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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1925
Page
2
The piece argues that heavy rainfall boosts California’s economy and morale, likening water to gold since pioneer days. It says rain stabilizes the water supply, enables investment, and sustains life, suggesting future shortages may not dampen spirits as moisture returns in the traditional pattern.
An orchardist with 40 acres of cherries grows 40 acres of melons and 40 acres of hogs nearby, using culled fruit to feed pigs. Colliers notes each crop supports the others, creating profitable, multilevel farming. The era of marginal farming is over for those who think clearly through the plan.
The piece urges promoting athletic events as public amusements and values a community playground for children as a lasting asset. It notes Americans favor watching sports over participation and calls for slower paced plans with direct beneficial results in public spaces.
The Review invites letters from subscribers on chosen topics with freely expressed opinions. Authors must sign their letters to show good faith, though not all may be published. Personal attacks are restricted, but open discussion strengthens reader connection.
A mob of about 200 men razed and destroyed vines on 400 acres of ranch land near Madera on Wednesday night. The act is described as the most contemptible crime, with calls for swift, severe punishment and for the guilty to be brought to justice.
John Sandy, 32, jailed after planning escape by crawling into a prison ash barrel. He hid under cabbage leaves, waited for feed-time, but was discovered when guards tipped the barrel. He was placed in a tub before relocking him.
St Marys college announces the annual Passion Play For All the World staged during Holy Week by the Christian Brothers University with a fifty member cast drawn from alumni and students. Two San Francisco showings occur Palm Sunday April 6 at Wilkes Columbia Theatre Geary and Mason streets and an Oakland performance April 7 at the Amphitheatre theatre with separate student and public showings.
A collage of brief satirical blurbs notes Prohibition has mixed effects, a poet spurning America, ancient tortures fetching high sales, costly modern saxophones, and vast mail to the dead-letter office. It cites Kansas pardon limits, eye as radio, broadcasting ladies, auto safeties, scientists studying influenza and insects, meters for Chicago water, and a city uproar over misread meters.
A February 12, 1925 letter from a B Street resident laments the mutilation of shade trees in Hayward. The writer questions city leaders for permitting the “slaughter” of trees, arguing property values will fall and urging action.
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