Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-07

Wayne Herald The Omaha Bee has re-
placed its old linotype machines with lot OF new
ones. The Bee first installed linotype machines
in February. 1894, being the first publication IN
Omaha TO adopt the new method OF type compo-
sition AT that time linotype Tor rural weekly
was not thought Of as practicable. Now many
weekly publications use the modern machine with
advantage and profit
Sidney Telegraph: Omaha has literally been
hit where she lives IN the Caustic criticisms Of
the great Mrs. Rorer but no doubt some vulgar
Omahans will continue 10 cat mashed potatoes
with a sublime disregard for the madanis dis
approval and probably they will continue 70 use
finger bowls without herading their entree with
one Of the Rorers sarcastic stories. Cleopatra
and her contemporaries used finger bowls and
they have ever been al much part 81 the table
service as forks have and as unlDsprationa OF
comment except 70 those individuals whose inn
mediate ancestors ate from common receptacle
III the middle OF the board using those familiar
implements, the fingers, with which TO salvage
generous morscls from the mass Mrs Rorer
carries the marks and evidence 81 having made
sudden jump from her forefathers squattlng
around a conglomeratc stew, 70 her present high
and exalted state from which she attempts to
teach Nebraskans how to eat
David City Banner; special train Of emf
nent eastern advertising experts are touring Me-
braska this week with two-fold purpose, 10 adj
yeftise the east and west and to see what the
west really Is and has This Is a good thing for
both, but far better for them than rs. We know
what they have but they are ignorant as TO
what We have They will 10 back much wiser
and with better understanding Of the west than
they ever had he one grand mistake they will
make Is not coming % David City We are situ-
ated IN the very center 81 the richest part Of the
state and by going around rs they viii miss see
ing the very best part.
Grand Island independent II may be Of in
teresf 10 the public 10 know that the contem-
MI ed hgE la fdF gaF
FIVE 10 fifty large eastern manufacturers and ad.
yertisers, who probably have never been west 81
Chicago, is being paid for by some Of the leading
newspapers Of Nebraska IN cooperation with the
railroads the latter also contributing financially
The independent is, perhaps, one Of the smaller
contributors 10 the plan, rs cash donation being
only $50 This participation has been based upon
the relative amounts Of foreign advertising car
ried by the several leading newspapers Of the
state, and Il has been generally admitted that this
paper carries more home advertising, IN comparl-
son with us foreign advertising than nearly any
other newspaper IN the state. u in addition 70
this work Of the newspapers II were possible to
compute the value OF the Advertising given Me-
braska as a state by all Of It's newspapers, can
any one guess the amount, at the usual com
mereal rates, that is thus freely giyenf
Shelton Clipper And now Bryan blames the
Corporation controlled newspapers" for the story
that he would attend the ST. Louis convention as
delegate from Nebraska or an alternate from
some Other state, ~ ne goes as representative
OF the newspapers he will not refuse the money
he receives for furnishing convention dope.
York Republican: Our democratic friends
will have two special trains to the 81. Louis con-
vcnton. One starts from Omaha and will have
the regulation commissary. The other begins It's
solemn journey at Lincoln and will be stocked
with grape juice. One combination express, bag
gage aud passenger car will be all that will be
necessary on this train. but the demand for tick
cts on the Omaha special indicates that it will
have 10 be run in three or four sections This the
somencss.