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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1911
Page
6
New York investigators report dangerous conditions in the city’s 4000 bakeries. They visited 145 facilities. many operate in cellars with poor ventilation and unsanitary practices. Cats slept on dough. animals roam mixing rooms. workers lack clothing storage. one baker never cleaned tins.
A San Bernardino syndicate backed by English mining men hires John T. Reed to lead a secret desert expedition aiming to locate diamonds in the volcanic belt. Reed hints at a broad mineral wealth but declines to reveal backers, predicting possible discovery of genuine stones.
Reports of a rich gold strike in China Gulch near Indian creek Coulterville California spread to Merced. Prospector Frank Howarth is credited with the discovery and crowds from Dogtown Coulterville and nearby camps flock to the site amid great excitement and expected bonanza. In California’s Imperial Valley active work continues at the old beach line east of Brawley with multiple shafts but heat and water limits pose hazards.
A short observation compares men to corks where some pop and others require effort to draw out. The verse-style fragment notes the varied responses in seeking proposals.
A confession implicates Ortie McManigal and four others in the Los Angeles Times explosion and a pattern of more than a dozen bomb outrages across Chicago Milwaukee Indianapolis Peoria and other cities. McManigal claims to have aided James and John McNamara and others, with property losses around 3.5 million dollars and numerous deaths. He says the McNamaras Caplan Schmidt and McManigal led the plot with McNamara as head. Burns and Los Angeles authorities hold the confession while more arrests are anticipated.
Investigators trace dynamite purchases by Schmidt Caplan and Bryce from a Giant California factory to South San Francisco and then to the city. Bryce or McNamara reportedly brought some here and used it to blow the Times building. Burns expands the inquiry to other outrages, linking McNamara brothers and McManigal to multiple acts including the Llewellyn iron works destruction.
Ohio Democrats in Congress decide to back Governor Judson Harmon for the 1912 presidential nomination after a conference with Senator Pomerene Lieutenant Governor Nichols and sixteen House Democrats. They warn not to overlook Bryan while considering rivals like Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson as they assess Clark as the current main threat.
New York shoe dealers report increasing foot sizes among American women due to more walking and outdoor activity. Manufacturers are said to be making larger shoes while many styles shift from standard sizes to secret codes.
Lord Redesdale claimed Chinese rice paper contains no rice and is made from tree pith from Formosa. He said the first paper was never raw cotton, the Chinese did not use it, and rag paper originated in Arabia over ten centuries ago with Europe adopting the industry after Crusades.
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