As you enter the Bartholomew Park, you will be surrounded by vineyards, gardens and in the distance a replica of the majestic Villa built by Agoston Haraszthy in 1861-2 for his family overlooking the property. The Count opened the Villa with a grand and elegant masked ball. The Count’s original Villa was destroyed, and in … [Read more…]
A post to capture clippings on women’s suffrage as discovered: Los Angeles Herald, 19 May 1911 CHICAGO WOMAN REFUSES TO PAY TAX UNTIL GIVEN VOTE CHICAGO, May 18.—Miss Belle Squire, member of the No Vote, No Tax league, who last year caused something of a sensation by refusing to pay taxes unless given the right … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, 19 February 1886 WAR ON CLEVELAND. Senator Edmunds’ Fires a Gun at the Federal Administration. REFUSAL TO SHOW DOCUMENTS. A Formal Arraignment of the Attorney-General and President by the Republican Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. WASHINGTON, February 18th.— In the Senate, to-day, Edmunds, on behalf of the majority of the Judiciary … [Read more…]
WHAT ENGLISH WORKMEN SING. “The Secularist Manual of Songs and Ceremonies ” has recently attracted some notoriety, from the allusion made to it by Gladstone in a recent speech. It is the creed and song-book, so to speak, of the revolutionary working classes in England, and a correspondent furnishes some specimens of the rhyme it … [Read more…]
In the following New York Times article, the malcontents who are “squatting” at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge can be deemed to be the same as outlined in the letter to the editor from the Sacramento Daily Union, 5 August 1851 : First the NYT article: Opposing Factions Take to Facebook in Oregon Wildlife Refuge Dispute … [Read more…]
We were buddies in the year I went to Ephrata Junior High, or was it before that? I don’t recall when Bill died, but I recall we were pals with John Hann, Mike Parks, and others, Terry Kearns? Jeff Chambers? I don’t recall Bill’s funeral, I know he is buried in the Protestant section of … [Read more…]
Sacramento Daily Union, 5 August 1851 A duel was fought at Vicksburg on the 12th June, be- tween General Freeman, the Whig candidate for Con- gress, and General Smith of Jackson, the Democratic nominee. At the fifth round Smith was wounded in the shoulder.
In the archive article found at this link: http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19191213.2.10&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——–1 you will read some interesting viewpoints concerning the “Japanese Immigration” problem in California in 1919. As I read more California “history*” from this site, I am continually reminded of our current crop of candidates in the 2016 Presidential race, their proposed platforms on immigration and how, … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California – 25 February 1882 BEER. Its Use Increasing in the United States — Surpassing Excellence of the Product of the Philadelphia Brewery of this City. Gradually the consumption of beer increases in this country, and what formerly was almost an entirely national German beverage, is becoming the national beverage of the United … [Read more…]
… Governments ignore issues when the media ignores them. And the media ignores them because … well, there’s a question with a thousand answers, many of which involve power. But one reason is the complete failure of perspective in a de-skilled industry dominated by corporate press releases, photo ops and fashion shoots, where everyone seems … [Read more…]