Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-30
An American Telephone Newspaper

disk to he attached tn the wall, with a
Mute hook ON which to hang the re-
tclNtrS when not i'm use. Ordinarily IL
receiver is held tn each ear. though I'm
Il great crisis, such as one of the big
ioo'hall games. one will suffice for m
llstrntr. There is no transmitter for
the subscriber. He can not talk back.
nor ASK the stentor to repeat. nor ask
questions. nor interrupt the service in
any way. His only way of expressing
disapproval of bad news is to hang up
TN" receivers. though II circumstances
warranted he might slam them against
the wall.
I'm order that no one may wait In
vain for the kline of news i'm which he
Is interested. everything is classified
and sent out over the wires according
I" am exact schedule. The subscriber
has Il prcgtam tackled up beside his
instrument $" that he always knows
"hem TO- expect certain things. When
IL bit of news of unusual Importance
comes I'm, the regular service is inter-
rupted while Il bulletin is sent out, the
subscribers being called by q whistle
signal. Here is the daily program:
500 Exact astronomical time.
500 300 Weather. late kilograms.
London exchange QUOTA
tions: chief items of i'm
tcreSt from the morning
papers.
300 9:43 Special sales at the va
rlouS stores; social pro-
gram for the dan.
9:45-1O:00 Local personals and small
items.
1o:OO-ll:3O New York stock exchange
quotations and market
letter.
11:30-12:0O New York miscellaneous
items.
Noon. Exact a~Stronomicnl time.
l2:0O-12:30 Latest general news: ma
val, military. II con
gressional notes.
1880 100 Midday New York stock
exchange quotations.
1000 200 Repetition of the half
days most interesting
300 2:15 Foreign cable dispatches.
2:15- 2:3O Trenton and Washington
items.
$50 2:41 Fashion notes and house-
hold hints.
2:45- 3:15 Sporting news; theatrical
news.
3:1J- $3.50 New York stock exchange
closing quotations.
$500 500 Music. readings. lectures.
$500 soc Stories and talks for tho
children.
S:0O-1O:3O Vaudeville, concert, opera.
I'm a Newark department store which
Installed n number of Instruments t.
draw trade the innovation was so sue
cessful that a restaurant next tried 1t.
Patrons became so interested i'm the
Wv t'pGt WY w AIiiNb w Will
their v%ictuals. Then the clubs took up
the Telephone Herald. Altogether there
We're over 1000 subscribers by the mid
die of November, though only a part
of these were actuaiiy receiving the
service because the switchboard could
accommodate only Il limited number at
that time. New subscribers then came
in so fast that the company felt encour-
aged to extend the service to the Or
angcs. Paterson, Passaic and other sur
rounding towns, and to rlan a plant for
Atlantic City and vicinity.
Indeed. these subscribers came III
so fast Mt the ate OF 40 or so a week,
that the solicitors were temporarily
laid off"
One feature OF the telephone news
paper will endear it tn the hearts OF re-
formers. and indeed to some others who
favor intellectual rcpose. II has no
comic supplement.
1t is discouraging. aftcN this rosy de-
scription. to read in The Editor and
Publisher (New York; that the tele-
phone newspaper has temporarily sus-
pended service, owing to- financial en-
barrassments. At the time of suspen-
sion ii had $500 subscribers, though
only half of them We're getting the
service, duo to lack of equipment. 1t
is said that a syndicate will AXE over
the enterprise and resume publication.