Town Quake Turmoil Leaves Vagsville Damaged but Not Dead
Earthquake hit Solano County on April 19 causing widespread damage in Vagsville and surrounding towns. Main street suffered extensive destruction with two hundred stores ruined while key structures like the Presbyterian Church and Brunswick Hotel were cracked. Dobbins house collapsed trapping occupants briefly but all escaped. two water tanks survived intact. A Chinaman fled in alarm when agitators were blamed but backed away once the quake’s nature was clear. Sulphurous flames burst from ground fissures amid loud detonations.
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Vags- Ville
Solano County
Cal
Ulatis Creek
Main Street
Presbyterian Church
Brunswick
W. J. Dobbins
Gibson Canyon
Miss Dobbins
Miss Fit
Dobbins
L. C. Davis
Vacaville
Seismic Shocks Ripple Across California Towns
The tremor sequence suggested an internal origin with two or three minor shocks causing limited damage. Over twenty towns suffered harm while San Francisco felt a light jolt. A creek briefly expelled water, exposing fissures and a striking explosion-like effect to an eyewitness.
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San Tfrrancisco
Junius Letter to the Duke of Grafton on Liberty and Shame
The writer Junius addresses the Duke of Grafton with sharp critique. He suggests that if Grafton possessed intellect aligned with his heart, he might have become a powerful minister under a limited monarch, capable of steering toward the ruin of a free people. The passage condemns a lack of shame and public reproach.
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Junius
Duke of Grafton
Earthquake Hits Vacaville Wrecks Homes Injures Several
In Vacaville a major quake damaged Garland Gates’ house and several other buildings. no one was killed and many escaped serious harm as walls and chimneys collapsed. Witness S N Bottis described a west to east tremor with later north to south shocks and people fleeing in their night clothes.
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Garland Gates
Enterprise
Vacaville
A. C. Stevenson
S. N. Bottis
Main Street
Bettis
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge Named Minister to France
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Bostonian and grandson of Thomas Jefferson, has been nominated Minister to France. Born Aug 26, 1831, he graduated from Harvard, led the Boott Manufacturing Co, rebuilt Lowell mills, and served Massachusetts at the Pan American Congress. A Republican benefactor, he funded the Jefferson Laboratory at Harvard and Manchester Public Library.
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T. J. Coolidge
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge
France
Thomas Jefferson
Boston
Harvard
Europe
Gardner
Boott Manufacturing Company
Lowell
Massachusets
Pan-American Congress
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Jefferson Physical Laboratory
Manchester
Moroccan Sultan Buys Time With Phonograph Diplomacy
The Sultan Muley el Jassan reportedly used a phonograph to hear Annie Rooney and then told World’s War agents to seize what they could and spare the phonograph, a striking claim about diplomacy and modern technology.
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Muley el Jassan
Morocco
Annie Rooney
Church and State at Omaha Methodist Quadrennial
The twenty first quadrennial Methodist conference in Omaha heard bishops report on foreign work and church growth, noted American and foreign missions, and debated university endowment plans and church state relations. Delegates, including many from the United Kingdom, urged strict separation of church and state and opposed government funding for religious activities.
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Omaha
Omoehao
Boyd’s Opera House
United Kingdom
Bowman
Monroe
Foster
Confession of Faith
Epworth League
National University At Washington
Woman's College
Baltimore
Gerald
Thoburn
India
Mayalasia
Methodist Church
America
Taylor
Africa
Wissor Walden
Fowler
Ethiopia
American University and
Christian Education
Great University At
Washington
Bishop Hurst
Moulton
American University
United States
General Conference
Great Baptist Church
Vincent
London
John L. Smith
Valparaiso
Ind
Committee On the
Republic
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
J. M. King
New York
King
One Idea of Land Value and the Single Tax
John Filmer argues that land gains its value from communal use and location rather than labor. He traces Manhattan land history from the 1626 West India Company sale to Trinity Church, contends the privilege of use creates value, and advocates a single tax funded by ground rents to balance community and individual rights.
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West India Co
Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
Bridge Street
Abram Jacobson von Steenwyck
Anthony Jansen Vanlees
New Amsterdam
Fulton and
Chambers Streets
Broadway
North River
Trinity Church
Bowling Green
Wall Street
Hudson River
English Church
Trinity Church Corporation
Vandegrist
Mr. van D
Morton
Upper Searf
Mr. Morton
West India Company
John Filmer
A Plea for a Single Land Tax
D. T. Hayes argues that only land value should be taxed and not improvements to spur production and ease urban congestion. He cites ancient Egypt to show dangers of taxing crops and contends a land tax would foster homes, reduce idle land, and promote employment, with society capturing land value created by community growth.
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Egypt
The
Nile
Hayes
Boston Globe
Farmers Back Single Tax In Sioux City Meeting
Progress in Iowa shows farmers favoring the single tax, surprising locals at an Alliance meeting. Many farmers express sympathy as the movement spreads, with the tax seen as falling on landowners rather than farmers.
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Sioux City
Alliance
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Bishop Newman
Joan Wisley
Doyd's Opera House
Single Tax Department
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