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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
4
On Second avenue City Marshal F W Treen pursued an ordinance dictator heading toward Falling Seat. At the north entry of the aviation grounds Night Watchman Brandon opened the doors for an army officer. Treen then veered east and told Bert not tonight.
Campaign flyer highlights Sam Browne’s 28 years in federal state and municipal service. Claims as chief of detectives he raided more than 250 blind pigs and poured bootleg liquor out. cites a 1912 dynamite case at Central Police Station. Promises to return fees to county treasury and to enforce liquor laws gambling and immoral resort crackdowns.
Henry Kabierske longtime director of film projects The Argonauts and The Daughter of the Don died in Los Angeles last Friday after an illness extending over more than a year. He earned a national reputation for organizing pageants in the East and was a Mission Play director. Mrs Kabierske and their daughter work in a Los Angeles department store.
Arcadia observers reported Mount Wilson peak blanketed in snow after a high hill storm knocked out power briefly. Snow began about 10 30 am and persisted for hours with fog and a sudden temperature drop followed by hail. The area saw minor rain in Altadena and a light shower in Pasadena as Arcadia noted the unusual late snow.
The Food Administration calls for saving every ounce of wheat flour for Europe and offers to accept flour from individuals in original packaging. Restrictions limit bread to two slices per person per meal and two slices per sandwich. Samuel Pond will enforce penalties via statewide cases. church sermons and minister coordination are planned. aim to support front-line troops with fuel, gardens, and production.
A stark division in the period narrative casts Americans against Alien Enemies. It labels those not for America as enemies and aliens to American interest, while praising workers as true Americans, the comrades in a shared enterprise.
Three suggestions propose using hominy in place of macaroni spaghetti or vermicelli, baking muffins and quick breads with it, or serving it as a vegetable layered with cheese and white sauce. Alternate layers of boiled coarse hominy and grated cheese are baked for 30 minutes with options of fish or meat instead of cheese. The note urges folks back home to raise reserves.
The Pacific Electric announces planned fare increases due to rising costs and transportation needs. They cite higher lease rates, labor, electricity, and materials, and promise public hearings after filing with the State Railroad Commission. The company urges public cooperation on service adjustments and efficiency to minimize impact.
Monrovia goats led by T. W. Ewing of 620 West Lime earned a first second and third with Toggenburgs at the Pasadena event. W. E. Bushnell placed in a class of 27 with a two month old kid. A mother goat averaged nine pounds daily milk. Two thoroughbred horses at the show ate identification tags.
Eleanor Danforth writes in Rural World about a scenic motor trip from Pasadena through Arcadia Monrovia Duarte Azusa Glendora Upland Ontario to Riverside. The journey features orange and lemon groves, Mt Rubidoux views, the Mission Inn, and a visit to the original navel orange tree and citrus orchards. Arcadians plan to attend a Presbyterian aid societies federation meeting in Alhambra next Wednesday.
Miss Mary Miller sold property on Eighth avenue comprising 2% acres. Miss Helen Sherwood is among Monrovia high school graduates this year. The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church met at the church at 2 o clock next Tuesday. Harris was in Los Angeles visiting her sister.
Mrs. H. M. Roth and her daughter Miss Gladys spent last Saturday and Sunday in San Diego. Chet Schwarzkopf is expected home for the weekend from San Pedro where he has been stationed the past three weeks.
A social visit to Los Angeles to see troops returning from Camp Kearney. A North End Bridge club planned to host a 500 party at Mrs. W. L. Millard’s home next Friday, with a 25 cent admission. Local patrols report arrests for illegal water flow and a bungalow project underway on Second Avenue. A group of seventeen hiked Sturtevant trail to Roberts camp near Sierra Madre for a campfire dinner and overnight. Participants included Arcadia residents, Monrovia visitors, and Balloon School members stationed in Arcadia.
War calls have thinned the high school male population leaving girls outnumbering boys in the senior class nearly four to one. The service flag grows fuller as graduates are listed, including Arthur Becker Leona Blain Frances Bliss Naoma Bradney Doris Clark Emma Clark Elizabeth Clark Cassius Clark Ruth Cochran Lee Collins Mable Cramlet Alice Davis Harriet Dike Alma Don eherty Helen Dunlap Esther Flowers Anna Hall Florence Holcomb Cordelia Juvinall Bertha Magee Robert Mann Kenneth McLennan Jeannette Reid Winifred Roberts Herbert Sanger Helen Sherwood Hazen Shower Elsie Smith Fern Umbach Louis Whitcomb Jessie Williams Sylvia Williams Ellis Willits Harlow Wilson William Caylor Mary Moore France MacDougall Carroll Rawson.
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