Newspaper articles
With the news of wine in the world spreading, the San Francisco New was the closes to Sonoma County to report what was happening in the the wine county.
San Franciso Call, as the newspaper was name, started in December of 1856 under a different name. it was named the "Daily Morning Call." It was a huge hit and was mostly read by the working class, moving from over 10,000 people reading when it first started to a little over 41,000 in the 1880s. As one of the writers, Mark Twain produced more the 200 articles in a 4 month time periods. The paper moved owners 4 times before it was brought by it rival, the San Francisco Bulletin. As more "Call" paper started to show, the San Francisco Call started to have problem in the years of 1903. In 1913, the San Francisco Call was taking over by a company run by William Hearst, who merged it with his paper, the Evening Post. So ended the San Francisco Call Day under that name.
San Francisco News:
Motion Picture will show wine indusrty: Sonoma County to advertise wine. The commerical will show a man picking grapes, going to the crusher, the grapes going into barrels to ferment, then showing the finished product.
Sonoma Wine-growers: A meeting was held to discuss a way to go around the price of wine and to talk about joining a company that runs California
Sonoma County wine sale: Somona County sold 150,000 gallons of wine to a San Francisco dealer at 12¢ per gallon
Sonoma County Wine makers begin work: This article talks about production and averages. The wineries are pushing out the usual amount of wine.
New Years Groceries and Liguors list: this talks about what you need for New years including a "Mock Wine for 50¢
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Library of Congress. Chronicling America. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/
