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Newspaper
Dispatch Democrat
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1915
Page
3
Ukiah week notes holiday visits from Berkeley to Willits with many locals attending gatherings and shopping. Residents like Mrs Hughes Ms Hoag and Miss Crump stop by, while officials and merchants report city traffic, tamales sold street side, and inquiries from Albion Fort Bragg and Potter Valley. Local businesses advertise services and new offerings.
Round Valley observers report calm conditions while Columbia Grafonola records are sold at Morris & LeRoy Drug Store. Jim Jamison and wife plan a San Francisco bay area visit. Jack Philbrick and Lorenzo Cook traveled from Comptche on business. John J. McGimsey departed for San Quentin with counts of the Hopland stage robber. Attys. Hugh Preston and Robert Duncan drove to Willits on business. Miss Anne Clarke returns home to Laytonville after visiting Ellen Morley. D Liftchild rushes cityward for a relative’s illness. Craig Marders, a longtime Wells Fargo railroad messenger, was in town en route after Christmas with Mrs. Matthews.
Steve Knight, an Indian, was arrested yesterday morning and placed in the county jail on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. He was later released on $100 bond to keep the peace.
A brief misprint or cryptic note in the page text references health themes and a fruitless emphasis on not masking a sandwich. The fragment suggests a casual, oddball line rather than a full story. No clear persons or events are identifiable.
Mouth breathing is described as a serious issue linked to various physical ailments and germ diseases. The article explains adenoids as lymphoid tissue behind the soft palate in the nasopharynx that can overgrow or become infected, blocking nasal passage and causing mouth breathing.
A corpulent man boards a westbound Pullman and resists a berth at the end of the car. He insists on staying awake and making noise, prompting a porter to remind him of his seat and the car wheels. The man finally concedes to sleep, though his snoring already tests fellow passengers.
A Kansas City Journal verse contrasts two girls to label “smart.” One reads and learns by heart and earns praise, while another shuns books for fashion and appearance, yet both are called smart in a satirical note.
The young King Charles XII, 15 when he ascended, rode with his cousin the Duke of Holstein and others when a tin pile by the roadside provoked a dare. Count Hans Wachtmeister, royal adviser, forbade the jump, declaring the king would not risk his neck. Charles approved and they rode on, the episode ending in quiet.
A tale of the French composer Meirhac who misorders a dish then requests two fried eggs while a chef and proprietor watch, followed by a summary of the U S Army daily field ration, listing bacon beef bread beans potatoes prunes coffee sugar evaporated milk vinegar salt pepper lard and butter and notes distribution to companies.
Guidance for preparing poultry for shows emphasizes grooming, training, and handling to display plumage, color, and form. Steps include housing in exhibition coops, night confinement before show, frequent handling, careful feather removal, washing and blotting, and polishing shanks.
A third marriage is deemed unlucky in parts of India while a fourth is not. A man aiming to avoid the third union uses a clever ruse. Mr. Man of India conducts a ceremony with a bird animal or flower posing as the bride so his next wife will be the fourth, not the third.
A Baltimore American snippet jokes about misreading social signals. A remark to Mrs Flirty about arguing being as plain as her nose triggers a playful self rebuke. The quip hinges on a pun about appearance and perception in polite conversation.
In a sharp exchange, one man questions his wife about multiple proposals. She confirms several men asked for her hand, and he quips that perhaps she should have chosen the first suitor. The Yonkers Statesman reports this lively remark from a local discussion.
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph fashion note says short women should avoid trim mings on skirts, and humorously adds that Jong women with short husbands should too, reflecting period style guidance.
A playful New York Sun excerpt notes Romeo swearing by the moon, Juliet retorts that the moon is useless to a dead man, capturing a witty Shakespearean aside in a modern newspaper voice.
The third county north of San Francisco on the Pacific Ocean covers about 3460 square miles in the Coast Range. It features mountain valley sea coast and forest, with 36 inches average annual rainfall. Winter valleys 30 to 76 degrees, summer 50 to 100. coast 30 to 70 winter, 45 to 86 summer. Major products include cereals fruits dairy poultry eggs wool livestock hops lumber grapes wine. Located along the Nox in Pacific line between Sal and Eureka. Population about 2, best hunting and wildlife.
Ukiah sits in the Ukiah valley as county seat of Me County. It has 2136 residents in the city and 514114 in the township. The town is on the Northwer Pacific Railroad line 112.32 miles north of Francisco and offers a high school, churches, banks, newspapers, telephone, gas, sewer, telegraph, pure water, electricity, a cannery, insane asylum, streets, tannery, Farmers' Club, flour mill, public library, merchants' association, export shops. Grapes, wine, wool, livestock, and fruits are raised, including Bartlett pears. An annual hop festival is held. no malaria, fleas, or mosquitoes reported.
Notice of the annual meeting of stock holders of Commercial Bank of Ukiah to be held at Ohia Bank rooms in Ukiah City California on Saturday January 8 1916 signed H B Smith Secretary Also note advertising for pool and billiard rooms in Ukiah with various services and a jail audience report about Bert Johnson from Fort Bragg bringing Go McDonald under watch before examination on sanity.
Edison Di graphs and 1 Joseph Jewelry tale. A brief item notes local commerce activity featuring Edison Di graphs and a single Joseph Jewelry listing, reflecting a small business snapshot from the period.
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