California News Briefs Highlights From 1928 California State Life
California reports include over one million students in public schools, Sacramento Days of 49 slated for June 29 to July 7, and state finance figures showing expenditures of about 1.7 million dollars daily. Other items note Shrine convention bid for Los Angeles, motor vehicle enforcement, parole calendar at San Quentin, and highway contracts in Placerville and Bayshore.
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California
William John Cooper
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Miami
Florida
Clyde I. Webster
Detroit
Frank G. Snook
State Division of Motor Vehicles
al Smith
James D. Phelan
San Francisco
United States
Houston
Smith
State Judicial Council
Bert B. Meek
Placerville Road
Lake Tahoe
Fresno Pond
Riverton
el Dorado County
Harold Smith
St. Helena
Broadway Station
Fifth Avenue
San Mateo County
E. W. Wood
Stockton
Earle J. Church
Fresno
Philip Conley
California State Automobile Association
San Quentin Prison
State Board of Prison Directors
San Anselmo
State Department of Education
Baron Fitts
Government Veterans’ Hospital
Sawtelle
Fitts
Louis la Place
Bureau of Statistics
Division of Motor Vehicles
la Place
University of California
Stanford
the Airways Divison
Aeronautics Branch
Department of Commerce
Daniel Guggenheim Foundation For Promotion of Aeronautics
Standard Oil Company of California
Adolph B. Spreckels
W. Popplein
John H. Thieler
Ray L. Riley
State Railroad Commission
Superior
Napa County
M. B. Pratt
Isle of Rhodes Carved in Medieval Power and Pastel Life
Rhodes, the largest Dodecanese island near Asia Minor, rose as a sea power under the Dorians and later the Knights of St. John. The harbor and fortifications recall a medieval fortress with now quaint shops, windmills, and vivid street life, while the 1522 Turkish siege ended with a ceremonial evacuation to Malta.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Godes
Asia Minor
Levant
Wisby
Baltic
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Egypt
Greece
Island
Caria
Cicero
Caesar
Knights of St. John
Jerusalem
Knights of
Helios
Mole
League of Youth
Europe
Kos
de Vlisle d’Adam
Malta
Dodecanese Islands
Aegean Sea
Kastelorizo
Cyprus
Grecian Peninsula
Crete
Clothes Ideas From Abroad by Mae Martin
In a falling short column Mae Martin recalls a Paris hostess daughter’s aged rose beige dress dyed vivid red, praising thrifty dyeing with Diamond Dyes. She urges readers to recolor garments, touts easy use and long lasting color, and offers a free Color Craft book from Diamond Dyes in Burlington Vermont.
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France
Mae Martin
Home Service Dept
Diamond Dyes
Burlington
Vermont
Had a Little List in Riverside Stories
An anecdote from Schwab’s evenings at his Riverside Drive house unfolds through a wry tale. A man, told by his doctor he has rabies, declares he is drafting a list of people he wants to bite, mocking the doctor’s calm reassurance. The Detroit News credits the piece.
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Schwab
Riverside Drive
Detroit News
Poor Diplomacy in a Banker's Reference Request
Dialogue reveals a cautious house agent pressing for a banker's reference. The client resists, noting a reference would likely disappoint him. The exchange hints at tensions over assurances and trust in financial dealings.
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House
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praise Letter
Kingston Missouri resident Mrs Barr V Eastis reports illness improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for 18 months. She previously weighed about 100 pounds and could not work, but after four bottles she is well and capable again. she also notes her sister-in-law benefited after her last baby.
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Kingston
Lydia E. Pinkham
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