Licensed Show Opens Feb Nineteenth at Fiesta Park
The Licensed Automobile Show expands across 30 000 square feet under a canopy at Fiesta Park February 19 to 26. Los Angeles exhibits rival Madison Square Garden and Paris salon in scale with 20 000 electric lights and a woodland scene of redwood trees, bay trees, and palms. The display features 162 cars from low to high price points including models priced at 650 and 7500 dollars, with many cars ferried from Chicago for the event.
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Fiesta Park
Los Angeles
Madison Square Garden
Conwell
Express
Chicago
Frank Lichtenberger
Plan to Erect Large Depot Sign to Sell Corona
At a called Board of Trade meeting last evening plans were discussed to erect a large sign at the depot. The sign would tout the advantages of Corona to travelers, aiming for easy reading by passengers on all trains despite the depot’s uninviting surroundings.
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Board of Trade
Corona
Pleasant evening at MacGillivray home birthday surprise
Geo. B. MacGillivray returned from his store to a surprise party at his home hosted by Mrs. MacGillivray in honor of his fortieth birthday. About twenty five guests joined in progressive whist and a Dutch lunch with cigars and conversation.
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Geo. B. MacGillivray
Improvements planned for Coplin alfalfa ranch
J B Coplin of Los Angeles buys alfalfa ranches from E Bonfoey Hamp ton and Willits and plans a 32 by 120 foot stock barn for 18 head, an 80 by 200 foot hay barn for 140 acres of alfalfa, five mules, harness and implements. Hal Wood named foreman, a four room cottage to be built, and Coplin may relocate to Corona for a summer home. He also has mining interests in Arizona.
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E. Bonfoey
Hampton
Willits
J. B. Coplin
Los Angeles
Hal Wood
Joplin
Mr. Coplin
Corona Ranch
Arizona
Rural Penny Use Changes Under Rural Free Delivery
The Washington Star reports that 300 million pennies left in rural delivery boxes helped post letters totaling 150 million without stamps, showing strong rural correspondence but delaying mail. After February 15 the practice will end and farmers must buy stamps, likely causing grumbling but beneficial long term.
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Washington Star
Deciduous Fruit Growers Form State League in Sacramento
Delegates from Placer Sonoma Napa and other counties gathered in Sacramento to establish a state fruit growers league. The resolutions urged freight rate concessions and improved distribution to curb high costs and ensure stable fruit marketing. The meeting backed the Transportation Committee and pledged cooperation among shipping firms to support California’s largest industry.
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Sacramento
J. W. Jeffrey
State Horticultural Commission
Watsonville
Jeffrey
Placer County
Sam Joaquin
Yolo
Napa
Sonoma
Congregational Church
Russ Stephens
Transportation Committee
Stephens
C. H. Rodgers
J. P. Dargitz
A. R. Gallaway
Isidore Jacobs
L. A. Lawrence
Fruit Growers’ Convention
Supreme Court limits state taxes on foreign corporate franchises
The Supreme Court again rules that a state cannot tax the capital stock of a corporation chartered by another state. Kansas attempted such a tax on Pullman Company, a case highlighting that a franchise tax on out‑of‑state corporations threatens sovereignty and may invite nationwide confiscation. The decision upholds federal balance while noting ongoing questions about federal corporate taxation.
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Supreme Court of the United States
State of
Kansas
Pullman Company
Supreme Court
Ullman Company
United States
Congress
San Francisco Chronicle
Japanese Shipping Subsidies Extend to Major Lines
The Japanese Government, under a new shipping subsidy law, notified Nippon Yusen Kaisha Osaka Shosen Kaisha and Toyo Kisen Kaisha that from January 1 to December 31, 1914 they will receive subsidies for vessels on European Seattle, San Francisco and South American routes. Nippon Yusen Kaisha on the Australian service remains under the old law.
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Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Osaka Shosen Kaisha
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Seattle
Pacoma Hine
San Francisco
Pet kittens named Tom and Jerry spark discussion
A reminiscence notes two two month old kittens named Tom and Jerry and contrasts them with Cook and Peary as pole cats, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding about animal names.
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Tom and Jerry
Quail Season Closed February Warns Hunters
County game warden Vosburg warns hunters quail season is closed now and violators will be prosecuted. He notes changes to game laws in recent years have caused confusion and urges adherence to the official closure.
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Vosburg
Government Fireproofing Proposals Cut Fire Losses
United States officials estimate fire levies total nearly 1.5 million dollars yearly. A Geological Survey probe finds overexpended materials and lax building codes, noting U S government buildings cost over 200 million with no fire insurance. If U S fire losses matched European levels, annual costs could drop to about 90 million.
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Washington, Feb
United States
United States Geological Survey
Europe
Love Sees Room for Two on One Chair
A poem notes love’s blindness yet claims love can fit two people on a single chair, highlighting intimate space shared between partners. The verse emphasizes affection over practicality with playful imagery.
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Mariposa
Macgillivray Home
George B. MacGillivray
Ment
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