Congress Opens With Enthusiasm And Work
The sixtieth congress opened its second session with packed galleries and a flurry of activity. Senate Republicans 94 Democrats 31. House Republicans 221 Democrats 169 with 2 vacancies. A memorial to Senator Allison was adopted and swearing in of Cummins expected. Roosevelt and Taft-Cannon talks planned. Funding proposals include 96 000 for Sherman Institute Indians.
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Washington
Senate
House
Dolliver
Allison
Iowa
Cummins
Orange harvest and shipments dip despite larger crop
Orange county records a larger crop yet holiday shipments fall to about half last year as later maturity and smaller fruit reduce packers’ sizing. Valencias up 250 carloads from last year. navel crop 25 percent larger. Redlands opens orange season with twelve cars and 102 boxes, labor shortages averted. Lean citrus prices and imports noted. Florida and Porto Rico supplies glut eastern markets. Kidney health ad follows.
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Orange County
Redlands
Fruit World
Florida
Porto Rico
California
Porterville
Corona
Orange ‘Heights
Jameson
New York
Cleveland
Cincinnatti
Boston
St. Louis
Interest in Hemet Farmer's Institute Highlights Irrigation and Eucalyptus
Hemet hosts a well attended Farmer's Institute with papers for Riverside county ranchers. J B Neff urged three foot furrows and moist soil below a dry top layer while Prof Norton discussed buying and using fertilizers and cover crops. N Ingham promoted eucalyptus for lumber and ties, noting north coast wood quality and profits against oil heat trends.
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Hemet
Riverside County
J.B. Neff
Neff
Prof
Norton
Riverside
Ingham
Whittier
Mrr
California
San Francisco
Ingram
Salary Raise Sparks Wife's Anticipated Joy
A Nashville American remark notes a man delaying telling his wife about a salary raise, joking that she will be tickled to death when informed, and that he plans to enjoy himself for a few weeks first.
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Noy
Nashville American
Treasure Hunt Opens Near Trabuco Mesa
Senor Arney of Los Angeles paid 300 dollars for a sixty day treasure hunt on the Trabuco mesa near the Serrano ranch. He plans systematic digging after legends of buried wealth at the old adobe nine miles up the Trabuco from San Juan Capistrano.
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San Juan Capistrano
Senor Arney
Los Angeles
Trabuco Mesa
Serrano Ranch
O'Neil
Trabuco
Harris Uncles Remus origin story boosts Harris fame
Joel Chandler Harris, then 28 and on the Atlanta Constitution, faced doubts about his negro folklore tale that would later bring him worldwide fame. At a reader request he wrote from plantation memories yielding vivid rustic scenes and a breakthrough reputation the next day.
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Joel Chandler Harris
Remus
Harris
Atlanta Constitution
Sam W. Small
The
Constitution
Joel
Tipping Culture in Prague and Bohemia Cafes
In Prague tipping the tramway conductor is standard with two heller. Bohemian towns show tips are essential, paying head waiters rent, buying journals, and funding higher incomes than a university professor. A London Chronicle note details cafe staff tipping norms including half krone to head waiter and small amounts to assistants.
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Prague
Bohemia
London Chronicle
Cologne and perfume myths in a humorous blast
A satirical piece mocks the term cologne clarifying its origin in Cologne as a perfume by Johann Maria Farina and jokes about city names. Interleaved are short gags and a Philadelphia Inquirer cartoon caption about a dory ad and a DeWitt’s Kidney Pills advertisement.
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Cologne
London
Chicago
Denver
New York Press
DeWitt’s
R. F. Billings
Hunting Brumbies in New South Wales Trapped and Broken
A London Standard report describes brumbies wild horses in New South Wales being corralled with a funnel fence and fluttering cotton, then confined for a day to be broken in. It notes hunting brumbies as an exhilarating pastime in districts along the Clarence Manning and Stephens rivers.
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New, South Wales
New South Wales
Clarence and
Stephens
Manning River
London Standard
Delinquent Notice From Corona Independent Publishing Co
The Corona Independent Publishing Co lists stock delinquencies on Assessment No 1 issued Sept 1908 at its Corona California principal place noting amounts against named shareholders. The notice announces delinquent balances and seeks remedy under applicable corporate assessment rules.
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The
Corona Independent Publishing Co
Corona
Riverside County
California
Annual Meeting of Stockholders at Corona National Bank
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Corona National Bank Corona California will be held at its banking office Tuesday January 12 1909 at 3 oclock p m for the purpose of electing a bond of nine directors and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting M Terpening Cashier.
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Corona National Bank
Corona
California
M. Terpening
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