Union Pacific Surgeon Elected Association Head
Dr. Philip Stephens chief surgeon of the Union Pacific system in Los Angeles was elected president of the Pacific Coast Railway Surgeons Association at its San Francisco convention last week. Stephens has twenty years with Union Pacific and helped organize the medical department when the line was the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad before joining Union Pacific.
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Philip Stephens
Union Pacific
Ls Angeles
Pacific Coast Railway Surgeons Association
San Francisco
Stephens
Medical
Los Angeles and
Salt Lake
Charley Chaplin’s Mother Hannah Chaplin Dies
Mrs Hannah Chaplin, mother of Charley Chaplin and Sydney Chaplin, died at Glendale hospital Tuesday. She was taken to the hospital two weeks earlier. Charlie was at her bedside while Sydney was in Paris making a motion picture.
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Hannah Chaplin
Charley Chaplin
Sydney Chaplin
Moving Pictures
Glendale Hospital
Charlie
Sydney
Paris
Local residents travel and visit in Barstow area
Reece Dillingham plans a week off from frame store duties and visits with his wife and family in Hermosa. Ethel Ehlert, formerly proprietor of the Beauty Shoppe in Barstow and now in Victorville, is visiting Barstow today to spend time with friends.
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Reece Dillingham
Hermosa
Ethel Ehlert
Victorville
Barstow
Tiernan Radio and Elec Store Ad Notice
Local Eureka and Atwater Kent sellers list electrical appliances including standard ranges vacuum cleaners washers fans and TIERNAN RADIO and ELEC STORE located at Karstow Printer Building offering radios and electrics from TIERNAN to attract shoppers.
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Standard
Eureka
Atwater Kent
Radiolas
Tiernan Radio and Elec
Bkarstow
Circus Day Preview for Christy Bros Big Five
John T. Warren announces the national organization will perform next Tuesday with a parade at noon. The Christy Circus, largest still featuring a parade, plans two afternoon performances and a side show visit before doors open an hour early. Children receive free tickets with paid Barstew Printer subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Warren
Christy Bros. Big Five
Bing Wild Animal Circus
Big Top
Equestriennes
Christy Circus
Railroad Day and Round-Up celebrates broad gauge completion
In a Western style event, a three day celebration September 1 to 3 marks the completion of broad-gauging by the Southern Pacific of the Nevada California and Oregon railroad from Wendal to this city. Cowboys Indians and cowgirls from the Pacific Coast join the festivities highlighting a newly opened trade rich region with pine timber and agricultural lands. The railway finishes the N C O line and links Alturas to a new 98 mile stretch to Klamath Falls as part of the expansion.
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Larview
Southern Pacific
Nevada, California and Oregon
Wendal
Pacific Coast
Pacific Northwest
United States
Alturas
Klamath Falls
Southern Oregon to California get new transcontinental route
Construction advances on a three day transcontinental route celebration opening September 1 with the first train. Civic and railroad officials from California and Oregon will attend along with delegations from San Francisco Portland Klamath Falls Sacramento and Reno. A $7000 purse funds the riders for September 2 3 as wild horses are corralled at Lakeview. The event features Indian ceremonial dances relay and blooded horse races a historical parade pageant of progress and a wild west carnival.
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Oregon
California
Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Portland
Klamath Falls
Sacramento
Reno
Lakevew
Automatic fuels boost kitchen and home efficiency
Electricity transforms cooking and refrigeration enabling smaller, cleaner houses. The era of non efficient housing ends as electric power replaces wood and coal, reducing basements and labor. Oiled fired furnaces bring automatic heat to farms and small towns matching urban convenience.
Unclear Reader Critique Prompts Newspaper Support
A Chanute Kansas Tribune quips on readers who fault a local paper. It notes ten to one that such critics lack ads, five to one they skip job work, three to one they are delinquent subscribers, and forty to one they do nothing to help the paper, urging instead to work with constructive builders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Chanute
Kans
Tribune
Last two highway lots offered for business use
Henderson and Nicklin advertise the final two lots on the highway in town for immediate sale. Suited for business purposes with flexible terms. Potential buyers urged to act now, promising future thanks for the hint. Auction or sale terms to be arranged.
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Henderson and Nicklin
Route to Mojave in Good Condition
A 68 mile route from Barstow to Mojave via Kramer features a good graded road west from Barstow to the Kern County line, a short unimproved stretch in fair condition, then excellent graded road into Mojave. Publicity from the National Automobile Club touring department appears in this week’s Bulletin.
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Barstow
Mojave
Kramer
Kern County
National Automobile Club
USC Football Prospects For 1928 Season Begin
USC opens football practice on September 15 with Coach Howard Jones shaping plans for the 1928 team. Only captain Jesse Hibbs Nate Barrager and Lloyd Thomas seem sure to win starting jobs as USC eyes a home opener versus Utah State in the Los Angeles Coliseum on September 29.
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Los Angeles
Southern California
Trojan
Cosy Cove lots offer value as viaduct aids rise
Three Cosy Cove lots in town priced from 125.00 to 200,600. They may double in value with the new viaduct improvement. Attractive easy terms offered by Henderson and Nicklin. August 30, 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosy Cove
Henderson
Nicklin
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Miek
Barstow Creamery
E. L. Mudgett, Mer
Union Pacific Surgeon
ACIES
National
Old Trails Service
LG Halfiy
Barstow Branch
San Bernardino
Valley Bank
Nyt
Wren
Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss & Co
Tye, Nevada
J Electric Corporation
Compeces
SATAY
SERS
Cosa
Ti Nivain
Interstate Telegraph Company
Sierras
Barstow Produce Market
Kolster — Crosley
Kelvinator
Riley Electric Shop
Barstow, Calif
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