Airship dreams and wild weather in Hayward news
A garbled Hayward page mixes tall tales about aviators and aeroplanes with health cures and political jabs. It notes the North Pole, simplified spelling, and inflated prosperity claims before drifting to Hayward and Oregon cave monuments, insect pest alerts, and agricultural notes cited from the American Bureau of Entomology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siskiyou National Forest
Josephine County
Oregon
Txt
Bear Horier
Nation seeks to curb pests as census data loom
The article notes the codling moth as a native of America tied to apple trees and imported from Japan and Europe. It details government collaboration on pest control, plus projections from census statisticians estimating U S population near 90 to 95 million, with comparisons to world powers and rapid growth through prior centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
San Jose
Japan
Europe
Massachusetts
Census Bureau
United States
British Empire
Philippine Islands
France
German Empire
Austria-Hungary
Netherlands
Ottoman Empire
North America
South America
Australia
South Africa
Argentina
Monkey as Author’s Pet and Missing Manuscripts Tale
A Paris influence tale recounts Chateaubriand and Fontanes with a clever monkey stealing drafts. The animal copied torn pages and hid orders, later replaced by a cat to share the writer’s desk. A later anecdote contrasts artistic sensitivity with a neighboring household’s curious child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simian
Paris
Chateaubriand
London Globe
Fontanes
Bis
Whatesuhriand
Ibn Pleasze
Doctor and patient exchange in coinfused note
A garbled Detroit Free Press line shows a doctor warning a patient to stay away and the patient apologizing for not recovering. The fragment hints at illness and safety. The piece ends with a reflection on manners and communication.
Portola Festival Sparks San Francisco Revival
Statewide response to the Portola Festival highlighted San Francisco as a unified commercial gateway. Don Gaspar de Portola and Queen Virgilia drew national attention, with estimates showing festival costs at 120000 and potential economic impact from 5 to 8 million dollars in five days. Thousands from the East visited, boosting home-seekers and demand for California products as visitors dispersed across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Don Gaspar de Portola
Virgilia
P. T. Clay
New Orleans
United States
Clay
Robert A. Roos
Golden State
Law Against Betting Upheld by Appellate Court
San Francisco report on the Otis-Walker bill prohibiting bookmaking being ruled constitutional by the state appellate court. It covers Frank OShea the dog fancier arrested for engaging in pug selling and bookmaking at Ingleside Coursing Park on July 6. The New California Jockey Club plans a racing meet at Emeryville starting November 20.
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San Francisco
Frank O'Shea
Ingleside Coursing Park
Cooper
New California Jockey Club
Emerylville
Percy W. Treat
Williams
Cook
Foes of Dread White Plague See Victory in Light
The United States census division reports declines in tuberculosis deaths per 100000 after intensified efforts from the 1898 Washington congress and state campaigns. Total deaths from all forms rose to 188 in 1908, though the rate fell compared to 1907, with declines in most states except Colorado Rhode Island and Vermont. Montreal hosts a formal reopening of the Royal Edward Institute to lead the fight against the white plague with military ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
Dresser J. Wilbur
Division of Statistics
United. States
United States
Washington
Itis
Colorado
Rhode Island
Vermont
Montreal
Ito's Life Pays for Japan's Subjugation of Korea
A long report links the assassination of Prince Wo to Korean resistance under Japanese rule in Korea. It recalls the murder of American adviser Tatham White Stevens in San Francisco and outlines Koreas unrest, the dethroning of the Korean emperor, and Japan's broad legal changes imposed on the peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ito
Japan
Korea
Tokio
Prince Wo
al Hathin
Prince To Mat
Tatham White Stevens
San Francisco
Stevens
Bat
Jin
Karsan
Inhn Atted
Tokyo
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Hayward Review
Hayward
Alameda County
Chanteur
Taft
North Pole
Esther
Conk
Doctor
Marco Palo
Mary
Toledo
Israel
Bureau of Entomalogy
Mame
Tees
Negeri HerTit
Azone
Consaisco
Detroit
Supreme Court
Meryville
Tong
W. Meok
Ib, Parsong
Paani
Haywards Bank OF
Bank OF Haywards
Oakland
H.W. Mek President
LB. Parsons
Smith Bros
Thirteenth Street
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