SAN QUENTIN – Commonplaces

San Quentin Bags 1 Cent Under Cost in Calcutta.

January 28, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sacramento Union, 28 January 1917 SAN QUENTIN, Jan. 27. —The state board of prison directors, at a meeting here today, fixed the price of jute bags manufactured in the prison here at 10 cents each. This price is 1 cent less than the cost of bags manufactured in Calcutta, it was announced. It is estimated … [Read more…]

HAMAN’S HAND – 1886

February 10, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, 19 February 1886 HAMAN’S HAND. Following Up a Dead Man’s Projected Fraud. AN OLD NOTARY’S CONFESSION. W. H. Flesher’s Dramatic Work in Using a Dead Man’s Hand to Sign a Will — The Infringement Suit Against the Sutter street Railroad. There are not a few people who will remember that shortly after … [Read more…]