California News Briefs on Power Strikes and Local Incidents
Electric power stoppages hit six San Jose churches during Sunday services while PG&E workers strike. A gas explosion aboard the Archer near Meiggs wharf San Francisco burned four men and sparked a near-conflagration. Other items include a San Francisco Alameda consolidation vote, Brazil joining the 1915 Universal Exposition, a disputed street-work payment claim, and a high-profile kidnapping case near Sacramento.
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San Jose
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Barkentine Archer
Meiggs
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Mateo
Freeholders
Rail and volcanic disasters headline busy world
Reports describe a collision of two Bulgarian military trains near Drama and Buk with about 100 dead and 300 injured. Vesuvius erupts again with ash rain and tremors. Eastern Morocco actions place Kasbahmsoun near Fez under General Alexander, signaling Morocco advance. The Colorado Springs grand jury indicts seven after a dance hall probe. a woman detective is urged. The Irish vote sinks the suffrage bill as typhoon claims many lives in the Philippines. Canton counts 16 tinypox deaths. Titanic near-miss noted near Newfoundland. A Cincinnati strike flares with fatalities and injuries as police consider further action. Secretary Lane seeks coal land restoration in South Dakota.
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Drama
Buk
Vesuvius
Morocco
Alexander
Kasbahmsoun
Fez
Riff
Atlas
Colorado Springs
Colo
England
Philippine Islands
Canton
Mass
Board of Health
New Foundland
Hull
Montreal
Charles Weber
Chicago
Lane
South Dakota
Geological Survey
Friedmann
Moritz Eisner
M. M. Sturm
Dr. Friedmann
Eisner
Sunrise Valley School Site Chosen After Community Meeting
Sunrise Valley residents select the Manley site for a new school house after a well attended meeting on Wednesday. Delegates were named for the May 10 gathering, with plans for by law revisions and future district expansion. Local social events included Grandma Ward’s 68th birthday celebration and a Fisk neighborhood dancing party. Rush Chrisman of the American Sunday School Union visited to organize a future Sunday school.
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Sunrise Valley Improvement Association
John J. Taummond
L Acm. Sharp
Board of Trustees
Isaacs
N. R
Manley
Mos
Lillie D. Gregory
Geo. Hineman
Grandma” Ward
Grandma
Edw
Fisk
Rush FE. Chrisman
American Sunday School Union
Our
Railroad to Borax Deposits Near Death Valley
The Pacific Coast Borax Co surveys a railroad from the Lila C line to borax deposits in Death Valley. The Lila C connects with the T. & T. R.R. by a short line. Construction starts at once and will cost a substantial sum due to rough terrain.
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Pacific Coast Borax Co
Death Valley
Local Victorville Meeting Draws Valley Delegates
A Saturday Victorville gathering drew delegates including Cherry Gribbin Weigle Miler Holmes and many others from Lucerne Valley. Notable notes include Dr Gobar tending an injured foot, Mrs Chas Martin to San Bernardino for surgery, and pumping tests planned at Lake View Ranch.
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Our Valley
Victorville
Cherry
Gribbin
P. EE. Weigle
Miler
Joseph Holmes
Hazeltine
Messrs
Jas. Goulding
M. J. Rice
C. A. Thatcher
E. H. Wells
John Koehly
L. H. Weigle
Isaac Levy
Ray Packer
Fred Benson
Jacob Morris
John Wilferth
R. M. Phipps
Opie Howd
Jno
Gribbin & Hanna
Gobar
Old Woman Springs
Chas. Martin
San Bernardino
H.C. Club
Lake View Ranch
Ray Hook
Ocean Park
Martin & Swarthout
Benj. Packer
Los Angeles
Ranch for Sale Near Barstow with Water Rights
120 acre river area ranch offered with final proof made. Fifty acres fenced and fifteen acres leveled and cropped last year. Includes 15 HP engine, No 6 pump, ample water, a small house and stable. Demonstrations possible. Address D Box 55 Barstow California.
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Barstow
Cal
Gang Awa to Scotland with Thursbys and baby
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thursby and baby Margaret left Barstow Wednesday afternoon for Benny Scotland. Friends gave a hearty sendoff, tears nearly caused a washout, and they promised to bring a Scotch blue bell for everyone when they return about August 15.
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Hugh Thursby
Margaret
Barstow
Benny Scotland
Echoes of Election in Town Pool Rooms Court Case
Pool hall owners except one face court for a license fee law effective October 31. No copy or notice of the law reached local peace officers or the social court. George Downs fled. others pleaded guilty. Judge Carter deferred judgment to Friday afternoon.
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George Downs
O. C. Laizure
Carter
Kaiser may snub Manuel at Victoria Luise wedding
Rumor says Kaiser withdrew invitation to exiled Manuel of Portugal for Princess Victoria Luise nuptials on May 24. Manuel tied to Lisbon uprising. a letter bearing his signature found on a revolutionary prisoner. Strains predicted between Kaiser and Manuel, who awaits engagement to daughter of Prince Wilhelm. San Diego seeks outside-city water rates after municipal takeover of Southern California Mountain Copper system. Spraying vines notes a limestone dust preservative observed in a French vineyard, foreshadowing modern dusting and spraying practices.
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Kaiser
Manuel
Portugal
Victoria Luise
Lisbon
Wilhelm of
Hohenzollern
San Diego
Railroad Commission
Southern California Mountain Copper Company
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Anderson
Weisel
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Boynton
Arthur I. Shannon
Hall McClaughry
Anita Baldwin McClaughry
Sacramento
McClaughry
Lucky” Baldwin
Baldwind
Dexter
Claremont
Galt
James M. Redman
San Quentin
Carl Fritz Bauer
Bauer
Liberty
Redman
Folsom Street Wharf
Barney Bertsche
Horne
Bertsche
Sunrise Valley
Grandma Ward
Borax
Thomas Williams
Otis-Vermo
Calif
McCormick
Central Garage & Machine Works
J.T. Evans
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Lubin J. HE
Nderson Barstow, Cal
Henderson
Sloan & Hart
Barstow, California
George Luckett
Winter
Aperhanger
Lubin J. Henderson
Barstow, Calif
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B. C. Anderson
Santa FE
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Union Church
Chas. C. Brass
Lucerne Valley
Gang Awa
Scotland
France
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