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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
1
A dense OCR fragment from a Hayward California page covers varied items from Galveston banking, a battleship Vermont glove dispute, a Kansas aero plan, Orville Wright bonuses, a Rockefeller index, and scattered notes on fashion, machinery, and drug trends. It mentions Edward Weston, Ingall, Thaw, and assorted cultural handoffs, with references to standards, butter, and axle grease.
The piece critiques government policy on medals and coin usability, comments on centennial celebrations of the War of 1812, and reflects on naval power and past conflicts. It ties in American Canadian relations, admonishes current austerities, and notes a dramatic court case about bigamy and a mother defending her children by marrying six men.
San Francisco will glow with electric lights and colored decorations during Portola Week. The Portola grand ball at the Fairmont Hotel promises dazzling setting and high society attendance, with tickets costing ten dollars for men and five for women. A Portola masquerade will follow in the Auditorium with prizes for original costumes and a fifty-piece brass band.
Stockton hosts a large festival beginning the 26th to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the rush to mining districts in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties. The event recreates early camp life with gambling, dance halls, stage coaches, and traders. San Francisco Promotion Committee urges statewide support as San Joaquin pioneers open houses for visiting locals and Calaveras tribes join in Indian village displays.
Miss Isabelle Wilson, a high school teacher, declines to sign diplomas that declare students’ “highest honor” when she cannot vouch for their qualifications. The Ukiah School Trustees withheld weeks’ pay, and Wilson appealed to the State Superintendent, stating she would starve before endorsing diplomas she cannot endorse on moral grounds. Kyatt backs the Ukiah trustees.
Laura Immingham in England applied for summons against Home Secretary Gladstone, prison governor, and jail physician after suffragette was fed by force upon release. Allegations include mouth forced open with a steel instrument, limbs restrained, and a feeding tube inserted. Suffering congestion, throat inflammation, nervous prostration, and weight loss, with magistrate declining summons, ruling acts in process of law not unlawful.
The Woodland Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows met recently with reports of sunshine conditions. The order includes over 30,000 members in about 400 subordinate lodges and 224 Jones, reflecting a sizable fraternal presence and ongoing activity within the organization.
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