Marysville Daily Appeal, 5 December 1876 RETURN THAT SHOTGUN. —The party who ex- acted the loan of a shotgun from the Yuba City Livery Stable without the permission of the owner, on Thursday last, will avoid trouble by returning it to the owner immediately.
Sacramento Union, 1 January 1916 NEW YORK. Dec. 31.— The Greek steamer Thessaloniki, which has been in distress for more than a week, is still far from this port with her 300 passengers. Distress calls signed by the chief officer, contradicting “all’s well” dispatches from the captain, and hazy statements of her position, have made … [Read more…]
Healdsburg Enterprise, 26 May 1906 It will take one million brick for the main building of the Lachman & Jacobi wine vaults in East Petaluma and as many more for the smaller buildings. The McNear Company has been awarded the contract for the brick and the first lot of 100,000 is already on the ground. … [Read more…]
Under the PAGE ONE heading: PERSONAL ITEMS CULLED FROM ENTERPRISE OF THIRTY YEARS AGO: … When, ere many years, a through overland road shall pass through here, it will give the Easterner a glimpse of our verdured hills, of our rich alluvial valleys, of our rushing, sparkling mountain streams, of old Russian River, kissed by … [Read more…]
The origin of the American caucus dates back to Revolutionary days, being traced to the Caucus club of Boston. This club was composed mainly of per- sons engaged in shipbuilding. It was one of the most radical opponents of British oppression. The Caucus club and the Merchants’ club of the same period used to meet … [Read more…]
There Was a Mystery Connected With It. By DWIGHT NORWOOD It is many a year since the United States merchant marine was a thing to be proud of. Some persons living remember the clipper ships of the middle of the last century, with their tall masts and sky-scraping sails. Confederate privateers rendered shipping goods on … [Read more…]
COUPLE PLAY ADAM AND EVE. Estes and Wife Start In Bathing Suits and Return Clad In Skins. Healdsburg Enterprise, 1 January 1916 After living in the Maine woods near Bingham as “Adam and Eve” for two months Walter F Estes and his wife of Gray, Me., have returned to Boston. They emerged from the woods … [Read more…]
HOW TO CURE DRUG FIEND OF THAT PERNICIOUS HABIT By DR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG A. B., M. A., M. D. (Johns Hopkins University) Los Angeles Herald, 18 February 1916 WHEN mortal man was endowed with free will, that was the beginning of human creation. Much was left to him, such as the cultivation, discipline, … [Read more…]
Clear Vice Zone Akron in 60 Days Los Angeles Herald, 18 February 1916 AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 18.—Inmates of segregated district resorts will have just sixty days to get into other lines of livelihood or to get out of town, Mayor William J. Laub an- nounced, after declaring the actual closing of the district shall come … [Read more…]
Madera Tribune, 2 October 1945 Police Chief W. E. Thomas re- ported 140 calls for September, with 30 5a arrests, three disturb- ers, 14 investigations, eight cars stolen and recovered, two drunk drivers, three zooters, one each robbery, burglary and rape and 197 citations.