The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-03
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The Phoenix (Ariz.) Republican OF
July "A, says:
p. r. Helm of this city. who is asso-
ciated with the Pratt-Gnbert company
came here from Honolulu, which was
his home for many years. While he is
as justly proud of Arizona as any of
her adopted sons. he retains more than
a passing interest in the island COM.
monwealth that was his home for so
long. He has just received and passed
along to The Republican for inspec-
ton a copy of The Pacific Commercial
Advertiser of July 2. together with a
magazine number printed in honor OF
the fiftieth anniversary of that news
paper. These papers are accompanied
also with a copy of the first edition of
the paper, just fifty years before. re-
produced from the files for purposes
of comparison and as souvenir.
The comparison, it may be said,
shows very marked advancement in the
art of publishing a newspaper and
some notable differences in the matter
carried by the two editions The diff
ference most quickly observed is that
in the older edition one-half the paper
is in the native language of Hawaii
There are also advertisements in the
native language and the present day
edition is somewhat Illuminated by
Geographic service, which was impos-
sible half hundred years ago.
The magazine section is a volume of
100 pages besides the covers 1t is not
only profusely illustrated but the pic
lures are good, equal to the best news
paper photography on the continent
The magazine is printed on a good
quality of book paper and is a credit
to the publishers. The contents of the
magazine are all that one would ex-
pect; an album of information descrip-
tive of the islands and Honolulu in
particular, together with the pictures
of her leading men and brief biogra-
phies of those who have made the CIV
lllzation of the present city what it is
as well as its commercial prosperity.
Among the pictures and biographies
are those of Queen Liliuokolani and
other members of the former royal
family of the islands. descriptive of
their present life and surroundings.
But probably the most unique feat
ure of the magazine section is series
of four pages assuming to be a repro
duction, or more properly speaking a
reproduction of the issue Of the Ad-
vertiser of July 2, 1856. fifty years
hence. In these pages it appears that
air navigation has been accepted as the |
locomOtion of the hour. There is a |
telegram from Denver announcing an
accident that befell T. r. Longworth, |
a gra edson of President Roosevelt, |
whose aeroplane scraped off the CHM !
neyS of a number of 'sky-Scrapers,
disabling his steering gear. Another |
message announces the departure. of
Pope Charles T. from Rome, for visit |
to his old home in Baltimore. There |
is mention also of the friendly relations |
existing between him and the presi-
dent of Italy, Those are only speci-
mems of a very interesting Geographic |
page. There is a picture of Honolulu |
as it will appear in 1856 and there are
some striking advertisements. One is
that of the Balboa hotel, which is fifty |
stories high and has three thousand |
rooms. Every bedroom is circular and |
harbors no dust. Oxygen apparatus
IN each room gives a supply of fresh
air every night. Touch button and |
your bath appears. The body is laved
with oxygenated water after which a
few minutes in the drying cupboard
lined with moving brushes and filled i
with dessicated air dries the skin and
electrifies it. AT the acreage in the
tower the patron can have his choice
IF any sort of air vehicle. etc., etc
The improvements are all one could
imagine and then some. Altogether the
edition is novelty and perhaps a
prophecy. It gives a hundred years of
L citys life, half of which is yet tot
De lived