California News Roundup From Los Molinos to Pleasanton
A Texas style dispatch reports a grasshopper invasion east of Los Molinos with irrigation ditches offering some protection. Reports from Tokyo suggest Japan may delay official action on California land ownership laws. A massive dynamite blast at Giant Power Company in Giant kills six hundred pounds of unpacked charges with no survivors. Railway Mail Service race tensions prompt segregation demands from white clerks. Long Beach auditorium collapse case moves to Grand Jury after Coroner’s verdict blames one girder. San Francisco man shoots visitor during a shaving break, another man dies from a head wound. Admiral Sah teases Portola Festival attendance with potential Chinese warship reception. Aviators Roy Francis and Charles Craig survive a sea swept wreck near the Heads. In Pleasanton, city officials weigh ownership of fruit trees straddling public streets as a town watchman is accused of stealing fruit.
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Los Molinos
Tehema County
California
Washington
United States
Japan
Giant Power Company
Giant
Alexander H. Stephens
San Francisco
Burleson
Willie N. Coney
Gladys Street
James Hamilton Reed
Central Emergency Hospital
Couey
Board of Public Works
Reed
Admiral Sah
China
Admiral Dewey
Sah
Tong King Chong
Republic
Tong
Pacific Coast
National Assembly
Annapolis
Roy Francis
Charles H. Craig
Western Pacific Railroad
Hartley
Clark
Pleasanton
Larry Lyster
Lyster
Vancouver refusals and port of call updates in global news
Vancouver rejected a 50 000 pound library grant from Andrew Carnegie. In Anacortes Washington an 18 year old hit by a baseball dies after hospital treatment. a 23 year old loses an eye in the same game. Ethel Barrymore quarantined in New York for diphtheria. she cancels Europe trip and theater engagement. Admiral Peary awarded Swiss Geographical Society gold medal with family present. Jailbreaker Clyde Stratton captured after escape. Naval notes on Pearl Harbor dock prospects and possible big station. Theodore Roosevelt wins libel suit nominal damages in Michigan. Family murder near Greeley Colorado reported. Kansas grasshopper warning from Arkansas Agricultural College. Senator Works seeks commission for sanitary housing in Washington. slum crusaders push model homes. San Jose opens a free market to cut living costs. direct sales boost for producers, with a small seller fee.
Sunrise Valley Queen Club Meeting at Mrs Fults Home
The Queen Club met at Mrs Fults residence last Tuesday with noted hospitality. Mr Pletcher of Apple Valley spoke on Victorville chamber of commerce and is a secretary candidate. Miss Virginia Messick read about Yucca Club progress from six to about forty members.
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Quecn Club
Opinion Docket Sparks Salary Raise Rumor
A Washington Herald item notes an appointed counselor rendered opinions for a department. The first opinion allegedly suggested raising the official’s salary, prompting discussion of a legal job and its pay.
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Washington Herald
Hinkley Social News and Local Notes
A gathering at Mr and Mrs C D Raftery’s home honored Miss Agnes Papendick with refreshments and friendly chatter. Locals report trips, ranch work, new well drilling, and crops including alfalfa, with Mrs Gibbs planning another well and Axtell scouting up to date rig conditions.
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C.D. Raftery
Agnes Papendick
Frank Nollenberger
Minnie Gibbs
Nevau
Aletta Axtell
Mesers
Frank Riel
Sant Mengel
Stanley Gibbs
George Miller
HH. P. Dover
Hinkley
San Pablo
Union
Hoo
Guy van Gundy
Villiars
Siam
Agnes Papendeck
Fresno
A. Hk. Axtell
San Francisco
W. H. Smith
Jeffrey Williams
H E
J. M. Morrison
Sam Young
George Siemon
Win
Maule
Vaile
A. EK. Axtell
Prospect
D. Trumble
The Hymn He Didn't Want
A young man about to marry Miss Way privately asked the choir not to sing a specified hymn at his church wedding after a four year courtship. The incident shows strain over planned ceremony details and church traditions.
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Miss Way
Jong
Cottage Lunch Room Change Hands in Victorville
In Victorville the Cottage Lunch Room has new ownership as Jay Fetters and Fred Rothman sold to J bh Waddell around mid last month. A rancher from the west side has taken charge of the kitchen and Rancho Verde reports a heavy fire loss with one hundred tons of hay destroyed. Large shipments of farming implements have recently arrived, and Hesperia Social club held another event in their new hall drawing many locals. J E McCarthy from Oro Grande has taken over Hes peria agency duties, M S Pierce was quarantined due to scarlet fever in his family, the school closes early for summer, and F S Geary and S L Schultz map desert roads from Victorville to Bear Valley.
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Jay Fetters
Fred Rothman
J. Bh. Waddell
West Side
Rancho Verde
Hesperia
J.E. McCarthy
Oro Grande
W. EF. Fennell
M.S. Pierce
F. 8. Geary
8. L. Schultz
Southern California Auto Club
Victorville
Bear Valley
Lucerne Valley Residents Report House Move and Local Work
A. B. Scott moved his home to a desert claim north of Dry Lake and shows rapid progress on Manning's well. W. A. Porter went to Fullerton to prep for summer claim work. Holmes ranch house construction nears with lumber arriving. Montgomery scouted Crystal Creek for a summer camping site. Keyes Bros. suffered a gear strip en route to Bear Valley. Repairs are underway at the noted location. Box S schoolhouse hosted preaching services last Sunday evening.
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A. BR. Scott
Dry Lake
Mr. Scott
Manning
Holmes Ranch
T. Montgomery
Alhambra
Lucerne Valley
Crystal Creek
Keyes Bros
Bear Valley
Voices of Maine and Virginia on Speech Mannerisms
Arthur B. Bostwick writes in The Different West that Maine and Virginia have the pleasantest voices slow and distinct in enunciation and sweet in intonation. He notes schooling on speech is lacking and townsfolk are unhurried, contrasting with the hustling stereotype. He asks if rasping high pitched speech ties to business energy.
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Maine
Virginia
Arthur B. Bostwick
West
Washington
Boston
Lord Rathmore Forgetful of Real Name in France
The distinguished House of Lords orator Lord Rathmore recalls a moment when a French railway official asked for his name. Once plucked from memory, he remembered his former name Plunket but had to check his card to learn his peerage title learned in 1894.
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House of Lords
Lord Rathmore
Plunket
London Chronicle
Telegraphing Round the World
The widest telegram route connects British Columbia and New Zealand across North America Newfoundland the Atlantic Great Britain Germany Russia Europe Asia China Japan Java and Australia. It would circle the globe and cover over 20000 miles.
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British Columbia
New Zealand
North America
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
China
Japan
Java
Australia
Globe
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