14 Dec 1897
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Newspaper
The Daily Californian
Location
Bakersfield, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1897
Page
1
A municipal slate drawn by a committee fails to gain public endorsement and is described as flat. Citizens urge rapid action to place an inclusive ticket supporting incorporation, with several precinct and city offices named and calls for a united movement.
The earlier report on Wm Shipsey’s accident is confirmed. Shipsey rode a poorly trained horse bareback without a bridle, was thrown onto rocks, breaking ribs and injuring lungs. Dr. John Snook says recovery is unlikely. Also mentions eggs and poultry market at Labor Exchange.
Esc Vello ite is a partial OCR reading tied to A Schilling and Company based in San Preacioe. The fragment mentions a business name and location, suggesting a trade notice or listing in a historical paper. Further readable details are unavailable in the fragment.
The CALIFORNIAN presents a table comparing 16 candle-power lighting charges for homes and businesses across towns. Bakersfield rates are discussed alongside Fresno and Hanford, with notes that some cities offer lower per thousand watts while others charge more. The article emphasizes the need to study local rates against statewide figures.
Southern Pacific vice-president H E Hunington and Chief Engineer Hood are in Bakersfield to study building a central depot and a track from Kern along 22d street to H street. If approved, a northward connection to existing lines would follow near the river. Opposition to the plan may block entry along the proposed streets.
H R McLean a gunsmith fears arrest over a missing gun from his shop. A man had left the firearm to be mended and it vanished soon after. McLean says he cannot produce the gun or pay $12 and suspects he may go to jail.
Dr S D Lindsay and Grey Oliver were thrown from a buggy near a steep grade above a fifty foot gulch while returning from Antelope canyon. Lindsay suffered a leg fracture. Oliver escaped unhurt. The dangerous stretch nearly cost both men their lives.
D Bernard presented a handsome and expensive bicycle rack to the Bakersfield grammar school, earning thanks from teachers and pupils for the gift.
The CALIFORNIAN proclaims the best equipped job office in Kern County ready to handle plain and fancy job work with prompt careful attention. A man named Dad Crawl is jailed after a fight with William Johnson, described as another one armed dipsomaniac, disturbing the peace today.
Piper and Wroot have started a new enterprise in the basement of the Maude building. They are doing wire work including fences railings bank and office fixtures jail work and builder's iron work.
It is finally decided that the public schools will close for the holidays on December 17 and reopen January 3.
Rev. F. J. Collins of Salt Lake City will take charge of the Baptist church on the first of the year after being regularly elected to occupy the pulpit.
If your children are well but not robust they need Scott's Emulsion of Cod liver Oil. Parents report giving it each fall for a month or two keeps them well and strong all winter and helps prevent colds. The oil with hypophosphites is a splendid food tonic available for cc. and $1.00 at druggists. Scott and Bowne New York.
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