Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1915 — New Telephone Cards to Be Printed—Cards Suit Best. [ARTICLE]

New Telephone Cards to Be Printed—Cards Suit Best.

The Jasper County and Bruner Telephone Cos. are getting out a new list of their patrons and The Republican will print the names of the two companies on the same card, the same system that was so successfully employed here for a number of years. An effort will be made to have all names in alphabetical order, which is important in the economy of time for the user. The card stock is on hand and the copy is also almost ready and it should not be long before the cards are ready for distribution. The telephone owners made a canvass of subscribers to ascertain which listing system was most popular, the book or the card and a large majority preferred the card system. The books published last year were not indexed, which made them very unhandy, and the book ilst did not include the Bruner telephones, which made a supplementary list necessary. The entire plan proved very unsatisfactory. The cards used this time will he larger than those formerly used, owing to the increase in the number of phones. The most serious objection to the card system is the size of the cards and if the list continues to grow, as it probably will, the cards' will have to be abandoned or somewhat smaller type used in setting the names. The small type is objectionable to elderly people. Messrs. Bott, Myers and Bruner are trying to give the patrons good service and the new cards will prove a grateful thing among patrons.