Philip J. Dougherty, former mayor of the city of Monterey, a member of the directorate of the Chamber of Commerce of that city, for ten years and more a director of the First National Bank of Monterey, proprietor of what is regarded as the most extensive establishment dealing in hay, grain, flour and fuel on […]
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If the visitor to Plainfield, California, should inquire for the largest and best equipped dairy in the locality, he would no doubt be directed to that of R. H. Durham & Sons. R. H. Durham, the head of this prosperous and well managed dairy, was born in Suffolk, England. In the early years of his
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Salvatore Cardinale, a wholesale dealer in all kinds of fish, on Washington street, Monterey, enjoys a prosperity which he has worked very hard to realize. He was born in Palermo, Sicily, September 4, 1869, the son of Oratizo and Agnes Cardinale, and not only was his father a fisherman but he comes from a long
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Although Lee Dudgeon’s farm near Soledad is not the largest in the vicinity, it is acknowledged as one of the best managed and best improved in that part of Monterey county. Its owner was born in Knox county, Ohio, April 2, 1870, a son of David and Mary Jane (Freeman) Dudgeon. His paternal grandfather, Simon
Probably no woman in Monterey county is better known for her unselfish labor in caring for the afflicted, the old and infirm, and fatherless children than Rosa M. Feliz, of King City. She is a daughter of Don Jose Maria and Maria (Vallejo) Gil, her family being a link between the old Spanish regime and
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