Purported cures and stage gossip in a mixed local column
An assortment of clippings notes health tonics like Karl's Clover root Tea and Foley's Kidney Cure with testimonials, plus a theatre tease for Jim Jeffries becoming Silent Sam in A Man from the West. Readers are reminded of patent medicines and a local joke about boots and leather.
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Quiett & Ayres Drug Co
Ira W. Kelley
Mansfield
Foley
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
Jim Jeffries
Silent Sam
Three Forks, Mont
The Cost of a Cable Across the Pacific
Discussion of the high costs and difficulties of laying trans Pacific telegraph cables. Estimates place total capital needs around 26 million dollars for a reliable Pacific system, with deep-water and long-distance challenges, and the potential economic benefits from faster cross ocean communication. The piece notes copper gutta percha cable specifications and speeds, plus the note that trans oceanic links could open new business avenues.
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Atlantic
Scribner’s Magazine
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Vancouver
Australia
New Zealand
New York
Japan
Vancouver-Fanning
Lord Kelvin
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ZkEron
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Chicago
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Robert Hamilton
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Mrs. Whitson
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Walter Favel
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America
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Sears, Roebuck & CO
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