New Year Parade Plans As Tourney of Roses Swells
Pasadena predicts a larger crowd for the New Year’s floral parade while the Komical Knights of the Karnival drop the New Year’s night march. Venice reports sponge growth in canals for commercial use under Capt. P. M. Grant. Long Beach to exhibit 55 000 to 60 000 abalone pearls weighing 2400 pounds valued at 50 cents to 15 dollars each before transfer to the San Diego fair.
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Pasadena
Tournament of Roses Association
Komical Knights of the Karnival
Venice
South Seas
Venice Canals
P. M. Grant
Long Beach
C. B. Linton
San Diego Fair
Citrus crop shortages predicted across California
Deputy state horticultural commissioner George Merrill reports nationwide citrus shortages this year. Olive crops down 50 percent, Porterville orange crops down about 50 percent, Sacramento valley orange crops down 85 percent, and areas south of Tehachapi similar to last year.
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Sacramento
George Merrill
Porterville
Sacramento Valley
Tehachapi
Sacramento to spend 4 million on two blocks for state offices
The special legislative commission adopts a report recommending the purchase of two city blocks facing the capitol on Tenth street and the erection of two buildings to house the state library and all state offices not in the capitol. The estimated cost ranges from 3 to 4 million dollars.
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Sacramento
Capitol
Tenth Street
Special Legislative Commission
Co-Eds Balk at Wearing Green Ribbons and Bows
In Corvallis Oregon on November 4 upperclassmen at Oregon Agricultural College rule that all freshmen men wear green caps and baby class girls wear green ribbons in their hair. The boys accept the order while the girls protest claiming green bows may not suit their complexions or gowns.
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Corvallis
Ore
Oregon Agricultural College
Population of Los Angeles Near Four Hundred Fifty Thousand
Los Angeles population is estimated near 450000 by Thomas McAleer, head of the registration bureau. He bases the figure on male voter registration, with 93766 men and 72835 women registered in the city and 52600 men and 39800 women in the county.
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L. A
Los Angeles
Thomas McAleer
Registration Bureau
McAleer
San Francisco
Becker Rites Death Sentence In New York Murder Case
Former Police Lieutenant Charles E. Becker, identified as inmate No 62768 at Sing Sing, is scheduled to die by electric chair the week of December 9 for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. Reports note Becker maintains composure, eats well, and reads, hoping for a successful appeal or new trial.
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New York
Charles E. Becker
Sing Sing
Justice Goff
Herman Rosenthal
U S Steel Reports Three Month Net Profit
New York November 4 The United States Steel corporation announces a quarterly net earning of 30 063 512 dollars. After deducting dividends depreciation and interest the company shows a surplus of 2 434 801 dollars.
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U. S. Steel
New York
U. S. Steel Corporation
Large Lima Bean Controversy Signals Possible Organization Dissolution
In Southern California the Lima Bean association faces discouragement over alleged manipulation by powerful interests. The group may dissolve as the nation seeks steady lima bean supply with imports considered to keep prices fair. Madagascar limas are under inquiry and a steady demand for export persists. Sugar beet crops in northern California are extremely large, with factories near Chino Oxnard Spreckels expanding output. The dried fruit season yields the largest crop since 1898, averaging 7% cents a pound, and raisin shipments begin with the first carload from Los Angeles at 6 cents per pound. 1912 raisin quality and quantity are strong though not surpassing 1911.
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Los Angeles
Lima Bean Association
California
United States
Pacific Coast
Chino
Oxnard
Spreckels
Germany
Titanic Survivors to Wed Soon
Two Titanic survivors picked up by the Carpathia will marry soon. The couples are Miss Helen M Newsom and Karl H Behr, noted tennis player, announced from New York.
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New York
Carpathia
Helen M. Newsom
Karl H. Behr
Turret of Maine Guns Intact Off Havana
The Maine's forward turret with guns in place was found by Captain Pope after Major Ferguson. It rested right side up forty feet from the barbette site where Ferguson found it overturned. The turret top had rivets torn away, located 125 feet from its original position on the ship.
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Havana
Navy
Maine
Pope
Major Ferguson
Ferguson
Six Children in Thirteen Months Remarkable Family Record
Franklin, Pa, Nov 5. Mrs Stephen Nageotte of Frenchtown has fifteen children in twelve years with thirteen living. Sept 10, 1911 she bore triplets two girls and a boy and yesterday three sturdy boys were born making six children in a little over thirteen months. The mother is American and the father of French descent.
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Franklin, Pa
Stephen Nageotte
Frenchtown
Navy yard men pick tobacco for fleet stocks
In Washington 125 enlisted men at the New York navy yard will chew forty kinds of tobacco to decide which is bought for navy use. Bids from fifteen dealers total 200000 pounds, about a year’s supply. Prices run 32 to 42 cents per pound. Chemical tests will determine the winner.
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Washington
New York Navy Yard
France Wins Balloon Cup Despite Missing Balloons
Berlin reports that France secured the James Gordon Bennett trophy in the international balloon race. Two balloons from France and the United States remained unaccounted for, but Picardie had already set the distance record, preventing any change in the top result. The United States is expected to take second place.
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France
Berlin
James Gordon Bennett
Ile de France
Dusseldorf
United States
Twins Nearly 93 Register to vote in Babylon
The Muncy twins Samuel and William, soon 93, walked two miles from their farm to the election bureau on Babylon L I. They climbed the stairs to register under the fountain and look forward to voting in future elections. They have voted at every election and cast their first vote more than seventy years ago.
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Babylon
L. I
Muncy
Samuel
William
Election Bureau
United States
Supervisors Order Sign Posts on Los Angeles Crossroads
The Los Angeles county board of supervisors approved planting sign posts at road crossings after a Bell district petition. They also accepted contractor work completing grading and macadamizing Sunset Boulevard.
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Los Angeles
Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County
Bell District
Sunset Boulevard
Record sweet wine production nears October peak in Southern California
In Los Angeles on November 5, the October output of sweet wines including Muscatel Angelica sherry and port is projected to top all prior Octobers by nearly 20 percent. The rise reflects a larger acreage heavier crop and a later season concentrating harvest in October, per the collector of internal revenue and his assistant.
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Los Angeles
California
Internal Revenue
Dreadnought New York Christened by Elsie Calder in New York
Miss Elsie Calder, daughter of Congressman Calder, christened the battleship New York as it slid into the water amid cheering crowds for a 565 foot, 27,000 ton vessel armed with ten 14 inch guns and a full array of torpedo tubes and rapid fire guns. The launch cost about 6 million dollars and occurred a year after keel laying in 1911. The ship will serve as flagship with 63 officers and over 1,000 men and a speed not less than 21 knots.
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New York
Elsie Calder
Calder
Texas
Florida
Navy
Arkansas
Wyoming
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Pacific
Becker
Pittsburg
Health Department
U. S
Calder Christens
U. S. S. New York
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