Swiss Band Heads East on May 26 for Old Country Tour
The Swiss Band of San Francisco with 200 supporters from the Bay Area and others will depart May 26 aboard a Santa Fe special train for an excursion to the old country. They will visit New Mexico pueblos on the Indian Detour, stop in Kansas City Chicago and Niagara Falls, reach New York June 1, sail June 2 on the Rotterdam, and return August 15. Departure times are 10:30 p.m. May 26 from San Francisco, 8:30 a.m. May 27 from Los Angeles, and 1:45 p.m. May 27 from Barstow.
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San Francisco
Bay District
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Old Country
L. R. Everett
New Mexico
Kansas City
Chicago
Niagara Falls
New York
Rotterdam
Barstow
Union Pacific outlines 1928 coast improvements plans
Union Pacific announces a 1928 program totaling 90 million dollars for improvement and maintenance, including 15 million in southern California. Los Angeles shops will employ about one thousand workers repairing locomotives and rolling stock with 4.45 million allocated to Los Angeles Salt Lake unit. Total equipment maintenance reaches 38.3 million. A trade tour by a special Union Pacific train from Los Angeles to Utah and Idaho is planned, sponsored by the Domestic Trade Department of the Chamber of Commerce, departing May 19.
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Southern
California
Union Pacific
Carl Gray
Los Angeles
Los Los Angeles-Salt Lake
Utah
Idaho
Domestic Trade Department of
The
Chamber of Commerce
Ventura Dam Break Damage Assessed by UC Extension
Twenty one UC Agricultural Extension Service staff assess Ventura County losses from the St Francis dam breach. At Governor Young's request the group documents what property was lost or damaged and the extent of the damage. Other agencies will convert findings into monetary values.
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Agricultural Extension Service
The
University of California
Ventura County
St. Francis Dam
C. C. Young
University
Los Angeles
W. W. Campbell
Grauman's Chinese Theatre hosts Circus film through April
Mr and Mrs I E Tiernan and guests enjoyed The Circus at Grauman's Chinese Theatre Hollywood. The Circus with Ballyhoo prologue runs until April 29 featuring Hanneford Rooney Circus acts and famous sideshow characters in an open air forecourt display of mechanical beasts.
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I. E. Tiernan
Sid Grauman
Hollywood
Chaplin
Poodles Hanneford
Ace
Jenny Rooney
Pallenberg
Slayman Ali
Pepito
Grauman
Iso
Life's Otherside Picture of Life's Hidden Tragedy
A lyrical meditation on life’s darker side in three scenes. A gambler loses his mother’s ring and life. Two brothers diverge into wealth and need, a highway murder. A heartbroken mother by the river, an outcast who leaps, with no one to help.
Bogus Nickels Circle Las Vegas Slots
Las Vegas reports counterfeit nickels found in slot machines amid a wider notice. Federal figures show $1,285,101.70 returned to states for roads and schools last fiscal year under forest receipts re-transfer law. National Forest receipts totaled $5,166,605.74 from timber grazing and other resources. ROOMS FOR RENT W. W. Melton Cornerist and Frederick sts. 4-12-np
Rooming House for Lease Ad at Clelland Apts
Classified notice seeking tenants for an eight room rooming house at Clelland Apartments opposite Harvey House. Inquiries to Catherine Ball. Also a second listing for a good room for rent on Second Street with water and electricity included, via Henderson & Nicklin.
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Catherine Ball
Clelland Apts
Harvey House
Second Street
Henderson & Nicklin
Barstow Growth Promised by Rail and Highway Improvements
Property buyers urged to invest in Barstow as rail and highway upgrades are seen fueling prosperity. Ad claims fast gains on city and farm parcels with easy terms and a one year doubling promise from Henderson and Nicklin.
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Barstow
Henderson & Nicklin
Cull hens yearly to remove unprofitable layers
Under average conditions hens lay best during their first year of production. Production then declines each year. Therefore flocks should be culled at least annually to remove hens unlikely to profit next year and replace with more profitable pullets.
Western Pacific Oil Company Stock Assessment Notice
Western Pacific Oil Company announces the twenty fourth assessment of four cents per share on capital stock, due by April 16, 1928, payable to the Secretary at 415 Hollingsworth Building Los Angeles. Delinquent shares by May 7, 1928 will be sold at public auction to cover the delinquent assessment and advertising costs. Frank W. Clark, Secretary.
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Western Pacific Oil Company
Hollingsworth
Los Angeles
California
Hollingsworth Bldg
Cal
Frank W. Clark
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Ventura
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
Edison
Sebel
United States
Nevada
4 Electric Corporation
Loomery Sens
Nevans-Californa Power Cny
Interstate Telegraph Company
Sierras Power
Las Vegas
Barstow Branch
San Bernardino Valley
A. H. Pendleton
West Main Street
Barstow, Calif
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