California Utopian Colonies and Their Failing Dream
Author Robert V. Hine studies California utopias from Fountain Grove to Point Loma, Kaweah Cooperative, and Modjeska. The book traces why communes based on shared labor and spiritual aims struggled amid sex scandals, finance woes, and industrial pressure, offering insights into modern society.
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Huntington Library
California
Robert V. Hine
Yale
Fountain Grove
Santa Rosa
Thomas Lake Harris
New York
Theosophical Society
Point Loma
San Diego
Katherine Tingley
Hine
Find Many People Eat Themselves Into Old Age
Raleigh report quotes Miss Virginia Wilson and Dr. Edward J. Stieglitz on how diet affects aging. It says aging may reflect poor food habits and that meals between ages 40 and 60 influence later health, with heart and kidney diseases often starting in middle age.
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Raleigh
Virginia Wilson
State College Extension
Edward J. Stieglitz
Letter Saves Life Of Man Trapped By Electric Line
Mount Dora Florida resident Paul H. Johnson says a letter he had not mailed may have saved him when a windstorm felled a tree onto his car. He grabbed a door handle and received a severe shock from live wires but used the letter as an improvised insulator to escape as the car roof caved in, suffering a sprained back and minor cuts.
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Mount Dora
Fla
Paul H. Johnson
Suspect Points to Wrong Farm In Forged Check Case
In Cushing Oklahoma deputy Lee Stiles questioned a suspect about forged checks. The man claimed to be a stranger who earned the checks as a farm laborer and named a farm three miles west on State Highway 33 as the location. The deputy realized the farm was Stiles own home.
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Cushing, Okla
Lee Stiles
Stiles
Cushing
Some Soviets Not Afraid To Speak
Miss Alexandra Tolstoy, daughter of Leo Tolstoy, says she heard in Berlin that some Soviets are no longer afraid to speak up. She spoke on her return from Germany where she opened the Tolstoy Fondation’s new home for escapees, as president of the charity aiding Russian emigrants.
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New York
Alexandra Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Soviet Union
Miss Tolstoy
Germany
Berlin
Tolstoy Fondation
Russia
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San Marino
Calif
Harris
Theosophists
Miss Tingley
Covina
Kaweah
T. T. Connor
Phil
Roscoe Pickering
San Francio
P. H. Dorsey
Atlanta
Muscle-Aid Company
Jefferson Blvd
Los Angeles
Caliernia
PTGS
S Norris Music House
First Ave
Gardner Board Corp
Middletown
Reed -Klopp
Ross
Fk UN
Cinna
Fea
Sonny
Children's World
Second Floor
Tom O’shanter
Children’s World
Kaynee
PSOE
AM Ey
U.S
Sentral Ave
Tan
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