
mates. Omaha Electric Light & Power Co.