Daily Alta California – 25 February 1882 Yesterday afternoon Superintendent of Schools Taylor called at the office of the Chief of Police and asked police assistance in searching the male pupils at Hamilton Grammar School, on Geary street, for concealed firearms. It appears that Mr. Robinson, Principal of the school, received an anonymous letter, stating … [Read more…]
TOO STRANGE NOT TO BE TRUE A Woman Passes for a Man for a Quarter of a Century in California. “Charley Parkhurst,” ‘Pioneer, Stage Driver, Farmer, Woodman, Etc, Dies at the Age of 67, and is Found to be a Woman. WATSONVILLE, December 31st.~The Pajaronian, to-morrow, will contain the following : On Sunday last, in … [Read more…]
Insolvency.— Michael Cohen has filed his peti- tion and schedule in insolvency in the Twelfth District Court. His liabilities are set down at $3,539 39 ; assets, two suits of clothes.
PURISSIMA, Jan. 10th.–The flood has been most disastrous on this creek, especially to N. C. Lane. About two or three acres of ground slid into the creek above the saw mill, overwhelming the barn, and killing instantly two valuable horses and four oxen. It then struck the Snelling House, completely demolishing it. Lane had just … [Read more…]
From the LA Times Accident at Nuclear Plant Spawns a Medical Mystery : Health: Questions are being raised about the effects of radiation exposures. Scientific answers are lacking. LINDA ROACH MONROE | TIMES STAFF WRITER | 09/10/1990 RICHLAND, Wash. — On that Saturday morning in 1962, the men whose bodies formed the radiological front lines … [Read more…]
From the Sacramento Daily Union, 18 April 1856 – some things never change: Must See the Race. — The Legislature, not much to its credit certainly, adjourned yesterday, not far from 12 o’clock, for the sole purpose of permitting the majority to attend at the Race Course, and witness the race. As per resolution, that body … [Read more…]
Happily, I found this opinion piece from the Dec. 27th, 1888 Marin Journal. I’m happy as it shows we have been aware of the problems of over fishing and pollution “way back when”, one hundred plus years ago. It is disheartening to see that some of the same problems exist today. Marin Journal, 27 December … [Read more…]
Sacramento Union, 1 November 1906 COLORED MEN FOR GILLETT The Afro-American Council is Reorganizing in All the Towns in the Upper Sacra- mento Valley. MARYSVILLE, Oct. 31st.—Saturday evening the colored residents of this locality will hold a mass meeting in the colored Odd Fellows’ hall on C street for the purpose of reorganizing the … [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…]
Abstract $420 From “Bank” in Woodpile and Start on Long Journey. Sacramento Union, 1 November 1906 The four children who were arrested Tuesday night in this city while fleeing from their homes in Santa Rosa, were taken back yesterday by Constable S. J. Gillam of that place. The two elder girls, Maggie Givelin and Nora … [Read more…]