City Counsil – Commonplaces

L. L. Veirs Disappears

November 17, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

We open this post with a bit of normalcy. Lute L. Veirs owned a butcher shop in Santa Rosa, became a prominant citizen, ran for and was elected to the Santa Rosa City Council in 1900. He married Annie Roberts and it seems life was good, as noted in this blurb in the Press Democrat: … [Read more…]

1900 – SANTA ROSA’S MUDDLE

November 6, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Los Angeles Herald, 2 October 1900 SANTA ROSA’S MUDDLE The City Officials May All Be Turned Out City Recorder Prindle Claims Their Election Was Illegal and Proposes to Sue Them in the Name of the State (By Associated Press.) Santa Rosa, Oct. 1. — City Recorder Henry Prindle today served notice upon members of the … [Read more…]