Hiouchi Bridge Opens on Redwood Highway in June
California and Oregon governors attend the dedication of the Hiouchi Bridge over the Smith River marking the final link in the Redwood Highway. The 608 foot cantilever steel truss cost 170 479 50 and connects Crockett to the coast, as George H. Mauer Company works on the nearby Southern Pacific station project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood Highway
Smith River
California
Oregon
Pacific Coast
George H. Mauer Company
Piedmont
Crockett Station
Southern Pacific Company
Sweitzer
William Hay
Watsonville
Ray L. Riley
California Water Service Corporation
Concord
Frank W. Moore
Madera
United States Department of Agriculture
North Fork Forest
North Fork
Bufford
Bakersfield
Humboldt County
Elihu H. Ropes
Eureka
Humboldt Bay
Humboldt
Martinez
John Briones
General Fund
Durham
Delhi
Ray Jones
Marysville
State Land Settlement Board
Frank J. Mellor
Pittsburg
Mellor
Wishing wells and sacred springs across cultures
Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly discusses the global belief in wells and waters as oracles and healers. From Greek sacred springs to Zemzem near Mecca, European folklore to American sacred ponds, communities align water with divine power and healing, with rites evolving into modern wishing wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank H. Vizetelly
New York Times
Europe
Greece
Apollo
Adelphi
Ceklinj
St. George’s Day
Vitrolles
France
Saintes
Copenhagen
Denmark
Lourdes
Bernadette Soubirous
Bethesda
Palestine
Ishmael
Arabia
Mohammed
Hagar
Mecca
Central America
Mexico
New Mexico
Colorado
Whipple
Zuni
Persian Hats and Supernatural Wells Across Isles and Highlands
A Persian shah proclaims a new men’s hat the pahlavi worn by President Cadquare. Across Scotland and the British Isles legends describe holy and healing wells where offerings and fasting determine love, fate, and cures. In Guernsey wells promise cures for erysipelas and eye ailments, with strict rites and dawn water draws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Cadquare
Pahlavi
Knud Lavard
Magnus
Helen
Highlands
Scotland
British Isles
St. Helen’s Well
Sefton
Lancashire
White Haven
St.Helen’s
Island of
Guernsey
Justice of the Peace Collects Fine with Help
Gilroy California Justice J M Hoesch fined Frank Markes of San Leandro 300 dollars for violating the prohibition law and reckless driving. Markes lacked funds but offered to fetch the money. Hoesch accompanied him to San Leandro seventy five miles away, obtained the payment, then returned to Gilroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilroy
Calif
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Hoesch
Hoesch
Frank Markes
San Leandro
Markes
Tine
Airplane aid to big business marks transit milestone
Industrial groups push executive travel by air with company fleets. Standard Oil of Indiana, a pioneer, replaces its first craft with Stanolind II, a nine passenger, all metal tri motor from Ford Stout division. The St. Paul Association of Commerce used it for a Winnipeg goodwill tour with city council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Allan Jackson
Stout
Ford Motor Company
Stanolind II
St. Paul Association of Commerce
Winnipeg
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Port Costa
Crockett
Colony of
Carmel
San Jose
Theodore Roosevelt
Albert Thielke
Plano
Solano
Secretary of State
Loong King Tien Yee Association of
San Francisco
Lau
Quan, Jung
Calistoga
Southern Pacific Motor Transport Company
Railroad Commission
California Transit Company
Southern Pacific
Vallejo
Suisun Fairfield
Vallejo Junction
Richmond
C. A. Ross
Oakland
Sonoma County
James W. Ramage
Ray L
San Luis Obispo
Oklahoma Oil
Southwest Baptist Church
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
Ben C
Haarested
Seeland
St. Knud's
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