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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1918
Page
1
The Ladies' Aid of the First Presbyterian Church hosts a chicken supper next Thursday evening January 24 from 6 to 7 30 at the church hall corner Fallen Leaf and Santa Anita avenues. Tickets are 35 cents and all are invited to support the new church by buying leftover bazaar items such as aprons gowns pajamas and canned goods.
City trustees voted thanks to the Co operative Arcadian club for presenting a service flag with twenty eight stars. The resolution notes twenty eight Arcadia citizens in military service, over 80 percent of draft age, and pledges the flag’s honored display when City Hall is completed.
Fresh from the press, the new angling licenses of 1918 are distributed under a 10 percent plan praised by licensees and resale agents. Licenses cost one dollar for residents and six months’ residents may qualify for the dollar privilege. The winter trout season runs to March with flood risks as heavy storms loom. Hundreds await the shift from hunting to angling as Fish and Game patrols enforce limits.
Early humans used simple routes and natural trails to move between settlements. Travel times varied with distance, terrain, and season, while social greetings and exchanges of gifts accompanied journeys, reflecting emerging cooperative networks.
Redlands merchants and manufacturers association resists a government proposal to launch a star route mail service linking Los Angeles Pomona Ontario San Bernardino and Redlands. The postal department says the route would speed parcel post by bridging producers and consumers, in addition to train service. Interior towns may signal to Southern California congressmen they oppose the route.
The death of two Mexican babies, four and seven months old, in Azusa last weekend highlights urgent needs for charity. Officials report malnutrition and neglect, with other families said to be in similar need.
A special meeting of the board of city trustees is set for next Tuesday night to arrange advertising for bids to finish the new city hall. Architects Robers and Lourdou urge immediate action so finishing can begin as soon as the rough structure is up. work on the building proceeds and occupancy is expected within a few weeks.
Arcadia reports 865.00 dollars in war savings stamps sold as part of a nationwide drive to place stamps in every public venue. The plan calls for one sales station per 100 people with local signs and direct supply from banks and post offices. Government funding includes 1.08 million dollars for flood control and harbor protection with dam projects and channel straightening planned for Los Angeles and surrounding waterways.
The High School P T A will hold a Tuesday evening meeting in the school auditorium. Special teachers will speak on what is taught in girls athletics art and agriculture. Music by the boys glee club and a reading are planned for a lively event.
Eminent Pasadenan L D Wishard speaks to Monrovia residents at the Baptist church on Sunday February 3 delivering a talk about his experiences in Liberia Belgium and France as a special emissary while former classmate of President Wilson. All Monrovia churches will dismiss evening services so all may attend.
A Tuesday night break in at the San Gabriel and El Monte boulevards highway garage was foiled when an alarm sounded after intruders shattered a window. No injuries reported.
The elderly judge Sherman Page, nearly 85, was found dead at his West Grand View home after a week alone. Marshal Webb located the body on a Wednesday morning following a milkman report of missed milk deliveries and daily light on in the house. Page had a notable career and three years earlier compiled a genealogy of John Page of Cambridge, Vermont, 1788 to 1842.
Ek Fk Spence Monrovia packer estimates the 300 acre Baldwin ranch navel crop will be under 10 percent of average. He expects more Valencia fruit but nibs are very short. The Baldwin packing house won’t open this season. The crop will be sent to the Monrovia plant for handling.
Frank Timmer is building a large 55 by 50 foot barn on Vannette street to store 1500 sacks of potatoes 20 tons of hay and four horses with a 14 foot internal post height. A loft will hold farm implements and a new screened porch is added to the house.
John Knox, charged with murdering Herman Miller on Christmas day in San Gabriel Canyon, had a preliminary hearing in Justice Bouldin's court. He was bound over to the Superior Court for murder and remanded to county jail without bail. Knox’s attorney John Richardson failed to obtain bail. The degree of murder will be decided by the jury. A large crowd attended amid spy-charges rumors. no such testimony. Pomotropic, Azusa.
A strong wind storm swept through the San Gabriel valley last week causing widespread damage in Arcadia. Ornamental trees were blown down along Santa Anita and Duarte Road while debris cluttered streets until Fr. W. Treen, superintendent of streets, ordered the street scraper to clear the mess.
Arcadia moves to enact an ordinance penalizing drunkenness with the city board set to adopt it immediately. City Attorney W. F. Dunn is tasked to draft the measure and present it at the next meeting.
The national orange show February 20 to 28 will not have a royal queen or court. Ralph E. Swing says the event will be led by the spirit of democracy with select California orange city daughters representing allied nations in World War I. Pearl Nelson of Lindsay will preside as the spirit, chosen by a ballots victory.
A short course on gasoline tractor management will run February 11 to 16, 1918 at the University Experimental Station Riverside. It covers lubrication bearing and carburetor care, valve grinding, repairs, with demonstrations from leading tractor makes. Registration is 1.00 dollars. Open to all. apply to the Dean Citrus Experiment Station Riverside California.
A. H. Memmler of Monrovia was named state building inspector after leading a field of more than twenty architects in oral and written exams. He has begun work and received numerous congratulations from friends.
Ground at Arcadia schools has been plowed in preparation for school gardens. Students will plant and tend crops, with expectations of larger harvests this year than ever before.
The saying urges choosing two roles for friendship: share the burden of troubles and enjoy friends’ humor. It emphasizes empathy and humor as keys to lasting bonds.
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