Sale Prices in Historic Grocery List
A fragmented historic price list shows assorted goods with contemporary prices for maple syrup, cod fish, lemon and citron peel, spices, breakfast cocoa, coffee blends, catsup, fruits, potatoes, molasses, flour, bread, laundry soap and more. The items include California grapes or plums, white potatoes at $1.20, red varieties, and multiple sacks or bottles priced around $1.00 to $1.10, reflecting a broad retail catalog.
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New Orleans
Earthquake Ravages San Jacinto Killing and Damaging Many
San Jacinto, Ca., Dec. 26. A Christmas morning quake wrecked every brick building in town and caused extensive losses across businesses and residences. Two deaths occur with multiple injuries as walls collapse and debris blocks streets. Widespread damage hits hotels, stores, and public buildings, with plans to rebuild under way and fires and downed power lines complicating relief efforts.
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San Jacinto
Saboba Indian Reservation
Tere
Hards & Daggett
Dales
Jones
Vanwater
Daggett's
Spigone
Indian Agency
Mein & Chambers
Domingeni
M.A. Wright
Mear
K. D. Mead
Durett's
Freeman's
Colnyetitchen's
Bakor
Hemet
Bingham
Webber
Frank Robinwan
Jolson Black
Bintel Mills
Prngi'e Peocery
Darker's
Toi
Holland
Hinttz Park
San Jacinto Range
Mass Meeting Planned in San Francisco for Boers
San Francisco on December 27 reports a mass meeting being organized to express sympathy for the Boers. An executive committee of prominent citizens has been appointed and a ladies auxiliary committee will be chosen to assist in planning the demonstration.
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San Francisco
An.d
Letter Carriers Withdrew From Knights of Labor Ranks
Chicago on December 27 reports the Knights of Labor local assembly No 1460 voted unanimously to reduce its ranks by nearly 500 last night. The action follows union and labor movement tensions and reflects organizational changes within the local unit.
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Chicago
Knights of Labor
Letter Carriers Withdraw From National Union
Members of the assembly of letter carriers, led by Charles D. Duffy, voted to withdraw from the national organization after District Master Workman E. J. Lindholm suspended the local body for supporting Boston resolutions against President McKinley. They surrendered their charter and dissolved the local assembly by unanimous ballot. Duffy also serves as president of the Chicago association of letter carriers and vice-president of the national carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
E. J. Lindholm
National Assemly
Boston
McKinley
Charles D. Duffy
Chicago Association of Letter Carriers
National Carriers
Countess in Distress Over Buddhist Venture
San Francisco Chronicle reports Countess of Canayarro, recent convert to Buddhism, may have cooled on an ascetic life in the Orient. She reportedly seeks assistance from San Francisco friends amid distressed circumstances after leaving the Sangamitta convent in Criton. Daughter of the late Major McElray, she was born in Texas. her title came through marriage. Count A. de Tivarre of Portugal is said to be related to Portuguese royalty.
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San Francisco
the Chronicle
Canayarro
Ufe
Orient
Criton
Sangamitta
Countesa
Major McElray
Mer[eed
Texas
Portugal
Hawaiian Islands
Count A. de Tivarre
Trouble Over Child Custody in San Francisco
Albert Sydney Johnson and his wife of New Orleans argue over custody of their 10 year old son. Johnson allegedly kidnapped the boy, Mrs. Johnson recovered him, and a habeas corpus writ was served by Under Sheriff Martin near midnight. The child was in the sheriff’s custody with hotel officials awaiting court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
the Chronicle
Albert Sydney Johnson
New Orleans
Weed
Palace Hotel
Hheritz
Will Fight the Boers joins Lord Salverton cavalry
Sydney Paget, racing partner of William C Whitney and brother of Al Paget, sails for Liverpool today aboard the steamer Tronto to join the cavalry corps being raised by Lord Salisbury for service in South Africa. The American rough riders who served in the Spanish-American war are expected to be in the line.
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New York
Sydney Paget
Wm. C. Whitney
al Paget
Rough Riders
Bank clerk Alfred Burlin linked to seven thousand dollar shortage
Sul Francie December 21 Alfred Burlin employed by the Bank and Trust Co. is alleged to be a defaulter for seven thousand dollars. He was insured for five thousand, leaving a two thousand six hundred loss to the bank. He is not arrested but under private detectives. Grand marshal Borkin Wisi of the Fourth of July year prior was a popular man. Private Wak recently married. his absence reportedly connected to the discovery of the shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Burlin
Bank and Trust Co
Borkin Wisi
Pte Wak
Honessavon
Vin
Old Pugilist Chandler Dies in Chicago Home
Chicago veteran heavyweight Mat Chandler known as Boston Mat Chandler died of heart pleurisy at his home. Born in Boston, he came to Chicago in 1895 with Denver Ed Smith and toured the country with John L. Sullivan Paddy Ryan Alf Greenfield and Jack Burke as a sought sparring partner.
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Chicago
Mat Chandler
Boston
Denver
Ed Smith
Chandler
John L. Sullivan
Paddy Ryan
Alf Greenfield
Jack Burke
Change in Ministers in New York and Bucharest
Dec 27 report states G de Weekhartin, longtime envoy and minister plenipotentiary of the Netherlands, will serve similarly in Turkey. Mayon Gevers, presently in Bucharest, is named to fill the vacancy in the United States.
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New York
G. de Weekhartin
Turkey
Mayon Gevers
Anl
Ubis J
Bucharest
United States
Mrs Oxnard Dead A widow of Pittsburg oil operator
Mia Marie P. Oxnard widow of Edward Oxnard a prominent Pittsburg petroleum operator died in New York City on Christmas night from heart disease. The notice includes a family anecdote and quotes about finishing pie. Also a notice for Butte City Water company stockholders about annual meeting in Lewisohn building Butte Montana on January 1900 with transfer books closed from December 34 1899 to January 1 1900.
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New York
Mia
Marie P. Oxnard
Edward Oxnard
Pittsburg
Butte City Water Company
Lewisohn
Butte
Montana
Board of County Commissioners
Silver Bow
J. ©. Moran
B. Moran
Cownty. Clerte
Cuban Prisons Report Details Cruel Overcrowding
Charleton T. Lewis, head of the New York Prison Association, reports to the U S War Department on Cuban penal institutions describing overcrowding, shared confinement, and harsh conditions. He says many prisoners are jailed indefinitely while investigations proceed and notes disease and disinfection practices are inadequate.
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New York
Charleton T. Lewis
New York Prison Association
Cuba
United States
Secretary of War
War Department
Mr. Lewis
Hell Upon Earth
Frst Instance
Mach
Pris Rtse
The Bone Jingle Counting Bones Across the Body
A playful verse lists bones in various body parts with numbers attached. It asks how many bones reside in the skull, spine, ribs, limbs, and digits, detailing counts such as twenty four ribs and twenty eight finger bones. The cadence guides young readers through the skeletal tally.
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Poe
Hasan
Wright
J. D. McGregor Veterinary Surgeon Opens Local Office
J D McGregor, honorary graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College in Toronto, treats all diseases of domesticated animals by scientific methods. Office at Marlow's Stables, 104 South Main Street. telephone 293. All cases promptly attended to.
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Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
Canada
Marlow's
South Main Street
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Me Enaamaaal
Butt. R
Aebtna Savings and Trust Company
Noyes Block
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Main
BE. Rickards & Co
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Nie Mile Road
Anaconda Road
Parrot School
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West Ide
Thompson Investment Co
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Butte Land and Investment Company
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Crescent Creamery
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