New Trans Saharan Telegraph Route Links Niger to Mediter ranean
The Pall Mall Gazette notes a rapid French expansion across the Sahara with a 1,000 mile courier route from Gaso on the Niger to Insalah Tuat. Posts established at Agades and the Ahaggar enable a monthly Niger to Mediterranean service using horses and camels for military and potential trade use.
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Niger
Mediterranean
Sahara
Pall Mall Gazette
Morocco
Algeria
French West Africa
Dakar
Gaso
Timbucktu
Insalah
Tuat
Sudaranasis
Agades
Ahaggar
Munch
France
Senegal
Dahomey
A Pretty Fair Eye and the Optical Man
In New York a traveling optical exhibitor ridiculed a rival by proving a faulty left eye from Boston was badly made. The exchange exposed defects, color, size, and natural appearance, ending with the rival’s vendor vanishing. An antique note riffs on a French mistranslation of Cooper and a joke about localization. An English effort seeks to boost Scotland’s tobacco crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
England
Scotland
Minnehaha Orange Land Tract Prospect Near Visalia
720 acre tract in Wood Lake Orange District Sierra Nevada foothills 17 miles east of Visalia altitude 700 feet adapts to oranges or lemons historic site with water stream and notable trees offered for 36000 dollars with one quarter cash and balance due in ten years at ? percent G F Stevenson owner 329 Laughlin Bldg Los Angeles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Lake
Orange District
Sierra Nevada
Visalia
California
Moses
Mt. Whit
United States
Hudson River
G. F. Stevenson
Laughlin Bldg
Los Angeles
Circular Ambition and Roxley Airship Interest
A fragment notes Roxley the baseball pitcher turning to airship building aiming for a sharper curve. It mentions a virus dance cure and Dr Kline’s nerve restorer with a free trial offer and address in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxley
Kline
R. H. Kline
Arch St
Philadelphia
Saving Time and Shoes Ad Promote Foot-Ease
A humorous exchange features a bill collector asking to settle an account while a soft voice answers from the top floor. An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot comfort, claiming relief from hot feet, corns, bunions, and ingrown nails with a 25 cent price and free sample offer.
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Chicago Tribune
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N
Tit for Tat Affable Barber Card Advise
An old London Telegraph quip tops a Bill of goods ad for HOWARD EB BURTON Assayer and Chemist of Leadville Colorado. It lists specimen prices for Gold Silver Lead at $1 75c and 50c respectively and notes cyanide tests with mailings and price lists upon application. A reference to Carbonate National Bank is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London ‘Telegraph
Howard EB. Burton
Leadville
Colorado
Carbonate National Bank
Flattery in Art Dialogue Sparks Artist Rivalry
In a staged exchange, Criticus questions Mrs De Scadds portrait while the artist admits the work aims to please the buyer for money, signaling market-driven portraiture and public taste.
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Criticus
Brownsberger Commercial College Promotes Business Training
In a competitive era, youth aiming to rise above mediocrity need business training. Brownsberger Commercial College in Los Angeles is cited as the leading institution for Southern California students. readers are urged to request its catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California
Brownsberger Commercial College
Los Angeles
Heald
Southern California Business College
S. Grand Avenue
J. W. Lackey
Referendum Calls to End Graft Practices
A public plea urges initiative to mend graft practices through a referendum. The text reflects a call for reform and civic action with emphasis on collective responsibility.
Truth and Quality laxative claim strengthens California Syrup ad
Appeal to Well informed readers cites Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dosage escalation. Claims its ingredients are physician approved and warns to buy only genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
White Peril and Trade in Far East Markets
A fragment reflects 1908 era concerns about foreign dominance in East Asia. It mentions China and Japan should curb European and American control of industrial and commercial markets, citing The Taiyo in Tokyo as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Far East
Whiskey for rheumatism formula sparks medical debate
The article notes growing discussion among the medical fraternity over whiskey as a rheumatism cure when mixed with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. It provides a dosage instruction and cites Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Chicago as the Toris source, available from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Mrs Sapsling Hopes For Post Office Instead Of Check
In a fragment from a letter Mrs Sapsling laments a check she received and wishes her husband had sent a post office order. A slip drops from the letter prompting her plan to go to the bank and repudiates the payment. The ad for Malthoid Roofing offers guaranteed, ready roofing with free samples and a factory rep in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Sapsling
E. G. Judah
Los Angeles
Used and Bargain Goods Featured in City Listings
Small ads advertise slightly used tourist cars at low prices with liberal terms. A wall paper sale, musical instruments, records, patent attorney services, sanitarium rates, engines, bicycles, billiard tables, photography studios, clothing discounts, seeds, tailoring, shoes, dental offers, hotels with rates, government land guidance, sewing machines, real estate deals, and building plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobil
Auto Vehicle CO
F. J
Spring Musical Instrumen
Ruton Music Co
Cor
Sth
Broady
G. BE. Harpham
Union Trust
Santa Rita Private Sanitarium
S. Hope St
Commercial
Los Angeles
Cut Rate Bicycle Co
Hartlook
Mercantile Place
Mission Studio
Nson
Walter Harris CO
Spring St
Ris A
Stent T
National
Tess
Broadwa Regal Shoe
Broadway
Hargrove
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Hood
M. M. Motorcycle
Lincoln Holland Pacific Coast
Noth Main St
Tou Ansole
New York Wall Paper Co
TH & Main Sts
Whitley Jewelery Co
Edwy
Cal
la Bronson ‘Skes Desk CO
Barbers
Craig Brothers Company
Jaeger Supply Co
South Broadway
Calif
ABA
Arnott Orohard Cultiv
Sanders
Arnott
Usc
Columbus Wagons
Guarantes A
Mownntrorir
Gh.p
Arnott & Company
South
Ine, Los Angele
Espion
Fennimore Cooper
de Sagan
Cooper
America
George
Puck
Orange Land Tract
Douglas Sor
W. I. Douglas
Beergylietes Shoes
Wil Douglas
Spark St
Brockton
Mas
Lomita
San Pedro
Hollingsworth & Company
West Sixth St
Rors
F. W. Nowell
Sorin Street
Henry
Louisville
Mrs. Winslow
Demurren
Mr. Smanley
Venal Company
East Footk, St. Los Ani
Mike
Mere Steeles
NESTA
Temple
Lenox Chambers
Ethna
Equa Bath
Jain St
San Pedro Sts
Western Irrigation Land Bureau
McPherson
Stimson Bilifornia
Bingham & Knowles Land Co., Inc
J. A
Standard Sewing Machine Co
Los Angeles County
Edward Sherman
Nat'l Bank
Eugene C._Webster
H. Hellman
W. G. Hanson Building CO
Mason
Doke Adv. Agency, Inc
Los Ange
J. B. Wagner
Pasadena
Alpine Springs Hotel Co
Citizens Nat’nl Bank Bldg
LosAni
Mort
S.spring ST
R. G. Dua Cane Bank
Arena Corner
Hope Geer
Woolf & Bren
Mason Bldg
A.R. Bowers & Sons
Chicago Varnish Company
Main St
Woodill & Hulse Electric
Los Angel
Orange County
Allerton
Orange
Jacobs
Pacific Electric Building
Stern & Goodman
Fullerton, C
Music Pesuis
J. Held & Company
Los Animes
N. U
Woodbury
Hamburger
Highth Broadway
Woolley
Whitidd
J. H
East 7Th St
MacDonald's College of Beauty Culture
Mercantile Place Corner
W.A. Saunders
Esite Maier Brewer
W.m.hoegel Company, Inc
S. Main St Angeles
Grates
L. A. Mantel & Tile CO
South Spring St
Ingersol
O.D
Peoria
LEWIS
Frank P. Lewis
Pe- E i
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