Letter from California highlights Modesto stay and coast trip
In a Modesto diary style letter dated June 24 1915 readers are told of sighting California’s roads bridges irrigation ditches and poppies from a Ford tour. They describe a 40 acre Bald Eagle Ranch near Modesto with figs apricots oranges walnuts and dairy. and a Stockton to San Francisco boat journey on the San Joaquin River with a four wheel paddle wheel. They detail visits to Exposition grounds Sacramento and Auburn plus a LaGrange Dam picnic and a return trip plans.
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News-Telegraph
Atlantic
Towa
California
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Stockton
San Francisco
San Joaquin
Te City
Lincoln Hotel
Exposition Grounds
Iawa
Lawa
Agriculture
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Intillockton
LaGrange Dam
Auburn
Calif
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sacramento
Capitol Building
Sutter Fort
Visit to Folsom Prison and surrounding site observations
A narrator tours Folsom Prison near Polson City, noting twelve hundred inmates on eighty plus acres. Prison life includes work, a band, farming, and crafts. guards on horseback control movement. A poignant scene involves two visiting women and a hanging sentence for a son. On leaving, large rock piles and a rock-dredging operation are seen nearby.
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Polson City
Ely's Cream Balm Ad for Nasal Relief
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fast acting remedy for colds and catarrh. It instructs to apply a small amount in the nostrils to soothe inflamed mucous membranes and relieve congestion, promising instant relief and easier breathing.
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Ely
Roads Carved Through Sierra Rocks For HighwayUse
Travelogue describes rock piles four miles long formed over seven years, blasted from 80 to 100 feet, to be crushed for highway construction. The narrator details a Yosemite Valley journey from Modesto to Auburn, noting winding mountain roads and the awe of steep ascents and deep valleys.
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Yosemite Valley
Ound
Auburn
Yosemite Trip By Motor Party From Modesto
Mr and Mrs J L Fritz and family describe a mountain journey ending near Yosemite with campsites, water sources, and scenic highlights. They detail climbs to Union Point and Glacier Point, the valley view, a Sunday service at Yosemite Chapel, and roads through Coulterville and Merced Grove. They plan to move to Pomona for the year.
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Yosemite Falls
Union Point
Glacier Point
Yosemite Chapel
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Big Oak Flat
Coulterville Road
Merced Grove
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Tuolumne Grove
Coulterville
Oakland
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Golden Gate Park
Pomona
J. L. Fritz
Women urged to use Pinkham's Veg Vegetable Compound
An advertisement urges women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore health after overwork and neglect. It claims the product has aided many over forty years and presents a call to try it to improve feminine wellbeing.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Not Polite to Discuss Operations at Table Sign
A Rochester hotel displays a sign reading guests are requested not to discuss operations at the dinner table. Rochester, home to Mayo Institute, draws about 150000 visitors yearly for operations or to accompany relatives and friends.
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United Press
Rochester
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Mayo Institute
Distress In the Stomach and Headache Relief with Tablets
Mr Henry Padghan of Victor New York reports in advertising that after six months of using Chamberlain's Tablets his stomach distress after meals and headaches improved as his bowels regulated. He also suffered constipation prior to use. The tablet is sold by all dealers.
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Henry Padghan
Victor
Employment Bureau Ad Offers Help and Job Leads
Fragment from a period advertisement lists the Allmas Commercial Club employment bureau contact and states several applications are on file. It emphasizes assistance for those seeking work or help, with a telephone number provided.
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Ifree Employment Bureau
Allmas Fo’ Commércial Club
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