The La Brea Tar Pits Fossil Find Recalls Past Giants
The account describes vast fossil pits near Los Angeles at La Brea Avenue where asphalt pools trapped bones of mammoths, mastodons, ground sloths, and other prehistoric animals. Excavations by Major Tancock and later Professor J C Muir established the site as prehistoric. current digs are overseen by Los Angeles County officials with scientific staff, revealing bones in dense deposits and exhibited for public viewing.
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Ely Wiles
Los Angeles
la Brea Avenue
Major Lancock
Fuller
Allen Tancock
Owiin
Napbalium
Goan
Board of Supervisors
Lox Amueloa
Avery Bane
Ant
Tistory
Aoferce
Rxportion Park
Wes Aligeler
Aketer Tone Ieee
Wil Whittons
Vast fossil bone pits reveal prehistoric beasts and giants
C. W. Hadley reports at a California site where enormous bone pits yield remains of Imperial Elephant Mastodon Giant Ground Sloth Ancient Bison Camel and Sabertoothed Tiger Among many skulls and skeletons the finds include a towering Imperial elephant skeleton and a giant saber-toothed tiger, highlighting a rich Pleistocene assemblage.
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Imho Wouseum Ie
Iato Ordoeas
Maounling
California
101 Bison in dian picture at Lyceum today and tomorrow
King Baggott stars in The Millionaire Engineer. Max Acher appears in Dot's Elopment and a Nestor comedy The Mix Up at Maxim's. All three features play for six reels at the Lyceum in today’s and tomorrow’s lineup.
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King Baggott
Max Acher
Dot
Nestor
Maxim
Lyceum
Adyorivar
Circus Day Prompts Crowds as Event Arrives in Town
A lively report on Circus Day with dawn crowds gathering in Inez to welcome the world famous show. Elephants, horses, chariots and exotic animals parade into town amid canvas tents and trained performers preparing for the night's wonders. Barton & Tale advertise the event with arrival scheduled for Friday May 21.
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Inez
Willy Eng
Ain
Golten
Eich
Barton & Taieys
Mtge
Excursions North via Oregon Short Line Ad
Fragmentary OCR note describes excursions northward via the Oregon Short Line with scattered names and dates, mentions Wah Wah Mube, dieing daly, and references to places such as Terkel Orleo Ceylon Hoek Datin.
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Oregon
Sadane Smit
Wah
Mube Pulats
Excursons Alsa
Datya
Aingiat
Bepteniter
Nor Riteg
Itt
Die Terkel Orleo
Ceylon
Hoek
Datin
Stolen Suit Case Case Jammed With Charge
Police report a string of petty crime cases including a stolen sample case from a traveling salesman found in a suspect’s possession. Mary Sevilla Aira faced charges for alleged involvement in a theft on Twenty fifth Street with trial set for Friday morning. William Parks was convicted of pocket larceny and faced jail or a fines option. The defendant, denying guilt, claimed the case was given to him by another man.
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Aira
Mary Sevilla
A. Oh
Fonlman
Casa Sas
Friday Mor
Jim Mayo
Patraiman
William ‘Parks
Alternatva
Profligate and Slippery Slim Feature At Alhambra Tonight
Advertisement for The Profligate, Escanay's three reel feature, plus Slippery Slim and beautiful music at the Alhambra tonight only.
City to review ordinances. water mains extended on Poplar and Maurth
City commissioners directed City Attorney Valentius Gideon to study advisability of revising city ordinances, last updated in 1910. A petition to extend water mains on Poplar between Lincoln and Wall avenues was granted after water works officials examined jurisdiction. Extension on Maurth Street between Ogden and Porter avenues was referred to the superintendent of streets and public improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Well
City Board of Commissioner
Valentius Gideon
Poplar
Lincoln
Wall Avenues
Maurth Atrest
Ogden
Porter Avenues
Stepheos Ayomus
Robert Edeson The Ogden Advertisement
Crescent Flour ad copy featuring Robert Edeson for The Ogden theater promotion urging value and quality with costs no more but worth more at all grocers.
Trains Routed Through City After Coast Detour
Due to a serious washout on the Shasta Route at Kannet Cal trains from the coast were diverted through the city. Shasta Route services between Battle and Portland San Francisco now run via Southern Pacific Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railroad & Navigation lines to Seattle Ogden and San Francisco sections. Limited trains 20 and 65 altered schedule with arrivals around 12:65 a m. Three trains booked to pass Ogden from the north now travel via the Oregon Railroad & Navigation line to San Francisco via the OS N and Southern Pacific routes.
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Kannet
Cal
Shasta
Southern Pacific
Baattle
Portland
San Francisco
Southern Macific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Rail
Banincisco
Northwest’ Coast
Rive
Ogden Cros
Phyat
Tmi
Rlb
Ogden
Tie Norq
PRESENT STANDING OF THE WHALE BASEBALL LEAGUE
Robert Edeson notes the Ogden game slated for tomorrow night at the fair grounds with admission free. The league standings show Maxed Won and other teams with mixed records as fans anticipate a strong turnout and a full nine innings focus.
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Bears
Tel
Moery-Bolgoly
WalloOver
Robert Edeson
Ogden
Advartinnr
Marriage Comes as a Surprise for Friends Couple
T Andgillet and Miss Ada Thorner quietly left for Salt Lake City today to wed in the Salt Lake Temple. The bride is well known in church and social circles, while the groom is noted in business. The couple had dated since last fall and plan a six week honeymoon visiting the San Francisco and Pacific expositions, with a northern stop at Beattie.
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T. A. Tandgillet
Ada Thorner
Balt Lake City
Tumarcow
Balt Lake Temple
Tha Forgior Ione
Oyden
Joca
Hé Keller
Ules
Tneir
San Visto
Balt’ Francisco
Padiffe
Beattie
Annual Fest Is To Be Held At Ogden High School
Local notice outlines an annual festival at Ogden High School with exhibits from the senior high departments and a display of junior high manual training work. The event aims to showcase student effort and attract public attendance amid limited room and tools.
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Ogden
Scavols
Dee
Ogden Furniture Company
Deg
Éline
Prades
Black Box Episode Four at Oracle Theater
Rev Frank G Brainerd embarks on an eleven week California tour with the Edison-White Chautauqua association visiting multiple states and cities including Stockton Eureka and Helena while Rev Ralph G Waddell of California fills the pulpit at First Congregational during his absence with services beginning May 23.
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Frank G. Brainerd
Wil Ogden
California
Idaho
Nevada
Warrington
Oregon
Montana
Utah
Stockton
Hikerafield
Eureka
Auburn
Cal
Boise
Lewister
Sand Paolut
Dalles
Rogedale
Ore
Ani Helena
Mont
First Congregational Chine
Ralph G. Waddell
Concrete intake project approved for Artesian Wells
Robert Edeson opens with The Ogden Advertisement as discussion moves to a concrete intake for Artesian Wells. Mayor A G Well explains that connecting a well to the conduit risks wall damage and water loss, urging a detailed plan to ensure continuous flow and wall integrity while safeguarding the city’s water supply.
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Uin
Arérakas Wall
Mar Duantsville
Ratiwr
Dasin
A. G
Ely
Comminsionere
Connertliz
Separate well discharges into individual concrete intakes
The document argues each well should discharge separately into a concrete intake with sufficient capacity to handle 15,000 to 900 gallons per day into the reservoir conduit. It stresses monitoring by caretakers to detect swelling and asserts no contamination risk from the concrete intake.
City Resurfacing Plan Fixes Frost Damaged Intersections
Construction firm begins asphalt resurfacing of concrete roadbeds at Washington Avenue with Twenty fourth Street, Twenty fifth Street, and Wall Avenue intersections. Work aims to complete these three patches within a week to ten days, after frost damage last year. Concrete was reinforced with steel wire, prompting a resurfacing approach using binder and gravels before laying a thick asphalt surface.
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J.P
Washington Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Washington
Twenty-Fifth
Wall Avenue
Cirete
Disgusted Drummer Missed Trade Over Law Gap
A traveling salesman recalls a near missed deal in a small eastern Pennsylvania village. A wheeling journey on a nine minute ride ends with a trader ready to accept an offer if legal constraints allowed it. The tale highlights a missed grocery wholesale chance and a friend in town who helped sell goods to cover the trip.
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Voort
Pennsylvania
Chicago Women in Cocktail Tales Stir Society
Léopald Neuman, organizer of United Societies, posing as Dr Hugo Meyer, infiltrates Chicago society. He threatens to expose alleged drinking, smoking, and high living among the elite as a city council debates an ordinance restricting sale of strong wines and beers at public venues.
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Léopald Neuman
United Societies
Hugo Meyer
Chicago
Sinke
Tole
Ty Council
Fractured travel tale amid jail visit and odd exchange
A quirky reminiscence recounts a rough trip with a shabby horse and a long mail parcel wait. The narrator recalls passing the county jail, a bare window face, and a taunting jail guard while joking about escape odds and a code. The tone blends humor with uneasy street observations.
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Bones
Amile
New York Sun
Robert Edeson at the Ogden in He Knew Daddy announcement
The Ogden presents Robert Edeson in He Knew Daddy with Lucille Love featured. An eight year old boy, central to a courtroom tale, is referenced along with a mother and a wartime backdrop. The ad notes showtimes today and tomorrow with admission details.
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Daddy
Ann
Is Bayerhess
Lo x Court of Law
Lucille Love
the Rex
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