Daily Alta California, 20 November 1852 An Extract from the Lost Book of Gas, Ser. BEING A PORTION OF THE HAND-BOOK OF FLOUR MILLERISM. To my friend Blackstone. Esq. this tribute is inscribed by the author. ” Monumenturn ore perennius.”— ” Sua si bona novit.” 1. And it came to pass that in tbe city … [Read more…]
PROF. STRATFORD, OLDEST ESTABLISHED, MOST RELIABLE, FIRST REGISTERED GRADUATE CLAIRVOYANT. As a seer and interpreter of things hid- den, Prof. Stratford has no equal. Advice on business, speculation, all love and do- mestic troubles; settles lovers’ quarrels, reunites the separated; tells when you will marry; how to WIN the man or woman you love; how … [Read more…]
I removed my Bernie Sanders for President bumper sticker today. Kind of sad but I’m keeping it in my shed as a reminder of this eventful campaign 2015. I’ll take the lawn sign down after the California Primary.
PROOF IS CITED DETROIT—(U.P.)—The Negro fath- er and white mother of a 29 month- old child picked as Detroit’s “grand champion baby” said today the award proves there is fairness and democracy in America. ” Madera Tribune, 4 December 1950
SAN FRANCISCO —(U.P.)— The right of newspaper readers to be informed through their constitu- tional guarantee of freedom of the press is worthless unless it com- bines with an economic freedom for the men who publish the news. John B. Long, general manager of the California Newspaper Pub- lishers Association made that as- sertion before … [Read more…]
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Under the PAGE ONE heading: PERSONAL ITEMS CULLED FROM ENTERPRISE OF THIRTY YEARS AGO: … When, ere many years, a through overland road shall pass through here, it will give the Easterner a glimpse of our verdured hills, of our rich alluvial valleys, of our rushing, sparkling mountain streams, of old Russian River, kissed by … [Read more…]
COUPLE PLAY ADAM AND EVE. Estes and Wife Start In Bathing Suits and Return Clad In Skins. Healdsburg Enterprise, 1 January 1916 After living in the Maine woods near Bingham as “Adam and Eve” for two months Walter F Estes and his wife of Gray, Me., have returned to Boston. They emerged from the woods … [Read more…]
Madera Tribune, 1 October 1945. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Approximately 3500 Japanese prisoners of war now are being transferred to the San Joaquin valley in California for harvest work, the War Department disclosed today. The Japanese are being taken from Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, and Camp Clarinda, Iowa, at the request of Gov. Earl Warren and California members … [Read more…]
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…]