California Its History and Romance review by Los Angeles critic
A Los Angeles critic lauds John McGroarty and McGroarty’s California Its History and Romance as a concise, readable single volume. The work covers California from Cabrillo to the early twentieth century, weighing vexed questions fairly and treating figures like Fremont Pico and Vallejo with tempered judgment.
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John S Metsroart
Electric Light
Ann
Los Angeles
California
John & McGroarty
McGroarty
Hubert Howe Bancroft
Theodore Hittell
Bancroft
Hittell
Californi
McGrearty
Suan
San Francisco
Fremont
Picos
General Castro
Guadalupe Vallejo
Pio Pico
Vallejo
Junipero Serra
Monterey
Ranchos
Letter Responds To Complex Phrase With Comic Insight
A reader’s letter opens with a hypothetical chain of thought about what would follow. The bookkeeper and narrator smile at the odd phrasing while the stenographer notes the writer should invent a new shorthand system.
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Famous Spy Ends Life After Rejection and War Feats
Pryce Lewis the first federal spy of the Civil War, famed for disguising as Lord Tracy and aiding West Virginia's Union fate, killed himself after a pension denial. His life included capture and execution attempts, Lincoln friendship, Pinkerton work, and later private detective and insurance roles.
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New York
Pulitzer
Pryce Lewis
Jersey City
Andersonville
Lewis
Lincoln
Mexico
Pinkertons
Dreyfus
France
England
Allan Pinkerton Pinkerton
George B. McClellan
Department of the Ohio
Cincinnati
Pinkerton
Ohio River
Lord Tracy
Crimea
Southland
Charleston
General Wise
Wise
Local notices mix shops meetings and events in city
A dense column lists assorted city items from concerts at the Bee Hive and ladder's orchestra to union meetings and fraternal gatherings. It notes sales, shop ads, and a train of arrivals and departures, including residents traveling to Lawrence and Basin and a fire department call at 3 AM.
Pape’s Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
An advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepsin as a fast cure for indigestion causing sour stomach, dizziness, heartburn, and nausea. It claims a 60 cent price, candy like taste, and complete digestion in five minutes, with the promise of overall stomach relief and no need for laxatives.
High Grade Ore Hit in Surprise Mine in Flint Creek District
E H Pitcher reports Flint Creek district showing strong mining activity as railroad brings new life. High grade ore found last week in the Surprise mine owned by Milwaukee Gold Extraction with P W Schissier and Riemenschneider brothers. samples to be taken to Milwaukee for analysis.
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Philipsburg Mail
E. H. Pitcher
Modoc
Flint Creek
Milwaukee Gold Extraction Company
P. W. Schissier
Riemenschneider Brothers
Riemenschneider
Mil
Awaukee
Labor leaders to testify before federal grand jury
Olaf A Tyellmoe and Anton Johannsen of the State Building Trades council are to appear before a federal grand jury in Los Angeles regarding the Los Angeles Times building explosion of Oct 1, 1910. They have received subpoenas and are due to arrive tomorrow morning. Johannsen is said to have entertained "7, B. Bryce" at Corte Madera home. witnesses later identified "J B Bryce" as James B. McNamara.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Olaf A Tyellmoe
State Building Trades Council
Anton Johannsen
Federal Grand Jury
Los Angeles Times
Johannsen
B. Bryce
Corte Madera
J B Bryce
James B. McNamara
Simplified Spelling in Letters From the Sun Correspondence
The New York Sun reports varied spellings found in reader letters. The correspondence clerk notes many are unconsciously phonetic, some deliberately intended, and others that still convey clear meaning despite the altered forms.
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The
New York Sun
Fire Chief Injured At City Apartment House Blaze
Chicago December 17 Battalion Chief Con way of the fire department was seriously hurt today during a blaze in an apartment house. Many women were carried down the fire escape from the third floor.
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W. C. Cadwell
West Park
Chicago
Conway
Fire
Baalmann's Gas Tablets Claim Quick Cure for Gas
Esteemed ad proclaims Baalmann's Gas Tablets eradicate gas in the stomach and bowels. It touts a near-miraculous cure, priced at 50c, available at drug stores or via mail order from the J. Baalmann Co. in San Francisco.
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Baalmann
J. Baalmann Co
Sutter Street
San Francisco
Cal
Unidentified body found in deserted cabin near Missoula
The body of a man dead several days was found in a deserted cabin at the old McDougal railway camp west of Missoula by local boys. A bottle of strychnine and a water flask were found with the body. coroner believes death by self-inflicted poisoning. A razor case bore the name E. M. Lacey. the man appeared to be French.
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Missoula
McDougal
E. M. Lacey
City of Pueblo Engineer Fatally Scalded During Engine Burst
Seattle December 17. Chief Engineer Andrew Reed of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company was badly scalded when the forward cylinder burst and he rushed to shut off power in the engine room of the steamer City of Pueblo off Partridge Point near Port Townsend. The vessel was towed to Seattle for repairs.
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Seattle
Wash
Andrew Reed
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
City of Pueblo
Partridge Point
Port Townsend
Exhibition Hockey Minus Butte Men
Disappointed crowd sees two local teams play an improvised exhibition after the Butte squad failed to arrive. Roy Clarke led the forwards with three goals as Hi Clarke added three for the defense, while Howarth and La Londe stood out in goal and at defense.
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Butte
Clarke
Ina
Shryock
Howarth
Rees Kane
Conley Eseeeees Smalley
Serere H
Roy Clarke
Parks
McKay
la Londe
Butler
Hi. Clarke
The remarkable town Transport in Southern Oalite
Transport Ohio hills town with 790 inhabitants near Zanesville closed post office after no stamps sold in five weeks. Population includes 637 Irish and 52 Germans with one church conversion report. Police dissolved, five weeks without arrests, schools praised, and a lone fire causing $200 damage in two years.
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América
Oalite
Zanesville
Joseph Barney
Transnert
Old hay found in Summitville barn dates to 1870
Contractors moving a barn near Summitville uncovered hay from 41 years ago inside a Daniel Webster farm structure. The old hay, placed in 1870, remained sweet and fresh, with newer hay stacked atop it, and was still good for feed according to Gaston correspondence.
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Gaston
Indianapolis News
Daniel Webster
Summitville
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