California boys compete for American Legion title
California's Montgomery Ward nine sponsored by Oakland Post repeat as state champions in the American Legion junior baseball tournament. Teams from Seattle Salt Lake St Paul Omaha and Shreveport join Oakland in Denver for games Wednesday to Friday. The Western winner goes to the world series in Chicago September 7 to 10.
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Oakland Post
Arizona
Nevada
American Legion
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Mississippi River
Seattle
Salt Lake
St. Paul
Omaha
Shreveport
Louisiana
Oakland Boys
United States
Chicago
Southern California to Exhibit Broad Presence at State Fair
Southern California will be well represented at the California State Fair in Sacramento on September 1 with a record number of entries across all divisions. Every county south of the Tehachapi will showcase an attractive display in the horticultural pavilion.
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Sacramento
California
Tehachapi
Oldest Man Turns 155 in Herzegovina
Tadija Moustaitch of Polog near Lake Mostar in Herzegovina is believed to be the world’s oldest living person at 155, born in 1773. He recalls little of American history but joined Karageorge’s fight against the Turks and remains active in his garden, with few health issues and no memories of teeth. Air races at Mines Field slated Sept 8 promise a historic spectacle as the National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition program is released.
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Paris
United States
Tadija Moustaitch
Polog
Lake Mostar
Herzegovina
Tadija
Boston
Serbia
Karageorge
Mines Field
W. E. Thomas
Commission approves power rate cut by Southern Sierras Power
The Railroad Commission authorizes Southern Sierras Power Company to reduce annual revenue by 175000 dollars, effective September 9, 1928. The move precedes a pending revaluation and rate increase request, with the reduction subject to effects on those proceedings and any required hearings.
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Southern Sierras Power Company
Railroad Commission
Did You Vote Barstow Voter Turnout Report
Barstow polled about 53 percent of registered voters and roughly 75 percent of those in town on election day, reflecting turnout levels in the area.
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Barstow
Nicklin Overlooks Fur Farming Boom in Big Bear
In his column this week T. G. Nicklin notes a big opportunity for fur animal farming in Big Bear, but he appears unaware that many fox farms already operate there. Meanwhile, at the Zenda mine in Calico a tenquail flock has grown tame until a trespasser shot several birds, unlike doves and ducks which migrate with the season.
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T. G. Nicklin
Big Bear
Mr. Nicklin
Zenda
Calico
Barstow
Local farmer offers A-1 tractor and Fordson for sale
Co. W. Spaulding of Yermo advertises a tractor disk and a Fordson tractor in A-1 condition. The listing notes a Borsch magneto, the latest hot plate manifold, and that it burns any fuel.
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Larsen Dye Works
San Bernardino, Calif
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