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This year, The World-Herald celebrates its 125th birthday. Here’s a sampling of what’s been happening all these years from the pages of our newspaper.
100,000 riders daily on omaha street car system
Sept. 8, 1937: The cities of Omaha and Council Bluffs were served by 49 buses and 233 street cars, carrying almost 100,000 riders every day, according to the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.
1937: Visitors to Omaha’s third annual electrical exhibition could hear their own telephone voice. The exhibit, designed to show off improved telephone reception, had visitors talk into a phone, magnetically recorded their voices, then played them back.
1977: Advertised as the perfect thing for college freshmen: a Smith-Corona electric portable typewriter, with snap-in correction cartridge and a ribbon that could be changed in seconds.
1999: Methodist Hospital and the Nebraska Health System partnered to offer mental health services at the Richard Young Center at 26th and Harney Streets. About $4 million in remodeling was being done to the former Lutheran General Hospital.
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