Wistaria Vine at Fennel Home Draws Thousands in Sierra Madre
Several thousand visitors have viewed the famed wistaria vine at Mr and Mrs Henry T Fennel 201 West Carter Ave Sierra Madre over the past ten days and hundreds more are expected. The vine planted 24 years ago by Mrs W F Brugman of Pasadena now covers the porch and surrounds the house forming a 250 foot long living arbor. A scenic outlook nearby offers valley and mountain views accessible via Foot Hill boulevard and a signposted auto route to Scenic Point.
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Henry T. Fennel
West Carter Avenue
Sierra Madre
W. F. Brugman
Pasadena
Fennel Place
Automobile Club
Scenic Point
Dr Davies Leaves For Fort Riley Training
Dr. I C Davies, a well known Morovia physician, departed Sunday for Fort Riley Kansas to begin training with the Medical Corps in preparation for service in France. He has been commissioned a captain.
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Fort Riley
Kansas
Medical Corps
France
I. C. Davies
Monrovia
First Presbyterian Church Directory and Notices
Church schedule lists Sunday services at 11:00 and 7:45 with Wednesday prayer at 7:45 and Sunday School at 10:00. Officers include Elders J B Raymond Chas W Stewart and Frank Colner Deacons A L Parker Harry Metcalf and others. Also announces sale of a portable house 14 by 16 with contact numbers 335 Wild Rose and Blue 144.
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J. B. Raymond
Chas. W. Stewart
Frank Colner
A. L. Parker
Harry Met
Flood bonds sale faces final government approval
Los Angeles County flood control bond issue of 4 150 000 awaits final sanction. A San Francisco reserve board request for a formal grounds statement on selling 2 250 000 of the bonds is followed by hope Washington will approve, with potential shift to a national financing corporation. The county expects flood control to boost shipping and food production, enabling half the bonds to be sold this year. In Norway acetylene cars replace gasoline, and musical instrument output will drop to seventy percent in April and May. Monrovia Messenger-printery.
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Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors
Western Reserve Board
San Francisco
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Capital Issues Committee
Wartime London Menu Shows No Meat For Army Guests
The Navy League of the United States hosted a wartime dinner in London on February 22 with no meat or wheat products, honoring George Washington’s birthday. Guests included high US and British officials, while C. A. Colomere’s letter notes strict wartime rations and no waste. Mr. Gummere, associate secretary of the US YMCA in Britain, says he expects to go to France soon.
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California
London
France
C. A. Colomere
Los Angeles County
Gummmere
George Washington
Navy League of the United States
Navy League of Great Britain
Connaught Rooms
Gummere
Duke of Somerest
Lord Charnwood
Edmund Fremantele
Gcb
Cmg
Wilfrid Ashley
S. Sime
George T. Bartless
United States Army
Navy League
Navy of
United State
United Kingdom
Young Men's Christian Association
Russell Square
W. C
Thieves Loot Duarte Home Diamonds and Goods
Thieves broke into the home of E T Richardson in Duarte Friday night and stole about 50 dollars worth of valuables mainly clothing with some jewelry. Diamonds on a dressing table were untouched.
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E. T. Richardson
Duarte
Wheat Campaign Tops Official Food News In California
The U S Food Administration for California urges saving wheat and wheat products while allowing meat. it promotes substitutions like potatoes and hominy to reach a goal of 100 000 000 bushels saved by July amid a wartime food effort. The piece also notes a California PTA convention with leaders from Los Angeles Monrovia and Pasadena and a Fuel Administration warning against using domestic coal at industrial plants.
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U. & Food Administration For
California
Germany
the Fuel Administration
New Industry 10 State Opens Here
W A Liebrecht ships 5000 palms from Monrovia to New York to establish a new industry. He leased Bradbury estate greenhouses, plans larger operations after wartime disruption, aims palms for private clubs hotels and conservatories in the metropolis. The venture ties to Catlegne orchids formerly imported and sold to major hotels.
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California
New York
Monrovia
Liebrecht
Bradbury
Atlantic Seaboard
New York City
W. R. Liebrecht Co
West 28Th Street
Mr. Leibrecht
New Rochelle
Chester Place
Los Angeles
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New England Yarn Co
Coa
Stkownssson
Wictaria
Sierra
Madre
B. C. Davies
W. Ss. S
First Presbyterian Church Church Directory
Calf. Justees
A. "Hs Parker
A. E. Morris
Ollie Palmer
W.s. Ss
Ss. S
Norway
Www
Messenger—printery
Cofer’s
Arcadia Grocery and Meat Market
Landry Building
Arcadia, Cal
Rice
Best
Bishop's Strawberry Jams
Chase & Sanborn’s
Blue Point
Tris
Louisiana
H. O. Oat
Texas
Eas
U.S
Gummiere
W.s
San Bernardino
Official Food News
North America
Atlantic
Mrs. Stewart
Congress OF Mothers
California Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers Associations
Fraternal Brotherhood
L. A
C. S. Thompson
Bellflower
Robert Fleming
GC. EB. Hutchinson
Glendale
J. Ty. Littlejohn
Allen Durant
San
Gabriel
HH. Noe
Los
Angeles
W. A. Galentine
Redondo
Pasadena Federation
PT. A
K. S. Jans
Jessie A. Russell
Chalmers Smith
A. L. Hamilton
C. H. Richie
Ruth Richie
Fern Roberts
P.T. A
Rhodes
Mesdames Sanger
Willets
Backus
Fleming
Golder
Walters Stewart Smith
Hitchcock Hawkins
Weigel
Bunker
Fox
Nickerson Mildren McDonald
Clower
A. E. Cofer
W. R. Liebrecht
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