Bootlegging arrest and missing proprietor haunt Azusa area
Reports detail Frank Martinez jailed for six months or county exile after pleading guilty to bootlegging with his wife. Also absent Glendora store owner L Katz, last seen in Los Angeles en route home. family fears a secret business trip or worse. A World War I letter from England recalls a fallen comrade Ooe with a hero’s funeral and boat tragedy.
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Frank Martinez
Hamblin
Gauldin
Bouldin
Martinez
Azusa
Covina
Monrovia
Glendora
Los Angeles
L. Katz
Azusa Mercantile Company
Katz
Ooe
States
Will
Tomato Growers Seek Higher Price Amid Government Stoppage
In El Monte H P Curtis and E C Lakin of the California Tomato Growers Association urged growers to join and press canners to pay at least 18 dollars a ton. The government pays 15 dollars a ton and may not be fair to growers. A letter from Chester E Slaughter of El Monte, in England with the American Expeditionary Forces, notes the death of O de L McCoy aboard the Tuscania sunk by a German torpedo.
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Messrs
H. P. Curtis
E. C. Lakin
California Tomato Growers’ Association
Ben McCoy
Chester E. Slaughter
el Monte
England
Mr. Slaughter
de) L. McCoy
Tuscania
Y M C A Camp Hut Site Chosen In San Gabriel Canyon
Seventeen local Y M C A boys joined by about as many from Monrovia hike to the San Gabriel canyon mouth to select a site for a new camp hut near the O Melveny ranch five miles up canyon. Volunteers will start construction next Saturday using river rocks and cement with $1 000 allotted for furnishings.
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Monrovia
San Gabriel Canyon
R. P. Anderson
O’melveny
la Manda Park
Whittier Valley
San Fernando Valley
San Gabriel Valley
Canyon
Clarence Gray
Marshall C. Hays
L. E. May
Arcadia City Ordinance 76 Licenses for Pedlars and Trades
The Arcadia Board of Trustees adopts Ordinance 76 to license and regulate peddlers and various trades within the city. It Requires licenses for all businesses and outlines duties of the City Clerk and Marshal, fee schedules, penalties for violations, and exemptions for disabled veterans and farm product sellers. Effective upon publication in The Arcadia Journal.
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Board of Trustees
Eaid
United States
City of
Arcadia
Arcadia Journal
Ecir
Christian Scientists Protest Army Chaplains
A Los Angeles Tribune reprint reports a meeting where a resolution was sent to President Wilson opposing Christian Scientists as army chaplains. The group cites beliefs about flesh, spirit, and biblical interpretation as reasons, asserting Christian Science aligns with Bible teachings and condemns fleshly ills as non eternal.
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Los Angeles Tribune
Wilson
Paul
Rome
Christ Jesus
Arcadia Journal Ownership Statement 1918
A. L. Wooldridge, publisher of the Arcadia Journal in Arcadia California, sworn statement lists publisher editor and business manager as A. L. Wooldridge all at Monad or Monrovia addresses. Owner is A. L. Wooldridge with no bondholders or other security holders owning 1 percent or more. Notary Lincoln G Rackus. March 20 1918.
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Arcadian Journal
Arcadia
California
State of California
Los Angeles
A. L. Wooldridge
Arcadia Journal
A. Ll. Wooldridge
Monrovia
Same
A. L Wooldridge
Mortagees
Lincoln G
Rackus
of California
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Millard
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Slater
Stoker
J. A. Stoker
Ethel Grimes
Christian Science Church
Foldy
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Truth
Science and Health
Henry van Arsdale
Christian Science Committee
Southern California
Swift & Company
Phat Sae A
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
U.S. A
Congress
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