President lifts arms embargo on Mexico by executive order
President Wilson ends the arms embargo to Mexico via executive order, restoring equality for all contending factions and signaling neutrality toward Mexican factions. The White House and Secretary Bryan notify foreign governments as embargos are rescinded, noting shifts since 1912 and the lack of a constitutional Mexican government.
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Wilson
Mexico
United States
White House
Congress
Bryan
Washington
Taft
Huerta
Europe
New State Textbooks Arrive and Reach Students
Last Friday new state text books were received and distributed to pupils. Prior shortages had hampered teaching, but with ample volumes expected results should improve. Seventh and eighth graders passed mid term exams overall. Agriculture work will begin when ground behind the school is ready. A few pupils will test alfalfa fertilizer farmer germ. Monthly report cards arrive next Monday and the Printer will publish a list of perfect attendance and averages above eighty percent in the upper room.
Daggett and Barstow Boys Play Baseball in Weekend Clash
Daggett school boys and Barstow boys played a competitive game last Saturday with Barstow winning 10 to 8. Spectators from Daggett turned the event into a village holiday, staying for shows and a dance after the game.
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Daggett School
Barstow
Daggett
Train Explosion Kills Two Near Bakersfield
S P Engineer William Dressen age 30 and Fireman J F Campbell age 21 were killed when Southern Pacific Mallet engine No 4037 exploded about eight miles east of Bakersfield at 8 30 p m February 2. The train burned and four merchandise cars were destroyed. Campbell died instantly and Dressen died after rescue efforts.
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Wm. Dressen
J. F. Campbell
Southern Pacific
Bakersfield
Campbell
Dressen
Mexico War Drift and Local Market Feats
President Wilson plans to let both sides in Mexico buy war material, while Huerta and Carranza react to the arms embargo lift. Separately, Sarah Mitchell of Durham offers a delivered cooked dinner for four at 2.21 by parcel post. In San Joaquin County grape growers vote to market without agents, forming a direct farm to market path.
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Sarah Mitchell
Durham
Parcel Post
Malden
San Joaquin County
Lodi
Chicago
Barstow Brevities Highlight Local News and Visits
Barstow items cover visitors and moves including Lubin Henderson in San Bernardino and George Parks in Los Angeles for a mining sale. Local improvements, hospital news, theater crowds at Lee's Theatre, and upcoming work on power and lighting are noted along with dress goods ads and church services.
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Lubin J. Henderson
San Bernardino
George Parks
Los Angeles
Kilbeck
Geo. B. Hart
Fred Brass
Metropolis
K. R. Wells
San Jacinto Springs
J. M. Slaws
Donald C. Henderson
Lee’s Theatre
Barstow
Lee’s
Coonology
John Foglesong
Shorty
Mike Marren
Jimgrey
John
Hara Troutman
Kansas
Episcopal
Fletcher Opera House
J. J. Perry
P. W. Greenleaf
E. T.hillis
Mrs Mamie Humble Dies After Prolonged Illness At Barstow
Mrs Mamie Humble dies after months with cirrhosis of the liver, at the Hotel Barstow home of her mother Mrs Mary Fletcher. Funeral conducted by White and Platt at Union church with Josselyn delivering the eulogy. burial in Barstow Cemetery. Pallbearers named. out of town mourners from Los Angeles Needles San Bernardino attended. survived by mother, brother and son.
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Mamie Humble
Barstow
Mary Fletcher
White & Platt
Union Church
Josselyn
Nelson
Smith
Garver
Stauter
R. M. Dillingham
Geo. B. Parks
Geo. L. Drumm
Charles Garver
Ernest Lurber
Freeman Wilson
Episcopal Guild
San Bernardino
Ed Hoffman
Rigney
Los Angeles
Wm. Bispham
Needles
County road bond meeting in Barstow discussed accelerated funding
A Barstow gathering of about 60 attendees heard leaders and editors debate funding for county road bonds. Key speakers urged rapid, large scale investment, noting veto powers and the need for durable bridges, with figures illustrating long term savings from upfront expenditure.
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Barstow
J. B. Gill
The
Road Commission
Butler and Vine
Geo. M. Cooley
S. W. McNabb
Rh. B. Goodwell
Owen
Jolton Courier
Ingram
San Bernardino News
C. C. Haskell
T. W. Duckworth
N. A. Richardson
al McRae
Lubin J. Henderson
Coy
Real Commission
Riverside
W. McNabb
San Bernardino
Atty. Duckworth
Plains
Butler
Highway Commission
Cajon
R. B. Goodcell
California
Riverside County
Pine
China
Courier
Pope
Colton
Daggett News Mixes Sports and Local Happenings
Daggett residents watched the Daggett baseball team lose in Barstow then returned home to enjoy Sloan Hart's hall vaudeville show. Shorty Hart hunts for the lost Peg-leg mine. Lingenfelder leaves for a Fresno ranch. Camp Rock placer work yields three to six dollars per yard. Road boosters tour Daggett and Otis. Mrs. Houser of Philadelphia visits Ira Garinger.
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Daggett
Barstow
Sloan & Hart's Hall
Shorty Hart
Geo. J. Lingenfelder
Santa Fe
Fresno
Tom McCue
Mr. Avent
L. A. W. Johnson
Camp Rock
Daggvett
Otis
Mrs
Hinkley Happenings and Settling in the Valley
New residents arrive in Hinkley valley including Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Coakley and C. D. Williams. Families move to ranches west of Hinkley and DeLobe valley. Local irrigation efforts expand with new pumping plants, wells, and a 55 hp engine. Dover Oil Co. nears completing a storage tank as Slinkley youths boat on the pond.
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J. J. Coakley
Hinkley Valley
C.D. Williams
Hinkley
M. A. Wimberly
Long Beach
Williams
A. KE
Axtell
M. Henning
Los Angeles
Bruce Ve
N. F. Petre
Miss May Hogan
George Siemon
A. Speth
Mr. Allan
Mr. Axtell
Hill
DeLobe
W. A. Kelly
J.C. Osburn
T. G. Nicklin Denies Authors of Road Bond Notice
Sun desert correspondent T G Nicklin publicly denies authorship of a road bond communication appearing in today’s Sun. He states he did not draft the notice and has no involvement with its content.
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T. G. Nicklin
Sun
Road Plans in Desert Valley Face Cost and Labor Questions
Discussion centers on a $213000 annual figure and a $2 per day minimum wage agreement with American labor. Proposals for concrete San Bernardino valley roads contrast with oiling desert routes at $550 per mile versus $10000 per mile inside. Legal counsel notes possible oil road types seen in China. Mrs. L. K. Bryan recovers and sister Katherine McInerney visits from San Bernardino.
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San Bernardino
China
Richardson
Atty. Goodcell
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Fident
Carranza
Villa
Harold Wilson
Chas. EF. Williams
Angelus Hospital
Charles R. White
White Press
Mrs. Mamie Humble
L. K. Bryan
Misa Katherine McInerney
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