Local Mining Man Injured In Gas Engine Incident
George Rott suffered serious injuries when his gloved hand was caught in a belt as he started a gas engine near his home west of town. His wife attempted to free him. help arrived from Harry Kelly and the switching crew. He was transported by train to a Los Angeles hospital. Mrs. Roth sustained a knee brace during the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Rey
Harry Kelly
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Roth
Barstow High Shares Back in School and Activities
High School notes report basketball championship preparations in the Grammar school auditorium and the monthly El Desierto issue to be distributed Friday. Fred Harper re-enrolls as a senior after attending Pasadena Seminary, clubs plan an operetta, Miss Michaels away with illness, and Friday’s Athenian Roman program drew a crowded house with Glee Club songs, a piano trio, monologue, and a play.
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The
Needles
Barstow
Grammar School
el Desierto
Fred Harper
Pasadena Seminary
Fred
Barstow Hi
Pasadena
Glee Club
Robi White
Nancy Gilham
Flora Brase
Margaret Meikle
Grace Brinkerhoff
Robert
Geo. Leak
Forest Vance
Leta Thomson
Lillian Milett
Floyd Haws
Yermo Set For Local Improvements And Social News
In Yermo February 1 1922 marriage unites M Luke Leighty and Miss Victoria Arnold last week with a honor dance. A large shower honors Migs Lia Haynes. Local improvements include a modern bungalow home for M Morley and five acres leveled for fruit and alfalfa. Daggett bridge to gain 80 feet, with steel and wood construction. Constable Tom Williams named road commissioner for the First Supervisorial District. Pasadena Water Co opposition grows. district attorney orders discontinuation of pool halls and punch boards. Community events feature piano solos and dances, plus praise for high school cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Luke Leighy
Victoria Arnold
Mr. Leighty
Mrs Frank Marvin Dies At 61 In Barstow Community
Mrs Frank Marvin died at home Wednesday after pneumonia followed a cold. She was 61. Survived by husband Floyd and daughter Mrs R B Fleming of Los Angeles. They ran Marvin Grocery in Barstow, formerly deputy state commander for Lady Maccabees in Wisconsin and commander for Colorado Utah Wyoming. Body shipped to Los Angeles for cremation. services to be held there.
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Marvin Grocery
Prister
California
Marving
Wisconsin
Marvin
Lady Maccabees of the World
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Baratow Undertaking
Los Angeles
Death of Mrs E M Newhall in Barstow
Mrs E M Newhall died at her daughter and son in law Lon Reely's home in Barstow after 30 years residence. Interment is planned in San Bernardino on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Newhall
Lon Reely
Barstow
San Bernardino
Congregational Church Services and Valentine Sale Ad
Congregational Church announces Sunday school at 10:00 a m preaching at 11:00 a m and 7:30 p m with Isaac McRea as pastor. Willing Workers will sell valentines cakes candy kisses at Lee's shoe shop from 2 to 4 p m on Saturday February 11th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac McRea
Lee
Catholic Pastor Sets Desert Appointments In February
Rev. C. T. Kerfs oversees Barstow church redecorations and erects a chapel at Oro Grande ready for occupancy late February. From February 5 through 26 he leads Masses in Blythe Barstow Ludlow Victorville and Oro Grande with Sunday School at 8 40 a m. Prewar soda prices at True's Drug Store. Barstow Free Library receives a new Standard Dictionary with table stand.
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C. T. Kerfs
Oro Grand
Barstow Catholic
Barstow
Blythe
Ludlow
Victorville
Oro Grande
Coca Colage
True’s
San Bernardino County
Local Notices From Barstow Include Visits and Calls
Mrs. F. O. DeWitt returned to Colton after a two month visit with the Harrises at True's Drug Store. A practically new Davis rotary sewing machine is for sale via Mrs. N. G. Low opposite Dillingham store Barstow. District Attorney Duckworth ordered slot machines removed from the county last Sunday, with officials hinting at removing others who have been preying on visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
N. G. Low
Dillingham
Barstow
Duckworth
Policing a Patchwork Clue in a Nighttime Crash
Sergeant Brennan pieces evidence from a fatal buggy crash on Sixty-ninth Street and Park Avenue. He collects glass fragments and a lamp rim from Ham Lamp Co Rochester NY and deduces a gray 1909 Packard Model 18 with damaged right side and missing headlights as the killer car. The chase centers on local garages as dawn approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Brennan
New York
Sixty-ninth Street
Park Avenue
John McHugh
McHugh
Brennan
Ham Lamp Company
Rochester
N. Y
Sherlock Holmes
Rand Deputy Constable Fractures School Teachers Skul
In Randsburg a deputy constable is accused of brutal assault on the ex-Supt. of Schools fracturing his skull. The incident sparks anger among miners and townspeople as DA Dorsey investigates. The town remains lively with idle workers and protests against Prohibition enforcement mockery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rand
Skul
Prohibition Enforcement
Dorsey
Randsburg
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Geo. Rott
Los Angeles Hospital
George Roth
Nice
Michaels
Yermo
E. Taymans
Migs Lia Haynes
M. Morley
Lane
Calico
Brant
Tom Williams
Board of Supervisors
Daggett Bridge
Crain
Pasadena Water Co
District Attorney’s Office
Harry Cahill
Coalinga
Mrs. Commiskey
Ella Tueson
Berchell Turner
Elinor Funk
George Leakeet
Frank Marvin
Congregational Church Services
F. O. DeWitt
Ed. Harris
Colton
Harrises
Coverigat Py ‘the
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Hamp
Wilians
John C. Wray
Hampton Williams
Williams
Silver Zone
Hamppere
R. Spurling
Long Beach
A. J
Don Smith
Nee
Big Pine
Inyo County
Randeburg
Billy Anderson
Mojave
Searles
William
Bakersfield
Wm. Quackenbush
Messrs
Parra and Silva
Fresno
Andy Smith
Stewart Frazer
Jobur
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