Arcadia Post Office Moves to New Store Room
Arcadia officials plan moving the post office from the green box site to the former F L Urben store room. Business men will pay the rent and Miss Wilson will arrange new fixtures. Move expected to be completed by Monday. Dr John M Tutt to give a Christian Science lecture at 3 PM Sunday at the Arcadia church edifice.
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F. L. Urben
John M. Tutt
Arcadia
Duarte Road
Baldwin Avenue
Tutt
West
Kansas City
Southland
Arcadia Red Cross Over Quota Reward Announcement
The Arcadia Red Cross exceeded its last month quota and will receive a $25 reward. A meeting is postponed until Thursday when the next quota of muslins and linens for French hospitals will be collected. Women are urged to leave items at the city hall by Monday night.
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Red Cross
Arcadia Red Cross
France
Ladies of Arcadia
Miss Louise Methfessel Dies in Los Angeles
Miss Louise Methfessel a music instructor at Monrovia high school died Tuesday night in Los Angeles from influenza. The 28 year old teacher had served at Monrovia high school for several years. A sister is ill with the disease and funeral arrangements were not yet set.
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Monrovia High School
Los Angeles
The
Methfessel
Monrovia
Arrange
Outpost Theater Closes After Storm Damage
The Outpost Theater, abandoned by owner Mrs Ruth Cassil after a storm stripped its canvas roof, will not reopen. Six items have been removed and the theater has been a losing proposition, according to Mrs Cassil.
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Ruth Cassil
Arcadia urged to donate for Armenian and Syrian relief
An appeal asks Arcadia to contribute to Armenian and Syrian relief work. A target of 66 dollars per capita and a total million dollar goal is noted with Southern California and other communities urged to raise funds. The apportionment for Arcadia is outlined as part of a national relief effort in the United States.
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Cada
United States
Arand
Nia
Cadia
New Court Martial Opens at Army Balloon Camp
A new court martial appointed by Maj. Max Fleischmann held its first session at the Arcadia balloon school Monday and began disposing of pending cases. The panel includes Capt. Edward H. Kelly and Lts. Cecil K. Sherman Vincent T. Hoye Wallace C. Cummings and Graham Trippe with Lieut. Carlton T. Olds as judge advocate. A board of officers is named to improve camp discipline.
Father and son discuss a fight with Percy Raymond
A youth bursts in to report a fight with Percy Raymond and hopes the father endured as well as he did. Mr Raymond sought the father’s account after the incident. The exchange reveals tension and parental concern following a street altercation.
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Percy Raymond
Mr. Raymond
Stage line quit in Arcadia after permit revocation
Wilhite and Mitchell stage line between the Army Balloon School and Pasadena will be discontinued. The state railroad commission refused permission, and Arcadia trustees revoked the permit issued last March, citing operation despite the permit denial.
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Balloon School
Pasadena
The
State Railroad
the Railroad Commission
Arcadia
Arcadians Pay War Savings Pledges for Honor Button
Arcadians this week paid their War Savings pledges and those who redeemed theirs earned an honor button from Merc Charles W. Stewart. Notices sent by Miss Wilson urged immediate payment with three patriotic reasons to support the war effort and keep personal honor with Uncle Sam.
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Merc
Chas. W. Stewart
Miss Wilson
Falline
California
Sam
Airplane Crash Ends Transcontinental Route Near Arizona
The Loughead tractor plane on an eastern stretch over Arcadia crashed in the Arizona desert. Passengers were injured, the flight abandoned, and an attempt to reach Deming NM failed as storms forced landings near Yuma and Gila Bend. Pilot O S T Myerhoff and Leo F Flint sustained injuries.
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Loughead
Arcadia
Arizona
Deming
N. M
Yuma
Gila Bend
O. S. T. Myerhoffer
Leo F. Flint
Www
Parents of girl bury dead bandit in quiet funeral
Charles Jones, the bandit killed at an Arcadia filling station, was buried by Margie Celano’s parents in a private service. The two were laid together at Calvary Cemetery after a brief ceremony conducted by a Catholic priest. The public was excluded.
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Charles Jones
Arcadia
Lo Angeles
Renake
Monrovia
Calvary Ceme
Kansas
Sierra Madre
Covina
Elizabeth Steinberger
Los Angeles
Udell
Walter Lynch
Lynch
Municipal Ford
Sierra Madre Ave
Pomotropic of
Azusa
Celano
Jones
Richard Krebs
Krebs
Marie Celano
Petro Celano
City to hire municipal nurse to oversee health matters
Trustees discussed employing a municipal nurse with Dr J L Pomeroy, county health officer, to supervise health concerns in Arcadia. The plan envisions one third cost by county, one third by city, one third by school board, with potential pay of 75 to 100 dollars monthly. The nurse would focus on school children sanitary conditions and aid for needy residents, including Mexicans, visiting regularly.
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Fr. W. Treen
J. L. Pomeroy
Simms
O. D. Harris
Joe Sullivan in France Seeks Action Before Christmas
Arcadia youth Joe Sullivan, an anti aircraft battery member in France, writes Walter F. Dunn Nov 1 before armistice. He recalls arrival in France, voyage across the ocean, rest at port, cross country train travel, and notes peaceful France while near the front hoping to see action by Christmas and visit Paris.
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Joe” Sullivan
Arcadia
France
Walter F. Dunn
States
Landing
America
Arcadia Seeks Bidders for 40 HP Electric Motors
Arcadia plans to sell two 40 horsepower copper filled electric motors with one sold and the second to be bought soon. Seventy five horsepower motors will serve at the municipal pumping plant, and the old motors will be disposed of. An officer aboard a warship instructs men to lie on their backs and pedal as if bicycling, prompting a humorous exchange about a tire plate.
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City of
Arcadia
Murphy
Dutch Ash Can Turned Off the Sun
Punch Thompson of Azusa describes being wounded in France in a published letter. He recalls going over the top in thick fog as shells opened fire, a shell knocking him down, and someone turning off the sun. He spent weeks in hospital and says he is recovering rapidly.
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Punch” Thompson
Azusa
France
Broadway
Punch
Court Hears Bid to Name Guardian for Clara Baldwin Stocker
A petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks to declare Clara Baldwin Stocker mentally incompetent and appoint a guardian to manage her estate worth over one million dollars. Walter T. McGinley is named for alleged deceit and improper transfers, with a later accounting action planned.
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Ai Peau Hi
Weisew
Euiano
Clara Baldwin Stocker
California
U S GET CASH REGISTER THIEF
A man called Slim Lane, described as a probationer, is in Fresno police custody for stealing a cash register containing about 85 dollars after draining a gas tank and fleeing Monrovia. Lane was arrested in Los Angeles and identified by a station attendant, though the register wasn’t found. Fresno sought him for forgery. A separate town incident shows a farmer challenged by a polite officer over hitching a telegraph pole scene.
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Slim” Lane
Fresno
Slim
Monrovia
Stewart Oil Station
Myrtle Avenue
Huntington Drive
Lane
Los Angeles
Stewart
Storm Sweeps San Gabriel Valley Destroying Trees
A weekend wind and rain storm lashed the San Gabriel Valley, snapping pines and pepper trees, buckling sidewalks, and damaging homes and roofs. Mount Wilson recorded 85 mph winds while Arcadia and Monrovia suffered downed power lines, fallen balloons, and disrupted balloon school operations.
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San Gabriel Valley
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Mount Wilson
Arcadia
C. D. Harris
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McCoy
Ition
Miss Methfessel
Louise Methfessel
Outpost Theater
Arcadia Trustees
Desert
Margie
W. Ss
Nukioé
Arcadia City
Board of City
Joe Sullivan
Frange
Paris
City of Arcadia
W. G
Stocker
Albert E. Snyder
Baldwin Stocker
E. J
Lucky
Baldwin
U. S
L. A
Ofuim Litters
Army Balloon School
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