Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Henderson in Los Angeles
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Henderson were held Saturday at Bramble Funeral Home in Los Angeles with Rev Johnstone officiating. A large mourners’ turnout attended including many family members. Interment was at Inglewood Cemetery. Mrs Henderson, widow of D C Henderson, was born in Glasgow in 1854 and died of acute indigestion after two years of illness.
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Margaret ‘Henderson
Bramble
Los Angeles
Otelock
Johnstone
Herman
Pasadena
Archibald
Henderson
Scotland
Donald .C
Hinkley Henderson
Alfred
Parker ‘Henderson
Arthur
Leonard Fayle
George Brown
Lubin
J.*.henderson
Leslie
B. Curtis
Inglewood
Barstow
California
D .C. Henderson
Glasgow
Jean Fayle
Prisoner Woodson Praises Hodge For Legal Aid
William Woodson, recently convicted of killing Tom McMillen in Barstow and sent to San Quentin for a life term, writes from the prison thanking attorney R. E. Hodge and D. W. Richards for saving him from a first degree murder conviction. He notes improved spirits, hope for a shorter absence from his mother, and expresses lasting gratitude through service. Dec 4, 1921. San Quentin, California. 8. B. Sun.
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San Bernardino
Tom McMillen
Barstow
San Quentin
R. E. Hodge
Woodson
Hodge
D. W. Richards
San Quentin Cafe
Mother
Daggett Calico Mining News Highlights New Assay Office and Ore Finds
Mining engineer W W Warren of Butte Montana opens an assay office to review the district. Bird Osborne builds a leaching plant at the Soo Mine and ships first precipitates with up to 90 percent extraction and ore up to 20 oz of silver. Doc Smith and Arthur Kunze report rich gold ore from Gold Rock district and locate several claims. J R Lane ships the first car of rich Oriental Calico ore to Salt Lake Smelter, while M F Kelley contemplates abandoning the La Mar group to build a reduction plant. The column ends with a tribute to Chris Baker, overseas veteran of the 27th Engineers Miners and Sappers.
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Bird Osborne
Soo
Doc Smith
Arthur Kunze
Gold Rock District
Oriental Calico
Salt. Lake
M. F. Kelley
la Mar
Chris Baker
27Th Engineers
Varennes
Apremone
Charpentrie
Tennis Tournament Sees Prominent Local Contenders
The weeklong tennis tournament featured players such as George Leak Manuel Martinez Russell Riley Albert Hill and Herbert Gauldin as top contenders with Leak Riley Hill Gauldin emerging as champions. Students show growing interest while awaiting final results as mis spells and fragments appear throughout the report.
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George
Leak
Manuel Martinez
Racsel Riley
Walter Riche
Albert
Hill
Leslie Fries
Harold Soutes
America
Reading
Xenia Bills
Grace Toennies
Lillian Millett
Arthur Bell
Athenian Glee Club
Grace
Toennies
Arthur
Bell
James Siemon
Far
Sophs
Freshies
Thhey
Mabel Hill
Barstow High
College of Commerce
Berkeley
Barstow
Chautauque
Dass
Russel Riley
Los Angeles
U S C Football Player Phil Tiernan Sustains Broken Jaw
Phil Tiernan, a sophomore star for the University of Southern California football team, finished the season with a broken jaw after a Pasadena alumni game at Tournament Park. He had battled multiple injuries this season and was carried from the field during the Long Beach alumni versus Pasadena alumni clash, where his brilliant aerial play helped Long Beach win. Tiernan had been a standout for Long Beach, later forming a feared backfield with Dolly Le Febre and Baker, as media notes praised his early 1918 season emergence and potential as a leading West player.
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Phil. Tiernan
University of Southern California
College
Long Beach
Pasadena
Los Angeles Examiner
Trojan
Park
Phil Tiernan
Brillant U. S. C
Tuffy
Conn
Tiernan
Dolly
Baker
Delley
le Febre
L Odger
Jones Safety Tire Investigation at Barstow Shop
An ad hints at inspecting the new Jones Safety Tire at Barstow Tire and Vulcanizing Shop, inviting customers to investigate its claims and performance.
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Jones
Barstow
Hospital for Railway Men Features Pacific System’s Big Repair Plant
The December Southern Pacific Bulletin highlights the company hospital department, first created in 1867, now operated under Dr. F I Ainsworth with a San Francisco general hospital and fourteen emergency hospitals across six states. It notes the San Francisco facility cost about a million dollars and that hospital dues finance care for eligible employees, including medicines and prosthetics, for those earning under eighty five dollars monthly.
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Pacific System
Southern Pacific Bulletin
Southern Pacific Company
Gentral Pacific
F. I. Ainsworth
San Francisco
General Hospital
Central Pacific
Cheif
Planet Hotel El Cajon Returns To Its Name
Charles Marshall has taken over the Planet Hotel lease from Frank Crampton and restored the name El Cajon to Planet Hotel. The former day clerk and manager, Marshall, plans changes to please patrons from Barstow and other desert towns and is known as an experienced hotel man and former railroad worker.
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Planet Hotel
San Bernardino
el Cajon
Frank Crampton
Marshall
Barstow
Railroad Commission saves California millions in regulate effect
From the State Railroad Commission annual report covering July 1 1920 to June 10 1921 the text notes average public utility rate increases between 35 and 40 percent. Without regulation utilities would have charged about $499.5 million instead of $388.9 million to California consumers, implying annual savings between $88.7 and $105.5 million and $25 to $30 per person. The commission emphasizes regulation as enlightened government leadership and a sound science-based policy.
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State Railroad Commision
United States Labor Bureau
California
Lost Lake Lahontan Shapes Nevada Desert Sand Dunes
Geology notes reveal Lake Lahontan once covered 8,400 square miles with a deepest point of 880 feet and surface 500 feet above Pyramid Lake. Dunes north of Winnemucca Nevada reach 75 feet, migrating eastward and altering roads and telegraph poles as sands bury infrastructure. Wind-rippled ridges drift across the former lakebed.
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Nevada
Baron la Honton
Mississippi
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Lake Lahontan
Pyramid Lake
Winnemucca
Nev
Humboldt Valley
Repair Plant Hospital Department Profile in Southern Pacific Bulletin
The Southern Pacific Company's Hospital Department, founded in 1867, now runs a San Francisco general hospital and fourteen emergency hospitals across six states under Dr. F K Ainsworth. The San Francisco facility cost about a million dollars and monthly dues scale by employee earnings.
Electric operation of railways would cut down track needs
The United States Geological Survey argues electrification can consolidate traffic from Philadelphia to Boston, freeing track capacity and reducing required motive power reserves. Joint electric operation would lower maintenance and idle hours, with electric locomotives running up to 20 hours daily versus steam at 8.
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United States Geological Survey
Philadelphia
Washington
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Boston
New York
California Protects Holly Trees With New Law
A statewide measure sponsored by Senator Eden of Santa Ana restricts mutilation and sale of holly from public lands in Southern California. The law targets wholesale raids, promotes conservation, and aims to curb commercial harvesting that threatens next year’s production. Barstow and surrounding areas report heavy holly shipments to eastern customers.
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California
Eden
Santa Ana
South
Barstow
Post Office
Express Office
Friends
Harvey
Waiting for Snow at Truckee
Truckee residents await the first snow to start winter sports as skating rinks and attractions near the Southern Pacific station prepare. Six major film companies plan Alaskan and Canadian snow scene shoots, with canoe stunts in Truckee rapids. The Fiesta of the Snow on Christmas Day promises a fiery carnival finale.
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Truckee
Cal
Wilbur Maynard
Southern Pacific
Moving Pictures
Truckie Rapids
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Barstow Tire & Vulcanizing Shop
McMillen
Daggett-Calico Mining ‘News
W.warren
Butte,Mont
Railroad Commission
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