Why is this boy so unhappy?
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From the Los Angeles Sunday Times, September 13, 1903
A Valley Home.
At the southwest corner of Santa Monica and Wilbur Avenues in the outreaches of beautiful Hollywood, there is now being erected the residence illustrated on this page and which is to be occupied by Mrs. Margaret M. Roberts, her mother and sister. . . .
Situated in an open part of the enchanted Cahuenga Valley and facing the hills of Griffith Park and the Sierra Madre Mountains, a wide veranda, cement lined, has been provided . . . from which an unbroken view of the hill and valley may be enjoyed. . . .
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From the Los Angeles Daily Times, September 15, 1903
SCHOOL BOOK STORES STAMPEDED; POLICE HAD TO BE CALLED UPON.
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If the young people of this community prove half as eager to master the text-books prescribed by the pedagogues as they were yesterday to buy them, there will be brilliant work during the school semester just begun.
It is an actual and unprecedented fact that the police were called upon to keep the excited youngsters from trampling on one another — to calm the educational mob, you might say.
Early in the day the authorized list of text-books were placed in the hands of every pupil, and then began a stampede on the book stores that possessed some of the characteristics of the charge up San Juan Hill. . . .
The uninformed might suppose the city to be supplied with an abundance of book stores . . . however, . . . dealers were unable to meet the rush. . . .
At Jones book store, on Second street, the crush was so great that the doors had to be closed and the crowds let in by policemen in bunches. Even then, the place was crowded to suffocation, some eager to buy — others bent on exchange.
Nor was this condition peculiar to a few large stores advertising a cut in prices. . . .
“There’s no use trying here” was the oft-repeated expression of people who, after forcing their way through he crowds, could not get nearer a counter than “four removes,” so densely were customers lined up, all grabbing for anything in sight that happened to be on their lists.
Floor walkers threw up their hands in dismay and left the mob to shift for itself.
The more venturesome occasionally got their supplies together, but there was no attempt at wrapping goods. People stuffed the articles into their pockets or under their arms and, tossing the price to cashiers who were stationed at every entrance, made their escape to the open.
Not since the [Los Angeles] Fiesta has Hamburger’s been called upon to handle the crowds they did yesterday.
. . . In addition to the insistent little miss or bright youth importuning some
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clerk: “Please wait on me next,” there were mothers . . . who had neglected the household duties for the day and father who had “laid off” in order to join in the effort to get the necessary book for their little ones, so there would be no delay in their entering upon their studies.
At the Broadway Department Store 102 salesmen were engaged in selling books, departments having been established in three different parts of the building. So dense was the crowd and so suffocating the atmosphere . . . one lady fainted and hundreds turned from the place unable to endure the long wait that seemed unavoidable, and the jostling of purchasers making their way in and out.
“I want a ’ritmetic without a pencil.”
“Gi’ me Wentworth and Hill’s First Steps.”
“Le’ me get my hands on Evangeline.”
“Chase up Rip Van Winkle for me, please.”
“Gi’ me a Natural Verticle No. 7, a Snow Bound, California Plants, Training for Citizenship, a ruler, a triangle and Prang’s Art, and hurry up about it, too.”
These were a few of the expressions flying in every direction at all the stores, but uttered despairingly, as in nearly every instance the filing of an order was the work of several minutes, so difficult was it to find the desired articles, owing to the disarrangement of stock and the inability of the different managements to keep goods on shelves or tables. . . .
In commenting on the experiences of the day, the dealers said they had prepared for a great rush, such as had been true in previous years, but . . . this season had so far exceeded the expectation, the day had not far advanced before demoralization resulted from the down-sweep of customers.
The sales of the day indicated an increase in many districts of from 20 to 50 per cent.
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| Los Angeles Express, September 13, 1903 |
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Q. Why is that boy so unhappy?
A. He didn’t buy his books at Hamburger’s
(like the smart kid on the left did).
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Hamburger’s -- The Store for Books
It is not necessary for us to draw comparisons with what others have done or may do, for the parents of Los Angeles know that for several years we have made lower prices on school books in the primary grades than ever before known in book selling in this city.
It has not been a money making feature but done with the knowledge that where we can save parents on these necessaries we are going to win their patronage along other lines. We shall this season, as previously, make and maintain the lowest prices on school books that will be quoted by any store in the city, and, furthermore, we will have enough books of all classes to supply all ordinary demands, and every price that is quoted by any one else will be given additional cut by us, for it is the maxim of this store that, “What others advertise we sell for less.”
The children will get their lists of necessary books from the teachers Monday; so bring your lists to us and have them filled promptly, correctly and at a saving of money to yourself.
School supplies are also necessary, at the beginning of every school term, for the youngsters cannot be expected to have kept the little incidental things to school life over from one term to another. A dollar will buy a large supply for any child at the following prices, which are absolutely below competition.
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Composition Books — 150 pages extra quality paper. Price 5c
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Brass Thumb Tacks — with bevel edges. Priced at per dozen 10c
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Pencil Sharpeners — extra good quality; safe for child’s use. Price 10c
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Noiseless Slates — single or double. Prices range up from 10c
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School Boxes and School Companions — prices range up from 5c
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School Compasses — with extra leads and nickel or bronze frame, each 5c
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Pencil and Ink Erasers — best quality rubber; good size. Price 5c
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School Note Books — 100 pages, end opening, extra quality paper. Price each 5c
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Lead Pencils; good quality lead. Priced at per dozen 5c
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Ink Writing Tablet — 206 pages good quality writing paper at 4c
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Carter’s Ink — the best made; price per bottle 4c
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Prang’s School Paints — regulation outfit in box. Price 25c
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Slate Pencils — covered with paper; put up 12 in a box at per box 1c
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144 Sticks White Dustless chalk — for school purposes at per box 15c
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Pen Holders — popular size; large assortment to select from, each 1c
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Lead Pencils — with rubber tips; good quality lead. Priced per dozen 10c
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Drawing pads — regulation school size; manilla paper. Price 5c
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School Pen Wipers — an indispensable adjunct to every child’s outfit. Price 2c
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School Crayons — 12 colors packed easily in boxes. Price 5c
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Webster’s Dictionary — more than 80,000 [30,000?] words; school size. Price 9c
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From the Los Angeles Sunday Times, September 13, 1903, Part VI, Page 1
Wonderful Development
of the City’s New “South Park.”
. . . there is a highly improved park within the city’s limits that will compare favorably with any of the city’s older beauty spots . . . . This is South Park, a twenty-acre tract in the southern part of the city.
With the advent of the South Park Electric Line, which is an extension of the old San Pedro street [line] . . ., unsung South Park is brought into prominence. Within the past month many people have had their first view of its varied beauties and have been charmed with the array of flowers, trees and long stretches of greensward.
South Park was purchased from the Boettcher estate and fronts on South Park avenue [now Avalon boulevard]. It runs to 51st street on the south and is bounded on the north by the S.J. Smith tract.
The park property was opened in 1900, and E.R. Reese was placed in charge as park foreman. There was a discouraging proposition on hand, but foreman Reese buckled in and made the most of the opportunities offered. The tract contained a number of orange and walnut trees, and these were the nucleus of the present beautiful park.
For two years there was no water system on the land, and Mr. Reese carried water and hauled it in barrels with sleds in order to keep alive the various shrubs he had planted.
Then the present pumping plant and well were installed [still in existence], and, with an ample water supply, no [other] park in the city has made such rapid progress. The well is 172 feet in depth, and the water rises within 42 feet of the top. There is a tank with 10,000 gallons capacity . . . .
 A large part of the 20 acres has now been brought under a high state of cultivation, and the new trees have made a remarkable growth, so that the park has an appearance of being much older than it is. There is ample shade, provided by the old orchard trees. In this park are 14 varieties of oaks, and several rare species have been placed here and are thriving.
While the residents in the neighborhood rejoice over the opening of the South Park avenue electric line, they also urge that the railway company should make better arrangement for [street]car service. . . .
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