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Newspaper
Daily Evening News
Location
Modesto, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
3
Modesto area notices run from sales at Meyer's and Rice & Clary's to a boardinghouse of events. Items include special bargains on undergarments and shoes, a high school alumni meeting to elect officers, a board of trade gathering, and a Roosevelt appointment for postmaster in Oakdale.
A fragmentary listing notes Ontrandar liniment at Maze and various goods including coats, wedding rings, carpets, and wallpaper. Mentions The Royal Worcester concern and a dealer named Wand the jeweler, plus varnish and paint options from Heath & Million. details are garbled.
A metropolitan establishment emerges in Modesto with a polished jewelry store led by Ed. E. Wood. The ad touts up to date management and expert advice, promising reliable service to local patrons. Sunday excursions to San Francisco and Stockton depart weekly, tickets valid both ways. The piece also mentions a whiskey brand and newspaper subscription call.
Citizens protest merchants sweeping scraps into streets and trash being whipped into air, creating nuisance. City ordinance prohibits the act and contemplates lawful action to curb habitual offenders, urging merchants to keep sidewalks clean and prevent litter.
Public invited to a high school reception this evening hosted by the class of 02. The event opens the building for viewing, lighting will showcase the interior, and a band will perform. Refreshments will be served as the school is opened for guests.
Thirty eight mules hitched to a wagon belonging to P Young ran away at GC Baker ranch near Weel of Mowento on a Saturday afternoon causing over 100 dollars in damage. The driver John Garricon managed to control the team after a quarter mile run. Machinery repairs are underway and expected to finish next week.
Editorial notes the vast irrigation system drawing colonists to the county. Settlers are moving along canals and staking land for permanent homes. Planned extensions of the irrigation network are expected to amplify this settlement trend.
Mira Leona Bella Bayley daughter of Mr and Mrs G G Bayley of San Jose is among the graduates who earned diplomas from the state normal school. The board of trustees will confer the diplomas to the qualified teachers at the ceremony held yesterday in San Jose.
A circulated petition gathered 105 signatures demanding all night service from Sardet company in Modesto and sent to San Francisco. The petition is generally believed to be granted by the company head in San Francisco.
A dated note to patrons promotes piano maker Wu and various trades then lists whiskey brands to drink in town. It mentions Gill Ridge Old Hickory Tom Pecks O P 8 Old Government and Daye of 4 with a claim of genuine purity from Henry Vooruman.
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