Potato market not cornered says Los Angeles dealers
California faces no potato famine and there will be no permanent shortage. H. Y. Stanley of the Los Angeles Produce Exchange says ample potatoes are available from Wisconsin Minnesota and other states. He notes one East seller shipped potatoes without asking prices, and forecasts prices may rise slightly.
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Los Angeles
California
H. Y. Stanley
The
Produce Exchange of
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Plans for public horsewhipping in Zion City tobacco crackdown
Wilbur Glenn Voliva pledges drastic measures after April election to punish tobacco users. He says a vigilance committee would horsewhip on sight, drive out independents, seize industries for cooperative run, ensure employees share profits, bar tobacco users from hiring, and expel churches from Zion City.
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Chicago
Zion City
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Voliva
Zion City Tabernacle
Miners Find Gold Near Dos Palmas Country
Miners rush to the Dos Palmas country eighteen miles below Mecca after a discovery of gold float in the mountains. The find, valued at fifty thousand dollars per ton, was first made by Jack Grussmeyer and John Key. A San Francisco firm sent a party to Banning after learning of the discovery.
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San Bernardino
Mecca
Dos Palmas
Jack Grussmeyer
John Key
San Francisco
Banning
Various measures introduced by solons in opening session
California lawmakers push death penalty for burglary or robbery. Bills target cold storage egg and butter fraud, jail terms for opiates liquor or firearms, anti gambling measures, suffrage amendment and a state song proposal. Court actions include compulsory vaccination and nurse examinations. Debate over Asiatic immigration triggers tense senate clash with 25 to 11 vote to refer resolution.
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Sacramento
Finn
Senate
Hare
Assembly
Johnson
California
Bell
Capitol
Suffrage
Cattell
Sanford
Wolfe
Washington
Japan
Wright
Committee On Federal Relations
Taft
Larkins
Boynton
Committee On
Federal Relations
Cartwright
Resolved Resolutions Call for Excluding Asiatic Laborers
The text notes a treaty framing to forever exclude Asiatic laborers from shores and urges telegraphing the resolutions to the U.S. president and to all senators and representatives. The passage reflects a political stance linking immigration policy to national labor concerns.
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United States
Congress
California land ownership ban for aliens proposed in House
A bill by Mr. Lynch of Sacramento seeks to prohibit aliens and noncitizens from owning land in California while preserving treaty rights. It would deny land title to non citizens who have not declared intent to become citizens unless treaty protections apply.
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California
Lynch
Sacramento
United States of America
Taft Commutes Editor Warren Sentence
President Taft commuted the six month imprisonment and 1500 dollar fine of Fred D. Warren editor of the Appeal to Reason a Socialist paper from Girard Kansas. The new sentence removes imprisonment and leaves a 100 dollar civil fine. Warren was convicted for mailing a circular offering a reward to return Governor Goebel’s alleged killer. Socialists planned February 12 meetings which may become jubilation gatherings.
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Washington
Taft
Fred D. Warren
Appeal To
Reason
Girard
Kas
Warren
Taylor
Kentucky
Goebel
Indiana
Lincoln
Fifteen Chinese Physicians Held as Law Violators
In Los Angeles officers raided offices of Chinese physicians accused of practicing medicine without licenses. The state medical board has pursued licenses across California with prosecutions in San Francisco and San Diego. A detective aided local police to gather evidence, and fifteen physicians including T. Lung Cheung Hong Co. S. Chan Henry Ching M. T. Yeun H. T. Chen Quan Tong and Luen Wing Yue were arraigned.
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Los Angeles
State Medical Board
San Francisco
San Diego
California
State Board
T. Lung
Cheung Hong
Co. S. Chan
Henry Ching
M. T. Yeun
H. T. Chen
Quan Tong
Luen Wing Yue
Protecting the Men Act in Charles II era
An Act of Parliament in the reign of Charles II bans women from using scents paints cosmetics washes artificial teeth false hair Spanish wool iron stays hoops high heels or bolstered hips to coerce men into marriage. Offenders face penalties akin to witchcraft charges and any marriage conviction shall be null and void.
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Charles II
The Philosopher of Folly Insomnia Quip
The Philosopher of Folly quips that a man never bored by his troubles will always reveal his insomnia, highlighting a wry take on self awareness and humor.
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Solons
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Jordan
Panama-Pacific Photo Company
Assemblyman
Malone
Assemblyman Young
Stetson
Board of Regents
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