Sparks From Live Wires Urges City Clean Up Or Pay Penalty
Hayward board of trustees orders cleanup of unkempt vacant lots with a five hundred dollar per fifty feet assessment to fund removal of rubbish and grass to reduce fire hazards. Fire Chief M. G. Riggs says warnings were issued earlier and most lots were cleaned, but remaining sites must be cleared or the penalty will be enforced.
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Hayward Board of Trustees
M. G. Riggs
Hayward
Berg
Mexican Bandits Arrested for Bank Killing
Three Mexican bandits wanted for the murder of T. G. Hobbs, cashier at the state bank in Casden, were captured at San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Hobbs was shot as he resisted a bank hold up. robbers escaped with nine dollars.
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Yuma, Art
T. G. Hobbs
Casden
San Luis
Sorona
Mexico
Hobbs
Eightieth Birthday Celebrated by Local Pioneer Jacob Harder
Jacob Harder Sr a Hayward district pioneer and retired agriculturist marked his eightieth birthday at Harder Station his home named after him Surrounded by family members a birthday dinner and music followed the celebration in Hayward district local history note
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Jacob Harder Sr
Hayward
Harder Station
Gray Rats Endanger Prize Pigeons Spark Call for Action
Local pigeon fancier Joseph Vargas warns that large gray rats, ten inches long with equally long tails, are decimating prize and racing pigeons along the San Leandro creek banks in Hayward. Rats climb structures to reach nests, dragging off parents and devouring young birds, with breeder Joseph Brum among the heaviest losers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Vargas
San Leandro
Hayward
Vargas
Joseph Brum
S. F. Chemist Seen as Schwartz Victim
Theodore White aged 37 of San Francisco was summoned to the Pacific Cellulose laboratory in Walnut Creek on July 23. A blast and fire later killed a man about 37, 5 feet 3 inches tall, not matching Schwartz, at the same lab. Sheriff Veale investigates after Berkeley police received a mysterious call about White.
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Theodore White
San Francisco
Pacific Cellulose Company
Walnut Creek
Charles Henry Schwartz
R. R. Veale
Contra Costa County
Berkeley
White
Prune Crop Prospects Up in Southern Alameda County
Growers report the 1925 prune crop should be of higher quality than last year due to better weather and increasing orchard knowledge. Markets are strong, promising good prices, with harvest beginning next month and many laborers needed. The 2204 acres in the district could approach county production records, with French Imperial and Rose de Sergeant varieties favored.
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Alameda County
Alameda
Rose de Sargeant
Charity Branch Set for Southern Alameda County Next Monday
The southern Alameda county branch of the Oakland Associated Charities will formalize as a permanent unit at a special meeting next Monday night at the local health center. Five communities Hayward Pleasanton Niles Centerville and Livermore will support it with Miss Margaret Ledig overseeing from San Leandro to the county line. One thousand dollars has been raised for outfitting headquarters equipment and a stenographer.
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Alameda County
Oakland Associated Charities
Oakland
Old City
B and
Main Streets
Hayward
Pleasanton
Niles
Conerville
Livermore
Margaret Ledig
San Leandro
Alameda
Santa Clara County
Ledig
Dempsey Demands One Million for Wills Bout
Los Angeles August 7 Jack Dempsey declares a title clash with Harry Wills needs at least one million dollars to guarantee the fight and says no contract with Floyd Fitzsimmons is signed. He notes Fitzsimmons has offered a million and an agreement may form if Wills signs.
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Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Dempsey
Floyd Fitz
Post Office Finances Rise in 50 Cities in July
Washington Aug 7 Under new rates postal returns from 50 cities rose 11.90 percent in July against the same month last year the figures announced today.
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Washington
New York Adopter Faces Fresh Trouble Over Heiress Dorothy
Miss Anna St John of Rye asks Public Affairs Commissioner Bird S Poller to return Dorothy Lunatine Browning, 16, heiress to the Browning household after she was first placed with Edward Browning to accompany Dorothy. Mrs St John had previously fostered Dorothy after abandonment by her parents. After four years she entrusted Dorothy to Browning as the later companion.
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New York
Edward Browning
Anna St. John
Rye
Bird S. Poller
Dorothy
Browning
Maillionaire
Scott Vows to Prove Sanity in Maurer Killing Case
In his first interview since the jury found him insane Russell Scott, former millionaire, declares he is sane and will continue his fight to prove he did not kill Joseph Maurer, a young drug clerk, in Chicago.
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Chicago
Jurr
Russel Scott
Joseph Maurer
Polar air explorer Byrd seeks Arctic base
Washington reports Lt Commander Byrd with the McMillan expedition is searching the polar wastes around Elleanore for a land base. The naval department was advised today.
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Washington
Polar Air Explorer
McMillan Expedition
Elleanore
Byrd
Naval Department
Reward Offered for Meter theft from car on Castro Street
A $310.00 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who stole a Boyce Bar motor meter from a car parked at the corner of Castro Streets on August 6 1923. Contact H.E. Callow Mt Eden California.
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And
Castro Streets
HE. Callow
Mt. Eden
Cal
Landmark near Livermore razed by fire and explosion
The Mountain House Inn dance pavilion near Altamont Pass was destroyed by a fire caused by an oil stove explosion. Guests escaped with only belongings as flames reached rooms. Traffic along the highway was blocked. Neighbors and nearby farmers saved adjoining buildings with only nominal damage. The inn was owned by J. B. Bunte and run by J. B. Piser. Howard rushed back after a stove incident. Insurance covers part of the several thousand dollars in damage.
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Mountain House Inn
Altamont ‘Pass
Livermore
Spn
Altamont
Innn
J. B. Bunte
J. B. Piser
Hayward
A. W. Howard
Howard
Bay HoldUp Ends With Shot Youths Sought
One boy, Romaine Meyers, 18, is in serious condition at Oakland Emergency Hospital after a slot machine robbery attempt near Hotel Oakland. Police say Officer Fred Barbeau shot a fleeing suspect, Edward Scott, 26, who was captured and handcuffed to a telephone pole, while two other assailants fled.
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Oakland
Oakland City
Romaine Meyers
Seventy-second Avenue
Fred Barbeau
Barbeau
Edward Scott
Poe
Hayward Maps Fight for Return of Closed Street
City Engineer Jesse B. Holly marks C street crossing on maps as Hayward plans to protest the Western Pacific Railroad closure. City Attorney Co. W White will petition the railroad commission immediately, citing removed target poles at the depot after marshal Schilling and council orders.
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C Street
Jesse B. Holly
W. White
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad Commission
Attorney White
Fred P. Schilling
Catalina Island Capitalist Dies
Hancock Banning aged 61 prominent Southern California businessman and former Catalina Island owner died after surgery in a local hospital. He and his two brothers bought Catalina Island about 36 years ago and sold the property in 1919 to William Wrigley chewing gum magnate.
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Los Angeles
Hancock Banning
California
Catalina Island
Willfiam Wrigter
Sudden Heart Attack Kills William Dollmer in Hayward
William P Dollmer 36 a Long Beach visitor died after a sudden heart attack at five this morning. He leaves wife Maggie and three children Alice 7 Nelda 5 and Dorothy 2 a sister Alice Dollmer a brother Charles and relatives Harold Heizer and Alice Heiser. Funeral arrangements through Sorensen Bro s Funeral Pattorn and burial in Lone Tree Cemetery Hayward to be announced.
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William P. Dollmer
Long Beach
Chas. Dollmer
Mr. Dollmer
Maggie Dollmer
Alice
Nelda
Dorothy
Alice Dollmer
Charles
Harold Heizer
Alice Heiser
Doctor Parry Welcomes Eight-Pound Son in Berkeley
Dr Leo Parry of Hayward announces the birth of an eight pound son to Mrs Parry at Berkeley Hospital where the mother is reported in excellent condition.
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Leo Parry
Hayward
Berkeley Hospital
Four Hurt as Auto Overturns Near Pleasanton
One man died and four others were seriously injured when a car driven by Neil McNab overturned between Pleasanton and Dublin while returning from a Sacramento job. Victims include Marle Lee 35 and four injured coworkers all from Oakland addresses.
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Alameus
Neil McNab
East Fwenty-seventh Street
Aklagd
Pleasanton
Eisen
George
Twenty-Fifth Street
Abrahopeon
Gustave
West Street
Oakland
Sacramento
Dublin
Alameda County Hospital
Marle
Mob LYNCHING in Excelsior Springs involves Black man
A mob of about seven hundred dragged Miller Michell from the county jail in Excelsior Springs Missouri this afternoon and fatally harmed him after entering the jail just before three. He was accused in connection with the assault of Miss Maud Holt, age 18.
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Excelsior Springs
Miller Michell
Maud Holt
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Harvard Review
Hayward, Calif
S. F
Schwartz
Terbins Bros. Ales Service
Castro St
Hayward, Cal
Scott
Arctic
Caliz
Dohner & Galbraith
Chrysler
Sid Loewenthal
P.O. Chrysler
Spaperarchive
Alamont Inn
Hayward Maps
Wan Burke
Nash Dealer
Dodge Brothers
Graham Brothers
Walter H. Daniels
Castro Street
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