Things that happen
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.
Daily Alta California, 19 February 1886: The captain and crew of a coffee-laden vessel from Rio Janeiro had a thrilling experience. During a storm the water got into the hold, the cargo became completely saturated, and the whole mass rose like yeast. With a shock that shook the vessel to her centre, the decks burst … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, 19 February 1886 HAMAN’S HAND. Following Up a Dead Man’s Projected Fraud. AN OLD NOTARY’S CONFESSION. W. H. Flesher’s Dramatic Work in Using a Dead Man’s Hand to Sign a Will — The Infringement Suit Against the Sutter street Railroad. There are not a few people who will remember that shortly after … [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.
Sacramento Daily Union, 5 August 1851 An Ordinance establishing a Chain Gang, and providing for the government thereof. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Sacramento, as follows to-wit: Sec. 1. That a chain-gang shall be and is hereby organized for the punishment of such persons as shall be … [Read more…]
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…]