From The Oakland Tribune, 22 May 1919, p. 4
Sisters Sought; Mother Dying
Search is being made in Oakland for Mrs. Margaret Miller, and Mrs. William Draper, sisters from Redding, whose mother is dying in that city. Telegrams and telephone messages have been coming in to the Oakland police, appealing to them to locate the two women, whose addresses here are not known in Redding, before their mother, who was stricken with apoplexy, passes away.
The sisters, according to the messages to the police, came to Oakland a week ago to seek employment. Inspectors William J. Emigh and Alexis Shefoff are endeavoring to locate them.
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Miss Rooney to be Buried Tomorrow
From The Oakland Tribune, 13 May 1919, p. 9
Miss Rooney to be Buried Tomorrow
The funeral of Miss Edna Valerie Rooney, who died yesterday at her home, ?241 Broadway Terrace, will take place tomorrow morning in San Francisco from the ?ist church, corner of Grant avenue and California street, at 10 o'clock. A mass will be celebrated. Interment will be private.
Miss Rooney was the daughter of Mrs. Mary Jane Rooney and the late Thomas H. Rooney. Mrs. Louis Titus of Washington, D.C. and Miss Theresa Rooney are her sisters. Her brothers are Dr. Harry Rooney, who is now serving in France, and Earl Rooney.
Miss Rooney to be Buried Tomorrow
The funeral of Miss Edna Valerie Rooney, who died yesterday at her home, ?241 Broadway Terrace, will take place tomorrow morning in San Francisco from the ?ist church, corner of Grant avenue and California street, at 10 o'clock. A mass will be celebrated. Interment will be private.
Miss Rooney was the daughter of Mrs. Mary Jane Rooney and the late Thomas H. Rooney. Mrs. Louis Titus of Washington, D.C. and Miss Theresa Rooney are her sisters. Her brothers are Dr. Harry Rooney, who is now serving in France, and Earl Rooney.
Mrs. Mary Roberts Dies at Age of 82
From The Oakland Tribune, 13 May 1919, p. 9
Mrs. Mary Roberts Dies at Age of 82
Mrs. Mary Roberts, one of the Oakland pioneers who participated in welcoming the first overland train from the east through Oakland, was buried yesterday from St. Patrick's church in West Oakland. Mrs. Roberts was 82 years old and had resided in West Oakland since 1867, when, with her husband, the late Edward Roberts, and two children, she came from Ohio. She has lived at 412 Cedar street for 51 years. Mrs. Roberts was a native of Ireland, coming to this country when 12 years old.
Mrs. Mary Roberts Dies at Age of 82
Mrs. Mary Roberts, one of the Oakland pioneers who participated in welcoming the first overland train from the east through Oakland, was buried yesterday from St. Patrick's church in West Oakland. Mrs. Roberts was 82 years old and had resided in West Oakland since 1867, when, with her husband, the late Edward Roberts, and two children, she came from Ohio. She has lived at 412 Cedar street for 51 years. Mrs. Roberts was a native of Ireland, coming to this country when 12 years old.
Funeral Held for Mrs. Thos. A. Deasy
From The Oakland Tribune, 13 May 1919, p. 3
Funeral Held for Mrs. Thos. A. Deasy
The funeral of Mrs. Thomas A. Deasy, wife of the superintendent of the Oakland branch of the United States Customs House, took place yesterday, services first being held at the family home, 108 Athol avenue, and later at St. Anthony's church, in which she had held membership for many years.
She was 75 years old and had lived in Oakland for 35 years. While she had been in poor health, her condition had not been such lately as to cause fear of her passing at this time. Mrs. Deasy was married 58 years ago.
There were five children, three of whom survive. They are Mrs. J. Sullivan, Mrs. Sara Terney, and Mrs. Frank Riggle, all of this city.
Funeral Held for Mrs. Thos. A. Deasy
The funeral of Mrs. Thomas A. Deasy, wife of the superintendent of the Oakland branch of the United States Customs House, took place yesterday, services first being held at the family home, 108 Athol avenue, and later at St. Anthony's church, in which she had held membership for many years.
She was 75 years old and had lived in Oakland for 35 years. While she had been in poor health, her condition had not been such lately as to cause fear of her passing at this time. Mrs. Deasy was married 58 years ago.
There were five children, three of whom survive. They are Mrs. J. Sullivan, Mrs. Sara Terney, and Mrs. Frank Riggle, all of this city.
More Time Sought in Insanity Hearing
From The Oakland Tribune, 21 May 1919, p. 7
More Time Sought in Insanity Hearing
Frances Aletheia Head, lecturer, writer and actress, who was last Friday committed to Agnew Hospital for the Insane from the Oakland Receiving Hospital, has asked for an extention of time for the beginning of her trial on appeal before a jury, to enable her to secure evidence from New York establishing her claim that she is still the lawful wife of Robert T. Head, architect of Washington, D. C., because of irregularities in their divorce decree.
Mrs. Marguerite Head Jr., of Fruitvale, her daughter-in-law, who was complaining witness in the matter, denies that she caused her mother-in-law's examination on an insanity charge in San Francisco recently, as the defendant has stated, and declares she is actuated only by kindly motives in trying to secure treatment for Mrs. Head's condition.
More Time Sought in Insanity Hearing
Frances Aletheia Head, lecturer, writer and actress, who was last Friday committed to Agnew Hospital for the Insane from the Oakland Receiving Hospital, has asked for an extention of time for the beginning of her trial on appeal before a jury, to enable her to secure evidence from New York establishing her claim that she is still the lawful wife of Robert T. Head, architect of Washington, D. C., because of irregularities in their divorce decree.
Mrs. Marguerite Head Jr., of Fruitvale, her daughter-in-law, who was complaining witness in the matter, denies that she caused her mother-in-law's examination on an insanity charge in San Francisco recently, as the defendant has stated, and declares she is actuated only by kindly motives in trying to secure treatment for Mrs. Head's condition.
Father Asks Aid to Find Youth
From The Oakland Tribune, 21 May 1919, p. 6
Father Asks Aid to Find Youth
Missing since April 27 17-year-old Leonard Zeb of 3322 Garringo street, Fruitvale, is being sought by his father, who has asked the aid of both the Oakland and San Francisco police forces.
He is the only child and his father can give no reason for his disappearance other than the fact that the boy always had been of an adventuous [sic] nature. It is thought the boy may have signed on some sea-going steamer as his father is a sea captain and the boy has always wanted to follow the life of a sailor.
Father Asks Aid to Find Youth
Missing since April 27 17-year-old Leonard Zeb of 3322 Garringo street, Fruitvale, is being sought by his father, who has asked the aid of both the Oakland and San Francisco police forces.
He is the only child and his father can give no reason for his disappearance other than the fact that the boy always had been of an adventuous [sic] nature. It is thought the boy may have signed on some sea-going steamer as his father is a sea captain and the boy has always wanted to follow the life of a sailor.
Oakland Man on Death List of War
From The Oakland Tribune, 21 May 1919, p. 5
Oakland Man on Death List of War
Private John H. Jordan, next of kin George Jordan, 2230 Fifty-seventh avenue, is listed among the casualties announced by the war department today as having died of wounds received in action.
Private Frank Pollareno of Los Angeles, who was previously reported wounded, with the degree undetermined, is now listed as killed in action.
Oakland Man on Death List of War
Private John H. Jordan, next of kin George Jordan, 2230 Fifty-seventh avenue, is listed among the casualties announced by the war department today as having died of wounds received in action.
Private Frank Pollareno of Los Angeles, who was previously reported wounded, with the degree undetermined, is now listed as killed in action.
G.M. Chase, Son of First Settler, Dies
From The Oakland Tribune, 21 May 1919, p. 3
G.M. Chase, Son of First Settler, Dies
George M. Chase, son of the first white man to settle in the part of Alameda county where the city of Oakland now stands, suffered a heart attack Monday evening and died. He was sitting on the porch of the home where he has lived since 18?4 and which has the distinction of being the oldest residence in Oakland, when death came. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning from a local undertaking chapel. The death of Chase marks the passing of the oldest pioneer this side of the bay.
When the 159th infantry came home from France last month Chase was one of the five of the original Old Guard, the parent organization formed during the Civil War days, to escort the young veterans through the streets of the city in the guard of honor.
Chase's father, Moses Chase, came to California in 1849, going to the northern mines. Shortly he abandoned the hunt for gold to locate in a forest of oaks at Gibbon's Point, now the foot of the Oakland mole. He explored the whole bay region and discovered the creek which separates Oakland and Alameda today. He leased the site, which afterward became Clinton, now a portion of East Oakland. Hunting ducks for the market with an income of $1000 a month was his means of livelihood.
George Chase inherited the old home at 401 East Eighth street, which in 1854 was brought to Oakland by way of the Horn.
On the death of his mother he came to California in '5? from Newburyport, Mass., where he was born in 1841, and reared by his aunt. The trip was made in the ship Fly Away around Cape Horn. He completed his education in the Oakland college.
Chase's first business venture was as toll collector at the old Twelfth street bridge. Later he joined his father hauling freight across the bay. He served as copyist under P. R. Borein, county recorder, and later received an appointment as deputy county treasurer under James A. Webster and Socrates Huff. November, 1892, saw him elected county treasurer.
Chase was the first man to be initiated into Orion Lodge No. 189, I. O. O. F. He had passed all the chairs and been a representative to the grand lodge. He acted as recorder in the Ancient Order of United Workmen for 28 years, succeeding to the office of financier. He had been actively identified with Oakland Camp No. 94, Woodmen of the World. Mr. and Mrs. Chase were the last of the charter members in Brooklyn Rebekah Lodge No. 12.
Mrs. Mary Emily Williams, the well known singer, is a daughter of Chase, and lives at the old home. The other children are George Moses Chase, and Albert B. Chase of San Francisco.
G.M. Chase, Son of First Settler, Dies
George M. Chase, son of the first white man to settle in the part of Alameda county where the city of Oakland now stands, suffered a heart attack Monday evening and died. He was sitting on the porch of the home where he has lived since 18?4 and which has the distinction of being the oldest residence in Oakland, when death came. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning from a local undertaking chapel. The death of Chase marks the passing of the oldest pioneer this side of the bay.
When the 159th infantry came home from France last month Chase was one of the five of the original Old Guard, the parent organization formed during the Civil War days, to escort the young veterans through the streets of the city in the guard of honor.
Chase's father, Moses Chase, came to California in 1849, going to the northern mines. Shortly he abandoned the hunt for gold to locate in a forest of oaks at Gibbon's Point, now the foot of the Oakland mole. He explored the whole bay region and discovered the creek which separates Oakland and Alameda today. He leased the site, which afterward became Clinton, now a portion of East Oakland. Hunting ducks for the market with an income of $1000 a month was his means of livelihood.
George Chase inherited the old home at 401 East Eighth street, which in 1854 was brought to Oakland by way of the Horn.
On the death of his mother he came to California in '5? from Newburyport, Mass., where he was born in 1841, and reared by his aunt. The trip was made in the ship Fly Away around Cape Horn. He completed his education in the Oakland college.
Chase's first business venture was as toll collector at the old Twelfth street bridge. Later he joined his father hauling freight across the bay. He served as copyist under P. R. Borein, county recorder, and later received an appointment as deputy county treasurer under James A. Webster and Socrates Huff. November, 1892, saw him elected county treasurer.
Chase was the first man to be initiated into Orion Lodge No. 189, I. O. O. F. He had passed all the chairs and been a representative to the grand lodge. He acted as recorder in the Ancient Order of United Workmen for 28 years, succeeding to the office of financier. He had been actively identified with Oakland Camp No. 94, Woodmen of the World. Mr. and Mrs. Chase were the last of the charter members in Brooklyn Rebekah Lodge No. 12.
Mrs. Mary Emily Williams, the well known singer, is a daughter of Chase, and lives at the old home. The other children are George Moses Chase, and Albert B. Chase of San Francisco.
Woman Born in SF in 1850 is Dead
From The Oakland Tribune, 21 May 1919, p. 2
Woman Born in SF in 1850 is Dead
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.- Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Cook, born in San Francisco in 1850, will take place tomorrow morning. Father Ramm officiating. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mrs. Cook died yesterday at her home, 2965 Jackson street, following an illness of three years. She was the widow of the late H. M. Cook, founder of the Cook Pelting Company. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ross Ambler Curran; two sons, Milton and Clifford G.; a sister, Miss Ida Scooffy, and a brother, Leonidas Scoofy.
Woman Born in SF in 1850 is Dead
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.- Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Cook, born in San Francisco in 1850, will take place tomorrow morning. Father Ramm officiating. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Mrs. Cook died yesterday at her home, 2965 Jackson street, following an illness of three years. She was the widow of the late H. M. Cook, founder of the Cook Pelting Company. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ross Ambler Curran; two sons, Milton and Clifford G.; a sister, Miss Ida Scooffy, and a brother, Leonidas Scoofy.
Charles Gee [sic] Gone; Parents Anxious
From The Oakland Tribune, 19 May 1919, p. 2
Charles Gee [sic] Gone; Parents Anxious
Charles McGee, a ten-year-old colored boy, left his home at 1081 Seventh street Saturday morning sent by his mother to a grocery store for a loaf of bread. This morning his father, Frank McGee came to the Central police station to ask the police for assistance in finding the boy.
Charles Gee [sic] Gone; Parents Anxious
Charles McGee, a ten-year-old colored boy, left his home at 1081 Seventh street Saturday morning sent by his mother to a grocery store for a loaf of bread. This morning his father, Frank McGee came to the Central police station to ask the police for assistance in finding the boy.
Mrs. Baum Dies From Paralysis
From The Oakland Tribune, 18 May 1919, p. 13
Mrs. Baum Dies From Paralysis
Mrs. Guillerma Lowells Baum of 721 Wesley avenue, Piedmont, widow of Dr. Rudolph W. Baum, prominent San Francisco physician, passed away at the Placerville sanitarium late yesterday following a fatal attack of paralysis suffered two weeks ago while on a visit to her son on his Placerville ranch. She was 55 years old and is survived by two sons and three daughters, Horace C. Baum, Placerville; Rudolph E. Baum, Piedmont; Mrs. Percy A. Wood and Miss Celia Baum, Piedmont, and Mrs. Percival Buhn, San Francisco. All the children were at her bedside at the time of her death.
Mrs. Baum was a member of a prominent Spanish family coming from Mexico to El Dorado county. Her estate includes extensive property interests in Piedmont, Oakland, and San Francisco, and in interest in the Placerville water system.
Mrs. Baum Dies From Paralysis
Mrs. Guillerma Lowells Baum of 721 Wesley avenue, Piedmont, widow of Dr. Rudolph W. Baum, prominent San Francisco physician, passed away at the Placerville sanitarium late yesterday following a fatal attack of paralysis suffered two weeks ago while on a visit to her son on his Placerville ranch. She was 55 years old and is survived by two sons and three daughters, Horace C. Baum, Placerville; Rudolph E. Baum, Piedmont; Mrs. Percy A. Wood and Miss Celia Baum, Piedmont, and Mrs. Percival Buhn, San Francisco. All the children were at her bedside at the time of her death.
Mrs. Baum was a member of a prominent Spanish family coming from Mexico to El Dorado county. Her estate includes extensive property interests in Piedmont, Oakland, and San Francisco, and in interest in the Placerville water system.
John Estey, Pioneer Contractor, is Dead
From The Oakland Tribune, 17 May 1919, p. 3'
John Estey, Pioneer Contractor, is Dead
John Estey, civil war veteran, a pioneer resident and contractor of Oakland, died early this morning at his home in East Oakland, following an illness of several weeks. Estey came to the coast and settled in Oakland during the late 70s when the city was a mere village, and he superintended the building of many of the present structures which have become landmarks.
He retired from active business nine years ago. During the civil war he joined the army of the North from New Hampshire, his native state. He was severely wounded. Upon his discharge, with the rank of sergeant, he received the medal for meritorious service. Estey was a member of the Appomattox Corps, Grand Army of the Republic. He was 77 years old.
Estey is survived by a widow, Mrs. Caroline S. Estey, a son, C. V. Estey, and three daughters, Mrs. A. T. Spence of Alameda, Mrs. Mabel Doss, and Mrs. D. S. Willard.
The funeral will take place on Monday afternoon from a local undertaking parlor.
John Estey, Pioneer Contractor, is Dead
John Estey, civil war veteran, a pioneer resident and contractor of Oakland, died early this morning at his home in East Oakland, following an illness of several weeks. Estey came to the coast and settled in Oakland during the late 70s when the city was a mere village, and he superintended the building of many of the present structures which have become landmarks.
He retired from active business nine years ago. During the civil war he joined the army of the North from New Hampshire, his native state. He was severely wounded. Upon his discharge, with the rank of sergeant, he received the medal for meritorious service. Estey was a member of the Appomattox Corps, Grand Army of the Republic. He was 77 years old.
Estey is survived by a widow, Mrs. Caroline S. Estey, a son, C. V. Estey, and three daughters, Mrs. A. T. Spence of Alameda, Mrs. Mabel Doss, and Mrs. D. S. Willard.
The funeral will take place on Monday afternoon from a local undertaking parlor.
Jump From Auto is Fatal to Schoolboy
From The Oakland Tribune, 17 May 1919, p. 2
Jump From Auto is Fatal to Schoolboy
Takeo Sekiyama, an 8-year-old school boy of 718 Myrtle street, was killed last night when the auto in which he was riding turned over, pining his body to the pavement. The boy was riding with his father, who was driving the car on Arimo street. At Walla Vista street, Takeo jumped out of the car in such a way that his father feared he would fall under the wheels. The attempt to turn the automobile to one side proved fatal. It tipped over and crushed the 8-year-old boy to the pavement. He was taken to the Emergency hospital and died a few minutes later.
Jump From Auto is Fatal to Schoolboy
Takeo Sekiyama, an 8-year-old school boy of 718 Myrtle street, was killed last night when the auto in which he was riding turned over, pining his body to the pavement. The boy was riding with his father, who was driving the car on Arimo street. At Walla Vista street, Takeo jumped out of the car in such a way that his father feared he would fall under the wheels. The attempt to turn the automobile to one side proved fatal. It tipped over and crushed the 8-year-old boy to the pavement. He was taken to the Emergency hospital and died a few minutes later.
Asks Court Aid to Break Cocaine Habit
From The Oakland Tribune, 17 May 1919, P. 2
Asks Court Aid to Break Cocaine Habit
A frail, delicate woman about 35 years old, Marie Scott, who was arrested yesterday at 489 Ninth street, charged with vagrancy, was before Police Judge Smith this morning, and told the court that she had taken fifteen grains of cocaine every day for months. After pleading with the court to help her break the habit, she was given a sentence of thirty days in the city jail, where she will be under the care of the city physician. When arrested she had in her possession four packages of cocaine and several needles.
Asks Court Aid to Break Cocaine Habit
A frail, delicate woman about 35 years old, Marie Scott, who was arrested yesterday at 489 Ninth street, charged with vagrancy, was before Police Judge Smith this morning, and told the court that she had taken fifteen grains of cocaine every day for months. After pleading with the court to help her break the habit, she was given a sentence of thirty days in the city jail, where she will be under the care of the city physician. When arrested she had in her possession four packages of cocaine and several needles.
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