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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

other piece of machinery will be
white enameled so that not one par
ticle of guilty dirt can escape with
out detection. 1t will be churn
room that would do credit to "Spot-
less Town."
The entire new building will be OF
Turner reinforced concrete construc-
ton. The floors, the stairways, and
even the roof will be copcrete,-
making the most fire-proof building
known.
Some idea of the size of this big
plant may be learned from the fact
that the main building will have two
hundred feet frontage on L street
and will be 142 feet deep, having sew
en- floors in it's highest part. Besides
this there will be a power house 100
feet by 102 feet, with an immense
smoke stack built of tile, concrete
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

CHAS. T. KNAPP-REAL ESTATE
1t should be the aim of every
workingman to own his own home.
This is not only laudable ambition
but is a matter you can accomplish if
you go at the matter with a reasonable
and proper understanding, and go to
the right parties for information and
advice. Mr.. Chas. T. Knapp. located
at 1872 North Eleventh street, is the
man that can supply you not only
with the proper advice but will be
more than pleased to show you lots
and homes that will give you the
desired location, and you will be sat
isfied within your choice should you
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01
a combined capacity Of 440 tons per

a combined capacity Of 44o tons per
day.
The space devoted to cold storage
will contain over one million cubic
feet,-more than enough for 900 car
loads. Probably a better idea of
the quantity represented by 500 car
loads can be gained from the state
ment that it would make solid train
over six miles long.
The temperature maintained in
these cold storage rooms is from ten
degrees below zero up, according to
the class of goods stored therein.
You can we'll imagine that the men
who work in these coolest rooms are
in pretty good training for polar ex-
ploration. Should any of them de-
eide to undertake such an expedition
we wish them better luck than DR..
Cook.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

Modern progress is not better illus
trated than in the dyeing and cleaning
business SO distinctively represented
in Lincoln by The Lincoln Cleaning
& Dyeing Works, located at 320-322
South Eleventh street. The day is
past when soiled garments have be-
come of no future service. Instead
treatment is now given them that
is indeed a transformation. The Lin
coin Cleaning & Dye Works has
given Lincoln service of this char
acter that is easily distinguished for
its perfect satisfaction to the grow
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

ing patronage accorded this institute
ion. They call for and deliver from
any part of the city and guarantee
satisfaction in every respect. The
motto of this concern is good work
at reasonable prices, and satisfaction
in every way. In fact. no better
work can be done than Is here as
sured, and you will be well served IL
you let them do your work. The spots
won't come back If they clean yeur
clothes" e. w. Truman is the pro-
proprietor and Leo Soukup manager.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

and steel and reaching 165 feet in
height.
This power house will be equipped
with the most modern water tube
boilers developing 1850 horsepower,
which will be continually and auto
matically fed with coal by the latest
Chain Crate Stokers." This avoids
the arduous task of constantly shov
cling in coal in the old fashioned
way, twentyfour hours in every day,
for it must be remembered that a
cold storage plant can never stop, but
must run every hour in every day,
year after year Should machine
break down there must be another
one to take it's place Immediately. In
this great plant all such contingent
cies will be provided against by dup
icate machinery throughout.
The refrigerating machinery will
consist of three ice machines having
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

We refer to the Harrison Planning
Mill Company, manufacturers of bank
fixtures, show cases, stairs. 'veneered
work-in fact an kinds of mill work.
This company appeals to the people
as a well directed institution fully en-
titled to the best cooperation. This
is one of our leading industries. The
factory and office is located at 1902
North Twenty-sixth street. Continuous
employment is furnished large, force
of workmen and the most friendly
and agreeable terms exists between
the employed and employer.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01
WESTERN SUPPLY COMPANY.


OF the many wholesale houses in
Lincoln there is none that deserve
greater credit for advancing the ma
terial welfare of the city than the firm
above mentioned. The large and ex-
tensive establishment of this concern
is located at 800 N street They are
state agents for Trahern Pump COM
pany, Perkins Windmill company,
elevator and mill supplies, also deal
extensively in steam, water and
plumbing supplies. In fact, everything
pertaining to the plumbing trade.
Their business Of late years has in
creased wonderfully, until today they
cover a territory most extensive. They
also carry full line of goods for the
fitting up and operating Of, elevators
and a full line Of threshing goods. In
fact it is the most complete house
of it's kind in the west. The manage
ment comprises gentlemen Of ability
and integrity well known in COM
mercial circles. They believe in Lin
coin first, last and all the time and
are counted among the city's most
enterprising and energetic citizens.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

panies which are strong and well
managed and which write policies
that are as liberal as those issued
by the eastern companies and backed
by sufficient assets and written by
companies which are conservatively
and we'll managed. The Western Fire
Insurance company is a company Of
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

ficered by Nebraska men, a company
which for every dollar of liability
has assets as good as the Oldest
company in existence. The taking
of a policy in The Western Fire In
surance company of Lincoln is sup
porting and cooperating with home
industry, and this is the surest way
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

This western country, and Nebras-
ka In particular. Isl growing steadily
and Notwithstanding the fact that Ne
braska has been paying tribute to
eastern corporations in the way of
premiums to both life and fire insur-
ance companies. And the people of
this state have done this notwith-
standing the fact that we have COM
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

in building up home industry. The
officers of the company are men of
the highest integrity, and are as fol-
lows: George w. Holmes, president;
Ernest C. Folsom, vice-pIesAdent;
Lee H. Hamlin, secretary and treas
urer, and J. Barr Taylor, assistant
secretary.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01
HENDRY's RESTAURANT.

Lincoln is fortunate in having
number of high class restaurants, and
one that deserves special mention at
this time is the above named cafe,
located at 129 North Eleventh street.
Well cooked meals, polite service,
good coffee and desire to please has
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

on savings accounts. The bank is
one of the safest and best of it's
kind and cordially invites you to call
and in this manner get the Saving
habit"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

decide to invest. Mr.. Knapp's latest
offer in this line is the Park View
addition. This addition has all the
modern conveniences, sewers, water,
gas, cement walks and trees, and the
prices are much below anything in
that vicinity or an other choice part
of the city. Park View is inside the
city and within a short walk Of the
new high school location. 1t over
looks the splendid park system now
being improved and beautified by the
city. In fact this is one of the choic-
est offerings in the real estate line in
Lincoln at the present time. Mr.
Knapp is one of the hustlers Of the
city and rs a man he stands among
the best. He will be pleased to have
you call and see him about this ad-
dition.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01
ELITE AMUSEMENT co.-ELIrE

That Lincoln people are fully up to
an appreciative standard of an amuse-
ment-seeking people is attested by the
patronage given this popular amuse-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01
WESTERN BRICK & SUPPLY &C.

Prominent among the business en-
terprises of Lincoln is the Western
Brick & Supply company, with Office
at 1912 o street. They are dealers
in coal, lime, cement, sand, stone and
all kinds of building material making
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-01

COLLINS BROS. ICE CREAM co.
The question of pure ice cream and
finest ices has been a topic even
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-25
FEASTS THAT KILL

might before" in the opinion of the
man who made chewing an art.
Clad in pale blue, striped pajamas,
with his feet bare, Mr.. Fletcher faced
a small gale blowing into the open
window of his room at the Congress
hotel the other day with enviable i'm
punity. True, 1t was not showing, but
the sun had barely left Michigan City
on its way to Emporia, Kan, and the
atmosphere was more or less frigid.
The teeth of the interviewer chat
tered.
Mr.. Fletcher. who Is as radical an
advocate of fresh air" as he is of
scientific mastication. was immune
from the breeze. He was pink. and
smiling.
Although sixty-one years old and
snow-haired, he is an athlete In superb
condition. He attributes this to his
system OF living and of chewing food.
He weighs ITO pounds and has eaten
fewer breakfasts in the last twenty
years than any hobo in Clark street
AS a result of publicity given to his
''right-living'' propaganda, Mr.. Fletch
er says the words "Fletcherism,
! ''Fletcherize," and "Fletcherite" have
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-25

os ITO while the American ship lost but five killed
and Ave wounded from crew of the same size,
/ could mention a number OF similar instances
which demonstrate my statement that at that time
we were able to shoot WELL and we have been
shooting better ever since. Not only the men OF
the north but the men of the south, shot well dur
ing the Civil war; they shot well during the Span
ish war; and can shoot half dozen times as
well today as we could during the Spanish war
Never has the American navy made such rec
ord as 1t Is making today and never has there been
a navy having record exceling the one winch
our navy is now making for capacity to hit the
target. That is really the whole war problem
to hit what you are shooting at.
We have not in the past built homogeneous
fleets. We build a surplus OF battleships and then
provide the men to man them, and frequently pro
vide more than we have ships for We build auxif
iaries and torpedo boats, If do 1t at ALL without
any regard to the relation which such craft should
bear to the battleship fleet, and while we have
built have in construction 20 battleships, we have
practically no of furnishing tenders for them
under service conditions.
When the batteship feet sent to the Pa
cifc recently 1t was necessary to charter 40 foreign
ships to carry coal for It. II 1t had been found
necessary to send the feet around the horn In time
of war II could not have been attempted because
we could not have furnished American vessels In
which to carry the coal
Very few people realize the deplorable condition
we are in, as far as our merchant marine is con
cerned II we had large merchant marine we
could draw from 1t without having special auxtt
iaries for the navy but we are SO lacking In both
that 1t makes our present situation almost hope
less
When the Spanish broke out 1t was neces.
sary to purchase Golfers and transports. One hun
dred and two vessels were bought at cost of some
thing over ST, 100000, but they cost very large
percentage more than their market value, and more
than twice much they could have been sold
for II they had been put the market at the ter
mination of the In other words. we paid oui
- Ia11o Io1 IL
ourselves with suitable auxiliaries for our battle
ship fleet We should have a navy adequate for
our needs; not only adequate in battleships. but
adequate in every other respect.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-25
Surgery on Heart

Surgical operations upon the heart have become
more or less of commonplace In medical history
Something approxmating 100 cases of the sewing
up of heart wounds record, and the rocey.
cries have been considerable when one considers
the highly dangerous character of such work. Hith
erto, however. heart surgery has been limited to
cident cases.
In a recent issue of the annals of surgery of
the workers at the Rockefeller institute for
medical research discusses the possibility of
treating diseased hearts surgica1ly He has made
numerous experiments animals and believes
that such operations will be successfully performed
on human beings In the near future. His tests
have convinced him that the heart can be opened.
scraped out Cleaned SO to speak,. sewed up and
started off its beating" path again without any
great at least insuperable, difficulty. by an in.
genious system of side piping and channeling
he Is able temporarily to cut out of the circulation
portions of such important vessels the descend.
ing aorta the largest artery in the body. without
killing the animal Among his suggested opera
lions is one the coronary arteries OF the heart
for the cure of angina pectoris.
This doctor has apparently proved to his own sat
isfaction animals that successful surgical inter
ference with the great vessels and the heart itself
is possibility. 1t is, of course long step from
these experiments to actual operations on human
beings but there Is every indication that the latter
feat will be attempted in the near future The In
tractability of cardiac affections and their high ia
tally make the proposed surgery thing OF
great general interest pand may Justify the extreme
holiness of the proposal
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-25

been recognized by photographers and
will be real words" In the diction-
aries.
ut means to digest thoroughly"
said the sexagenarian. "A manuscript
on morals may be 'Fletcherized.
Mr.. Fletcher was loath to believe
that the "superman" of ages to come
would be able to scorn food and de-
rive his nourishment from plain air.
Il would hate to think of that COM
ing to pass" he said. Then he con-
tossed he enjoyed what he did eat
Still, 1t might be done If a man would
get on the windward side of soup
kitchen, and take deep. regular
breaths." he added.
The secret of correct living and
right living Is possession by a greater
percentage of poor persons than by
"malefactors of great wealth" MI.
Fletcher said. He seemed anxious to
correct an impression that he was a
votary of the midnight rarebit de-
bauch.
"Rarebits are all right IL a person
wants them and II properly cooked
and masticated," he said, "but I take
them perhaps two or three times q
year."
Mr.. Fletcher is firm in his belief
that economic eating" will revolution
lie society.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-25
TAKES MUCH PRIDE IN FARM

this two weeks outing for young girls
of the New England cities.
The vacation house stands several
hundred feet back from the street, a
stone wall. over which vines run riot.
separating the lawns from the high
way and the trolley tracks. Painted
white and shaded by fine old trees. 1t
is an attractive place.
A large open hall from which the
stairway winds to the second story.
is the principal feature Of the first
floor. There In the early summer and
as autumn comes on a fire burns In
the large fireplace in the evening, for
the east wind makes the evenings and
night cool along the north shore. The
hall 10 furnished with plain mission
furniture, and after the supper Is over
and before going to their rooms the
girls tell stories or sing.
The dining room, which opens from
the hall, is a long apartment furnished
In light colors. and the big family OF
sixteen girls surrounds the one Ions
table at whose head Ii Mrs. Fannie
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-25
MEN UNFIT TO WE'D

day, where l met several men, but
none approached my ideal Of what a
husband should be.
when abroad / studied the con-
tinental gentleman and found him
away back in the field when 1t comes
to racing with southerners-and es-
.pecially Texans. He does equal north
ern men, though, must admit, but
the northern men, either fasteners or
westerners, are not fitted to be hus.
bands. / think every northern father
should send his son south for q in.
lshing education In gallantry. He will
learn much that will make him fitted
to compete with the hundreds OF for.
eigners who come here to New York
and break into the families of the
rich"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-25
CAN'T COPYRIGHT CITY NAME
Wllkesbarre Ii Denied Right to En.
elusive use-GoVernment Makes
Adverse Ruling.

WiIkesbarre, PATHS city's ef.
forts to have its name copyrighted
has failed, owing to the decision of
the register of copyrights In Washing
ton that the city has no legal right to
the sole and exclusive possession of
its name.
The register of copyrights says In
his decision:
We beg to say we cannot possibly
think Of any way in which you could
secure for the city of Wilkesbarre the
exclusive right to Its name by any pro
ceedings. under the copyright law.
There does not seem to be any prin-
ciple of law which insures to a city
the exclusive right to its name. The
post office department has authority
to name a post ONCE whatever 1t sees
fit"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-25
There Miss Helen FrIck Entertains
Groups OF Working Girls for
Two Weeks Rest.

Pittsburg.-All summer long groups
of girls, everyday girls. have been en-
tertained by Miss Helen Prick In her
summer vacation home on the famous
north shore. Near the end OF SUI
burban street car line running through
Beverly, Mass, stands the comforta-
ble farmhouse where this only daugh-
ter of Henry Clay Prick has gathered
the working girls Of many New Eng
land cities for a two weeks vacation.
They have come from the cotton mill
towns. from cities where the shoe fac.
tories are the chief industries and
from the great carpet factories. AL OF
them working girls of various nation
aIities. Daily Miss Frick has gone
over to the farmhouse from Eagle
Rock, the Prick mansion at Prides
Crossing, couple of miles away. often
making two and three visits a day.
10 deep an interest does she take In
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-25
CURE MADE BY SUGGESTION
Girl In cataIeptIc state Now Talks and
Scientists viii Work on anus
Gle Memory"

Paris.-The local papers publish
the story of servant named Josephine
who has fallen into cataleptic slum-
Der and cannot be awakened. She Is
at present in the hospital at Alencon,
where she has been since January ~
of this year. Josephine, who Is thirty
two years Of age, for the last ID years
has been subject to nervous hts, which
occurred every few months. She was
Frustrated completely after these at
lacks and was incapable OF working for
several days. Her spirits were arect-
ed and she became convinced that she
would never work again. AS her char
acter became more somber her nervous
ness increased.
On June IL last, after day In which
she exhibited unusual mental agita-
ton, she fell into a sleep from which
she has not yet recovered. The anaes-
thesia is generalized. Hearing, sight
and taste are suspended. Only the
sense of smell remains In a certain
measure. The eyelids frequently trem-
BILE convulsively. while at intervals the
patient gives utterance to inarticulate
groans.
DIR. Paul Farez. professor at the
school of psychology, ia interested ex-
tremely in this remarkable case and Is
using his best efforts to convert the
pathological sleep into an hypnotic
sleep in which state the patient would
be more accessible to suggestions OF
therapeutic efficacy. His labors in this
direction have been crowned with sue
cess.
When she fell into the catalepsy 10
sephine was completely speeches.
Now she articulates in loud voice
the effect of suggestion. Responding
, to the same influences she sits up with
out assistance in bed. Under the
guidance of the doctor her faculties re-
turn little by little. But her muscles
have lost their most elementary no
lions OF. movement. Her medical at
tendant now is working upon the
muscle memory" He believes that
presently the dreamer will be called
back by a scientific miracle from the
limbo where her mind wanders, and
that she will be restored to active life
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-25

and white lights, ana LheEe 10 WV
for unofficial messages
The American navy has been the most sue
cassfl military organization, from Its very lncep-
t,on which the world has ever seen. That Is
nrattv broad statement but it Is absolutely True
There are good reasons for this
In the early days were commercial people,
We were natural sailormen. Our people lived
along the shores. They made their money IN
commercial pursuits The men who commanded
merchant ships were not only good sailors; tney
were good merchants, and the foundations iO
many of the great fortunes OF this country naVe
come from that source In order TO protecl Inenl
selves they were obliged to go armed Iheir
sb,ns were armed as were privateers in time OF
war The result Is that they not only knew naNi
cation but they knew gunnery, and combined
with these qualities the intelligence which makes
great merchants.
Naturally when those men came into posltlohs
where they commanded men-of-war, they were
rual IN the occasion although they had had no
naval training AS time went on they acquired
naval training so that In the later wars, IN the
early part of the nineteenth century, they met
every requirement and In the recent wars the
graduates of the Naval academy nave peen equ ".
to every duty which has been imposed upon
them They have made record OF whlch every
American citizen should be proud
The American sailorman has always been EN-
Client They good men IN the time Vi ..e
Revolution competent men In the time Oh 'ne
war of 1872 They are D2JIeT meh Ioaoy sAsA-
were in those days, because today 95 per cent ot
Them are American citizens. and not man is
shipped in the American navy who has not de
clared his intention to become citizen. IWenty
Ave years ago not more than 30 per cent Oh our
men-ofwar's men were American citizens
The American navy has been successful pc
cause our ships have always been as good ships
&c anv that were built in the world Our merchant
men In the Revolutionary times, and down 10
the Civil war were the best merchant ships salt
inc the seas They were, no doubt the pest
manned and they made the fastest time Turing
the period of wooden ships when we built men,
ofwar they were of the same general character.
Our men-of.war gun for gun were equal to, and
nrobably superior. to those of any other nauon
we have always been able to shoot better tnan
v,ost neon,e Go back to the early times to the
revolutionary war. We lost "a men-of-war. carry
ing less than 500 guns. In the Revolutionary war
while the British lost 102 men-ofwar, CARVING
more than $500 guns. We captured 900 OF theii
merchant ships, and 1t is not too much 10 say
that If It had not been for the damage caused By