• Commonplaces
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sergneri

Commonplaces

Aide-Memoire

California Newspaper Archive

Santa in the Healdsburg-Tribune-18-DEC-1937

September 24, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

1937 Santa Claus around the world – yikes!

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, History, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: 1937, Fascism, German, Italy, Japan, Nazi Germany, Political Cartoon, Russia, Santa Claus, Spain

PETALUMA 6 YOSEMITE 0

June 21, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Petaluma Argus Courier, 28 May 1923 Page 3 PETALUMA 6 YOSEMITE 0 (By Sport Hicks) The Leghorns hung the sign of the Indian on the Yosemite Market nine of San Francisco Sunday, on the home grounds, the score being 6 to 0. Despite the miserable weather a goodly number of enthusiasts attended. The wind blew … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Content, Faits Divers, History, Sea Stories Tagged: 1923, a corking good game., Baseball, breaking benders, chucking, foozles, looloo, Petaluma, Petaluma Argus Courier, San Francisco, Sport Hicks, swell ball, the firing line, The home team, torrid sack, Yosemite Market nine

One More On The Egg Boat

May 28, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Petaluma Argus Courier, Number 223, 11 May 1923 One More On The Egg Boat The steamer Gold, the only known boat to catch its own fish, broke all records yesterday on a down trip through the tule region when it kicked six bass into the pantry frying pan. The Gold wears a paddle wheel under … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, History, Sea Stories, This Day in History Tagged: Bass, California, Dead Goat, Egg, Paddle Wheel, Petaluma, Steamer Gold

COURTED TO THE WHIR OF SAW MILL WHEELS.

March 12, 2023 by sergneri 2 Comments

Petaluma Argus Courier, 3 March 1900 COURTED TO THE WHIR OF SAW MILL WHEELS. W. H. Joy and Mrs. Weiberts of Healdsburg were married in Santa Rosa Thursday. The wedding is the outcome of a long acquaintanceship extending over several years, both parties spent in the Mill creek redwoods near Healdsburg. Years ago Joy was … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, History, Sea Stories Tagged: 1900, Edith Joy, Effie Beresford Joy, Healdsburg, Mill creek, Mrs. Weiberts, Nellie Joy, redwoods, social pleasures

Some Nine Months in San Francisco

May 18, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers Tagged: Henry Grohe, Miss Josephine Lewis, PERSONAL MENTION, Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa Press Democrat

A Life of Terror

December 3, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Humboldt Times, 13 October 1883 A Life of Terror. Rochester Herald. The Ford brothers have been starring through the country as murderers, but just at the present they are not happy. The acquittal of Frank James, brother of Jesse, whom one of the boys treach- erously shot from behind his back, as well as the … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Obituaries, Sea Stories Tagged: 1883, Bob Ford, fire-arms, Ford Brothers, Frank James, James Brothers, Jesse James, six-shooters

Aviator Opens Fire With Machine Gun, Killing Huge Whale

November 26, 2021 by sergneri 3 Comments

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…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: aviator, leviathan, machine gun, Ream aviation field, whale, whale hunting

BILLION WILL BE SPENT ON U.S. HIGHWAYS

November 19, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Thinking about Tagged: 1919, California, construction, highways, Infrastructure, roads

Are we civilized? 1918 Lynchings

November 18, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

San Francisco Call, 6 January 1919 1918 LYNCHINGS ACCORDING to the records compiled by Monroe N. Work, in charge of Records and Research of the Tuskegee Institute, there were 62 lynchings in 1918. This is 24 more than for the year 1917. Of those lynched, 58 were negroes and 4 were whites. Five of those … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Politics, Racism, Slavery Tagged: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, lynchings, Mississippi, MURDER, negroes, North Carolina, Oklahoma, rape, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Tuskegee Institute, Virginia, whites, Wyoming

A Tale of Two Cities

November 14, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Pandemic, Politics Tagged: 1918 Spanish Influeza, BOARD OF HEALTH, Dr. William C. Hassler, Dr. Woods Hutchison, Fresno, Fresno Republican, influenza, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Express, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco, San Francisco Call, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Spanish Influenza
1 2 … 26 Next »

Copyright © 2023 Commonplaces.

Omega WordPress Theme by ThemeHall