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Newspaper
Fresno Republican Weekly
Location
Fresno, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1889
Page
2
A garbled Fresno Republican fragment mentions a superintendent, pilots of a 8 year old boy, fruit crops in Kansas, and plans for a financial meeting of 1,009,700 dollars. It references Lawrence, Wisconsin, and various agricultural topics, with scattered names and places. The text also notes political and educational themes, including independence celebrations in Chile and Paris political figures.
Local growers are urged to support Fresno and other local publications over metropolitan journals, arguing local papers better serve community interests and help secure fair crop prices. The piece condemns external trade papers as biased toward middlemen, urges subscriptions, and notes plans to publicize irrigation progress and market openings.
A local and statewide dispute over expected raisin input provokes varied estimates. Officials project Fresno County may yield about 490 thousand boxes of twenty pounds, with total shipments already underway and northern counties supplying the remainder.
A fragmented OCR piece discusses dairy markets, butter prices, and dairy producers in Indiana. It references county sales, production costs, and calls for local dairies to improve efficiency to keep money in the state, mentioning butter, cheese, and market demand.
Vineyardists report that flooding vines with water in cool winter weather strengthens vines, yields healthier plants, and heavier fruit, with many converts bearing out results. Spring flooding is harmful, but proper winter flooding is advised and expected to rise in use this season.
The California fruit trade is described as struggling amid aggressive advertising and competing products from the Pacific Slope. Local growers and forming labor efforts in the region face 2500 miles of disadvantage as they try to compete with external offerings.
An editorial urges establishing a cold storage warehouse near Fresno to handle meats, fruits, and perishables, arguing it would attract growers needing storage and spur income for the Anne factory. It warns against monopolies, notes summer business conditions, and mentions local racing events and public notices.
Deputy Constables Bartlett Rader and Hance, under orders, raided a Mompeset Street saloon trapping a gambling ring. James Dines and W Renfro were seized with a 1190 dollar cash stash and a full outfit including checks and a deal box. Nearly thirty men from varied professions witnessed the raid.
The article notes California raisins gaining prominence in trade with Australian colonies. It reports consignments aboard the steamer Wallan and a subsequent shipment by the Zoalandiva, with growing interest from grape and onion growers and potential for Australia to form a market in Portagmanulbcot. The piece highlights drought impacts on onion crops and the prospect of increased commercial relations between California and the colonies.
Attention members of the 1 O GT of both lodges in this city are urged to attend a gathering at Mrs L Mead's residence 141 Mist Street Wednesday September 25 at 7 o'clock. By order of the Committee.
Friends and strangers are invited to a Congregational Social at the church corner of K and Inyo streets next Thursday evening. A delightful program and light refreshments will be provided. Admission 10 cents.
A terse interview roundup questions Vert Godon and John Dole as merardists and farmers and challenges their understanding of comparative merits in an agricultural product display. The piece notes the party’s opinion and the authority of the ext rbits at the State buran, while suggesting uncertainty remains.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as a prepaid proprietary tonic made from a blend of herbs including sarsaparilla dandelion manhake dock pipsissewa juniper and other remedies. It claims powerful blood purification, curing ailments like scrofula salt rheum boils pimples humors dyspepsia biliousness sick headache indigestion general debility catarrh rheumatism and kidney liver complaints while restoring appetite and energy.
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