Local Travel and Visits Reported Across California Towns
Several residents are noted traveling or visiting family across California. Mre Brouillot spent Thursday in Los Angeles while Miss Zelma Evans was in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Will Lowry heads to Canada after a tip. Mr Hare DeLong visited his mother in Arcadia Monday. Mre S M Lee plans to return Sunday. Mrs Josephine Miller of Lamanda Park visited Mrs C C Corpe Monday. Mrs Slater Mel Payne and Miss Slater attended Clune's in Pasadena Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Jardene and family, now in San Bernardino, occupy the Slater home on Orange Avenue. Mr William Hall visited Arcadia Tuesday after returning from Salt Lake City. Mrs W R Slater and daughter Ruby spent Tuesday with aunt Mrs Goodlyn on West 5th Street, Los Angeles. James Roth danced in Monrovia last Saturday night for high school girls honoring the football team. Miss Myrtle Long of Rosemead, Miss Ruby Slater of Arcadia, Dudley Gives of Monrovia and Milton Clark of Duarte joined a Sunday motor trip to Long Beach and Seal Beach, with a Los Angeles supper stop at the Chocolate Shop. Mrs Chas H Stewart received word that he plans to be in San Francisco Tuesday and return home early next week. Stewart was assigned to finish the work of a Y M C A secretary in France and has been raising funds for Army Y M C A, traveling to Ashland and other northern towns.
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Myrtle Long
Rose Mead
Ruby Slater
Arcadia
Dudley Gives
Monrovia
Milton Clark
Duarte
Long Beach
Seal
Los Angeles
Chocolate Shop
Chas. H. Stewart
Stewart
San Fancisco
France
Army Y. M. C. A
Ashland
Railways authorized to dig pits at interlocking rosine
Permission granted to Pacific Electric and Santa Fe railways to dig pits at the interlocking rosine to perfect the work.
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Pacific Electric
Santa Fe Railways
Rosine
Birthday Party for Katherine Arthur at Mrs Ned Arthur’s Home
Saturday celebration honoring Katherine Arthur’s third birthday drew a happy group of tots. Pink roses center the long table with pink candies ices and a candlelit cake as girls including Isabelle Jardine Dorothy Jardine Alpha Jane Spence Patricia McMullough Helen Bercheart Jean Tripp and Virginia Stewart aided in the festive proceedings. A separate note seeks a practical nurse position for patient care at 175 North Myrtle avenue Monrovia with phone Red 286.
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Happy Company of Tots
Ned Arthur
Katherine
Isabelle Jardine
Dorothy Jardine
Alpha Jane Spence
Patricia McMullough
Helen Bercheart
Jean Tripp
Virginia Stewart
North
Myrtle Avenue
Monrovia
Gifts Here 19 Idea For Soldiers
Miss Clare Cronenwett has created artful stationery and colored etchings displayed at A. A. Tanner shop on South Myrtle. She offers olive drab khaki and vivid color sets for Christmas gifts to soldiers, with two tone envelopes and contrasting linings. Her brother Ted at a training camp inspired the bright colors, which the soldiers welcomed with orders for several consignments.
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Clare Cronenwett
A. A. Tanner Music and Art Shop
South Myrtle Avenue
Ted
Calling Card Etiquette From Visiting Cards Advice
A printed etiquette guide addresses proper visiting card use. It advises leaving your card and your husband's when visiting a widow, two of your cards and one of your husband for calls on a married and an unmarried woman, and that when calling with your husband you should each carry your own cards. It notes that newcomers returning invitations should call, and to avoid leaving your husband's card when the husband was not included in the party call.
Driest Rainfall In Five Years Hits Southern California Growers
Southern Pacific records show a season far behind with only 0.42 inches of rain this month, the lowest since 1914. November’s rainfall was light though September had heavy precipitation, prompting orange groves to need irrigation soon. City water remains adequate but irrigation will strain daily supplies.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
California
Southern Pacific
Co operatives Arcadians Meeting Postponed to Next Friday
The Co operative Arcadians postpone their semi monthly meeting from Friday to next Friday due to women sewing for the Red Cross and the bazaar. The gathering at 2 30 PM will be hosted by Mrs J T Brisendine on First Avenue.
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Red Cross
Co-operative Arcadians
J. T. Brisendine
First Avenue
First District California Congress of Mothers meeting
The First District California Congress of Mothers welcomed new recording secretary Mrs. J. B. Lorbeer of Santa Monica at a monthly board meeting. State convention set for Bakersfield. reports show strong activity in child welfare, emergencies, food conservation, and war service across districts and federations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Congress of Mothers
J. B. Lorbeer
Santa Monica
Notice of Bids for Arcadia City Hall Construction
Sealed bids to be received by the Arcadia Board of Trustees until 8 p m December 5 1917 for erection and construction of a City Hall per plans by Roberts and Lordou Los Angeles. Bids require a certified check equal to ten percent of the bid. City Clerk Ethel Grimes dated November 7 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
City of Arcadia
Council Chamber
Arcadia
Roberts & Lordou
Los Angeles
Ethel Grimes
Coos and coot: fish and game push better use of mud hens
The Fish and Game Commission urges Californians to use coot or mud hen as a food source, praising its flavor and fat when dry picked. It cites French cooking and Spanish Italian styles, predicts future popularity akin to tuna, and notes a ten year growth in appreciation. Dudley Rives, Myrtle Long, Ruby Slater and Milton Clark attended a Monrovia dance Tuesday night.
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the Fish and Game Commission
California
Coure
South
Dudley Rives
Myrtle Long
Ruby Slater
Milton Clark
Monrovia
France poised for postwar recovery by American finance
The Guaranty Trust Company of New York opens a Paris branch as France resumes exporting to the United States. Trade shows France rose from 77 million in 1915 to over 102 million last year while war damage prompts rail and factory reconstruction inviting American capital and enterprise. Representatives of American engineers and business leaders have begun tentative steps in Paris to aid reconstruction.
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America
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Paris
France
United States
Snyder files bankruptcy petition amid Santa Anita heirs ties
Albert B Snyder, heir named in the Lucky Baldwin Santa Anita will, files for involuntary bankruptcy in federal court at San Francisco. Liabilities listed at 513,311 with assets of about 5100,000. He faced a $7,000 suit by Milon Metzler of Southern California Investment Co. The Montebello oil boom boosts Baldwin estate value, with land scarce and leases scarce and expensive in Southern California.
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Albert EB. Snyder Ve
Slice
Dardiwin Stocker
Cad Tes
No Francisco
Snyder
Milon Metzler
Southern California Investment Company
Montebello
Baldwin Property
California
Do You Know Miss Parr A Loss of Insurance Proceeds
A draft for 500 dollars in the hands of Monrovia city marshal E A Bovee awaits Miss Mary Parr who may claim it. The money stems from an insurance policy via Woodmen of the World. Parr once lived in Monrovia but her present address is unknown.
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Mary Parr
E. A. Bovee
Monrovia
Parr
Current Events discussed at Monrovia Woman's Club meeting
The Monrovia Woman's Club afternoon program on current events covered war phases global politics and medical advances from war. Speakers included Mrs. Skeele on China and Japan, Mrs. Northup on war conditions, and Mrs. Davies on medical science and Germany. Grace Keller and Luella Keller provided an encore of love songs.
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Monravia Woman's Club
E. D. Northup
LB. C. Davies
Billy Sunday
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mre
Brouillot
Zelma Evans
Inos Angeles
Will Lowry
Canada
Mr. Hare DeLong
Mre. S. M. Lee
Josephine Miller
Lamanda Park
C. C. Corpe
Mark Ehle
Tuccon, Ariz
Mrs. Slater
Mel Payne
Ihe Slater
Clune’s
Passiena
Jardene
San Bernardino
Slater
Orange Avenue
William Hall
Salt Lake City
W. R. Slater
Mrs. Goodlyn
West Sth. Street
James Roth
Monrovia Messenger
Miss Clare Cronenwett
Tanner's
Southern Pacific Railway
Monrovia, California
District Congress OF Mothers Active
W. A. Galentine
Bakersfield
Maude Wilde
Child Hygiene
Mothers’ Educational Center
Clarence Dougherty
Artesia
Secretary of Finance
Federation
P.T. A
Mothers’ Congress
State Game and Fish Commission
San Diego
Trust Company
Marshal Joffre
General Pershing
AE. Onyder
Clara Baldwin Stocker
San Francisco
Lucky” Baldwin
Santa Anita Ranch
Miss Parr
A. F. Skeele
China
Japan
Richard Childs
Grace Keller
Luella Keller
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