Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1917 — EDISON, THE SILENT [ARTICLE]

EDISON, THE SILENT

For -many weary months now the world has been asking itself the question, “What is Edison doing?” and as yet there has been no definite answer. We are assured in vague terms that he is perfecting some device or devices that will have powerful influence in terminating the conflict, but the months drag on and we are as much in the dark as ever. We are mysteriously in- J formed that he has discovered or isolated or located or "invented some kind of “ray” that will burn; up a battleship or a town at a dis-! tance of many miles, but that “ray’j has not yet illuminated our dark- j ness. It may be that one or more j of his discoveries are already in! use. If so, why not let the public ! know? Surely the bare that our faith in him is not mis- J placed, could work no harm. Seriously, the American people need all the encouragement they can get in the days that are before them, and if Mr. Edison’s genius is still working full time it would help us to know it.

St. Patrick didn’t have anything on prohibition when it comes to banishing snakes. It’s rare you hear of_ a snake-bite in a bone-dry state.