California News in Brief From Many Counties
Santa Rosa to set zoning limits for building classes. Healdsburgreadiness for a new Rus sian river causeway. Armistice ball at Antioch led by Harding Post 161. Infantile paralysis closes Jamestown and Sonora grammar schools. Berkeley police ban low flights over Memorial Stadium during games. Shrimps invade river beds above Pittsburg and Antioch. Dr George Aloosian dies in Tucson. Napa Red Cross to start membership drive Armistice through Thanksgiving. San Francisco schools to fly bear flag with Stars and Stripes. Weaverville robber locks clerk and escapes with 4000. County funds hidden. 45000 overlooked. Orland water project seeks federal aid for a second reservoir. Stanford Women back liquor drive with men. Bud Sweem to spend Saturdays in jail. Kent reported killed in Meuse-Argonne. Meantime district attorney confirms. Nick Miroyannis arrested. 125 gallons wine seized and later returned then held. Radio aids 200000 California teachers to manage 600000 children. Kern elk herds threaten crops. protected by law. Six missing after Martinez tanker fire. October rain relieves drought fears. 3 inches by Oct 30. Two waifs aboard Manchuria adopted by Shriners in New York bound party. children held by immigration.
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Santa Rosa
Russian River
Healdsburg
Antioch
Jamestown
Sonora
Tuolumne
Orland Waiter Users Association
Associated Women
Stanford University
Bud Sweem
Stockton
Fiarry H. Kent
Dex
Meuse-Argonne
Trict
Ray Manwell
Nick Miroyannis
California
State Board of Education
KGO
Kern County
State Fish and Game Commission
County approves eleven mile Sebastopol to Peekt Hill road
Sonoma county supervisors accept an eleven mile highway from Sebastopol through Forestville to Peekt Hill built by the road improvement district. The pavement links the Redwood highway with the road to the Russian river playground. The state district court of appeal reverses a superior court ruling on a wife’s right to a man’s estate up to 2500 dollars.
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Sonoma County
Sebastopol
Forestville
Peekt Hill
Road Improvement District
Great Redwood Highway
Great Russian River Playground
Balonga
State District Court of Appeal
Superior Court
Mrs Bauer Visits Barstow From San Bernardino
Mrs. Fred Bauer arrived in Barstow this Thursday from San Bernardino for a few days visit with a friend and husband.
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Fred Bauer
Barstow
San Bernardin
Husband
Local events and incidents report from Barstow and area
N F Platt and H L Miller traveled to San Bernardino on business Thursday. Mrs Fred Hunt plans a Thursday evening gathering with cards and music. Mr and Mrs Harold Wilson celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary Wednesday night. The Barstow wrecker was called out Wednesday noon after two wheels on a freight car broke, one coming off, an accident a mile and a half south of Barstow.
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N. F. Platt
H. L. Miller Wen
San Bernardino
Fred Hunt
Harold Wilson
Barstow
Americans Eat More Butter Says Agriculture Report
The Department of Agriculture reports Americans consumed 50 million pounds more butter in the first nine months of this year than last, totaling 1,516,690,000 pounds versus 1,467,048,000. Per capita milk use rose 2.38 percent in three years to 53 gallons last year from 43 in 1920, and per person butter use climbed from 14.7 to 17 pounds.
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W'Shington
Department of Agriculture
New Rules for Driving Automobiles From Southern California Club
A vintage list of playful safety admonitions from the Automobile Club of Southern California touring bureau. Suggestions include leaving when a car rolls over, wearing plate numbers upside down, mixing time with gasoline, avoiding driving between headlights, passing on both sides, abrupt stops, two wheels around corners, and a horn code system from one to a dozen honks.
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Automobile Club of
Southern California
Hiccough Epidemic Probed by City Health Officials
New York health authorities opened an inquiry into a hiccoughing epidemic sweeping the city. In Queensborough 86 severe cases were found with 11 in hospitals while Manhattan reported 14 cases. Some doctors link hiccoughing to influenza and others warn it may signal sleeping sickness.
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New York
Queensborough
Manhattan
Mikado Opera Revival Set for Civic Auditorium
Shriners and Master Masons across Northern and Central California plus families will travel to San Francisco to attend the revival of The Mikado in the Civic Auditorium from November 18 to 22, presented by Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
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San Francisco
California
San Francisco Civic Auditorium
Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine
The Candy Kitchen and the Home Candy Maker
A small town girl argues that premium candies like fancy chocolates and fudges bring higher profits than common sweets. She outlines plans for starting a home candy kitchen with practical equipment, focused varieties, and gradual market growth through local advertising and gift boxes.
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America
Candy Kitchen Promises Frugal Path to Wealth
A 1924 Western Newspaper Union item urges saving broken candy bits and scraps in a stock kettle for later use. It argues that waste-free methods will lead to financial success through a candy kitchen.
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Western Newspaper Union
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Dies in Massachusetts
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge died at Charlesgate Hospital at 11 14 p m after suffering a stroke on Wednesday November 5 The senior Massachusetts senator lingered four days and a half in a coma before his death His illness followed a pattern similar to President Wilson in onset and progression.
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Cambridge
Mass
Henry Cabot Lodge
Charlesgate Hospital
Massachusetts
Wilson
Motor Cars and Grade Crossings Shift toward Safety Devices
Reports show rising danger at railroad crossings with autos most often at fault. A mechanical device could automatically stop vehicles before crossings, while road bumps and bends might slow drivers for safety. Early incidents include a car striking the twentieth wagon of a moving freight train, underscoring negligence.
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Iolden
August Vollmer
Berkeley
Memorial Stadium
Pittsburg
George Aloosian
Fresno
Tucson
Ariz
Napa
Red Cross
Board of Education
H. Knowles
Trinity County
Weaverville
Associated Oil Company
Martinez
Alden Anderson
Alpine
Alameda Transportation Company
Woll
Manchuria
Panama Canal
Associated Press
Mrs. Harland H. Allen
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