Printer Will Soon Be at New Home in Barstow
Barstow Printer moves to a new home delayed two weeks by unforeseen issues. Contractor G H Brown completes the office and editor residence with modern electrical fixtures from R C Carter Co of Detroit and plumbing by Barstow Plumbing Co. Local cement work by Carl DeWolf praised.
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Barstow
G. H. Brown
Tiernan
Brown
Henderson
First
South Streets
J. Force Edwards
Edwards
California
R. C. Carter Co
Detroit
Paul Lade
Barstow Plumbing Co
Carl DeWolf
Barstow Switchman Dies in Las Vegas
Word came from Barstow on Monday that W. L. McGraw died in Las Vegas Nevada after his health failed for years. He and his wife had moved to Las Vegas for his health and he had been bedfast these weeks. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 Wednesday in Las Vegas. He was employed in Barstow for several years as a switchman and many friends regret his untimely passing.
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Barstow
W. L. McGraw
Las Vegas
Nevada
McGraw
Hasert Turkeys For Los Angeles
Jim Seamon returns from Stanford College to stay over vacation. He and his father shipped 1200 pounds of turkeys by truck for the Los Angeles market, paid sixty cents a pound. The family says the birds are fat and in fine condition and buyers will get full measure. They will spend Christmas in Los Angeles.
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Jim Seamon
Stanford College
Jim
Los Angeles
Mr. Seamon
Seamans
Fisher Orchestra Here Saturday Night Dance in Barstow
Fisher's orchestra will play a Barstow dance at the Barstow Auditorium on Saturday night. He promises a gift for the best old time waltzers, drawing local dancers and crowd to the event.
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Fisher
Barstow
Los Angeles man visits Barstow and Hinkley area
H. C. Conrad of Los Angeles visited Barstow and Hinkley on Sunday. He owns a ranch in Hinkley and seeks someone to move there and tend it.
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H. C. Conrad
Los Angeles
Barstow and Hinkley
Mr. Conrad
Hinkley Ranch
Fire Damages Notable Barstow Home Built In 1884
Fire siren at 8 15 p m drew attention to a blaze at the home of Mr and Mrs J A Which in Barstow The roof construction and faulty flue caused smoke and soot but water kept the fire from spreading The pair escaped with most possessions intact and are grateful for their home built in 1884, one of Barstow’s first houses.
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Barstow
J. A
Evans
Argument Leads Employes 10 Jail
Saturday morning E. J. Coal who worked spotting trucks with Seaburg hit the later party for a morning of altercation. Cooksie and Seaburg had feelings for sometime and after a ringing of wrangling Cooksie took a gun out of one of the trucks and fired at Seaburg over the head, approaching from the right side. Seaburg is unable to see from right eye. Seaburg fell to the ground by the blow. Fellet took Cooksie away and he placed in jail. He appeared before Judge Henderson, who held him to Superior Court one for $500 on a felony charge, Seaburg yet to work today.
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E. J. Coal
Seaburg
Cooksie
Fellet
Henderson
Superior Court
Dr De Lautour Guest At Camp Rock
Dr De Lautour visits Camp Rock mining property near Daggett, now Camp Rock Mining Co under Nevada law. The venture has upgraded machinery, an amalgamator, a water haul system, and a 300 foot drill drive for a reliable water supply as officials including B Byrn Manning Kruzenstein and Col Sullivan tour the site.
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B. Byrn
Byrn
Manning
Kruzenstein
Sullivan
Barstow
de Lautour
Edwin
Mrs Reece Dillingham Hosts California relatives
Mrs Reece Dillingham entertains her mother Mrs Orner and sister Leona of Los Angeles during the holiday season.
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Reece Dillingham
Orner
Leona
Los Angeles
Express Train Largest in History for Christmas Season
The American Railway Express company handled the largest Christmas business in ten years, per local agent Zentmire. The surge in incoming and outgoing packages from small to large towns signals national prosperity, with the heaviest activity in years and possibly in company history.
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American Railway Express Company
Zentmire
Community Christmas program lights Barstow tree
On Christmas eve a community event with Santa gifts and music by the Barstow band is planned. Selections will be heard outdoors, with an indoor program at the grammar school auditorium featuring a Sun-Y school performance. The Congregational church teams with Barstow groups to present a community tree and program with Catholic and Methodist participation.
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Manyger
Arstow
Barstow
Sun- Y
Congregational Church
Catholic Church
Methodist
Improvements On First Street Yard Prepared For Lawn
The yard of N. F. Platt is being prepared this week by Clyde Compton. Soil has been added and the ground readied for a lawn along the street where homes and flowers are located.
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N. F. Platt
Clyde Compton
Floweri Ng
Killed by Train on Tecopa Line in Ludlow
Jack Baker thirty, employee of Inyo County Road Highway Commission, died in Ludlow after a Tonopah and Tidewater freight collision injured him Saturday. His left leg was amputated in Ludlow by Dr A C Pratt but he died early Monday. Baker was en route to Tecopa mine and burial was held in Barstow with Rev McRae officiating. He reportedly had a brother in Tennessee.
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Jack Baker
Inyo County Road Highway Commission
Ludlow
Tonopah
Tidewater
Baker
Tecopa Mine
Tecopa
A. C. Pratt
Pratt
Barstow
White and Platt
Chas Brown
Inyo Co
Rev. McRae
Tennessee
Lewis Family Establishing Home on Highway in Desert
Mr and Mrs I C Lewis visited Barstow on Tuesday en route to a forty acre tract they will settle as their new home. The couple, from San Bernardino, have long hauled vegetables to Amboy and other desert towns and plan to improve their property along National Old Rails 70 miles east of Barstow.
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I. C. Lewis
Barstow
Lewis
San Bernardino
Amboy
Barstow Busy with Moves and Christmas Plans
Mr. Van Loon of Interstate Telegraph says the company will move to a new telephone office around January first in Barstow. Congregational church holds special Christmas services led by Rev. McRae. Various residents plan travels for Christmas including visits to Pasadena, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Glendora, Riverside, Kingman, and Pomona College events.
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van Loon
Nterstate Telegraph Company
Barstow
Christmas Shoppers Fill Bastow Stores
Christmas spirit fills Barstow as stores decorate with trimmings holly mistletoe and trees. Window displays attract shoppers who find a wide gift selection locally, with Toyland notably well stocked for all ages.
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Bastow
Barstow
Town Gossip From Barstow Headlines Christmas Visitors and Local Notes
Mrs Lucy Hillis hosts her mother Mrs Davis and sister and husband the Bemuses from Flint Ridge over Christmas. Mrs Stone reports a letter from daughter and husband Spencer detailing their trip to Jacksonville Fla. Spencer, a telegraph operator, found work promptly. Walter Johnson spent a Sunday in Los Angeles with Jack Garrett. they returned to Barstow Monday. Supervisor S A Nash Soulden of the San Bernardino National Forest cites mistletoe as a parasite, notes it grows on trees in Mojave River area. gathering should spare roots to avoid destruction. Barton Witty visits home for holidays with parents Mrs and Mrs Witty, Lucille Gauldin and Clar Gauldin with friend Miss Jenee Miller from Los Angeles. Claude Gauldin and B F Gauldin are siblings who married sisters. Kramer Consolidated Oil Co publishes its 106 assessment notice for property west of Barstow.
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Stone
Spencer
Jacksonville
Florida
Walter Johnson
Los Angeles
Jack Garrett
Barstow
Mr. Garrett
S. A. Nash Soulden
San Bernardino National Forest
Mojave River
Claude Gauldi
Lucille
Clar
Jenee Miller
Covina
B. F. Gauldin
Claude Gauldin
Local visits and business figures in town over Christmas week
Mrs. E Sanders and children visit her Los Angeles parents Mrs and Mrs Fred Dresse and sister Mrs Floyd Haws. Mr Sanders plans to join for Christmas. Manager Trent of the Imperial Utilities Corporation visited to inspect water mains and new work. Frank Marvin was a business visitor in Los Angeles over the weekend.
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E. ©. Sanders
Fred Dresse
Floyd Haws
Los Angeles
Mr. Sanders
Trent
Imperial Utilities Corporation
Frank Marvin
Businss
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Hasert Turkeys
Fisher Orchestra
DR. DE Lautour
Camp Rock
Ngrovements
First Street
McRae
Joe Mulcahy
Pasadena
J. W. Harris
Bernardino
Clara Bell
Guy Morrison
Als
Long Beach
Arbert
Glendora
Floyd
Santa Fe
Kings, Ariz
Mrs. Crowley
Fred Hart
Riverside Unday
Florence Miller
Estes
Pomona College
Hart
Andreynd
Martha
Lucy Hillis
Davis
Mrs. Bemus
Flintridge
Barton Witty
Mrs. and
Mrs. Witty
Kramer Consolidated Oil Company
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