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Right of Indians to Cast Ballots

March 9, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sacramento Union, 9 March 1917 Right of Indians to Cast Ballots Upheld Aborigines of California Can Vote Under Queretaro Treaty, Rules the Supreme Court. SAN FRANCISCO, March 8. – The right to vote was confirmed to Ethan Anderson, a Lake county Indian, by a state supreme court decision handed down here today. The county clerk … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Politics, Racism, This Day in History Tagged: 1917, Aborigines, Ballots, California, Lake county, Mexico, Queretaro Treaty, United States, Vote

ADULTERATED MACAROONS

March 8, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sacramento Union, 8 March 1917 ADULTERATED MACAROONS CHARGE AGAINST BAKERS H. R. Robbins, state board of health representative, yesterday swore to three complaints, charging three Sacramento bakery proprietors with selling adulterated macaroons. The men were arrested and allowed to go on bond. The bakeries accused are Sim Canman and D. F. Cruise of the Bon … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, This Day in History Tagged: adulteration, cocoanut, cornstarch, flour, macaroons

THE PRESENT CONGRESS

March 5, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Healdsburg Tribune, 5 March 1927 THE PRESENT CONGRESS passed out of existence at high noon on March 4th. Its present session has certainly been a dismal failure. We think of no outstanding measure that has been given to the people. Several good measures were before them, but the democrats and republicans seemed to be afraid … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Politics, This Day in History Tagged: 1927, BOULDER DAM, Democrats, Healdsburg, Republicans, Senator Hiram Johnson, Volstead act

On this day, 3 March 1927

March 3, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

On this day, Healdsburg Tribune, 3 March 1927: Quite a number of legislators were absent from session this morning, having gone to Vallejo to witness the raising of the main Carquinez bridge span, at the invitation of Assemblyman Robert B. McPherson of Vallejo and Senator Will R. Sharkey of Martinez. SPORTS Babe’s Contract Prosperity Evidence … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, This Day in History Tagged: Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, Bridge, Carquinez, Judge Landis, Martinez, New York Yankees, Rogers Hornsby, Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, Vallejo

BIG DISTILLERY IN KAWANA HOSTELRY

March 2, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

If I didn’t know better, I would think I’m reading about an illegal pot growing operation in Sonoma county in 2017. Somethings never seem to change. Healdsburg Tribune, 2 March 1927 OFFICERS FIND BIG DISTILLERY IN KAWANA HOSTELRY GIANT ILLICIT ALCOHOL OUTFIT CONFISCATED BY OFFICERS In the course of a raid on Taylor mountain, located … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, This Day in History Tagged: Distillery, Dry county, Jack, Prohibition, Pure Alcohol, Sonoma County, Taylor Mountain, White Sulphur Springs

Sears and Black Point Road

February 27, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sausalito News, 27 February 1947 Holding its regular monthly meeting at the Buckeye Wednesday evening, the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Marin county … ENDORSE ROAD WORK The group took formal recognition of a resolution passed this week by the board of supervisors and endorsed the proposal to construct a tunnel under Lombard street, San … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: Black Point, Highway 37, Lombard Street, Marin County Chamber of Commerce, Sears Point

How much cache?

February 24, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Demento wrote today in an Ars Technica comment thread concerning the Cloudflare bug: How much cache would a webcache cache if a webcache could cache cache? It was so good I had to save it.

Posted in: Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: cache, webcache

Rancor in 1877 – Inauguration Postponed

February 20, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In searching for a suitable article to include in my “This Day in History” section, I chose the February 20th, 1877 edition of the Sacramento Union to try to find something interesting. There was column after column of reports on the volatile situation in Congress surrounding the contested 1876 election of Hayes and Tilden. The electoral … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Racism, Thinking about, This Day in History, Trump Tagged: 1877, 2017, Democrat, Hayes, Louisiana, Oregon, Republican, The White League, Tilden

Bernie speaks in LA – Feb 19, 2017

February 20, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sanders repeated many of the populist platforms he ran on, including rallying against the influence of money in politics and a financial system he says rewards Wall Street bankers while the American middle class shrinks. The key to a progressive resurgence, he said, could be turning The Ape In A Suit’s message on its head by persuading … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Thinking about, This Day in History, Trump Tagged: Bernie Sanders, Trump, Wall Street

ALONG THE WHARVES.

February 18, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, 18 February 1877 The yacht “Minnie” is on the beach at the foot of Mason street cleaning. The bark “Tenby Castle” goes up to Vallejo City to-morrow, to load wheat for Cork. The schooner “Jessie Nickerson” sailed from Eureka on the 11th instant, for Tahiti. The bark “David Hoadley ” was towed … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Sea Stories, This Day in History Tagged: Batavia, Hongkong, maritime, Mason street, San Francisco, Smuggling, Sumatra
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