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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
r. L. SMITH MACHINE WORKS.

"A Big Institution That Has Greatly
Helped Lincoln.
One of the foremost and most prom
inent concerns in Lincoln in the ma
chinery industry is the R. L. Smith
Machine Works, located at Ninth and
NJ streets, and of which Mr.. Robert l..
Smith is the proprietor.
Mr.. Smith makes a speciality Of the
manufacture Of general machinery
and supplies to order and there is no
machine so intricate or complicated
that he cannot make it for you in q
most satisfactory manner, If you have
tie specifications and know what you
want
Mr.. Smith is machinist of expert
ence and employs only expert work
men and everything turned out at his
works is strictly flrsl-class and the
product of the best workmen in the
country.
BY his honorable and public-spirited
methods of dealing he has built up a
large and constantly increasing bust
ness and is exceedingly popular.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
WELLINGTON L. BREESE.

An UphoIsterer Who Has Made Sue
cess at the Business.
One of the prominent industries in
Lincoln is the upholstering business,
and among the foremost enterprises
engaged in this business is the plant
of Mr. Wellington L. Breese, located
at 237 South Eleventh street.
By his honorable and public-spirited
methods of dealing he has built up a
large and constantly increasing bust
ness and is exceedingly popular.
The work done at this plant is of
the best and none but expert work
men are employed. Goods turned out
by Mr.. Breese are made in an honest
and satisfactory manner and will
stand much wear and usage; they are
not simply put together to sell. A
speciality is made Of packing furniture
for shipment.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
EPHRAlM G. CLEMENTS.
A Photographer Who Has Been il
Business IS Years.

A Photographer Who Has Been in
Business IS Years.
The Legislative Gallery, of which
Mr.. E. G. Clements is proprietor, is the
old reliable photograph gallery of Lin
coin, having been established in 1871.
The length of time that Mr.. Glenn
ents has been engaged in the photo
graphic business in this city is testi-
mony enough that he is successful.
He makes a specially of portrait and
landscape work, and is a thorough art
list at his profession
The work of the Legislative Gallery
is of the best and the prices are as
reasonable as can be expected for high
art work.
Mr.. Clements is a staunch friend of
labor.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
AARPHAM BROS. COMPANY.

One of the Largest Manufacturing
Firms in the West.
Lincoln ranks tenth among the cities
in the United States in point of ship
ments of leather goods, and the leather
industry is second in Lincoln's indus
tries in point of territory covered.
One of the foremost houses in this
business is the Harpham Bros COM
pany.
They are located at 808 to 814 p
street, in a four-story and basement
brick building, which they had built
a short time ago to accommodate their
rapidly increasing business.
They have one of the best equipped
factories of it's kind in the country
They are manufacturers of and
wholesale dealers in harness, saddles,
saddlery hardware and carriage trim
mings, and make a speciality of the
manufacture of collars, turning out
more than $500 collars year.
The officers of this company, ]. p.
Harpham, president, and G. F. Harp
ham, secretary, are among the fore
most citizens and business men of
Lincoln, and are prominent in every
movement for the advancement of the
business interests Of our city.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
CORNELL ENGRAVING COMPANY.

A Business Concern That Has Won Its
Way Upward.
The Cornell Engraving company, 10
Gated at 249 North Eleventh street,
are commercial photographers and en-
gravers.
They are leaders in their particular
line of business and the work done by
them is of high order.
They are thoroughly equipped to ex-
ecute all orders for half-tone work, do
ing everything from the taking of the
photographs to the producing of the
engravings in the most artistic and
scientific manner.
Mr.. U. G. Cornell is the genial and
capable manager and he is a gentle
man who is thoroughly verSed in his
profession and man of wide expert
ence.
By his uniform courtesy to all and
by the high standard of quality which
he has maintained on all of his goods
he has built up large and constantly
increasing business and is worthy Of
support and cooperation.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
EAGLE IRON WORKS.
A Manufacturing Concern That Is
Credit to Lincoln.

A Manufacturing Concern That u .
Credit to Lincoln.
The manufacturing interests Of Lin.
coin are many and varied and among
the important ones in the iron INDUS
try is the Eagle Iron Works, located at
1926 N street.
Mr.. John Roberts is the proprietor.
He Is gentleman of ability and IN
tegrity, who by his honorable and pub
lic-spirited methods of dealing has
built Up large and constantly increas-
ing business. He has kept abreast Of
the times, and his iron works have
grown and prospered.
He is manufacturer of all kinds OF
iron work and gives especial atten-
ton to custom work..
Mr.. Roberts has always manifested
friendly interest in the cause Of Ia
Dor, and is entitled to the support and
cooperation of all who have the best
interests of labor at heart.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
ANTHONY BRANTHWAITE.

Sells Union Made Shoes and Is Friend
iy to Unionism.
Mr. Anthony Branthwaite is a re-
tail dealer in shoes for men and boys,
and is located at 113 North Eleventh
street.
First-class repairing a speciality.
He is the sole agent in Lincoln for
the celebrated ''Ralston Health Shoes"
These shoes are Union made and are
waterproof, and although selling for
four dollars, are equal in quality and
durability to any five dollar shoe on
the market today.
In addition to the ''Ralston" shoes
the stock carried by Mr.. Branthwaite
is most complete in all of its details
and his prices are reasonable and mod
crate.
He is a broadminded and public
spirited citizen and is interested in
and friendly to the cause of labor.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
WESTERN SUPPLY COMPANY.

A Wholesale Concern That Has Had a
Successful Career.
The Western Supply Company, To-
Gated at S2O-S22 street, are whole
sale dealers in steam. water and
plumbing supplies, hose sprinkleSs and
everything pertaining to the plumbing
trade.
They are the Nebraska state agents
for Trahern Pump company, and Per-
kins windmills and gasoline engines.
They carry a full line of goods for
the fitting up and operating of elevat-
or, and full line of thresher goods.
1t is the most complete house of its
kind in the west
The management comprise gentle
men of ability and integrity well
known in commercial circles.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
KENNEDY, PHOTOGRAPHER.
A Studio That Has Gained a Wide
Popularity.

I. Fremont Kennedy, the proprietor
of the Kennedy Studio, located at 1872
South Twelfth street, is an artist in
the profession of photography. The
work executed at his studio is artistic
from every standpoint, and his patrons
are more than satisfied with his work.
His studio is equipped with all of
the modern appliances known to the
Photographic art, and all of the work
done there receives his personal at
tention and supervision before it is
allowed to leave the studio
He makes a specially of the por-
traits of children, and in this branch
of photography he is pre-eminently
successful.
His work is of the best and his
prices are moderate.
Mr. Kennedy is a friend of the cause
of organized labor, and is worthy of
your support and cooperation.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
A. L. GIRARD COMPANY.
He Knows What You Want and Keeps
1t in Stock.


1t in Stock.
The A. L. Girard company have re-
Gently opened up a most attractive
place at 14O North Fourteenth street
They are dealers in automobiles,
bicycles, Edison monographs and rec
ords and all kinds of athletic goods
and supplies.
Mr.. Girard has had good deal OF
experience in this business and knows
just what you want and keeps it in
stock.
His stock is well assorted and Sc
lected and he is most cordial and de
lightful gentleman to do business with
If it is in the line of athletic goods
and is on the market Mr.. Girard keeps
it, or will get it for you.
He is a gentleman who is well
known in commercial circles and is ex
ceedingly popular with all of his asso
ciates.
Telephones, Bell, F S44; Auto, 1914
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER
A Machine That Has Stood the Test Of
Time.


There is an old and homely saying
that "The proof of the pudding is in
world the proof of the excellence of a
machine is in using it.
The Smith Premier has not only
stood the test of time, but it stands
today at the head of the large list Of
typewriters on the market.
The Smith Premier is neither freak
machine nor an experiment, 1t is as
staple in the commercial world as is
gold.
This is the opinion of an expert who
in his line of business puts type
writer to the severest tests eight full
hours every day in the year.
While other machines are in the re-
pair shop after a few weeks hard
work, the old reliable Smith Premier
is working right along turning out
perfect copy.
The Smith Premier is the most
rapid, the most durable, the most prac-
teal machine on the market today-iu
Is the acme of typewriter mechanism.
The Lincoln branch of the Smith
Premier Typewriter company, in
charge of Mr. R. D. Anderson, is 10
Gated at 129 North Ninth street. Let
him demonstrate these facts to you ii
you are contemplating the purchase of
| a typewriter.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
JOHN MISSIONER.
A Successful Business Man Who Has
Mo-. Lie

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A Successful Business Man Who Has
Won His Way.
Among the more important manu-
featuring enterprises of Lincoln is that
OF John Westover, located at go N
street.
He is a manufacturer Of bridge aad
all kinds OF structural iron work.
John MISSIONER is a man OF ability
and experience in his business and has
made great success.
He pays special attention to the
manufacture OF structural iron work
to order, and has manufactured the
iron structures for many of the more
important contracts which have been
executed in Lincoln and vicinity in
the past few years. Phone F'1029.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20

an Oliver will never be satisfied with
any other machine.
The Oliver is in use in all civilized
countries, and is growing in popularity
every day. 1t is the machine of the
Twentieth century.
The Lincoln Office is at 122 North
manager in charge. They have on
hand a full and complete stock of
typewriter supplies and can furnish
you with up-to-date divers for rental
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
LINCOLN MARBLE g GRANITE CO.

An Institution That Pays Out Large
Sums in Wages.
Prominent in the marble and granite
working industry of Lincoln is the
Lincoln Marble & Granite Co., located
at 2021 o street.
Mr.. James F. Sheehy is the proprfe-
tor and is a gentleman OF ability and
integrity. He has been a resident Of
Lincoln and engaged in the marble AMI
granite business for twenty years. He
employs none but the most expert
workmen, and the monumental work
turned out by him is the finest that
can be had.
His business is extensive and he exc
cutes many contracts in all parts Of
the state.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
PREWITT.
Conductor Of One Of the Finest Studios
in the West

in the West.
William L. Prewitt, the photogra-
pher, whose studio is located at 1914
o street, produces some of the finest
results in photography that has ever
been done in the West.
He is thoroughly up-to-date in his
equipment and is photographer of
experience and an artist.
He makes a specially of portrait
work, and anyone getting photographs
of their friends made by Prewitt is
always satisfied with them.
He has built up a large and con-
stantly increasing business and this is
chiefly owing to the excellence of his
results as well as to his uniform cour-
tesy and honorable dealing
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
FRANK J. ANDERSON.

An Energetic Shoe Man Who Knows
His Business.
Mr. Anderson is a gentleman of abil-
ity and integrity, well known in COM
mercial circles in Lincoln
He is a dealer in boots, shoes and
rubbers for the whole family.
Mr. Anderson's store is located at
1910 o street.
BY his honorable and public-spirited
methods of dealing he has built up a
large and constantly increasing pa
tronage and is exceedingly popular.
He is entitled to the laboring mans
support.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20

dorsement of all the mutual insurance
companies in Nebraska, as well as the
endorsement of the National Mutual
Insurance association. Some OF these
insurance companies are now making
a less rate of insurance where Shinn's
Copper Gable system is used.
His factory, which is located at 1923
South Eleventh street, is credit to
the city and state.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
sPRAeuE DRUG COMPANY.


Firm That Has Shown Its Friend
ship for Labor.
The Sprague Drug company, located
at al South Thirteenth street, are
dealers in drugs and patent medicines.
soaps, perfumeries, brushes and toilet
articles, and their prices on these arti-
cles are az low as the lowest.
Their prescription department is in
charge Of experienced and graduated
pharmacists and special and careful
attention is given to the compromising
Of prescriptions at all hours.
There is no branch Of business In
which the utmost confidence in the
dealer is SO essential as In the drug
business, and the management of the
Sprague Drug company has the con
fidence and respect of the entire con-
munity Telephone, 1868 Auto
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
A. v. JOHNSON & CO.
A Wholesale Cigar Firm That Does
Business on the Square.

Mr.. A. w. Johnson & Co., doing bust
ness at 1907 M stree:, are wholesale
dealers in cigars.
Mr.. Johnson, the manager, is a gen
tleman Of ability and integrity and is
we'll known in commercial circles.
By his honorable and public spirited
methods of dealing he has built up a
large and constantly increasing BUSH
ness and is exceedingly popular.
He has always manifested friendly
interest in the cause of labor, and is
entitled to the support and co-opera-
ton of all who have the best interests
of labor at heart
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
Ee. e. MockEu AUTO CO.
Handle the Rambler Machines and Arr
Proud of 1t.

Handle the Rambler Machines and Are
Proud of It.
The e. e. Mockett Auto Co., located
at 1430 o street, is agent for Lincoln
for the Rambler automobile. The
Rambler is one of the most attractive
and servicable automobiles on the
market In addition to the elegant
equipment and fine looking car, the
Rambler presents for the season of
1906 one of the best automobiles on the
market
Their 1906 car selling at 1920 start
ed at noon on Friday, February goth,
OF this year over the country roads
kinds of roads and through mud and
rain, this car ran one thousand three
hundred and eighty-three miles with
cut the engine stopping once, and final
ly, after running ninety-six hours and
six minutes without a single hitch of
any kind the car was run into the gar
age and the power shut of.
Rambler cars are the easiest ma
chimes on the market to operate and
have many distinctive features, and
in fact are three hundred and sixty
five days ahead of their competitors
Achievement rather than explanation
tells the story of the Rambler.
Mr.. Eb. e. Mockett. is always glad to
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
OMAHA, LINCOLN & BEATRICE
RAILWAY COMPANY. .

There are many business institutions
Of such magnitude and Importance to
the business interests Of city and
community that they might well be
called public institutions, and are by
the nature of their business termed by
the law public utility corporations
Such concern is the Omaha, Lincoln
& Beatrice Railway company, which is
soon to begin operation.
This road, connecting Lincoln With
Omaha, and passing through and
reaching the towns of University Place.
Cotner, Greenwood, Ashland, Spring
field, Papillion, Sarpy Mills and South
Omaha, is to be completed this year,
and 1t will be in operation early in
April, as far east as Cotner, the only
drawback being some injunction suits
brought by avaricious property owners.
which suits should be decided in favor
OF the company at an early date.
The track now laid by the company
is very substantial and their rolling
stock will be the most improved that
modern discoveries in electricity and
car building have made possible. TIL,
benefit of such a road, giving as it will
a first class service to the community,
Is scarcely to be estimated.
The officers of this company, Henry
Robinson, Of Akron, Ohio, president:
Henry H. Wilson. of Lincoln, vice.
president: and e. c. Hurd, of Lincoln.
secretary and treasurer, are men whose
reputation in the business world is
such as to be a guarantee of the sta
bility and successful management OF
any enterprise with which they may
be connected in an executive capacity
The Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice Rail-
way will supply a long felt want, ami
the people of this section of the stats
will hail the beginning of their oper.
atoms with joy.
In the near future it will build
branches and extensions reaching i'm
portant points in proximity to this
community, and some time hopes tt
build through to Beatrice.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
LINCOLN GAS AND ELECTRIC
LIGHT COMPANY
An Enterprising Corporation That Has
Shown Friendship for Or
oanizeG LABOR

Shown Friendship for Or
ganized LABOR.
The Lincoln Gas and Electric Light
company of Lincoln is one of the city's
largest corporations, and it employs
an army of men. Unionism is we'll
represented among the employees, the
Electrical Workers and Plumbers being
IN the lead. The company has always
paid the highest wages in every de-
partment of it's work, and has evil
denced on more than one occasion that
It does not look upon its employees as
merely human machines from which
to exact the maximum service at the
minimum wage. There is a club or
social gatherings have tended to in
crease the good will that has always
existed.
The growth Of Lincoln has been lit
tie short Of phenomenal during the
last five or six years, and it is only by
the greatest exertion that this company
has been able to keep pace with the
demands upon it, But it has respond
ed promptly, given good service, and
extended it's lines in every direction
with the utmost rapidity.
In one respect the Lincoln Gas and
Electric Light Co. OF Lincoln is set
ting an example that other public util-
ity corporations would do we'll to fol-
low-an example that has earned for
II the commentator of the public. 1t
has cheerfully borne its share of the
burden of taxation, and has not sought
by bubbles and technicalities to avoid
1t. Many Of its stockholders are citi-
zens of Lincoln, and they feel a great
pride in the city as we'll as in the en-
terprise of their company
The Lincoln Gas and Electric Light
Go. has always taken leading part
in all works calculated to advance the
interests Of the city. 1t is always Il
liberal contributor to local enterprises
of public character. and in public
demonstrations it plays q leading
part. With this company it is a pleas
ure to transact business, because its
management insists upon courteous
treatment Of every patron and posi-
BILE patron. The growth of fuel gas has
been enormous during the last few
years, and in order to insure the best
possible service the company carries 4
complete line of gas ranges, gas water
heaters, radiators and household nov
elites, fixtures, etc, and loses no OPP
portunities to give the people the very
best in these lines. Mr. Homer Hon.
eywell, the local manager, is Lin
coin product who has grown up in the
service of the company and knows the
field thoroughly. He has surrounded
himself with competent staff of as
sistants all of whom are friends Of
labor and well entitled to a place on
the friendly lists of all unions.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
W. c. sHINN.
Makes Lightning Rods Endorsed b,
the Insurance Companies.


the Insurance Companies.
Mr.. William C. Shinn is the manu-
facturer of the pure soft Copper Cable
Lightning Rod. This is the most re-
liable and efficient lightning rod sys-
TEN made today. This he manufac-
lures with full line of ornaments,
making. this system not. only an addi-
ton to the architecture and beauty of
a building, but an absolute protection
from any danger by this deadly power.
He also manufactures X-ray machines
and electrical apparatus of all kinds.
Mr.. Shinn is not only manufacture
ing electrician of experience and abil-
ity, but one of scientific attachments,
and all of his apparatus bear the en-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER.
A Machine That Is Endorsed by All
Who Have Used It.

The Oliver typewriter Is the stand
ard visible typewriter of the age; 1t
is the standard of perfection in writ
ing machines, and is the most modern
and up-to-date machine in use today.
Its adoption for use in the educationa!
department of the county is a fitting
tribute to it's perfection and efficiency.
One of it's chief features is that it
is visible writing machine, and is
the most practical and complete visi-
BILE writing machine that has ever
been made. Operators who have used
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20

demonstrate the good qualities of the
Rambler and invites prospective buy
ers to Investigate.
Rambler cars sell for from $500 90
to $4,000 100. Send to Eb. e. Mockett
Auto Co., for catalogue
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
rR,uMP4 BED SPRING COMPANY.


The Only Factory Of Its Kind in This
State.
Sleep is not restful in poor bed,
nor can physician expect the best re-
suits in treating the i'll If the bed is
uncomfortable or unsanitary. In this
connection attention is called to the
fact that the springs are the most i'm
portant thing about a restful and
healthful bed, and If the Triumph Bed
Spring is used the acme Of perfection
in this respect is reached. Another
feature which should recommend the
Triumph Bed Spring is that it has
none of the objectionable features of
other bed springs and has many prac-
teal advantages not found in any
other.
The Triumph Bed Spring is made In
Lincoln at the factory located at 212
South Eleventh street, and is the only
bed spring factory in this state. and
that alone should appeal to our read
ers.
Mr.. e. B. Sawyer. the manager OF
the factory, Is a business man of in
tegrity who has made many friends
for himself and the concern while
pushing the Triumph Bed Spring.
Ask your dealer for it, and II he has
not got the Triumph Bed Springs in
stock, insist upon him ordering them.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
HERMINGHAus & HELLwEc.

Union Men Who Employ Union Men
and Make Union Cigars.
Members of labor organizations
should stop and consider that there
are two requirements that they must
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-20
LINCOLN TELEPHONE COMPANY

A Home Corporation That Has Rapidly
"Made Good"
There is no discovery of modern
science which is in more universal use,
and which has done more to save the