Olden State News of Interest to All
A collection of brief California items: a Sacramento church explosion damages scene during a sermon by Rev Oliver Harnish amid controversy over his prior anti morality charges. San Francisco heirs appeal $26,205 state inheritance tax despite federal tax returns. Hollywood man savagely beaten by masked attackers. D A convention criticizes dodging jury duty and pardons petitions. May cost of living up in several cities. Guadalupe church restoration planned with salvaged lumber. Parole for Daniel O Connell. California Library Association officers elected. radio program on Better Homes in America. Sebastopol to revive annual apple show August 11. arrests in Sancers kidnapping case. carpenters seek wage raise to nine dollars. Oakland Alameda service abandoned. Bergen couple celebrate 54th anniversary. Fire damages San Francisco facilities worth $20,000. Naturalization fraud probes rise. California tax total reported. 88 year old Owen Hughes killed by streetcar. LA DA Thomas Willwine resigns ill health. Vacant Veterans Hospital closure delayed a year. North Coast champs in Interscholastic Federation. Bootleg suspect Montoya confesses burying victim. Knights Landing fire damages several structures worth $50,000. Scarlet fever quarantines affect a Redding marriage license. Goats damage Sonoma grape crop. PG&E landowners sue for $789,000 over river diversion. UC agronomy field trip to Holland tract. early Trinity county music organ tale recounted. Potts, Sacramento Union journalist, dies from veronal overdose. East San Diego recall election runoff dispute ends by canvassing returns. Shasta county businessman Leonardini fatally injured by gear in a water mill accident.
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U. S. Church
Sacramento
Oliver Harnish
Henrietta Watkinson
San Francisco
United States Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
O. P. Harnish
United Brethern Church
Vallejo
Frank Sancers
Hollywood
Lancers
Liberty
Astrea Jolly
California
Yosemite
Department of Labor
Butte
Montana
Guadalupe Church
California Library Association
Janette Drake
Pasadena
Herman Parkington
Stockton
Hazel Gibson
Better Homes In
America
Oakland
Better Homes Committee
Sebastopol Chamber of Commercce
Union
Oakland-Alameda
Southern Pacific Sud
Olson & Mahony Lumber Company
Fifth Street
F. N. Littleton
United States
Owen Hughes
Thomas Willwine
Los Angeles
Veterans’ Welfare Bureau Hospital
Arrowhead
Alameda High
Champ‘crs
Cve
Juan Montoya
Joe Ruise
Knights Landing
Shasta County
Hoyt
Redding
Sonoma
Frank Pedrocelli
Richardson
Senate
Pit
Fall River
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Agronomy
University of California
Kennedy and
Dutra
Holland Tract
Clarksburg
Gus Olson
J. Baxter
Trinity County
Waverville
D. B. Potts
Sacramento Union
Potts
Nevada State Journal
Reno
Andrews
Trustees of
East San Diego
Michael Leonardini
Ororoner
Randsburg Watch Co Rates Investigated by Commission
Randsburg Water Co serving 845 consumers in Johannesburg and Randsburg must file within 20 days a rate schedule eliminating discrimination and within 30 days complete plans to improve service. Complaint by R E Wood and 24 others cited inadequate service and higher metered charges vs flat rates. Commission orders metered and flat-rate structures, storage tanks planned, and minimum charges set with specific tiered rates for various usage and customer types.
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Randsburg Water Company
Johannesburg
Randsburg
Railroad Commission
Commission
R. E. Wood
Servce
Santa Fe Improves Rolling Stock for 1923 Crop Movement
Railroads accelerate transport facilities to meet expected surge in agricultural tonnage in 1923. Mr Wall will oversee a new division based in Barstow to ready engines for greater tonnage and reduce car shortages and congestion in crop marketing.
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Wall
Barstow
Tourists Complain as Route Fails to Meet Expectation
Three more automobiles with tourists were parked in front of the office yesterday. They were in no mood to boost the cut off. They had been directed to a short cut. West of Daggett the road deteriorated after a few miles, forcing them to turn back and follow the main road into Barstow.
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Daggett
Barstow
Silver Gains Global Footing as Markets Track For June
World silver demand shows steady prices around 65 cents with a 64 7 8 cent dip in early June. London imports reach £157,000 and exports £158,000 this week while annual exports rise to about 20 million ounces versus 10 million last year and 6 million two years ago. Total shipments to India from London and New York approach 380 million ounces this year, far above 19 million last year and about 20 million in 1921. May coinage in the United States totaled 12,788,000 pieces worth $12,757,000 with gold double eagles at $5,000,000 and nickel cents at $247,000. Large silver exports persist from London to India and China, totaling 31,928,618 ounces in the first four months, up from 25,356,742 ounces a year earlier.
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London
New York
India
Monroe
China
Dixon buys site for ice plant and Elks building work
Dixon has purchased a site for the erection of an ice plant. Work will soon begin on a new Elks building at Woodland. For Sale One room house furnished on leased ground with shade trees for 250 dollars. Mrs E W Buekman lip.
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Dixon
Elks
Woodland
E. W. Buekman
Rand District Travel Ad Baffles with Los Angeles Fare
A truncated travel snippet shows Rand District travel offer headings toward Los Angeles with an odd amount cited as 7790 and a fragment about Bakersfield. The legible parts hint at route directions and pricing but lack coherent schedule details.
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Shifferent
Daniel O’connell
McNeil Island
Tacoma
C. C. Bergen
Sierra Madre
Randsburg Watch CO
Santa FE
Ie LA
Gates
Lee Holladay
George A. Collins
Figueroa
World Metal
Francis X. Moore
Remington Portable Typewriter
G. Cleveland Taylor
William L. Denton
Randsburg, California
Rand
Anderson Auto Line
Bakersfield
Eneree
Packard
Mojave
Sea Steern Pacific
Cldick
THE
la Carre
Club House
Randsburg, Calif
Almond Hotel
J. J. Chambers
Prop
Gunderson Jones Drug CO
Christophers
Graduate of Pharmacy
Peacock
Goodes
Grant & McCalil
Rand District Agents
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