Volume 14 , Issue 35

100 Years Ago Today - 27 August 1912

As we read in The San Francisco Call, 27 August 1912, out of San Francisco, California, we find various, interesting articles from one hundred years ago. One of those is:

"Oldest Woman in New England at ripe age of 107," as reported by way of Worcester, Massachusetts, August 26, 1912 -- Mrs. Louisa Waterman Carpenter today celebrated the one hundred and seventh anniversary of her birth. Her friends believe that Mrs. Carpenter was the oldest woman in New England. Mrs. Carpenter was born in Old Warwick, Rhode Island. She was one of 12 children, but one other of whom, Mrs. Isabella W. Colburn, 94, of Bostonia, California, still is living.

Have you heard about the Hop vine that got Sam Elliott, the cook of Oakland, into trouble in Sacramento, California, August 26, 1912. Hops got him out again. Elliott drank too much of the essence of hops and started to beat his wife in a boarding house where they were stopping temporarily. Boarders locked him in an upstairs room and called the police. Elliott climbed out the second story window and made his escape, using a hop vine as a ladder.

On page three of the above newspaper there was an article about "National Law makers Migrate," scattering from Washington to plunge into turmoil of presidential battle, August 26, 1912, out of Washington, as they were priming for the strenuous campaign of the two months that precede the November elections, members of the senate and house hurried out of town tonight or made reservations for the next few days to secure what rest is possible before the wearing round of stump speeches and political meetings begins.

Speaker Clark was prepared to leave for Maine, where he was to speak that week. Senator Clapp, progressive, will leave tomorrow for Vermont to make progressive speeches. Former Speaker Cannon confided to friends that he intended to "Hang around" for a few days to get up a collection of campaign literature. Clark also said, "Then I'm going out on the stump and when I make a statement that anybody challenges I'll be loaded for him."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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