Auburn Hen Delly Gray Laid Eggs Daily Nine Years
Sacramento dispatch reports Delly Gray an Auburn hen credited with laying an egg every day from 1916 until death. Miss Ena Wilkerson owned the hen which supposedly averaged 373 eggs per year despite typical hen yields, prompting nationwide curiosity about its remarkable record.
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Auburn
Sacramento
Etta A. Wilkerson
Ben
Dolly Gray
San Francisco
United States
Delly Gray
Auburn Undertaking
Ena Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Prize hen Dolly Counts 3359 Eggs In Life and Death
Dolly the hen earned special recognition after a life spent laying one egg daily from Thanks Living Day 1914 until her death. She produced 3359 eggs, including two days with two eggs in 1917, starting from an incubator birth and in later life fed on cracked almonds corn on the cob and lettuce.
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Morever
Asa
Dolly
Civic League Hear Woman Talk Europe in Hayward
Hayward Civic League sponsors a public meeting at Odd Fellows Hall with Crystal Harford of the University High School Oakland detailing personal glimpses of English Parliament and League of Nations leaders. The event includes Red Cross fund drive, clothing donations, and reports on past NutritIon and welfare work.
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Hayward Civic League
Odd Fellows Hall
Crystal Harford
University High School
Oakland
League of Nations
Aliss Harford
Europe
League
Odd Fellows Halls
Miss Harford
L. M. Turner
Red Cross
L B. Parsons
Max Hegen
Philantrophy Chairman
Walker Wins New York City Mayoral Race by Wide Margin
Democrat State Senator James J. Walker captures the mayoralty in all five boroughs with an estimated 445,000 vote lead over Republican Frank D Waterman. Whitman fails to unseat Joab H. Banton as district attorney while Mrs Prau wins a seat on the board of aldermen.
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New York
James J. Walker
New York City
Guy
Walker
Frank D. Waterman
Charles S. Whitman
New York County
Joab H. Banton
Prau
Board of Aldermen
15Th Assembly
Insurgents Win in SE San Francisco Election Affects Board
Clean-up ticket lands a large majority as incumbents backed by Mayor Rolph are defeated. Nine seats fill the board with only two minority incumbents reelected, promising readjusted committees. Total city vote hits 146 000, near record levels, with public administrator citywide tallies listed for Katz Hynes and others.
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Rolph
Board of Supervisors
Katz
Hynes
O'Toole
Supertviso
McSheehy
Walter Schmidt
Deasy
Powers
Hareaner
Kent
Stanton
Todd
Acquittal and Fines From Local Court Session
Judge Jacob Harder Jr. presided as Louis Roulin was found not guilty of disturbing the peace and dismissed. Seven youths faced charges for Halloween mischief with stones and cucumbers, while J R Rothwell paid a $25 fine for reckless driving. Ernest Vargas dismissed on the same charge on promise to reform. Henry Hernandes sought jury trial on liquor possession after a county raid and received a one month continuance to raise funds. A civic note highlights the Hayward Americanization teacher and calls for Civic League membership to foster better citizenship.
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Jacob Harder Jr
Louis Roulin
B Street
F. le Boulanger
Castro Street
le Boulanger
Raulin
Virginia le Boulanger
J. R. Rothwell
Lincoln Avenue
Alameda
Ernest Vargas
Alvarado
Henry Hernandes
George Helms
Jacob Harder
Highlands Club Holds Funeral Over Old Piano
The Howard Highlands Improvement Club held a mock funeral for an old piano at its Tuesday gathering. A raffle assigns the piano to ticket holder number 366 with 323 as fallback. local improvements and road work are also announced. residents discuss school spending versus luxuries.
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Hayward Highlands
Maruy
Entertaiinment
Howard Highlands Improvement Club
Swickard
Scott
Ted Hartley
Hearlt
Ted
Civic Center
Hye Entertainment
Henry Garsberger
Faunly
California
Weidlein
Mr. Ferguson
Mr. Osborne
Heckbarth
Davis
Second Street
New Management Takes Over Mason Motor Sales Location
Mason Motor Sales has sold its lease to Mr. Parks who will assume control within days. The vacant corner rooms at Main and A streets stir speculation about future use while the Star is expected to remain on site.
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Mason Motor Sales Company
Parks
Main
Asia Cradle of Life Claim Spurs Mongolian Expedition Findings
Roy Chapman Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History announced from San Francisco that 20,000 year old traces found in Asia’s Gobi desert support the view that Asia was the cradle of life. He says early humans linked to African Indians and a land bridge once connected Asia and America.
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San Francisco
Roy Chapman Andrews
American Museum of Natural Elistory
Mongolia
Gubi Desert
Asia
Earth
Andrews
America
The Same Woman and the Half-Fare Travel Paradox
A light humorous note from the Ohio State Journal about a mother who claimed her twelve year old daughter was six to ride half fare, now saying she is sixteen to drive the car. The item highlights parental exaggeration and travel fare quirks with a playful tone.
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Ohio State Journal
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