California Land Boom Fueled by Western Giants
In the 19th century Lloyd Tevis and James Haggin led Wells Fargo growth while San Francisco financiers like Miller Lux, the Crocker family, and others bought vast California ranches. They sank capital into swamp land, canals, and irrigation schemes, creating Kern County Land Company and sparking the Lux v Haggin water-rights case that shaped California irrigation law for decades.
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James Ben Ali Haggin
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Comstock
Central
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Hearst
San Simeon
Jolon
Shasta County
Leland
Stanford
Vina
Palo Alto
Warm Springs
Crocker
Merced County
Faxon D. Atherton
Guillermo Castro
Hayward
Baldwin
Santa Anita
Southern California
Henry Miller
Bloomfield
San Joaquin Valley
James B. Maggin
Miller and Lux
San Joaquin
Montgomery
Kern River
Buena Vista
Tulare Lake
Alvinga Hayward
Charles Webb Howard
J. Mora Moss
Isaac Friedlander
Canal Company
Pacheco Pass
Gilroy
Haggin
Tevis
W. D. Carr
Kern County
Bakersfield
Kings and
Kern Rivers
Leary Miller
Kern County Land Company
Buttonwillow
Rosedale
Old River
Taft
McKitrick
Kern
Miller and
Lux
Cal
Kings
Hall McAllister
San Jose
John Garber
England
Placers
Paap Haggin
Justice McKinsky
Miller
Buena Vista Lake
Jake Miller
Beauty and Beast Hoax Ends in Tragic Demise
The World’s Ugliest Man Quasimodo, a three foot tall dwarf with a frog eyed deformity, becomes a carnival star in Hornell after a romance with heiress Gloria Kershon. The engagement and publicity stunt sour, revealing a hoax by promoter Ken Waters. Gloria leaves, Quasimodo’s earnings soar then collapse, and he dies in a poorhouse years later.
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Ken Waters
Carnival
Itis
Hornell
N.Y
Jove
Gloria Kershon
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Beauty and the Beast
Gloria
Qasimodo
Gloria Kershan
Philadelphia
Quasimido
Noax
Castro's Radio Havana Appears To Be Selling The Revolution
Havana broadcast influence into eight languages from Spanish to Arabic, promoting the Cuban example as part of a global propaganda effort. The English language "Friendly Voice of Cuba" targets North America while other programs reach Europe Asia and Africa. Letters from Hanoi Tokyo and New Zealand suggest some reception and impact as U.S. agencies and exile groups counter the message.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Radio
North America
Latin America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Hanoi
Tokyo
New Zealand
RHC
Havana Radio
Partic
U.S
United States
Family seeks home for 15 year old Ecuadorian girl
Ecuadorian girl Inez Garzon, 15, plans to move to Hayward for schooling and a bilingual secretary career. Her brothers Patricio 22 and Romero 21 have scouted ahead, plus their mother hopes to meet host families. Intermediary Alden Gook lists contact 547-3103.
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Hayward
Quito
Ecuador
Inez Garzon
Patricio
Romero
Inez
San Lorenzo High School
Alden Gook
Lawrence Drive
Castro Valley
Garzons
Great Pizza Pie Robbery in Paterson NJ
AP reports a knife wielding thief stole two pizza pies Benny Walker was carrying to his family in Paterson New Jersey on a Friday night, the aroma said to have proven irresistible.
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Paterson, NJ
Benny Walker
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