Japanese dealer clears half million in spuds
Stockton report estimates George Shima and other large growers in San Joaquin county will net about $500,000 this season from potato sales. Prices range 1.15 to 1.25 per sack with highs to 2.65, 40,000 acre delta planted, northern and southern trade handled by local firms, daily carload shipments from 15 to 60 cars.
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Stockton
San Joaquin County
George Shima
Idaho
Middle States
San Joaquin Delta
Shima
Commission
State Plague Cleanup Orders Issued For Ground Squirrels
California state health officials moved to prosecute property owners failing to protect the public from bubonic plague by slaughtering ground squirrels. Dr. Snow and Senator Roseberry will decide how prosecutions proceed as notices to noncompliant owners become court-driven. The Contra Costa and San Joaquin regions are under scrutiny amid human cases, with federal aid in Madera County to support district cleansing.
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Sacramento
State Board of Health
Rupert Blue
United States Service
W. F. Snow
L. H. Roseberry
Contra Costa
San Joaquin
Madera County
150 000 Seek Homesteads on Government Lands
Dallas S D Oct 11 With the drawing date for 466 562 acres of government farm lands set for Oct 24 registration is at its height. by midnight Oct 24 more than 150 000 will have sworn in their applications. Lands open include Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations with about 3 000 farms of 160 acres each. In person registration ends midnight Oct 21.
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Dallas
S. D
Gregory
Pineridge
Rosebud
New York City Expenditures Surpass Fifteen Largest Cities
New York City in 1910 spent $451.9 million, more than the combined cash outlays of the next fifteen largest U.S. cities. Major costs included $81.5 million for improvements, $29.5 million in interest, $208 million for redemption of bonds, $44 million for police and municipal maintenance, $35,000 for education, and $8 million for charity.
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New York
New York City
United States
Panama California exposition ships to tour ports in 1915
Exposition officials plan early work on two initial buildings in San Diego for the Panama California International Exposition. An exposition ship will promote Pacific trade by visiting Mexico, Central and South American ports with samples of goods and a display of regional resources.
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San Diego
D. C. Collier
Cabrillo Canyon
California
America
Panama
Central America
Mexico
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Taft
Barrett
United States
Pacific
Central
South America
Los Angeles
Prados
Nia International
Fr Jr
Bertram G. Gover
Exposition
Southern
State Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
Pan American Union
Exposition Ship to Boost Mutual Trade with Central America
Auto cars and trucks, telephones, and light plants will be installed on the exposition ship. The excursion will increase business between ports visited and California. Mutual acquaintance is cited as the main trade barrier, with California fruits in demand in Central America and Central American coffee tobacco hardwoods and bananas sought in California.
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Central America
California
Atlantic
New Orleans
Call for Staples Holds Firm in Eastern Market
Bradstreet's weekly review reports a relatively liberal volume of road sales but a slight overall trade retreat. Staple goods show comparatively good demand with satisfactory orders in dry goods shoes clothing hardware groceries and kindred lines. Cotton goods bought conservatively due to lower raw cotton prices leather and hides rising Western buyers and wet weather aiding Western trade. US business failures for the week ending October 7 totaled 205, compared with 248 last week and prior years.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
United States
Tax collections may reach 7.5 million in county effort
Los Angeles reports move to Hall of Records delayed tax intake. Auditor Walter A. Lewis and Tax Collector W. O. Welch with about 100 assistants say they will be ready to receive taxes Monday. Estimated total collections run around 7.5 million, down from 7,790,487 the prior year. first day receipts last year neared 17,000, with growth anticipated this year.
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Los Angeles
Hall of Records
Walter A. Lewis
W. O. Welch
Suffragists Draw Up New Marriage Service
Boston suffragette members back a new marriage service drafted by Alice Stone Blackwell. The text pledges lifelong partnership and mutual support, including aiding a spouse in political views and settling marital disputes out of court.
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Boston
Alice Stone Blackwell
Miniature volcano erupts near Santa Monica
The tiny volcano in the mountains north of Santa Monica canyon was active all day. Flames and dense black smoke were visible from the wharf and municipal pier. Eruptions last about a week and emit sulphur gases and lava. lava has formed a hard cake on the canyon slope.
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Santa Monica
Santa Monica Canyon
Long Wharf
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Americas
Chambers of Commerce of
Southern Cities
Southwest States
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