Daily Alta California, 1 May 1871 Suicide. — About nlne o’clock last evening a woman of the town, known as “French Mary,” committed suicide by taking a dose of laudanum at her rooms in an alleyway running off to Dupont street, near Broadway. She has made several attempts at self-destruction, but was always thwarted in … [Read more…]
Sausalito News, 23 August 1951 page 3 http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SN19510823.2.6&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——-# THESE COMMIE LEADERS ARE BEING SOUGHT BY THE FBI JAMES EDWARD JACKSON Jr.. Southern Regional Director of the Communist party, USA age 36, born November 29, 1914. Richmond, Virginia; height 5 feet 6½ inches; weight, 160 pounds; build, medium; hair, black, curly, bald in front; eyes, brown; … [Read more…]
Knight Tours Marin Hi-ways Governor Goodwin Knight made an inspection tour of Marin county this week to study the county’s traffic problems. The tour started at the Golden Gate bridge and the next stop was the Waldo widening project where Governor Knight inspected the new Waldo tunnel. He also took a look at the Richardson … [Read more…]
Three Sausalito Bars Are Under Military Survey Three Sausalito bars are among the Bay Area taverns undergoing a military survey to determine whether they are “sex deviate hang-outs.” The survey was announced this week by the Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board. The board had indicated that if the bars in question are found to be … [Read more…]
Marysville Daily Appeal, Volume XIII, Number 107, 6 May 1866 Riot at Memphis (Tenn.)—Large number or Negroes killed and their Houses Burned— Gen. Stoneman takes Military Possession of the City. MEMPHIS, May 4th. The Memphis Riot culminated in a great conflagration of the negro quarters on Wednesday night, and the killing of some 15 negroes … [Read more…]
EASTWARD BY RAIL. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE ALTA.] [NO. 1.] Travellers’ Tricks of Sleeping— Rations on the Road— Scenery Around Salt Lake— Fall- ing into the Hands of the Enemy— A Hail Storm in the Mountains— Crossing the “Bad Place”— Echo Canon— Trials and Tribulations— in Smooth Water Once More. Omaha, May 2d.1869. … [Read more…]
Some things we ate in San Sebastian in 2002: Tuna stuffed tomatoes Foie gras with apricots Gazpacho with beets and shrimp Goat Cheese Torta with Apple Sauce Spinach Ravioli with Bacon Stuffed Peppers with queso Bacalao with peppers and onions on bread Squid with green onions Squid with Spinach Cod with parsley sauce Roast duck … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 16, Number 5211, 9 June 1864 Miscellaneous. Colonel Arguellet, who lately arrived in this city from Havana, was yesterday morning at an early hour arrested in his hotel, by two persons who represented themselves to be United States Deputy Marshals. No information was given the Colonel as to the cause of … [Read more…]
I discovered the California Digital Newspaper Collection a few months ago. Now, as part of my daily routine, I log in and correct text. It is most interesting as it contains scans of newspapers from 1846 to 2012. To start, I was working on the Alta California from San Francisco in the 1849-1850 time frame. … [Read more…]
