I was surprised to see this in the PERSONAL MENTION column of the 24 October 1919 Santa Rosa Press Democrat. It seems that Miss Lewis has been publicly shamed by the newspaper. While they normally report casual comings and goings, business and vacation trips, this is the only time I’ve seen something like this: Miss … [Read more…]
March 9, 2022, Petaluma CA I just searched this blog for the word DROUGHT and found all the entries dated from 2020. I decided to start this journal due to the household conversations we’ve had on how we are going to ration our irrigation water this year. Water is due to become even more expensive … [Read more…]
San Francisco Call, 21 January 1919 SAN DIEGO, Jan. 21.— Lieutenant James McCullough of Ream aviation field is declared to be the gunner who slew the whale that washed ashore at Imperial beach last week. According to reports from Ream field the whale rose two miles off shore and spouted defiance at lieutenant McCullough, who … [Read more…]
San Francisco Call, 8 January 1919 By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Road building on an extensive scale is expected by government officials this year. Estimates by the Bureau of Public Roads and Rural Engineering indicate a minimum expenditure on highways of $300,000,000. Deferred construction and the improvement of existing roads so that greater use may … [Read more…]
San Francisco Call, 21 November 1918 TWO CITIES Chester Rowell, Editor of the Fresno Republican, Praises Handling of Flu Problem Here; Shows Folly of Los Angeles Attitude The following editorial by Chester Rowell, editor of the Fresno Republican, appeared in the on November 18 edition of the Call, under the heading “Two Cities.” There is … [Read more…]
Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar, 12 October 1916 DAN CUPID WINS AFTER STERN RACE Jack Murry Returns From Unavailing Search for Daughter and Her Husband Jack Murray of Lytton returned Saturday, after an unavailing chase of several hundred miles in pursuit of his daughter and her husband. Murray is an experienced tracker and scout but … [Read more…]
His drawings were so outrageous that, on first encountering them, his fellow cartoonist R. Crumb recalled feeling that “suddenly my own work seemed insipid.” . A NYT obituary of S. Clay Wilson . . Hucklecatt Hawaii 1h ago Sitting in the upstairs rooms of Peter Rich’s “Velo Sport” shop in Berkeley doing windowpane and reading … [Read more…]
Geyserville Press 5 January 1940 The FARMERS CORNER by RALPH H TAYLOR – Sec. Agricultural Legislative Committee of California California’s battle to escape being known the world over as the promised land of the migrant worker is still far from won. Wheezing relics of the nation’s second-hand car lots—the drab “covered wagons” of the victims … [Read more…]
A NY Times Book section obituary Diane di Prima, Poet of the Beat Era and Beyond, Dies at 86 and an Associated Press obituary were published today, 10/28/2020. From the New York Times: Ms. di Prima often spoke of the influence of her maternal grandfather, Domenico Mallozzi, a tailor and ardent anarchist who had immigrated … [Read more…]
Auburn Journal 20 February 1919 WEALTHY LINCOLN MAN BELIEVED DEAD IN STORM ON DIVIDE, BODY SOUGHT Lume Adams, well-to-do Lincoln man, 83 years old, was lost in a snow storm near Forest Hill early Tuesday morning of last week and it is believed he perished, as no trace of him has been found. Searching parties … [Read more…]