Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 219, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1919 — Unnecessary Noise. [ARTICLE]

Unnecessary Noise.

A man reports that he has succeeded inventing a noiseless typewriting ;nrachine. If the report be true, let us rejoice. It is a great stride forward. Any invention that stops or lessens any of the noises of this noisy world is distinctly an achievement. We* suppose that street cars, for Instance. will one day become obsolete, but the chances are that they will last for some time yet. And this being the case, why is it that some genius does not invent a way to muffle the Infernal. nerve-wracking and diabolical noise that a street car makes? They crash-and hammer their way over, our streets, and when they round a curve they *»m if wail like the wail of a 1 ost soul—Los Angeles Times. . f .