California News Briefs Highlight Bonds Rock Slide Orchards and Navy Dock
State bond sales total 12.99 million after $3 million issue sold at par with accrued interest. A 1000 ton rock slid from Excelsior Ditch near Nevada City into Deer Creek, causing a 30 foot cavity but no damage thanks to the flume’s half century of service. Oroville begins fig shipments, fifty tons billed to Guggenheim Brothers as a large Oroville crop is anticipated. San Francisco wins Navy drydock location with Union Iron Works to build a battleship capable dock at Hunter's Point for six years at $50,000 yearly. Ormondale stock farm near Portola to be subdivided after Macdonough's death. horses like Ormonde bred there. Sonoma Poultry Federation pushes against Chinese eggs with state convention plan and local ordinances. Hillsborough seeks rural free delivery via Congress. mail currently routed through San Mateo and Burlingame. Native Daughters of the Golden West install new Grand Parlor officials in Oakland. Mills College scholarship funded and started with $550 pledged. Parents' Rights League presses San Francisco officials to end compulsory medical exams and sex hygiene teaching. Mayor Rolph urged to provide free medical centers while ending mandated checks. Superintendent Roncovieri asked to ban sex hygiene instruction in schools.
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San Francisco
Parents’ Rights League of America
Rolph
Bon
Teague
Roncovieri
Sunlight on Deserts Life and Tattooing Traditions
Editorial notes describe Sun for Women by Women as a quarterly gift book set in the American Desert. It promotes Life- O-Graphing the desert today and offers a yearly subscription priced at $1.00. The piece references Maori tattooing as a cultural practice connected to rites of life and social status.
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American Desert
Life- O
Desert
Finisher Mixes Roles In Odd Moving Day Scene
The Old Fogg challenges a claim about Jones being a plane finisher, saying he saw him driving a moving van. The exchange surfaces in a Cincinnati Enquirer style dialogue snippet with a playful misidentification and sharp questions.
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Jones
Old Fogg
Cincinnati Enanirer
Children to Lead Union Church Sunday Service
Union Church Congregational schedules Sunday June 21 1943 Children’s Day with Sunday school at 10 a m and a morning service led by the children at 10 30 a m Evening service at 7 45 with a sermon The Cost of Living Rev Steward Day minister A June surprise for Mr and Mrs Day drew about 60 people who contributed groceries and money A Ladies Aid Society event Tuesday night raised about 20 with music by Chas Brass and L J Henderson on violins.
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Steward Day
Union Church
L. J. Henderson
Hopeful Passage On Travel And El Dorado
A reflective meditation on journeying over laboring toward distant glory. The speaker extols hopeful striving as richer than final arrival, suggesting true success lies in the ongoing effort rather than reaching a destination.
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el Dorado
Robert Louis Stevenson
Apology for a Compositor Error in Mill Address
The piece recalls a London's weekly journal admitting a press error in Mill's St Andrews inaugural address. The report says the word elephant was printed instead of pamphlet, and the mistake slipped past multiple proofs.
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London
John Stuart Mill
University of St. Andrews
Take a tonic and dismiss worry from mind
A London Express joke recalls a man with nervous troubles who is advised to take a tonic and forget his cares. Months later he receives a bill for three guineas and a note to remit. He replies that he has taken the tonic and dismissed the advice, and the bill tends to worry him, so he has dismissed it from his mind.
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London Express
Real Scrap Sparks Tug-Of-Wight Ring Feud
In a Philadelphia bout two muscular fighters slugged it out with fans divided over the spectacle. A tender spectator called it horrible while a regular patron urged fans to see how they split the purse, peaking interest in the ring showdown.
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Philadelphia Ledger
National Highway Notes and County Developments
Taft reports road work between Bagdad and Cadiz hit by a truck caused holes but a county crew of three teams and about 12 men will finish in about a week. J R Gordon of Toronto arrived via Nat's Highway and left for Los Angeles after storing equipment in Barstow. Helen gains a county free library with Mrs Hermine Ingraham as custodian. County supervisors set July to July third board of equalization. Victorville poles and lights franchise sold to C L Griest. Borax interests cut by one third sold to an English syndicate for 4 million. Washington moves to extend irrigation settler payment terms to twenty years. Senate OK'd bill.
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Geo. B. Taft
Needles
Bagdad
Cadiz
Ludlow
J.R. Gordon
Toronto
Canada
Franklin
Barstow
Los Angeles
County Free Library
Helen
Hermine Ingraham
Board of Equalization
C. L. Griest
Victorville
Borax Smith
Borax Properties
Printer Customer Ads Promote Local Stationery
An notice urges patrons to commission letter heads bill heads envelopes and cards from a local home industry. The item emphasizes supporting regional makers and urges customers to patronize local crafts.
New York Show Left Patrons Feeling Shortchanged
Detroit Free Press recalls a visit to New York where attendees paid five dollars each for two dollar seats for a show not worth fifty cents. The sharp comment highlights consumer dissatisfaction with value.
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New York
Detroit Free Press
Pitt as a Talker and the Style of His Speeches
The piece notes the elder Pitt as the model of long House of Commons oratory. Lord Brougham calls him prolix in all aspects and the first to popularize two to three hour speeches. Pitt reportedly avoided debate when a major state matter weighed on him, fearing his mind would overflow.
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Pitt
House of Commons
Lord Brougham
Senate
Burke
High Finance in Exchange Overdue Debts
A brief Spokane Review item notes a dialog over loans and debts with the Asker seeking $10, the lender demanding $50 owed, and the Asker offering $5 on account. The exchange highlights cash flow tensions reflected in the city’s notes.
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Asker
Spokane Review
Homespun In the Commons Keir Hardie recollects 1892 debut
In an interview in the Christian Commonwealth Keir Hardie recalls entering the House of Commons in 1892 as South West Ham member wearing a cloth cap and homespun clothes. He says his wife bought a soft felt hat but he traveled in the cap and received several top hats from well wishers after arrival.
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Christian Commonwealth
Keir Hardie
House of Commons
South West Ham
Iouse of Commons
Oners
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