I Am the Champion Sea Sick Guy of This Range
An actor recalls studio life on location trips for silent films in 1919 and 1935, detailing river work on the Sacramento and American rivers, a steamboat race with Irvin Cobb, and memories of Irene Rich and Margaret Livingston. He notes Westerns, stage sets, and the public’s views while discussing gold strikes, Mohave activity, and Hollywood logistics.
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Beverly Hilus
Irvin Cobb
Cobb
Sacramento
Mississippi
Ohio
Irvin
Tennessee
Claremore
American River
Cal
Mohave
Dempsey
Fox
Stockton
McNight Syndicate, Inc
Sixteen Fire Lookouts Manned in Santa Barbara Forest
The U S Forest Service reports sixteen of twenty one fire lookout stations in the Santa Barbara National Forest are now manned. Roving crews will fill the remaining positions by July 1 marking a historic peak in on duty watchers. Lookouts span Monterey to Ventura counties with many near the Santa Barbara watershed.
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Santa Barbara
WN U
Santa Barbara National Forest
U. S. Forest Service
Monterey County
Ventura County
California employment and wages rise in state report
A state labor bulletin shows 1,060 firms reporting 145,095 employees in May, up 3.2 percent from a year earlier. Weekly wages total $3,575,448. The report notes higher employment and earnings nationwide, with shipments of seedling apricots from Winters district to New York markets.
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San Francisco
WIU
California
Edward L. Nolan
Yolo County
New York
Rice Growers in Yolo County To Receive Increase
Western Yolo County rice growers who allege their acreage allotment was reduced by the AAA are notified an increase will be granted.
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Yolo County
AAA
Missionary Message Across Generations
A historical sermon outlines Israel as a missionary nation and the Church as a missionary organization. It traces Abrahamic call, Christ as light to the nations, and the apostolic commission. It notes Acts 1 6 8 as the start of foreign missions and highlights Pauls witness before Agrippa as example of evangelistic obedience.
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Jesus
Paul
Israel
Abraham
Christ
Jonah
Church
The
Apostolic Commission
Heaven
Commission of the Apostles
Antioch
Europe
Asia Minor
Macedonia
Agrippa
Damascus
Jesus Christ
Satan
God
Thought and Character Shape a Man's World
A reflection on how a man's ideas guide actions and organize his life. The author asserts that inner thought governs behavior, shaping decisions, beliefs, and the course of events around him.
Santa Clara County Pioneer Mission Roots and Parks
Santa Clara County grew from the Santa Clara Mission established in 1777 to a rich agricultural region with 1328 square miles. It hosts the University of Santa Clara, San Jose State Teachers College, Stanford University, Lick Observatory, and historic San Jose. Notable sites include Sunnyvale Naval Air Base and the Winchester Mystery House built by Sarah Winchester.
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California
Santa Clara Valley
Santa Clara
University of
Santa Clara County
Ator Leland Stanford
Stanford
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
San Jose
Sunnyvale
Sarah L. Winchester
Withinland California fishing shows improving sport ahead
Fishing in California improves inland and coast catches from Malibu to San Diego with many reports of good trips. Malibu to Santa Cruz barge and pier fishing yield halibut barracuda and yellowtail while Sacramento Valley roads pose hazards after heavy snows melt. A Mendocino County trout depletion study follows a weekend steelhead case where six anglers faced fines or jail for taking 593 fish.
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California
Malibu Beach
San Diego
Sacramento Valley
High Sierra
Malibur Beach
Los Angeles County
Santa Cruz
Leo Harris
Fresno State College
Sonora
Sierra
Mendocino
C. M. Walker
Oddities and bids mark California news blurbs
A San Pedro report notes a Manila bound colonel whose business card listed Roosevelt era bureaus. California health officials report quadruplet births since 1915 and U S totals. San Francisco recalls a 1917 watch theft linked to a pawn list and recovery. Yuba City bids for pauper burials include a one cent bid from Hogle Byrne, lowest for redwood casket robe and transport within the county.
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San Pedro
Roosevelt
Manila
L. Q. C. Wolfson
Yuba City
Hogle & Byrne
Bernard Abra Wins Big in Bridge Hand With 13 Spades
Los Angeles player Bernard J. Abra picked up his cards and bid seven spades for 1380 points in a bridge hand. The win came with little skill since he was dealt 13 spades. Four months earlier at the same table he had been dealt
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Los Angeles
Bernard J. Abrahams
Ella Sterling Mighels A Pioneering California Writer
Ella Sterling Mighels, born 1853 in Sacramento County, earned the title First Literary Historian of California by the State Legislature. She wrote The Little Mountain Princess, The Story of the Files, The Full Glory of Dianthe, Society and Babe Robinson, and Life and Letters of a Forty-niner's Daughter, dying in 1934.
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Ella Sterling Mighels
California
Ella
Lake Tahoe
Dianthe
Babe Robinson
San Francisco
East
Europe
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Will) Rogers
Pan American Airways
Alameda
Honolulu
Vinnie Barry
F. W. McIver
Imperial Irrigation District
Imperial County
District Court of Appeals
San di
L. A. Wheeler
Foreign Agricultural Service
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
George K. York
Federal
Wheeler
U.S
Jesse Owens
Ohio State
Berkeley
San Juan Bautista
San Benito County
Veda
Larios
Marguerite Barci
Mayme Goularte
Santa Barbara Forest
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Eal Moody Bible Pate
Western Newspaper Union
Christian Missions
Slaus
Tuolumne
Strawberry
Lyons
J. D. Dunshee
State Public Health Department
United States
Henry Sands
Sands
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