Arcadia Trustees Push For Pacific Electric Depot
Arcadia trustees moved to urge Pacific Electric to build a passenger station in Arcadia. Mr. Millard urged immediate action citing army balloon school crowds and sun protection, and President Simms was instructed to pursue the project as towns larger than Arcadia already have interurban stations.
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Pacific Electric Railway
Arcadia
Board of City Trustees
Millard
Army Balloon School
Simms
Traffic Signs Erected to Curb Speeding Across Cities
FF W Treen oversees many new traffic signs warning of speed limits and urging compliance. A muffler ordinance is read, penalties set. Last week four Arcadia drivers were fined for lights, including George Jones in Sierra Madre and J H Copeley in Monrovia.
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FF. W. Treen
C Bord
City Trustees Wednes Tian
Arcadia
George Jones
Sierra Madre
J. H. Copeley
Monrovia
J. Harrington
Pasadena
C. C. Hesse
San Gabriel
Opening of duck season looms as October 16
The deer season is closed in Los Angeles County while Kern and Fresno interior counties stay open to October 14. Dove season runs to November 30 and mountain quail opens November 1. Hunters expect a strong opening with many guns out. shooting begins half an hour before sunrise on October 16, adjusted for time changes. A Ford runabout stolen from Hipolite Screen & Sash Co. in Los Angeles was recovered by Constable Quiggle on West White Oak Avenue. Arcadia Red Cross will meet again mid month due to lack of work.
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Los Angeles
Kern
Fresno
Interior
Hipolite Screen & Sash Company
James Quiggle
West White Oak Avenue
Sheriff's Office
Arcadia Red Cross
Cooperative Arcadian Seeks Peach Seeds for Gas Masks
The Cooperative Arcadian club will place a barrel at the corner of First and Ingleleaf avenues to collect peach seeds for Uncle Sam. Citizens are urged to deposit seeds to help supply the government for gas mask production for troops at the front.
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Uncle Sam
Cooperative Arcadian Club
First
Fallingleaf Avenues
Arcadia Backs Fourth Liberty Loan Drive With Tank Visit
Arcadia mobilizes for the Fourth Liberty Loan urging full participation. Citizens are urged to buy bonds with $10 down and $10 monthly payments, bonds mature in 20 years with 4 percent interest, callable in 15 years. The tank Democracy will tour Monrovia October 5 with a massed band and speeches by movie stars and veterans.
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Ers
New Amusement Park in Arcadia for Army Boys
A ten acre tract near the army balloon school in Arcadia will become an on site amusement park under government supervision. It will include a pavilion, pool, billiard parlor, shooting gallery, moving picture show, and other entertainments for soldiers and the public. A hostess house for wives and kin is planned, with grounds to be landscaped to enhance appeal.
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Southland
W. H. Taylor
Baldwin Ranch
Two More Stars for Flag Added to City Service Board
Arcadian club sent two new stars for the service flag in city hall honoring Robert Roby and Sere Jones. Registration for voters closes Saturday October 5 as preparations continue for the November 5 general election.
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Co-operative Arcadians
Robert Roby
Sere Jones
Co-Operative Arcadian Club
Board of City Trustees
Standard Oil Leases 1200 Acres in La Cienega Rancho
Standard Oil has leased 1200 acres in the La Cienega Rancho from Mrs Anna Baldwin and will begin oil development immediately. A prior well drilled by W L Valentine and Dan Murphy for Bartolo Oil proved worthless, but Standard Oil argues the site lies outside the productive line and that about 100 acres of oil territory may exist. The company plans to prospect the property.
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Anita Baldwin
la Cienega Rancho
Standard Oil Co
Standard Oil Company
W. L. Valentine
Dan Murphy
Bartolo Oil Company
Standard Company
Miss Louise Winston to Drive Truck in France
Miss Louise Winston of Duarte joins the Red Cross Motor Corps of Los Angeles along with four other women. They prepare for foreign service with examinations in first aid driving and mechanical work and will drive a Dodge truck from their headquarters at Tenth and Main.
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France
Louise Winston
Duarte
Red Cross Motor Corps
Los Angeles
Miss Winston
Tenth and
Main Streets
Red Cross
Arrest of The Outpost owner over theater opening
Mrs. Ruth Cassil proprietor of The Outpost theater was arrested by City Marshal Treen for keeping the theater open in violation of a new city ordinance. She plans to test the ordinance in court, insisting balloon school boys could be admitted free.
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Ruth Cassil
Outpost Theater
Treen
Holock
Mr. Treen
Divers Chase Lone Loon At Arcadia Balloon Station
Secret service men at Arcadia Balloon Station report loons from the Pacific target the swimming plunge used by balloonists to dine on goldfish kept to deter mosquitoes. After a lone loon arrived, 25 balloonists pursued it, tiring and sleep-dazing the bird in a half hour chase, declaring readiness to counter any future raid.
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Secret Service
Arcadia Baloon
Pacific
Pasadena
Star-News
Divorce Granted to Mrs Walsh in Los Angeles Court
Mrs J J Walsh was granted a divorce in Judge Monroe's Los Angeles court after a brief hearing. Walsh did not appear and is believed to be in Toronto. She will resume the name of her first husband, Mrs D F Keenan, and split time between Los Angeles and Langford House in Monrovia.
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J. J. Walsh
Monroe
Los Angeles
Walsh
Toronto
Canada
D. F. Keenan
Monrovia
Langford
Camp Mount Wilson Auxiliary Observation Camp Begins
Construction starts Monday on the auxiliary observation camp near Mount Wilson summit, formerly Martin's camp. Fifty men under Lieut. John A. Christie will be housed in canvas tents initially, with barracks to follow.
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Mt. Wilson
Christie
Mount Wilson
Martin
Collect Cans Monday Says Local Official
VV R Morgan, official collector, urges Arcadians to place empty cans out Sunday night for Monday morning pickup. He warns if cans are not out they will not be hauled and trips will continue on schedule only if residents cooperate.
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W. R. Morgan
Vv.r Morgan
First National Bank of Arcadia Opens Its Doors
The First National Bank of Arcadia opened in a small building near First Avenue and Pacific Electric tracks. A soldier from the balloon school became the first depositor after savings were allowed, with city officials among early customers. Bank president J. H. Bartle touted steady deposits as the bank begins operations backed by local financiers.
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New Bank
Soldier
Pacific Electric Tracks
First Avenue
Arcadia
First Financial Institution
Balloon School
Thos. Feron
Fire in Fish Canyon Burns Nearly Sixty Acres
A midweek blaze in Fish Canyon burned about 60 acres. It started by a rancher whose fire got out of control. Roughly 50 ranchers and forest rangers from the foothills battled the flames.
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Fish Canyon
Massed Band Concert at Library Park Saturday Evening
The massed band concert by Monro via Glendora and Balloon school, postponed last week, will be held Saturday October 5 at 7 45 in Library Park. It will feature old and new war songs and invite attendees to bring their voices. Also noted is a story about three young boys from Orange avenue who once planned to move but returned home hungry.
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Monrovia
Glendora
Balloon School
Library Park
War letter from Crown Prince Willie’s forces in France
A correspondent sketches a letter from Crown Prince Willie’s army on the move in France, recounting missteps against American troops, mockery of U S culture, requests for breastplates, and dreams of a retreat to Belgium and the Rhine. The piece ends with a comic marble scene.
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France
Willie
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