Bakersfield Incorporation Petition Set For January 4 Vote
Hearing on the Bakersfield incorporation petition concluded with a pending election to submit the question to voters on January 4. Five polling places were designated as usual across the precincts with named election officers listed for each site. boundaries unchanged.
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Bakersfield
Alfonse Weill
S. N. Reed
Jastro
Incorporation Committee
McLeod Building
Lewis KeKelvey
J. C Mosteller
F. A. Tracy
R. A
W. Lowell
L. Beibeshimer
J. Walters
W. E. Tibbet
F. G. Munzer
S. L. Blodget
C. P. Thurlow
W. H. Bowman
C. C. White
S. P. Wible
H. ©. Park
Supervisors Approve Licenses for Five Firms Today
The supervisors granted liquor licenses to H. A Blader, Gold & Sullivan, Watkins & Van, L. Cerf & Co., and T. A. Johnson. George Mesmer’s application was sent back for the required property owner signatures.
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H. A Blader
Gold & Sullivan, Watkins & van, L. Cerf & Co
T. A. Johnson
George Mesmer
J M Crawford Returns to Randsburg After Lynching Case
A controversial jailhouse case features the return of brave officer J M Crawford to Randsburg. The report frames his departure and return as a defining moment in a movement, urging caution against sensationalism and confirming the events as factual in tone. The piece notes the claim of courage and the seriousness of the case amid local debate.
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J. M. Crawford
Randsburg
Grocer promotes Schilling's Best baking powder
A grocer advertises Schilling's Best baking powder offering savings and aid in making better cake. The copy mentions Schilling & Company and a San Branch?e.
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Schilling
A Schilling & Company
San Branctace
San Diego militia may get Pinta as training ship
San Francisco reports indicate the San Diego naval militia is likely to receive the Pinta for training purposes. The mention appears amid a series of brief California notices dated December 9 covering various local events and incidents.
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San Francisco
San Diego
McKinley
California
Eureka
Catherine Smith
Thos. Coleman
Fresno
Farmers’ Institute
Fong Sim
Sacramento
Hart
Thos. Johnson
Fred Bernard
Folsom
Galt
Jamestown
Paul Kremer
Angels
Wm. Delashmutt
Selima
Jerome, Ariz
Case Goes to Jury in May Killing Trial
In Superior Court Assistant District Attorney E J Emmons delivered a four hour summing up for the prosecution as the case against David Davidson went to the jury. The judge instructed the jury on insanity law and to decide the defendant’s state of mind on May ninth. The twelve jurors retired to deliberate at four o clock after a lengthy trial.
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David Davidson
E. J. Emmons
Superior Court
Sousa to dedicate new work to Mrs McKinley Lady of the Waite House
Mrs McKinley grants special permission to John Philip Sousa to dedicate his latest composition The Lady of the Waite House to her. The Ladies Home Journal will publish the complete Sousa piece in its next issue along with a new portrait of Mrs McKinley taken in the White House conservatory. The first portrait from 1887 also appeared in the journal, exhausting that issue. An old fashioned spelling school will be held at the Baptist church on Thursday evening December 6 with a 15 cent admission to raise funds. Refreshments offered. Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
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San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
Monterey County
San Jose
Stockton
San Joaquin
Mary Husemann
Durrant
Sureme
Pacific Grove
Joseph Schulte, Jr
Santa Rosa
W. A. Chapman
Cotati Company
Jas, Shackey
Alaska
Chicago
Klondykers
Edward F. Leyden
N. K
John Phillip Sousa
Lady of the
Ladies’ Home Journal
the Baptist Church
Inquest Held Over Swede Dubbed Frenchy by Neighbors
Coroner Helm conducted a morning inquest into a sudden death from apoplexy of a man en route to the McClung ranch yesterday afternoon. The deceased, about 35, a Swede long resident, was described as low and heavy built and known as Frenchy to locals. No further identification or details could be determined.
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Helm
McClung Ranch
Familiar trust in proven remedies for illness
If you are ill you need a doctor you trust and a remedy tested over years. For wasting in children or adults, Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites has been the recognized remedy for twenty five years, price one dollar, at all druggists. Scott & Bowne, Chemists, New York.
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Scott
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Davidson
Stirling
Old Fashioned Spelling School
Scott & Bowne
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Miller’s Famous
Standard Oil Co
Pearl Oil
Arbuckle’s
Lyon's
Royal Savon
Rose Brand
Battle Axe Tobacco
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