Delinquent Tax List Highlights Sierra County Property
A scanned 1900 delinquent tax list details numerous properties and personal belongings across Sierra County. It records owners, parcels, livestock, improvements, penalties, and totals, with notices of collection enforcement by the tax collector, Will M. Robins, dated August 26, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monviendo
Jano M. Laecere
Personel Jae
Per. Sty
Cowie
Dome M. Luvero
Montletla
Tnoovenents
Pon Tete
Coin Ly Ets
Babel Blk
Lutero Monty
Wits
Mrs
As Street
Montivello
Lilly Montivelly
Tubal
Vicente Rnille
Sieres
Botht
Cetin
Torres de Trojillo
Mariano Trijilla
Lorses
Vronepio Tories
Nely Nety
Jose L. Torres
Linkenwig
Reultanes
Monticello
Pais
Poiro Vallogog
Awly Sety
Awhy
Hedy Ie Gine
Goses TA
Ban Jom
Tintilo Chaves
Santos
Sandime
Total
Provapio
WK. Dame
Philay Delphia Imine
J.T. Marshall
Lower
Campos Hermoka
N. Mex
Cbs
Combs Shor
Vprevinet
Kairview
Elephant Gld Mines Co
Jose Maranda
Prince
Nordiionnen
Taieviiw
Tnbel
A. D
Robins
Sierras
Senator Cockrell Delays Roosevelt Dinner Jest
The article recalls a 1909 Washington social mix up as Senator Cockrell stayed home thinking the date was a day later. President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt attended guests, while a messenger checked on Cockrell, who wore a dressing gown and clippers and then revealed he had misread the calendar, turning the dinner into a humorous moment.
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Senator Cockrell
Washington
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
Douver
Duty and discipline in a French lake patrol tale
A traveler recounts apocryphal stories to show French officials enforcing strict rules for tourists. An American slipping from a bank is halted by a lawman who orders his name and address and refuses to hear excuses about bathing bans. The scene illustrates rigid enforcement and cautionary behavior.
Tame Beaver in Canada Becomes a Protected Menace
In Manitoba beavers are protected by law from shooting or trapping, boosting colonies along the Ochre and Turtle rivers near Dauphin. One dam at the Ochre river railway bridge invites evening viewing, while damming threatens nearby farms with flood waters. Government officials and interested parties have allowed dam opening but not animal disturbance, signaling future policy challenges as beaver numbers rise.
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Canada
Manitoba
Dauphin
Turtle River
Governel la Vinuives Oy
Failed in Business
Senator Bailey, visiting Washington, met a stranger in his hotel lobby who handed him a card. The man sought a courtesy meeting and engaged in a brief conversation before revealing his intent to discuss business matters.
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Bailey
Washington
Foreign visitor questions senator in mock bankruptcy
A stranger in a minty frock coat and black hat, calling himself Tama gentlyon, encounters a senator and is asked about his business. The exchange features a pompous tone as the senator probes if the visitor has instituted bankruptcy proceedings.
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Tama
Canatary
Africans Do Not Sneeze Claim Appears in Questionable Text
A dated assertion claims Africans and their descendants never sneeze if pure blooded, even when living abroad. The text presents a dubious stereotype without evident evidence or context.
Record Breaking Raft Reaches San Francisco Harbor
A steamship towed a raft from the Columbia River into San Francisco harbor containing 9,000,000 cubic feet of piles. The massive float marks a record for timber transport via the river corridor and port facilities.
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San Francisco Harbor
Columbia River
Easy to Be Good Quote Noted in Baltimore Bun
A brief quotation asserts that happiness is easier for a poor man than sustained goodness acknowledging the Baltimore Bun's emphasis on virtue over wealth.
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Baltimore Bun
East India Company Ends Trade Efforts With Japan
A note from 1813 records the East India Company deciding that continued trade with Japan was not worth pursuing. The reflection highlights critics and self awareness, noting error in judgement and the late realization of a failed strategy.
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East India Company
Japan
Fragmentary note on ambition and identity in historic rhetoric
A distorted OCR fragment discusses imagined greatness and identity, mentioning imagined groups and crop of greatness, suggesting a rhetorical or biographical sketch. The text is unreadable in places but hints at themes of self-perception and social status.
Go Long Without Food and Crime Phrase
An eagle can live twenty days without food and a condor forty. A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished. Lucan Dull stars in a pithy misquote about life and fame.
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Lucan
Unclear: Local note on horses and brands near Hermosa
Fragmentary OCR lists horses and mares with brands near Hermosa Sierra County. Mentions Noe Rane, left shoulder or thigh branding, and possible attempts to add branding details. Names and locations are garbled and uncertain.
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Nares Brande Leder
Mtn
Iemonti
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Betacio Carbajal
Page
Julian Chavez
Hilleboro
Nicholas Gallen
Luz Gareia
Clin
Ursula Genzales
J. W. Maéreliall
Barney Martin
Costa
Frank Packer
Low
Lowe
J. M. Ruiz
Manuel Stapleton
Hillsboro
Chris Schale
Juan Pacheco
Marie Schale
BE. J. Fender
Grayson
Kingston
LL. Caim
W. Kong
M. BE. Logan
Polar Star
Miniola M.& M. Oo
Lok No
Sierra Land & Cattle Co
Maxico
Monte
Procinet
Jun G. Arcijo
Francisco Buea
Say
Yaidoro Herrera
Pisga Des Torres
Palomun
Wil H
Rash
Monticelly
Quirino
Ely Why Gee
Jesus Chavez
Philpe Chavez
Bencestado Chavez
Sely Sec
Jos. Hill
Ety Nwig
Nely
Ews
T. Bowsow
Pantie Hearn
Hick
B.S. Phillips
Coats
Gatal
Previnot
William D. Barbow
D. J. Gonzales
Tota Bsb
AA. Williams
Farses
Tor Porson
Ota
Tierra Blanes
Richanson & Pagne
Costa Li Vis
Derry
Laird
Senator
John Missouri Statesman
Spowels New Law
Tna
Our
Gandy
Ick
Congress
Draughon
Practical Business
Jno
el Paso
San Antonis
Dallas
Kansas City
U. S
Shoyland
Jones
Smith Premier
Yracuse
Tom Ross
Hermosa, Sierra Co
Hermosa
Peayord
New
Chas. H. Meyers
Propri
Tom Murphy
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