Today in History: from the Redding Record Searchlight December 1900 1st a front page story in Redding's Morning Searchlight newspaper reported that J.S. Eaton, the "genial" owner of the cigar store on California Street, had lost the lower set of his false teeth. 2nd approximately 30 county hospital inmates were moved to the new hospital facility in Redding. It was located in a grove of oak trees 200 yards from the Sacramento River. 3rd William Welsh, who had long successfully conducted a blacksmith and wagon-making business on Shasta Street in Redding, sold his business to H.M. Perham, a Redding pioneer, for $1,000. 4th a rich strike was reported at a Quartz claim in the Shasta Mining District near Shasta and Middletown roads. Two thousand dollars worth of gold had been secured from the mine in one day. 5th some grammar school-aged Redding residents organized a football team and offered a public challenge to any team of its average age and weight in the county. 6th it was reported that during the month of November, the collections of the state and county tax gatherer in Redding amounted to $85,286.89. 7th a 67-year-old woman passed through Redding on a journey from San Francisco to Portland, Ore. She said she had walked the entire way from San Francisco and planned to finish her journey by foot. 8th nothing definite had developed in the Shasta County Grand Jury's investigation of a case at Kennett in which a dead baby was found in the Sacramento River at the mouth of Backbone Creek. No arrests or indictments had been made. 9th the Tehama County Board of Supervisors was talking about the possibility of building a new courthouse to accommodate the growing requirements of the county. 10th owners of the rich Red Cross quicksilver mine on Clover Creek, 30 miles northeast of Redding, announced their intention to organize a stock company to operate the property on a larger scale. Janie my Shasta Site http://famos.freeyellow.com/cemetery.html my card http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/32001.html Janie My Shasta Site http://famos.freeyellow.com/cemetery.html my card site http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/cardidx.html