From the map room — a Sanborn fire-insurance map of Glen Ellen in 1899. Drawn for insurers, these maps recorded every building in a town, street by street — a remarkably intimate snapshot of the valley’s towns a century ago.
What the paper was printing that year
A. R. Harrison of the Mer- President, Vice President. vyp Hotel, Glen Ellen. JESSE Burris, Cashier. A Great English Statemans, Secret. It is related that the secret of a celebrated | English’ statesman’s long life was his systematic way of eating. Every bite of food that went into his mouth was chewed thirty times before he swallowed it. The} result was that his stomach neyer both- ered him, and he naturally enjoyed good} Most men and women bolt their food… — 1899-10-21
Visiting the Schools. Minnie Coulter, Superintendent of Schools, was in town several days this week. During her stay here she visited the Glen Ellen, Flowery, Dunbar and Sonoma public schools, and expressed her- self as well pleased with both teachers and scholars. « Miss Coulter returned to Santa Rosa yesterday, but: will return to Sonoma in a short time when she will visit the other schools in the vicinity of this place. ——- oa A Social Gathering. The so… — 1899-04-01
J. H. Steckoffer, ehafged with -as-!Conntrv ” was appropriately © conrsault, took place» before Judge ' Cheney in Glen Elen on Tuesday. ! The Jndge, after listening patiently iT to the tesimony,*discharged Steck- offer and held the ~compiaining: witnesses, Celestino Guidotti and Louis Del Margo, to answer to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The bail #1000, and not being able to seeure | bondsmeni both men* were taken to Santa Rosa and placed in th… — 1899-02-25
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