Santa Barbara Tourist Center Historic Mentone of America
San Francisco reports Santa Barbara, seat of a Franciscan Mission since 1786, famed as a top American tourist center. Nestled by mountains, it lies 367 miles north of San Francisco and 104 miles from Los Angeles. The town, known for tourist hotels and mild climate, attracts thousands yearly. In the Fruit Area, citrus yields and tropical flowers boost its renown. Permanent population around 20,000, swelled each summer.
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Santa Barbara
America
Los Angeles
Anaconda Earnings Rise in First Half of 1928
New York June 29 Associated Press reports Anaconda Ming companies earned over 7 million dollars in the first half of 1925 including subsidiary dividends after bond interest taxes and charges. The gain exceeds the 1924 fall year and meets a large share of 1925 guidance. Improved margins of profit and finished products plus lower operating costs in Montana are cited as factors.
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Associated Press
New York
Anaconda Ming
Montana
Caillaux Begins Economy Drive in France
Finance Minister Caillaux has immediately moved to curb spending under the new financial law. He summoned department heads to discuss economies, ordered the suppression of 100 registration offices, and notified 134 additional offices that they will be eliminated soon.
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Furey
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Turkey
Church, Mission Board and Welfare Organization
New
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YMCA
Smyrna
Jennings Armives
Angora
Train Dances on NLS in Tremor Near Santa Barbara
An eye witness account from Dr. Frederick Vining Fisher aboard a Southern Pacific train near Santa Barbara describes violent shaking as the Santa Barbara earthquake struck. Trees moved, chimneys fell, and houses swayed while the train briefly halted and later resumed, with a tank toppled on the tracks near Summerland. The witness notes multiple slides and near burial dangers along the route.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Santa Barbara
Frederick Vining Fisher
Summerland
Brooklyn Bridge Becomes Higher Rent Busy Landlord
The Brooklyn Bridge, long a transport link, is raising rents about 25 percent as leases expire. Its 31 business tenants contribute to $72,619.92 yearly rent, with long-time firms like The New York World and The Brookly Freezer among occupants. Surface cars and elevated trains add nearly $140,000 in gross city revenue, while snack stands yield about $80,000. Overall yearly income reaches roughly $307,652.43, though the structure was built mainly for transport.
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Associated Press
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East River
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Brooklin
Edward A. Byrne
New York World
New York Evening Journal
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Brooklyn Bridge Cold Storage & Freezing Co
Fulton Fish Market
Adyening Leather Swamp
Co operative Buying Favored in Sweden
Stockholm June The daily wants of two thirds of Sweden's population are now supplied through cooperative organizations according to a government inquiry The Consumers Cooperative Society counts 244451 members or 17 percent of the population and four times that many as family representatives Net profits last year were 370320 with 15 percent added to capital reserve In 1909 membership was 635500 and branches rose from 376 to 880 The cooperatives run bars breweries mills dairies shoe shops savings banks and an insurance business The Cooperative Wholesale Society leads in food wholesale with a flour mill margarine plant and chemical works It maintains a savings department with over 39000 depositors About 630 cooperative dairies and 30 cooperative slaughter houses operate in Sweden for butter and meat.
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Stockholm
Associated Press
Sweden
Governmental Board of Social Inquiry
Consumers Co-operative Society
Capital Reserve
Co-operative Wholesale Society
Gloria Goes Back to Dick and Faces Alimony Check
Gloria Gordon, a flapper, flees her marriage after debts and infidelity churn, then returns to seek work. A $350 check from Dick, sent as alimony, shatters her hopes of reconciliation and pushes her toward reentering the workforce as she contemplates life with or without her husband.
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Dick Gregory
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Anactor
Stanley Wayburn
New York
Susan Briggs
Miss Briggs
Dr. Seymour
May
Jim Carewe
Nore Glera
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Dad
Glena
Richard Gregory
Bourne Divorce Trial Highlights Domestic Turmoil in New York
Mrs Beatrice Bourne accuses her husband Arthur Ko Bourne of striking her in a dispute outside their fashionable New York home. A mob allegedly gathered, Bourne was pummeled, and police intervened with arrests as the incident unfolded.
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Beatrice Bourne
Arthur Ko Bourne
Maillcotts
New York
Bourne
German infant mortality reduced since the war
Berlin reports new statistics showing infant mortality in Germany has declined since the war. The Associated Press notes the improvement appears linked to postwar health measures and economic stabilization, with continued concern over regional disparities and access to medical care.
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