The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-12-27
HELD UP, R,eosHl

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looking individual got off the Burling
ton train from Chicago a little before
noon yesterday, gave his grip to the
driver and rode up town in the bus
That part of his name from which
he could not escape was Marley, anc
his parents for some reason unKnowr
to US prefixed the initials e. L., tht
&c" standing for Eugene.
He hailed from Battle Creek, Mich
igan, the home of breakfast foods and
sanitariums. Whether it is because
of his association with these "neces
saries of life," or because being or
the ground he had learned to avoid
them, we do not know,but We do know
he was healthy looking specimen.
He had his head right with him
too, and he knew how to use it. This
no doubt accounts for the fact that he
is manager of the Duplex Perfecting
Newspaper Press Company of Battle
Creek, who make the best and fast
est presses on the market.
Whether with malice aforethought
or because heis non guam non paratus
wherever he may be, we are not able
to Judge, but we do know he con-
WINGED us. 1t is said, you will remem.
Der, that "a woman convinced against
her will is of the same opinion STILL"
This would not apply in this case, be-
cause we were fully convinced
before he got to town. The only
thing remaining for him to do was
to convince us that we should have
one of his presses at once,-.n&t is,
as soon as the factory could fill our
order, about March l, next.
Well, to make long story short,
that aforesaid individual left town at
six o'clock I'M the evening with con-
tract in his pocket to buIld a new
Duplex perfecting press especially for
the Herald. That part of the pro,
ceedings look easy, put the after-clap
or the fly in the telescope to us, is
the -$6,500-enough to buy g
good Iowa farm, and that is all any
one in this worla would ever need.
But the printing business is peculiar
and one of the ironies of the profes
sion in that you must keep up with
the times if you do have to spend all
you make, and then borrow from your
friends and draw on the future for
the wherewithal.
The press which the Herald has
used for the past eight years is the
fastest and best of its type made. 1t
has capacity of 5000 impressions an
hour, but two impressions are neces.
sary to make complete paper. It's
actual capacity therefore is 1900 pa.
pers an hour. In these days of push
and hurry, however, and in the DE.
mands that hustling OskaIoosa is
making on all enterprises, even this
fast production of newspapers is not
swift enough.
The new press will have a guaran.
teed capacity Of 5000 completed pa.
pers an hour, more than four times
that of the present press. Another
big advantage will come in the fact
that only one impression will be nee.
essary, as all eight pages will be
printed at one time. The paper will
be fed into the press automatically
from large roll, and will come out
printed, pasted and folded at the rate
of 100 per minute.
It would be impossible to tell of all
the advantages which the new press
will afford the Office, but it will be
sufficient to say that as soon as it is
installed, Oskaloosa will have the
most modern equipment and will be
able to have all the news of the day
as late, as fresh and as full as any
city in existence.
The undertaking looks like a big
load to shoulder, but we have faith in
and we believe our people
will stand by us and boost as they
have done for the fifty-four faithful
years that the Herald has tried to
serve them in building up the com.
munity, and in trying to make the
world bigger and better for all con.
cerned.