California Golden State Weather and Industry Notes
Long 1914 letter from Venice California recounts sunshine mild nights and growing agricultural output. Reports on grape shipments from Vacaville, citrus volumes, apricot harvests, orange groves, and rising California oil production. Notes traffic on Venice beach, Pacific Electric expansion to Corona, and local business activity including a Porterville flute cannery sale and Los Angeles pie production. Includes community news from Bollinger County visitors and a poem by Helen Qatte-McVey.
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Venice
Cal
Golden
Mercury
California
Vacaville
Riverside
Pacific Electric Company
Corona
Flute
Porterville
Ciarter Oak
Balkley
Gypress Avenue
San Mates Street
Guy L. Hunter
Los Angeles
Arthur Howell
Ekdrige
Beach
Santa Monica
Pacific Electric
Imperial
Alhambra
Imperial Valley
Bollinger County
Cauroemta Gur
Between the Battle Lines in Mexico
A serialized tale The Land of Broken Promises by Dane Coolidge is announced with focus on Mexican revolution conditions and adventures of two Americans plus a romance. The piece notes political races in Missouri and a glass sand land deal in Alton, plus election returns thanks to Advance Telephone.
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Land of Broken Promises
Dane Coolidge
Advance Telephone Company
Alton
Missouri
Illinois Glass Co
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co
Chester Trituin
Keokuk
Wheat and corn feeding tips and a poison case noted
Wheat now sells similarly to corn and can feed work animals and dairy cows profitably when mixed with other grains. Balanced rations for work horses and milk cows are given. A. A. Hoffman was arrested in Bollinger county for poisoning his wife's cow with Paris green in corn cobs. Details are unclear about evidence and timing of the case.
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A A. Hoffman
Bollinger County
Liberty Township
Huffman
Saar
Returns From The Primary Figures Incomplete
Report admits not providing official returns due to timing and small remaining changes from two precincts. Mentions light Republican vote, quiet contest, and names several local officials. includes a lengthy anecdote about testy family relations before concluding.
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Tehker
Appointment to Join-Exchange Awaited After Collapse
The doctor collapsed and the deputy was taken to the woods. The applicant waits for a solo designation of his beneficiary before proceeding to join Exchange.
Political message from Wells after primary defeat
Wells thanks supporters for their help in the primary and urges friends to back his opponent Mr Yount in the general election He calls for party unity and predicts a Democratic victory in November urging voters to get busy and help secure a storied triumph in the fall
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Yount
Wo Wells
Quotes From the Nation on Poverty and Temptation
A sequence of satirical clippings from various papers critiques poverty, drinking, and social neglect. It includes a Chicago woman bewailing harsh conditions after repeated arrests, a clergyman offered milk by a farmer’s wife, a mule-stealing acquittal with a wandering rule, and a quip on tobacco and alcohol temptations.
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Green Ridge
St Joseph
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