Kaweah Colony Sentences and Grasshopper Plague News
Kaweah Colony Trustees faced fines after timber-cutting convictions with intent to appeal to the Circuit Court. Fines ranged from 100 to 301 dollars. some defendants may face jail, with 30 days’ custody and pauper oath upon release. Also reports of vast grasshopper devastation across Sacramento counties, foiling vineyards and orchards, prompting arsenic measures and delays to the Overland Express.
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Los Angeles
Kaweah
United States District Court
H. C. Dillon
Circuit Court
H. 8
Hubbard
B. G. Haskell
J. J. Martin
H. T. Tayloe
Wm. Christie
Marshall
Court House
Dillon
Visalia
Sacramento
Folsom
Placer County
Citrus
Overland Express
San Joaquin County
Immense beet sugar factory plant upgrade in Los Angeles
An extensive shipment of German machinery will arrive for the Chico beet sugar manufactory, with Edison General Electric of San Francisco wiring a large electric plant. About 115 workers are employed as construction nears completion to begin operations in time for the beet harvest. Don Pio Pico, California's last Mexican governor, is 90 and his memoirs are being prepared by Adolfo Vidal Canalizo for a Spanish biography. London baccarat trial ends with a public social censure of Sir Gordon Cumming.
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Los Angeles
Chico
Germany
New Orleans
Edison General Electric Company of
San Francisco
Pio Pico
California
Ranchito
City of
Mexico
Senor
Adolfo Vidal Canalizo
Don Pio
Senor Canalizo
London
Sir Gordon Cumming
Sir Gordon
Lord Tennyson
Isle of Wight
Maurice F. Egan
Camell
Patrick Desmond
Lord Houghton
Monckton Milnes
Karl Oesterley
Hanover
Oesterley
Goettingen
Art Gallery
Dresden
Adrien Brouwer
United States
Mary E. Wilkins
Jane Austen
Tosa Bonheur
Highlands
Argyleshire
Fontainebleau
Accidents of the Day Attract City Response
On May 2 the police ambulance and hospital faced a record of accidents and incidents. The telegraph bureau logged sixty eight dispatches about fires accidents and crimes. Over fifty misfortunes caused injuries fractures and fatalities. A Missouri man offers to supply Billy the Kid’s famed gun to World’s Fair management. Billy died at twenty one and the gun bears twenty one notches.
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New York Times
Missouri
Billy the Kid
Billy
Fruits and gems capture animal tastes and fashion trends
The article notes animals vary in fruit preferences with apples and figs favored by many species, and grapes enjoyed by horses, cows, and sheep. It also highlights ostriches and camels eating diverse fruits, while olives and sour fruits are less favored. Fashionable jewelry trends and birthday rings are described in the Jewelry Circular.
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California
European Empires in Africa and Their Holdings
The text lists French, English, German, and Portuguese African possessions by area and population. France holds about 7.4 million square kilometers with 24 million people, England 5 million square kilometers and 83 million, Germany 2.3 million square kilometers with 7.8 million, and Portugal 2.2 million square kilometers with 10 million people.
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France
Africa
England
Egypt
Germany
Portugal
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Honolua
Hayti
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Daily Californian
Colgan
the Southern Sugar Factory
New York
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Australia
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Harry Edwards
Europe
John M. Crawford
Dexter
9Th Street
Kern County
Buffalo
W. Wible
J. J. Mack
Bank OF Bakersfield
Leet & Lang
H. H. Fish
Union Livery Stable
Agents and Bottiers of
M. Stevens
19Th St
Bakersfield
Modia
J. Niederaar
Kern Island Exchange
Duvall & Owens
Marble Yard
GAP Hotel
Tetiads Sata
Charles J. Bint
Ade
Jease
H. Sturgis
Ted
Kero County
Gal
Barker Springs
Muscay
E. Calmen
Sumner
Cal
Eugene Verdier
Mywdd
Papa Newman
Linns Valley Stage Line
Diakelepic
Arlington Hotel
Glenville
ICE
Union Ice Company
D.C
J. B. Berges
Mymitt
Morris Corner
19Th Street
F. W. Hickox
Bakersfield, CA
Alonzo Coons
Wells, Fargo
R. Thurlow
Kern Valley Bank
Bakersfield, Cal
T. A. Baker
Thos
O'Toole
Walter's Hotel
Blank Books & Stationery
Carston Avenue
Nhak Wells-Fargo Express Office
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