Local Social Notes Highlight Daily Happenings in Monrovia
W D Millard visited Monrovia yesterday for a short time. Several residents share weekly visits family gatherings and entertainment in nearby towns including Barbara Evans with her grandmother in South Santa Anita and Miss Ethel Grimes with friends at a Hollywood cards night hosted by L F Boyce. Mr and Mrs Chas W Stewart moving into new home on Santa Anita Avenue while A L Parker and party enjoyed a Los Angeles trip to hear Harry Lauder.
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Barbara Evans
Santa Anita
Chas. W. Stewart
Santa Anita Avenue
A. L. Parker
Los Angeles
Harry Lauder
Y M C A Boys Aged 10 Help In Harvest Camps
Los Angeles County YMCA will switch from recreation to work camps this summer. Young men will aid in food production and care for those at home during wartime. Dr. Silas Evans of Occidental College spoke on The New America. Officers reelected include C A Griffith of Azusa and J S Tillheimer of San Dimas.
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Methodist Church
Monrovia
Silas Evans
Occidental College
America
C. A. Griffith
Azusa
Los Angeles County
J. S. Tillheimer
San Dimas
J. H. Matson
Alhambra
A. Durward
la Verne
E. Pp. Warner
Covina
Evans
W. C. Buckner
Pomona
J. S. Billheimer
C. F. Hayden
P T A Federation Holds Interesting Quarterly Meeting
Monrovia High School hosted the second quarterly meeting of the Monrovia Federation P T A bringing together groups from Monrovia Arcadia Azusa Duarte and Sierra Madre. Officers from multiple local P T A chapters attended a 10:30 a.m. board session followed by lunch and a keynote on Self Knowledge by Dr Lulu Peters of Los Angeles.
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Monrovia High School
Monrovia Federation
Parent-Teacher Association
Monrovia
Arcadia
Azusa
Duarte
Sierra Madre
Federation
Geo. O. Monroe
Fleming
Lulu Peters
Los Angeles
Congress of Mothers
Federation of Women's Clubs of
California
Wauneta Rives
New County Secretary Praised At Dinner
Coffin of Whittier L L Test of Pasadena and H B Raney of Azusa attend a gala as Ro PY Anderson is praised as the new county secretary. The Y M C A work is expected to progress under his direction. A Methodist church dinner followed by a high school orchestra under Prof Potter.
Printing that brings results the Monrovia Messenger job department
A clipped note from the Monrovia Messenger signals the paper’s job department offers advertising printing services aimed at securing effective results for local employers. It emphasizes practical, results oriented printing and local business reach.
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Monrovia
Record of 1917 Southern California car thefts tops million
Figures from the Automobile Club of Southern California show 225 more cars stolen in 1917 than 1916, with 1 587 thefts totaling about 1 109 000 dollars. Of these, 1 320 were recovered, saving motorists about 924 000 dollars, while 267 cars remain unrecovered.
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The
Automobile Club of
Southern California
California
Automobile Club
Police
Sheriff's Office
Iace
Your Operator's License Required Under New State Law
A grace period of one month allows drivers to obtain the operator's license before enforcement begins on roads statewide. The State Motor Vehicle department will command police to request registration cards and licenses starting February 1. Section 23 bans drunk driving and ties violations to license revocation. careless driving and related offenses may revoke licenses.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
State Highway Commission
Households Embrace Meat Substitutes For Economy War Needs
Housekeepers seek meat substitute dishes driven by economy and wartime duty. Substitutes should be high in value and paired with fresh vegetables. Potatoes and tomatoes complement bean dishes, while cornbread and a green salad accompany fish kedgeree.
Kidney Bean and Rice Dinner in Tomato Sauce
Combine two cups cooked kidney beans with two cups cooked rice. Prepare tomato sauce by mixing three tablespoons flour in oil, add one quart strained tomatoes and one tablespoon grated onion, cook five minutes. Stir hot sauce into hot rice and beans and serve.
How to Prepare Creamed Peas and Beans Dish
Soak beans overnight until skins loosen. Rub skins off, boil slowly with water until tender, pass through a ricer. Mix with 1 pint driseas or beans, 1 cup milk, 2 teaspoons syrup, 1 teaspoon salt, pinch red pepper, 1 teaspoon drippings. Whip like creamed potatoes and serve hot.
Fragrant Fish and Rice Skillet From Leftover Staples
A simple skillet dish combines flaked cooked fish, boiled rice, hard boiled eggs, and onion with drippings for flavor. Rice is boiled, drained, then stirred with melted fat, fish, and chopped egg before serving hot. Optional onion can be fried first for extra aroma.
Parcel post motor trucks to expand in California
The Post Office Department launches a nationwide motor truck parcel post system in California starting tomorrow with a San Francisco to Sacramento route via Vallejo and Stockton. More routes will follow as bids come in to establish a broad motor carrier network, aiming to cut costs and speed food deliveries from producer to consumer.
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California
San Francisco
Sacramento
Fruitvale
Stockton
Post Office Department For Motor Vehicles
Parcel Post
Sunshine Dominates Los Angeles County in 1917 Weather Report
The 1917 annual report by Dr. Ford A. Carpenter notes Los Angeles County enjoyed nine sunshine deficit days with an average daylight sunshine of 75 percent. The year saw a mean temperature of 62.8 degrees, high of 105 on June 17, low of 38 on January 27, 12 days above 90, 11 days at or below 40, and 28 days with frost. Rain totaled 45. inches, February brought the heaviest rain, 4.49 inches, and the most rainfall in 24 hours was 1.5 inches on January 18–19, with 213 clear days and 101 cloudy. The wind averaged 5.5 mph from the southwest.
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Los Angeles County
Sunshine
Ford A. Carpenter
United States Weather Bureau
State Railroad Commission Orders Auto Carriers to File Schedules
A 1918 California bulletin directs automobile passenger and freight carriers operating on regular schedules and routes to file with the Railroad Commission their rates fares charges classifications and time schedules by March 1 1918. It targets carriers operating as common carriers across public highways between fixed termini not limited to a single municipality.
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State Railroad Commission
Archerby
Railroad Commission
State of
California
Help Wanted for Assistants to County Health Officer
Two assistants to County Health Officer J L Pomeroy are sought at starting salaries of 150 dollars. The Civil Service Commission announces an exam for the county service positions to be held February 8 at the hall of records. Separate exams for a stationary steam engineer at 90 dollars a month and for firemen for steam boilers at 80 dollars a month were set for February 16.
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J. L. Pomeroy
Civil Service Commission
Hall of Records
Dakotans to Picnic in Los Angeles January 26
The South Dakota State Society holds its annual mid winter picnic in Sycamore Grove Los Angeles on Saturday January 26. Coffee given free to all badge holders.
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South Dakota State Society
Syvcamore Grove
Los Angeles
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W. D. Millard
Nettie Cockerline
Basil Roseberry
Louise Breuiliot
M. A_ Ireland
L. C Kent
Ruby Slater
Bud Tucker
George Grimes
Ethel
Evelyn
Mildred
Hollywood
L. F. Boyce
L.S. Emerson
Ecards
Pedro
Emerson
Newhall
Wilmer Newhall
E. F. Glass
M. A. Ireland
Olive Palmer
James Brisendine
Ethel Grimes
Monroya Messenger
Ym.c.a
Catalina
T. A. Federation
P.T. A
R. M. Fleming
Monrovia Federated P-T. A
Dr. T McDonald
Charlotte Avenue
P-T. A
E. C. Bunker
Wild Rose P.T. A
Chas. W Stewart
Arcadia I T. A
L. G. Backus
Penny Lunch
Charlotte Avenue School
Goldwyn Presents
Thais
By Anatole
France
Goldwyn Picture
Miss Garden
Jack Pickford
Colonial Theater
Monrovia, California
the Theft Bureau of the
Tion
Monrovia Messenger
Frisco
Burleson
Sinshine's
DR. Pomeroy
the National Bank OF
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