$150000 Gem of Mrs Stocker Recovered at LA Theater
A bracelet valued at 150000 dollars, part of Mrs Clara Baldwin Stocker’s jewels, was found among waste theater tickets at Clune's theater in Los Angeles after a link broke during the Barber of Seville premiere. Doorman J A Lewis received a 100 dollar reward. Stocker wore other gems valued in the hundreds of thousands.
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Clune’s
Los Angeles
Clara Baldwin Stocker
Baldwin
J. A. Lewis
J. McGinley
Japanese Rancher Shot Near Monrovia
Japanese rancher E Okazaki was shot Tuesday by laborer Ysabel Rodriguez after a demand for payment. Okazaki, valued at about 59000 dollars, was taken to Haben Hospital and later died as Rodriguez was captured by local authorities.
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E. Okazaki
Monrovia
Ysabel Rodiguez
Okazaki
Rodiguez
Haben Hospital
Quiggle
Bovee
Okazki
Million Ford Cars Expected This Ford Year
Ford Motor Company reports October output of 79,675 cars and six month production of 469,135. Annualized to about 909,000, with potential to exceed 1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending August 1918. Demand remains ahead of production with over 100,000 orders on hand for immediate delivery.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Entertaining At Dinner At West Huntington Drive
Mr and Mrs J Wickstrom hosted a Monday evening dinner at their West Huntington Drive home. Guests included Mark Thomson Phil Thomson Mabel Thomson A T Coleman Zola Coleman and M Coleman from Kansas City E Smith Ernest Smith Albert Smith Percell Frank Graham and G W Dunlap. House was decorated with spring aire chrysanthemums and roses. Social time followed with refreshments and a pleasant evening.
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J. Wickstrom
West Huntington Drive
Mark Thomson
Phil Thomson
Mabel Thomson
A. T. Coleman
Zola Coleman
M. Coleman
Kansas City
E. Smith
Ernest Smith
Albert Smith
Percell
Frank Graham
G. W. Dunlap
Monrovia Messenger Print Quality Ad
An advertisement for the Monrovia Messenger promises first class high class printing up-to-the-minute with the highest class work in the city.
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Monrovia
Forty Towns in Rose Tournament
Thirty five or forty Southern California cities prepare to enter floats in Pasadena's Rose Tournament parade on New Year's Day. They unite for a patriotic theme and for proceeds benefiting the Red Cross, promising a grander spectacle and higher attendance. The day features a floral parade, a east versus west football game, and a ball at a Pasadena hotel.
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Red Cross
Atain
Pasadena
Southern California
Arroyo Seco Bridge
Arroyo Bridge
Labor official urges forced work for idlers in wartime
Raymond Shiveley deputy labor commissioner for Southern California urged conscripting idle men from Los Angeles streets to work in fields as war time labor. He backed a new minimum wage for women and cited factory wages of 25 cents per pair of pants with women finishing three per day. Monrovia Messenger.
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Los Angeles
Raymond Shiveley
Southern California
Monrovia Welfare Association
Woman’s Clubhouse
Germany
Belgium
Shiveley
Coure
McLaughlin
County Charities
Blackstein
Federal Labor Bureau
Monrovia
Monrovia Messenger Classifieds Offer Variety
Reading from Monrovia Messenger, the card stock includes calling cards invitations announcements bills placards and bill heads for purchase or order with postal delivery options.
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Monrovia
Turkey Conservation Brings Smaller Thanksgiving Feast
The article notes turkey consumption fell this year as families held smaller dinners. It credits food conservation campaigns by the President and Mr. Hoover for reduced demand, with fewer turkey graves and less strain on preparation. It contrasts fates of turkeys with chickens amid economic easing reflected in pocketbooks.
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Mr. Hoover
Why I O Didn't Wait to Be Drafted
Poem by W. J. G. of the 78 Aero Squadron laments volunteering for war rather than waiting to be drafted. It contrasts lack of recognition with drafted peers and imagines explaining to a future son why he volunteered and did not receive a formal sendoff.
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78 Aero Squadron
Remembering Allied Food Supplies War Message
A wartime public appeal urges Americans to reduce food consumption and waste. It notes allies lose 33 million head of livestock since the war began and calls for eating more of surplus foods while feeding armies in the field, stressing not to starve but to eat wisely.
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Arcadia Journal
Arcadia
California
A. L. Wooldridge
Pasadena's
Turkey
Detroit
Ford Agency
Nelson & Mosher
Provident People
Savings Bank
First National Bank
Ino. H. Bartle
J. F. Sartori
H. S. McKee
W. A. Chess, Cashier
A. W. Hazen
San Gabriel Valley Packing Co
Jersey
Iowa Sanitary Dairy
Arcadia, Cal
Theo. Christiansen
Prep
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Renaker Company Funeral Directors Auto ‘Ambulance
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