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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1907
Page
8
A brash tale shows a man of wealth consulting an architect about a costly mansion. The designer notes a portico and Oriental touches with Caryatids, raising questions from the client about relevance to his life and past. The scene blends romance and humor as dialogue reveals vanity and longing.
Stewart H. Leland describes a collapsible wooden framed darkroom with light proof cloth walls glued with black paper, a full back, waist tie, dull black interior, ventilating tube and drain pipe, a ruby glass window, and a hinged shutter to prevent exposure while waiting for plates.
A discussion on moral influence notes that every person affects global happiness. It then surveys India’s state irrigation works, praising Indian engineers and noting that 1903-04 water distribution reached over 21.5 million acres, with crop value over £27.5 million, and compares India’s irrigated area to England, Wales, and Scotland combined.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that reaches the disease in the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims to be a genuine prescription with tonics and blood purifiers, offering testimonials and nationwide availability through Toledo and agents.
William B. Loeb, secretary to President Roosevelt, rose from a timid Albany stenographer to Roosevelt’s trusted aide. After Roosevelt’s gubernatorial days, Loeb’s job prospects grew as the Governor noticed his work, leading to lifelong service as stenographer and private secretary, then Washington roles under Roosevelt and later as assistant to Carter.
As secretary Cortelyou earns a cabinet post and elevates Loeb to secretary to the President, with duties including attendance at cabinet meetings.
Lexington Kentucky adds two famed bloodhounds Nick Carter and Ivy to the police force. Captain W G Mulliken requests mounted patrol duty and six new officers to patrol annexed suburbs. Mulliken and city officials agree the captain becomes a mounted patrolman and the dogs are attached to the force with maintenance paid by the city.
In a domestic quip from the Cincinnati Tribune a mother bans her son from playing with Ivan due to his profane swearing while Basil defends him saying he has learned all he knows from Ivan.
A dialogue sketches wife anger as a husband fears her repeating courting foibles. A nurse attending George prompts jealousy over the imagined risk to his heart. The piece notes Vienna’s growing treasure hunting craze as thousands dig across the city.
Historic doll in Independence Hall reflects early fashion influence from Paris. The piece notes a surge in Parisian toy exports to New York, totaling 218 819 dollars in six months, with a focus on fine playthings where France competes with Germany.
An early Brownsville resident noted for Methodist piety but quick temper laments a slain hound by a local bully. The man vows to whip any killer on the Rio Grande, recalling a Washington Star anecdote. An ad for a nerve treatment accompanies the clipping.
An elderly gentleman sternly warns a young man as he descends stairs three steps at a time. The youth responds calmly, noting that football is out of season, defusing the tension with quiet wit. Theexchange hints at a larger comic scene between rigid authority and playful bravado.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for tight shoes sweaty feet and foot fatigue with a trial offer and New York address. A Harper's Weekly cartoon caption follows, featuring a rural scene about potatoes growing larger in the sack over time and a farmer explaining the phenomenon to a housewife.
An anecdote recounts Dryden translating Virgil and seeking payment from Jacob Tonson. Tonson offered no money, prompting Dryden to send a quip about writing more like them if needed. Tonson promptly sent the funds. The piece also mentions various stray items and humorous quips from the era.
The Houston Post records a quip where a famed mind reader claims the challenge lies not in thoughts but in the mind itself. The exchange highlights a playful dialogue on perception and mental prowess.
Nell Miss Antique clings to the idea that marriages are made in heaven. Belle Well suggests it must be comforting to her though she hasn’t much chance here.
The United States Geological Survey Bulletin 302 by Henry Gannette reports cooperation among the land office census bureau and Geological Survey to standardize area figures. It sets the United States proper at 3,026,780 square miles, adds 1,188 over census figures, and lists Alaska 500,884, the Philippines 115,026 Hawaii 49, Porto Rico 3,435 Guam 210 Samoa 77 and the Panama canal strip 474 square miles. Detached territories may change as borders are refined.
Citizens in a Chicago suburb confront a large poster advertising a Colored Minstrels Entertainment at a local hall. Some are amused, others indignant as bold lettering proclaims Bring your Wives and Children. The item blends local curiosity with social tensions over minstrel performance.
Satirical jab notes Diggs Huh wind castles as a critique of grand but impractical projects. The line likens ambitions to inflated promises and mocks the scale of plans.
A collage of early 20th century vignettes contrasts quiet home life and indulgent travel stories. It notes two Cincinnati girls enjoying European exposure and a London shop scene where a child bargains butter while a gas meter is paid, finishing with a humorous dig at Irish representation in Boston’s library.
A dialogue sketches a man’s pretentious air vanishing as his wife finds hair on his coat. A passerby questions a road’s direction. the boy replies the path is always here when he passes.
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