Leadoff on Corona Lemons Favored by Eastern Buyers
Roberts manager of the Queen Colony Fruit Exchange reports strong demand for Corona lemons, with eastern buyers prioritizing quality over Sicily stock. He notes rising prosperity, firm prices, and plans for shipments from Oroville and Lindsey mid November, plus talk of tariff adjustments to aid California trade.
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Queen Colony Fruit Exchange
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Taft
Bryan
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Pacific Slope
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Sicily
New York
California
Seattle
Oroville
Lindsey
Dangers of Colds and Chamberlains Cough Remedy
The article warns that ordinary colds can lead to pneumonia autarrh consumption and other infections, claiming cold facilitates germs. It asserts severe danger from colds and promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the quickest cure available, noting it is sold by K. F. Billings.
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K. F. Billings
Becker’s Bakery Changes Hands in Corona
W S Brown of Azusa bought the Becker bakery and took possession Monday morning. Brown, a traveler who has praised Corona, will run the shop with Irwin Lentz of Los Angeles as foreman. The sale followed Becker’s long tenure and strong patronage.
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W.S. Brown
Azusa
F. W. Becker
Mr. Brown
Mr. Bates
Brown
Corona
United States
Irwin Lentz
Superior Bakery
Los Angeles
Hetty Green Loses $19 Rooms in Hoboken Flat Snub
Mrs. Hetty Green Americas richest woman returns to New York from New Hampshire for the winter and seeks her old $19-a-month Hoboken flat on Washington street. Janitor says it is rented, then Green visits another building and asks Mrs. Fisher to move out. Fisher reports Green offered to take the five room flat but was declined.
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Hetty Chreen
America
New York
New Hampshire
Hoboken
Barclay Street
Washington Street
Jacob von Twisk
Twisk
Mrs. Green
Bloomfield Street
St Vincent and Los Angeles High Clash in Classic
About a thousand spectators braved rain to witness a highly regarded football game in Southern California between St. Vincent and Los Angeles High School. The St. Vincent coach called his team the best yet from the area, yet they were held to 6 to 0 by the hill squad, a result the coach says makes the contest even more remarkable. The summary notes St. Vincent met its match fairly and squarely.
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Southern California
St.Vincent Ad
Los “Angeles
St. Vincent
Poultry tips for roosters hens and garden use
Veterinary and farming advice on market weights for broilers and stewers, cockerels for the fair, and feeding hens. Tips include using hot water to treat mites, keeping hens happy for better profits, housing ideas with dry leaves, and value of goose manure, whitewash, charcoal, and chicks care for winter.
Filibuster in 1805 impeachment trial sparks quorum games
In 1805 after Samuel Chase's impeachment, a House Senate clash over witness pay led to repeated no-quorum votes. Federalists staged walkouts as John Randolph pressed to fund managers from the House contingent fund. The scene ended with an enrolled bill signed as the Eighth Congress closed amid laughter.
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Samuel Chase
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Chase
Senate
John Randolph
Alns
Randolph
Baltimore
Tears as a chemical weapon in fiction science
A French journal explains how tears are analyzed and their effects on brain and body. The piece suggests romance is stripped as tears become a mixture of proteins water and chemicals released behind the skull dulling nerve centers for relief.
Not So Funny After All Cruise Tale
A Rockland to Castine voyage anecdote shows a Montana youth guiding a Maine farmer who falls overboard. Ventilators become torpedo tubes and fog nets, while Tartford is claimed the fastest ship afloat, as a retired rear admiral notes the old ship has changed since his command.
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Rockland
Castine
Montana
The Whole Business Chickens and Prices in a Market Stall
A young housekeeper compares prices for a spring chicken at a market. She recalls a cheaper 2s 9d offer from a rival, then reveals the feet were removed. The poulterer notes that their fowls are sold with feet, not without.
Bee and fly wing vibrations linked to audible tones
The text explains how slow wing flaps are silent while rapid flaps create sounds. It notes house flies vibrate about 21,120 times per minute (335 per second) producing F, bees up to 26,400 times per minute (440 per second) producing A, and a tired bee hums on B with about 330 per second.
Smoking belief sparks a tense exchange in Philadelphia Press
A dialect filled exchange shows Johnny insisting smoking harms him while Jimmy claims pop indicated the danger. Johnny argues no one was stringing him and another claim about being pricked by a needle emerges, reflecting sensational street talk.
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Johnny
Jimmy
Pop
Philadelphia Press
Showman Quips On Man Without Gloves
The exchange centers on a feat the arm-less man cannot perform with his feet. A showman jokes that he cannot put on gloves, eliciting a spectator’s question and a witty punchline.
Mingle a Little Gayely with Your Grave Pursuits
A concise editorial line quotes Horace urging balance between pleasure and duty. The line reflects a didactic tone typical of moralizing verse, inviting readers to temper merriment with seriousness in daily conduct.
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Horace
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Hetiysgreen
Los Angels High Ties
Gildard
Congress
London
PLAID
Lars
Mother’s Magazine
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DUD PE Publishing CO
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