Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-27
FIRE OPENING
GUN OF FIGHT
EDITORS AT MEETING IN DAvEN.
PORT WILL SEE RIVAL SLUG
{ CASTING MACHINE.

The opening guns of fight for the
business OF newspaper publishers Will
pc nred In Davenport this week when
the American Typograph company
with Its Canadian slug casting ma
chine Will enter the American field
Ior the first time in competition with
the Mergenthaler Linotype company q
linotype junior.
This will be the first time in the
history of journalistic mechanics that
publisher can assume an upright pc
s1tton on his feet only and keep on
MS hat while negotiating for the pur
chase of a linotype machine. 1t is
worthy of Its steel, has appeared
against the Mergenthaler people Both
companies realize the new position OF
the publisher and have attuned their
laws to meet the exigencies of the
occasion. Prices have toppled over
one-half and the manufacturers are
going out for the business with siren.
uous strides.
The publisher will do well to pre-
pare himself for polite reception
from the typesetting machine manu-.
facturer, otherwise the shock might
abruptly end his pleasant visit to the
| city and the column rules on his edi.
torial page would be Enrned the fol
lowing week.
| For years the Mergenthaler has had
a practical monopoly on the typeset.
| ting machine business. United States
patents have heretofore kept the
Canadian machine manufactured in
Detroit, Mich, from the market For
the first time, this week, the new ma.
chimes will be on exhibition In the
United States for sale purposes.
The Canadian machine costs $1,000
and casts slugs the same as the Merg.
enthaler and it is claimed for 1t that 1t
is just as efficient as the $1,000 Merg.
enthaler In setting straight matter
The latter company has put two
letter machine on the market costing
$500 to meet the new competition
and WILL have one of these on ex
hibition
Both machines will be In operation
at the St. James hotel and publish
ers Of Iowa attending the convention
will have an opportunity Of inspecting
them at work actually casting slugs.
A feature Of the machines, which
will make their inspection Of practi.
call interest to the publisher in that
tney can be operated by hand or
other power and either gas or gaso
| line can be used in them, and the re-.
duced price removes the widest bar
| in the gate. separating the publisher
| in small town from the field of a1
vanced and expeditions mechanism.
| The local committee and the Dav-
export Commercial club are making
| every preparation to insure pleas.
ant visit Of the editors. Besides the
business and educational sessions, so
cial features are being arranged to
fill in every spare moment. There
will be boat ride on the Mississippi
river. auto rides about the three cit
| les, giving the visitor an opportunity
of inspecting the Rock Island arsenal
and the scenes of historical interest
connected with the early annals Of
| Iowa.
| Ellery's band will be In the city
and the visitors will be entertained
at a concert at the new coliseum.
| Friday evening there will be ban.
quet at the Davenport Commercial
club Among the prominent speakers
who will be present to address the ed
itors will be Medill Mccormick. pub.
| Usher of the Chicago Tribune, Condo
Hamlin, publisher Of the St. Paul Pho,
neer Press, Byron Williams the hum.
orist Congressman j. Adam Bede Of
Minnesota, and g. Logan Payne of
| Chicago.
| Sunday School Convention at BeIknap.
| Be1knap.--The Soap Creek township
/ Sunday schools held their regular
semi-annual convention here Sun
day in the Congregational church
Nearly all the speakers on the morn
/ ing program were present, but few Of
the afternoon speakers were present.
lection sufficient to cover home ex-
penses was taken No services were
held at night, owing to the in
| ability Of the committee to find
speaker for the evening. The follow
| ing officers for the ensuing year were
elected: o. c. Bell president; Miss
Anna Hughes, vice president; Mrs. M
next convention is to be held as usual
| in October. The place at which 1t is
| to be held was left to be decided OIL
later.
]. NJ. Mccormick was called to Cory
don last week by the illness of his
brother law, John Teeter. He re-
ports that his condition is Improving.
| NILS. "a. L. SIilOCA, WHO WIS quite III
last week with measles Is a great deaf
improved Mr. .Smock has returned to
| his work at the tower. T. e. Putnam
A took his place during his and his wife's
| illness.
The Misses I1ita Bridenstine and
Nellie Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. r. E. Ware
and Messrs Harry Bridenstine and
William Sheridan of Ottumwa were
entertained Sunday at the I. Ware
home.
Mrs. ]. S. Huffman. Mr. and Mrs. c.
/ s. Turner and Mrs. Lola Davis and
/ a friend OF Ottumwa were the
/ guests Sunday Of Mrs. Sarah MCGEE.
The grading for the Rock Island
sidetlack Is expected to be completed
1 by the middle Of this week. Messrs.
4 Mat ]. ew and Ellerton have the wor k
| in charge. The family and most of the
goods of Mi. Ellerton left Sunday for
Coal City. where they have job of
\ grading. The Matthew family and
Eeuben Withrow and family expect to
i leave this week. Mrs. Matthew left
Sunday for a few weeks stay near
4 Udeli.