California News Briefs From Various Sectors
Bay area commerce faces Interstate Commerce Commission complaints over fruit shipping rates from California to Seattle and Vancouver. State Lunacy Commission reports slight changes in mentally ill hospital populations. June and May totals given for eight state hospitals and the Feeble Minded Home.
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Jround
Washington State
Pacific Fruit Exchange of
Sacramento
Interstate Commerce Commission
California
Seattle
Wash Am
Vancouver
B.C
State Lunacy Commission
Carl
Sacramento River
Antioch
Walnut Grove
Lvaytlett
New York
Boston
Chicago
Yosemite Valley
National Park
California Associated
State University
Davis
Depuy
Grant Munson
San Francisco
Fresno County
Ivan D. Hamilton
Madera
Joe Gorman
Gorman
Hamilton
Standard Oil Company
Stockton
Merchants’, Manufacturers’ and Employers’ Association
An Ancient Mariner's Tale in a Seaside Traincar
A solemn narrator tells a seaside tale about a boarding house thirty years earlier where a husband asks for boots and a wife refuses. He then drowns in a new pair of boots, a grim punchline delivered for effect at a station.
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Nan
Manchester Guardian
Frogstroke leg technique for swimming explained
The correct leg action mirrors a frog's hind legs. Draw the legs up slowly under the body, then snap them out behind with ankles turned so soles face flat water. The legs form a V shape, avoid sinking, and kick at a forward angle to conserve energy.
Curious Epitaphs From Graveyards Across Time
A Maine death on a headstone reads he died from a falling tree while in Austria a wooden slab shows a man beneath a toppled tree. Johann Lemberger died aged fifty two and three quarters in a prostrate pose. Michael Gerstner’s tombstone simply says he climbed up fell down and was dead.
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New England
Maine
Leff Austria
W. A. Baillie-Grohmian
Tyrol
Johann Lemberger
Michael Gerstner
Baseball Versus Cricket War Cries Compared
The late Harry Vaughn who played cricket in England and later starred as a catcher for the Cincinnati Reds offered a sharp comparison. He said the main difference lies in the war cries of the sports, contrasting well bred phrasing with blunt callouts.
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Harry Vaughn
Cincinnati Reds
Rhinos
Vaughn
Prisoner Confesses Robbery After Depositing Money in Bank
In court the prisoner admits he robbed the savings bank but explains he had deposited all the money in the bank the following day. The judge asks for extenuating circumstances as the prisoner speaks.
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New York Post
Wife’s New Gown Sparks Humorous Exchange
A brief, humorous exchange centers on a husband guarding finances while joking that his wife might trade him for a husband who can buy her a gown. The lighthearted quip highlights marital banter over clothes.
What to Take For It Seasickness Gag
A playful exchange on sea travel and remedies. Smart asserts a sea voyage item and Waggles expresses curiosity. The dialogue hinges on a humorous misunderstanding about an ocean steamer remedy.
Dear Friend Notes On Maud Jack And Ethel Exchanges
A fragment from a Boston Transcript item records Maud telling Jack she found her beautiful, while Ethel comments that Jack has no imagination, indicating a social exchange among these individuals.
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Maud—Jack
Ethel
Miy
Jack
Boston Transcript
Oro Grande News Rounds Up Local Growth and Travel
Construction advances at the cement plant with a mile and a half railroad completed and sidetrack extension underway. Local figures report new homes, leases, ice plant installation, Ford autos deliveries, and multiple family trips, fishing outings, and social visits across Oro Grande and nearby towns.
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G. 8
P. Cement Co
German
Sheavy Hauling
Atwood Group of Mines
Turner
Oro Grande
Cement Company
Geo, Sargent
Jim Penland
Frank Wassen
Geo. Sargent
Fresno
Metz
Huey
R. V. Morrow
Ford Car
R.A. Drais
Preston Powers
E. H. Nichlingen
Drais & Morrow
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Los Angeles
Jno
S. Mitchell
Barstow
Lubin Henderson
Suit Club
Lubin J. Henderson
Everybody’s Tailor
Barstow, California
H. S. Crocker Co
Terior
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co
H. S Crocker Co
Palace OF ‘Mines and Metallurgy
Panama Canal and Canal Region
Bureau of Publications
Panama-Pacific
Kingdom of the
American Desert
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