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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1929
Page
2
A reflective piece about a woman who lived as a man in public life, worked as a bookkeeper in Niles, but died unable to pay for a grave at San Lorenzo. It laments indifference and the difficulty of helping those with unspoken needs, noting social ties and personal struggles.
Editorial discusses Edison I seeking a successor through a nationwide high school contest. Winners will be invited to Edison’s Orange New Jersey lab for assessment and training. The piece argues Edison’s unique genius ensures future innovators will differ in method and impact.
Roger Babson in Forum lists at least 20 new ways to make a million, suggesting no easy path but promising returns for early adopters. Five notable concepts include easier parking, sideways cars, a diesel auto engine, children’s gliders, and talking books feeding a reader.
Heirs of John A. Sutter sue the U S government for 50 million alleging damages from the first California gold discovery. Dr Cecil Corwin previews a series examining early California history, noting suppressed records and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake impact.
William Heath Davis recalls the rapid growth of San Francisco from a small Yerba Buena settlement to a city of over two hundred thousand. He covers California’s shift from Mexican rule to independence and finally to the American Republic, noting his own active role in early business and his literary appeal to H. H. Bancroft.
The passage notes Davis contributed to Bancroft records about events, then wrote his own book. Published in 1889 as Sixty Years in California, he planned a second edition in 1906 but an earthquake and fire destroyed the typewritten copy, leaving him unable to complete the work.
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