California News Briefs Highlights From State Affairs
California reports two death row inmates Clarence Buck Kelly and Edgar LaPierre are newly condemned at San Quentin with April 27 and May 11 hangings set. Folsom murderers in a prison revolt face retrial. Bond voters consider a 12 million dollar park program funded by a 6 million expenditure while a 100 million federal buildings bill funds a 1 million post office in Sacramento. California motor deaths rise to 1,651 with 9,159 accidents in 1927. Western Air Express plans passenger service Los Angeles to San Francisco with Fokker planes. governor pushes rehab for narcotic addicts. Highway labor favors locally sourced workers. primary party balloting limits to four major parties. Orpheum Theater construction in Sacramento advances. Yosemite excavations reveal ancient trees and lava-preserved impressions. IRS indicates widows may repay refunded inheritance taxes amid community property disputes.
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San Quentin
Clarence “Buck” Kelly
San Francisco
Edgar LaPierre
Oakland
la Pierre
Kelly
Folsom
Sacramento
Neil R. McAllister
Ray Singleton
George “Red” Baker
Folsom Trusty
California
Duncan McDuffie
California State Parks Council
Palace Hotel
Civic Center
Washington
Coolidge
Oak and
Postoffice
Seventh Street
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Western Air Express, Inc
Los Angeles
Harry Guggenheim
Guggenheim Foundation
Western Air Express
Earl E. Jensen
C. C. Young
Jensen
Prohibition
Charles V. Eakin
West Air Transport Company
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Chehalis
Tacoma
Medford
Corning
Calif
R. D. Bush
Long Beach
Richfield
Ventura County
Kern County
Coalinga
Orpheum
J Street
Eleventh and
Twelfth Streets
Theodore W. Chester
Joseph H. Chester
Joseph H. Stephens
A. O. Johnson
Charles Miles
Chicago
The
Sacramento Aviation Club
John S. Lawson
Yosemite Valley
Mammoth Hot Springs
Camp Roosevelt
H. L. Mason
Botany Department
University of California
Mason
Department of Internal Revenue
Breeding and care tips for a farm flock of turkeys
The Idaho Farmer advises turkey breeders to select strong stock to ensure fertile eggs and healthy offspring. Feed is crucial with a daily mix of oats wheat and corn for birds on range, plus greens and dairy for nutrition. One gobbler per dozen hens is recommended, with confinement for nesting and careful nest protection from predators like skunks crows and dogs. Eggs should be collected daily and kept at 50 to 60 degrees in a padded box.
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W. D. Neale
Idaho
Turkeys Profitable in Many Parts of Country
Farmers nationwide find modern turkey-raising methods profitable. Turkeys are kept away from chickens, in confined yards with brooder stoves, using artificial incubation and sanitary practices. Regular feed, clean water, and dry mash replace reliance on bugs, with vitality maintained by proper feeding.
Prevent Accidents Chicks Deserve A Chance To Be Healthy
A farmer notes that brooder heat must not be excessive or brooders cramped. Chickens need warm quarters with space to escape heat, mirroring a good mother’s balance of warmth and liberty to avoid distress or illness.
Keeping Young Turkeys Safe From Bare Ground Dangers
The turkey grower should avoid bare ground around crops and feeding areas. Keeping yearlings on good sod reduces deaths from diarrhea and blackhead, especially where infection may persist near the barnyard.
Time inscription on sun dial quoted by I Pikos
An inscription read on a sun dial quotes a line about time. It credits I Pikos and references 1928 with Western Newspaper Union. The saying contrasts how time feels for different emotions and ends with a message about love making time eternal.
Unusual Good Things Green Pepper Soup Recipes
A historical kitchen note outlines making Green Pepper Soup from peppers, butter, flour, milk, and spices, plus directions for White Stock from veal bones, and Oxtail Soup with brown stock. It explains stock basics, simmering versus boiling, and the value of canned vegetable liquor as flavor.
Pineapple to Furnish Future Paper Supply
Caroa a Brazilian wild pineapple species may supply pulp for first class paper. Natives strip leaves near the fruit to obtain fiber used for rope by wet rot ting. Experiments beat pulp from rope after caustic soda treatment, bleaching, and beating. Caroa fibers are long and cylindrical, enabling tight matting for strength. Gum oil balsam pitch and acid are also yielded.
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Brazil
Laxative Brom Quin ine Tablets Claim Cold Cure
Advertisement notes that headaches from slight colds are relieved by Brom Quin ine tablets which cure the cold. It urges looking for the signature of E. W. Grove on the box and price at 30 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Cat Finds Only Bridge Home After 80 Mile Journey
Bonzo a black cat owned by Bert Pierson of Hertz England wandered from Sheerness on the isle of Sheppey and crossed the King's Ferry bridge to travel about 80 miles back to his old home where he stayed until found.
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Bonzo
Bert Pierson
Hertz
England
Pierson
Sheerness
Isle of Sheppey
King’s Ferry
Old Home
Millions for Movies Worth Over A Billion Worldwide
The box offices of motion picture theaters in the United States and Canada pull in more than 650 million dollars annually. Global receipts exceed 1 billion dollars each year.
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United States
Canada
Joint-Ease relief ad promises fast pain easing
An advertising brief touts Joint-Ease for rheumatic pains and muscle ache. It claims rapid absorption and frequent application with quick results, pricing at 60 cents and a trial offer from Pope Laboratories in Hallowell Maine.
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America
Pope Laboratories
Hallowell
Maine
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B. B. Meek
State Department of Public Works
Meek
Young
Division of Highways
Division of Architecture
Senate
County Boards of Supervisors
Garrison
Modesto
Markleville
Coleville
Caifornia
Lake Tahoe
Bridgeport
Turkey
Western Newspaper Union
Columbia
R. North American Dye Corporation
Mt. Vernon, N. Y
Garfield
Hanford
Rawlings
Oregon
Thacher
Cat
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