The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-09
!, passed From the Stage of Luxury
), Necessity in the Home as
Well as in the Business
House.
| NOW HAS MANY USES
. Woman in Speaking of Her Tel
euhone Refers to IT as "Her
Friend on the
WALL"

Al ClarllQd IeCcuIiy Tie IOWa lele-
None changed from an old system to
N latest and best scientific equip
Epnt and the Clarinda Journal in re-
krting the incident, after making de-
Killed explanation of how the work
las accomplished and the rapidity of
NJ workmen, sermonizes upon the
H. Of the telephone as follows:
The telephone has long passed the
haze when it was luxury to be en-
kged by the well to do and has be-
hue necessity not only to public
ktitutions and private enterprises but
n the home as we'll The telephone
\ today is servant to the city AID
be people and a very useful servant
Every public building is equip
I'D with telephones which care al
Lys busy taking care of the city's
ktars. We find them in all the de-
krtments of the town hall, in the fire
kepartment's headquarters through
BIT the city, in the schools and hos
|hals, the police department, and in
be office of the water and light COM
anies; and these public Institutions
kould be at sea if their telephone con-
kections were cut off for an ] ur.
Mile the city finds it an absolute
kcessity, the average citizen finds it
St as essential to his welfare. This
evidenced by the large number of
phones which have been installed dur
big the past year in private homes.
A few years ago If we found it nee.
sary to call physician it meant a
kslk of often mile or two. If he
PAS not in when we got there it
teant another trip to some other ply
fhian, Today we reach his residence
b phone in few seconds and IL he
out We call up another one in e
ane length of time, thus saving val
ahle time and allowing us to remain
at home We find we need something
from the store or market in a hurry
ti still cannot find time to go for it.
Without phone we have to get along
Without it, but with one we can call
p and have the goods delivered to us
Without losing any time In ecse OF
Fain or bad weather the telephone
proves to be the housewives best
[rend. One woman in speaking of Eel
Rlephone calls it Her friend on the
pau" Our most distant friends are
PlVaFs within call and in case OF need
Fan be summoned at minutes no
pee. AS a social aid the telephone il
eclety's best friend. Every day in
tallons are issued over phone anc
engagements made for these delight
v informal parties and gatherings
ellnout telephone these informa
MARS would be difficult.
Inc business man already know!
Ele value of telephone to him and /
mot question of having a telephon,
H reliable telephone that Interest,"
lm Many important deals are nov
aosed daily over the telephone AM
lporlant matters involving thousand
dollars are decided after confer
nee over the phone between tw'
1eh who may be, at the time, hun
9eas OF miles apart. A reliable tele
aone and good service are necessar
hen.
for public convenience the tele
paOhe companies nowadays have a
uormation bureau which tells 70
rdctlcally anything you want to know
s Ss, question imaginable from
Maat time is it please" to "HoV
Au the game come out is anwsere
ga day. This is indeed a great benz
70 any city.
rue addition Of the farmers line
NJ not only be of great advantage t
" farmer but will also increase tn
susiiless of the city as we'll. Only r.
sauy has the farmer seen the adval
sse OF a telephone line to him. AS
sMlness proposition he finds that tn
q, will pay for itself in a shol
sae py enabling. him to catch til
as.aet at high tide so to spea,
NV not drive to town with a load I
aOuuce to find that the market hs
s0pped since his neighbor went.
\. now but a minutes work
puohe to the city, obtain the mark,
rye ny. OF produce and even make tt
S se' II the market is right he ca
asn deliver his produce at the pri'
seed upon. The weather reports c;
~ uau by the use of the phone al
s ,,. information essential to his ~
/ + u obtained on short notice. Soci;
sue phone Is great help to Il
MI ,sa'et and in cases of emergenc
~ as fire, accidents and burgla
c salne can hardly be estimated.
MA w,aiiilda is fortunate in having
A.. vaefh an exchange and that it W
,l, ,e many advantages over 9th
a sses having inferior service is a
mt. The new Western Electr
m nn.enooard recently installed is
Al ll' y, OF completeness and embodi
,r,. .ne latest improvements known
NAV a,ehDoard practice. The local {
snnas hinge Is now equipped with the be
t rnm obtainable assuring it's I
eo ms the best of service and with t
II ,peration of it's subscribers hop
sate. y '''eni e'ie pes' ~ :