Three Can Live On 51 Cents A Day
Los Angeles expert Dr. Harvey Gordon McNeil asserts a family of three can be fed adequately in Southern California for 51 cents daily. The diet emphasizes fruits and vegetables with limited animal meat, noting a possible 10 cent increase for heavier labor and a total daily budget of 61 cents.
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Los Angeles
California
Harvey Gordon McNeil
McNeil
Como
Cceeeseee
Corte Ag
Exchange Building
Canada a Market for Eggs
Canada cannot meet domestic egg demand and imports from Russia and China fill the gap, with locally produced eggs insufficient for consumption in the Dominion.
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Canada
Russia
China
Dominion
Panama Canal Opens Oil Markets for California
private circular from S B Wakefield & Co bankers predicts millions of barrels stored in California will be ready for delivery by canal completion. European and eastern markets will absorb California oil, reducing coal use. Mare Island officials say oil will power most vessels. Navy plans include oil burners and Pacific fleet expansion.
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Los Angeles
S. B. Wakefield & Co
California
Panama Canal
United States
Navy
Mare Island
Pacific Fleet May Go to China to Protect American Interests
In Los Angeles on November 1, plans shift the Pacific fleet from two weeks in port to a rapid move toward Honolulu or Guam. Admiral Thomas will await orders for potential Chinese waters intervention as ships assemble near San Diego and San Pedro.
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Los Angeles
Honolulu
Guam
Chauncey Thomas
Secretary of the Navy
San Pedro
Thomas
James Slauson
Chamber of Commerce
San Diego
Navy Department
Pacific
Oregon
California
South Dakota
Maryland
West Virginia
Colorado
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Vicksburg
Chinese
Monterey
Monadnock
Uncle Sam
Oriental
Japan
China
Loyalists Fleeing by Trainloads in Peking
Dispatches describe worsening panic in Peking with Manchu women adopting Chinese dress and many sent fleeing on overloaded trains. Officials seek asylum for families, legations brace for emergencies as rumors of an outbreak circulate and northern provinces show rising revolutionary sentiment.
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Peking
Legation
Prince Ching
Peking-Hankow
China
Manchuria
Lighthouses Asked for Mojave Desert by Residents
A group of Mojave Desert residents urge lighted lighthouses and road crossing markers. Harold D. Ferguson has begun a petition to the county board of supervisors requesting landmark lights and safer desert navigation.
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San Bernardino
Mojave Desert
Harold D. Ferguson
Board of Supervisors
Public Land and Mining Contests Advise via Clark Wright
Public Lands and Mining matters summarized with invitation to contact Clark & Wright land lawyers at 902 F Street N W Washington DC for free information on contests and obtaining scrip locatable on public lands without residence or cultivation.
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Interior Department
Clark & Wright
F Street N. W
Gen’s Land Office
Washington, D. C
Names of Meat Changed for Higher Prices in Chicago
Chicago restaurants have replaced the "small steak" with pricier renamed cuts like "single sir loin." Prices rose 10 to 25 cents with lunch counters charging 25 cents and pretentious spots 75 to 90 cents. Managers say naming changes hide higher beef costs. Wholesale beef also climbs beyond 1900 highs.
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Chicago
Suffrage Puzzle May Go To Courts
Los Angeles reports that federal and state rulings conflict on whether American women married to aliens or foreign born wives of American men may register and vote. Assistant District Attorney Byron Hanna says a congressional act may disenfranchise citizens, but he questions its constitutionality and expects a formal opinion in days. Contests over registration and voting likely post election as counties differ on the issue pending court clarification.
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Los Angeles
Byron C. Hanna
United States Congress
Mr. Hanna
United States Supreme Court
Congress
United States
California
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