Coast Happenings and Western Walking Record
Sacramento reports John Ennis, 69, arrived after 81 days crossing the continent by foot, aiming to reach San Francisco Wednesday and set a new coast to coast walking record. Also in San Francisco Chinese slave trade arrests and desert wolf attacks near Victorville threaten miners and prompt a large wolf hunt.
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Sacramento
New York City
Edward Payson Weston
John Ennis
San Francisco
Outlaws Hold Up Man on Desert Near Needles
The San Bernardino sheriff hunts two Mexican outlaws who robbed Juan Vera on the desert near Needles. They beat him, left him for dead, and stole 70 dollars. Vera crawled to camp and is in hospital in San Bernardino. One robber carried a rubber hose loaded with iron.
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San Bernardino
Juan Vera
Needles
Mothers Trade Babies On the Long Beach Pike
Two young mothers with identical baby carriages swapped their infants by mistake on the Long Beach Pike last night. The babies did not cry and both mothers soon noticed their error, reuniting with their own child amid relieved and happy crowds.
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Long Beach
Pike
Strand
Peach Crop Heavy in Pomona Cannery District
G H Waters reports a splendid peach season with canning at 50 000 per day. J H Lobingier notes Ontario cannery handling 75 to 80 tons of peaches daily and has already used 700 tons of apricots. After peaches, Ontario plans to process thousands of cans of tomatoes.
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Pomona
G. H. Waters
Pomona Cannery
J. H. Lobingier
Ontario Cannery
Ontario
Oil Town Grows Too Fast
A Kern county oil camp twelve miles northwest of Garden Station grew overnight to a nameless town. About 200 people live in the camp with two rigs delivered at Series, the nearest railroad siding, in a new oil district.
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Los Angeles
Garden Station
Kern County
Thousand Acres Blackened by Flames
A major Nevada county fire near Hunt's Hill east of Grass Valley threatens the Fowler sawmill and Tahoe National Forest area. About 1,000 acres burned as 30 firefighters respond. several houses and barns have burned. water sluices for Grass Valley in danger.
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Grass Valley
Cal
Nevada County
McLeod
Hunt's Hill
Quaker Hill
R. L. B. Bigelow
Fowler
Tahoe National Forest
Senators Blame Tariff and Trusts for Price Advances
Washington dispatch reports minority senators Johnson Alabama Clark Arkansas and Smith South Carolina fault tariffs trusts and monopolies as major causes of rising prices. They argue protection enriches a few while harming many and cite sugar woolen tariffs and meat trust practices as evidence of价格 pressures and reduced local competition.
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Washington
United States
Johnson
Alabama
Clark
Arkansas
Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Congress
London
Meat Trust
California to seek 5 million bond for 1915 Panama Exposition
Sacramento officials expect Governor Gillett to call a special session to approve a constitutional amendment for a 5 million bond to support the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 in San Francisco. The plan would levy an annual 4 cent tax per 100 dollars for five years and allow California to outbid New Orleans.
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Sacramento
Cal
Gillett
California
San Francisco
New Orleans
Exposition
Louisiana
Bananas Harvested by Central Park Conservatory
After twenty years of effort horticulture experts at the Central Park Conservatory have harvested their first bunch of bananas. The fruit is well formed and full size and the bunch was delivered to Bellevue Hospital for distribution among tuberculosis patients.
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New York
Central Park Conservatory
Bellevue Hospital
Rankin philanthropist dies after estate giving away millions
ST. LOUIS Aug. 24 David Rankin who recently gave away his fortune estimated at more than 3 000 000 died Monday at Atlantic City according to a telegram. The beneficiary of the philanthropist was the David Rankin Jr School of Mechanical Trades. Rankin was 74 years old. In giving away his fortune he retained 3000 a year for his own use.
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ST. Louis
David Rankin
Atlantic City
David Rankin, Jr
School of Mechanical Trades
Rankin
Tiny Duquoin Girl Born Extremely Small
A baby girl born on a farm east of Duquoin weighs one and a half pounds and measures under twelve inches in length. Her head is about the size of a hen's egg. Doctors say she will live. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wallace.
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Duquoin
All
Charles Wallace
Here
Petrified Infant Found in Brooklyn Tenement Coal Bin
Police in Brooklyn probe a mystery after discovering a child's body turned to stone in a tenement coal bin. Physicians say the body lay undisturbed for seven years, wrapped in a yellowed newspaper dated February 12, 1903, with no clues to the child's identity.
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New York
Brooklyn
Orientals Arriving in California From Calcutta
Four hundred Japanese and Hindus sailed from Calcutta for San Francisco with another cohort of two hundred a week earlier, triggering department of commerce and labor concern. Protests from Asiatic Exclusion Leagues surface as officials weigh immigration tests and a $4 head tax before entry decisions.
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California
Washington
Calcutta
San Francisco
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department
Pacific Coast
Drinking Cups Barred on Wisconsin Trains
Wisconsin trains will no longer furnish public drinking cups after Sept. 15 travelers will find cups hidden when crossing the state line and not removed until leaving Wisconsin The policy follows a Wisconsin state board of health rule deeming common cups dangerous and capable of spreading infectious diseases.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ‘State Board of Health
Police Judge Backs Hat Pin Safety Measure
New York reports a police magistrate E. D. McMann urged legislation forcing women to cover sharp ends of hat pins with a device to prevent injuries. The judge questioned the style and suggested corking the ends to avoid harm during public encounters.
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New York
E. D. McMann
Epidemic of Cholera Spreads in Southern Italy
In Bari Italy Aug 23 the cholera epidemic in Southern Italy intensifies with rising deaths in the town of TanI where official reports list twenty and earlier over thirty. The virulent disease shows a high death rate across affected districts.
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Bari
Italy
Tani
England Imports Trade Figure For Last Year
The report notes that England’s imports reached a value of 167.22 million units of currency for the previous year, reflecting the nation’s broad trade activity and economic exposure to overseas markets.
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Pacific Slope
Man Gow
Li So
Ma Gow
Jory
Discovery Point
Brogart
Pearl Roberts
Captain Bartlett
Desert Fame
Bartlett
Roberts
Victorville
Majority Report
Panama Canal” Exposition
Virginia
Orkney Springs
Smithsonian Institution
England
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