Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar, 6 April 1910 Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Ackerman and Mr. and Mrs. John Favour, autoed to Petaluma Friday, where the day was spent visiting Mr. Ackerman’s uncle, Eddie Ackerman, who is now near his ninetieth year. While in the City of Cackles the gentlemen also transacted urgent business. Healdsburg … [Read more…]
MAYOR BARS PICTURES OF FIGHT San Francisco Call, July 7, 1910 Mayor Declares Exhibition to Be Just as Unlawful as Battle Itself Movement Against Films Assumes National Proportions, but Trust Smiles Motion Films Can Not Be Displayed in City, is Declaration of McCarthy BOARD OF CENSORS IN FAVOR OF EXCLUSION Nationwide Movement – May Wreck … [Read more…]
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 5.— Wilhelm Beckert, former chancellor of the German legation, was shot here today for the murder of a Chilean messen- ger of the legation on February 5, 1909. Beckert embezzled funds of the lega- tion and attempted to cover up his crime by making it appear that he had been burned to … [Read more…]