Eureka Reporter | 1902-11-28 | Page 5 | "Precisely as Advertised"

precisely a EL advertise I 1 soon after one of the largest imer ican railway s had been opened a trav eler noticed a i marked dis regal I 1 for punctuality on the part of the officials official but he nas mas interested intel ested in lit the coun ty and made no complaint at last the ter minus was wis reached there he met a beaming official of the company who pulling out his itch said just look and see what time you make it will you please 1 it wants ten in to I 1 said the trav alei a little puzzled yes s r 12 50 exactly and that s the hour she s timed to arilde how s that for promptness prompt nesi crossing the con almost 3 miles and gett ng here at 12 00 0 clock precisely isely sely as ad verti sed I 1 can t deny t tl at you know said the traveler how many days were you late oh two or three perhaps but we struck the coast at 12 00 new york times