Third Degree Puts A Sleuth In Jail
R B Henry claiming to be deputy sheriff of Yuba county and a National Detective Agency representative is jailed in Martinez on $2000 bail after alleged assault on Alfred Nelson a suspect in the killing of District Attorney Ed Manwell during the I W W riots. Nelson says Henry beat him and deprived him of food as he sought a confession with liquor and threats. Henry O Donnell another detective faced arrest. officials say the case may be a frame up to discredit investigators.
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R. B. Henry
Yuba County
National Detective Agency
Martinez
A. B. McKenzie
Alfred Nelson
Ed Manwell
Wheatland Hop Yards
Henry
Nelson
Contra Costa County
Martinez Hotel
Manwell
Harry Finch
Guerneville
Santa Rosa
Sacramento
San Francisco
Henry O’donnell
Detective Agency
Tariff on Vanilla Beans Threatens Tahiti Trade
San Francisco merchants rely on Tahiti vanilla beans, about 1.5 million dollars of imports yearly, but the Democratic tariff bill imposes 30 cents a pound, potentially driving Tahiti beans from US markets as Mexican beans of better grade gain. The Tahiti trade totals around 2.5 million dollars annually, with San Francisco handling most of it.
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San Francisco
Tahiti
United States
Tahiti Trade Shifts Amid Vanila Bean Duty Clash
The Tahiti market drifts from San Francisco merchants as a 30 cent per pound duty on vanilla beans bites. Australia and New Zealand edge in to capture most island trade while American beans face higher costs and reduced entry. Paris designer Paul Poiret comments on crinoline fashion revival signaling broad hoop silhouettes and evolving silhouettes.
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Paul Poiret
Paris
Waterfront Strike Settled In Galveston Harbor Labor Pact
Three thousand five hundred long shoremen cotton screwmen and dray men ended a several days strike on the Galveston waterfront. The dispute over negro cotton screwmen joining unions was settled by affiliating with the International Longshoremen's Union under a separate charter.
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Galveston
Tex
International Longshoremen’s Union
Where Was Solomon's Temple Joke Circulates
The story recalls a fe sking message from Alaska and a Sunday school quip about Solomon's temple. Little Jim, vexed by a sister's question, claims it lay on the side of his forehead, a humorous misanswer cited from the London Tatler.
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Jim
London Tatler
The Wake of a Ship and a Car Conversation
A discussion on the term wake tracing its nautical origin from ice passages to ship trails. The piece cites Skeats on language borrowings and notes usage in Norfolk broads. The second excerpt presents a car conversation debating who is worse between nagging wives and submissive husbands, with a counterpoint.
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Skeats
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Women Make Up One Third of Britain Telegraph Operators
A recent briefing notes that about one third of telegraph operators in Great Britain are women, highlighting gradual shifts in workforce demographics within the communications sector.
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Great Britain
Notice of Assessment by Kramer Consolidated Oil Co
Board of Directors levied assessment No. 6s at ½ cent per share on capital stock payable to Dr. F Wilson secretary in Los Angeles. Unpaid stock by Oct 20, 1913 becomes delinquent and may be sold Nov 19, 1913 at 2 p.m. to cover the assessment and costs. First pub Sept 12. end Oct 17.
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Kramer Consolidated Oil Company
Germain
South Spring Street
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles County
State of California
Hawes
San Bernardino County
California
F. Wilson
Germain Building
Wv. F. Wilson
Los Angeles
Notice of Final Five-Year Proof for Hawkins in Victorville
Department of the Interior notice from Los Angeles Land Office dated Aug 320 1913 announces Jesse Hawkins of Victorville California filing intent to prove final five year claim on Homestead Entry 11674 for SE1/4 Section 35 Township 5 N Range 5 W SB Meridian. Witnesses listed: William P Tharpe Henry Woods of Victorville Anderson A Whitlock of Alhambra Frank L Talmadge Mollie E Sommerpucht of Victorville. Proceedings before Register and Receiver Oct 16 1913 at 10 o'clock a m. First Pub Sept 5. Last Pub Oct 3.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Los Angeles
Cal
Jesse EK. Hawkins
Victorville
S.B. Meridian
Register and
United States Land Office
California
William P. Tharpe
Henry Woods
Anderson A. Whitlock
Alhambra
Frank L. Talmadge
Mollie E. Sommerpucht
Frank Buren
Register
Calle
Pearl L. Galliher
Sey
Meridian
Register and Receiver
Joe Dodd
Walter M McKinney
Elate II
Buchanan
Harry P. Deppy
Notice of Final Proof for Homestead Entry No 011722
John W Holt of Victorville California filed notice of intention to make Final Three-year Proof to establish his claim to N4-SE SigNity Section 7 Township 3N Range 3W San Bernardino meridian. The hearing before the United States Land Office at Los Angeles on October 1 1913 at 100 oclock a m witnesses E E Richardson W W Richardson both of Victorville California W M Kinaid Pete Snowden both of Los Angeles California First published September 5 Last published October 3
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Los Angeles
Cal
John W. Holt
Victorville
Calif
Meridian
Register and Receiver
California
E. E. Richardson
W. W. Richardson
W. M. Kinaid
Pete Snowden
Frank Buren
Register
Envelopes Dominate Mail Handling Nationwide
The article notes that nine tenths of all letters processed by the United States mail pass through in the standard buginess size envelopes, highlighting the ubiquity of this common format in daily correspondence.
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United States Mail
Free Florida trip pitch sells homeseekers via club
An advertisement by Jean I Olsen proposes a Florida land scheme offering 10 acre plots at 20 down and 20 monthly with no interest. Members’ first payments are placed in escrow and a representative’s trip is paid from a $110 check. refunds issued if the deal misrepresents the offer.
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Florida
Florda
Barstow
Avents
Jean I. Olsen
Odds and Enid The Claw of the Devil
In the middle ages people identified witches and possessed individuals by a ritual called the claw of the devil. An expert would blindfold the subject and prick various skin areas with a needle. the spot that did not elicit a cry indicated the claw. This account cites The Major Symptoms of Hysteria by Pierre Janet.
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Pierre Janet
Madrid Bulletin Foretold Hayes Nomination in 1876
In 1876 at the Madrid legation John Hay and Alvego Adee tracked a Madrid newspaper item claiming “Rutabar t 13. Noyes of America has been elected president of the republic of the north.” They soon realized it hinted Rutherford B. Hayes's nomination by the Republican convention, a near miss until the correct name emerged.
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John Hay
Alvego A. Adee
Madrid
Noyes
America
Republic of the North
Rutherford B. Hayes
Adee
Hay
A Man With Ideas and a Fire Sale Phrase
A humorous quip from the Boston Transcript contrasts an advertiser asking Flow to promote a fire sale with a retort that the goods are still warm, illustrating witty newspaper banter.
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Boston Transcript
Japanese colonization push to Florida spurs California link
L S Mogi, a Japanese gentleman farmer in Southern California, travels to Sacramento to arrange transport for about twenty Japanese to Florida as Governor Jennings develops 61 000 acres for intensive cultivation. The plan could draw California’s Japanese farming element to new Florida tracts, while West Point cadet admissions face shortages and potential congressional action to fill vacancies.
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L. S. Mogi
California
Sacramento
Florida
Jennings
Mogi
Moegi
West Point Military Academy
War Department
Congress
Malmesbury
Chippenham Turket
W. R
Robert Poyntz
Acton
John Aubrey
Not Very Impulsive in Beatrix and Judge Dialogue
A Judge notes Beatrix asks why the steady suitor delays proposing. Beatrix explains the man is prone to spur of the moment actions, while the Judge suggests his regular calls over ten years show persistent yet impulsive behavior.
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Beatrix
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