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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
7
A survey of historic valentines tracing origins from 1710 German handmade pieces to English imports via France, noting the Berlin and Cleveland collections. It highlights the handmade craft, early lace and decorated themes, and the shift from naive cards to more ornate factory made designs, with examples of inscriptions and playful “love nest” contrasts.
The piece describes Anglo Saxon passion reflected in February valentines crafted as love letters with hand painting and coloring. It notes sailers, blue paints, blood red ribbons, and the emotional depth of youths expressing private feelings through informal verses and painted scenes.
The article surveys Saint Valentine as a symbol of romance and recalls old customs such as birds pairing on Valentine’s Day and couples drawing names of the opposite sex. It notes the shift from personal notes and cards to machine-made sentiments and multicolored parties and dances.
A spare lovers poem expresses devotion through sewing imagery. The speaker forgives lack of money and mends a sock with a stitched heart, asserting that each stitch carries love and will travel with the beloved wherever they go.
Witnesses from peninsula manufacturers and business groups backed Southern Pacific against the Western Pacific railroad to Redwood City, warning two rail lines would hurt industrial growth. The 1928 California mineral output was about 353.4 million dollars, down from 1927 due to petroleum and metals. A Boeing tri motor set a western airmail cargo record with 1400 pounds to Oakland, the Bear cutter transfer bill moved to the Senate, and fish screens aim to curb irrigation losses. San Francisco foreign trade in 1928 rose to 363.7 million for the first eleven months, with exports surpassing all of 1927. The New York Academy of Sciences awarded 500 dollars to Menzel and Gerasimovic for a paper on intra-atomic energy as solar energy.
William de Graaf of Pasadena California promotes a bill to tattoo each infant with birth date place and name as a living passport. The plan claims it would prevent unknown soldiers graves mistaken identities and passport problems by ensuring immediate identification and avoiding shameful destinations later in life.
An advisory promotes drinking soft water and using four ounces of Jad Salts daily to flush kidneys. It claims kidney sluggishness from rich foods causes aches, headaches, and bladder issues, and that the remedy cleanses the blood and prevents complications.
A short dialogue excerpt shows Mrs A remarking that the wife was talking as the narrator left the club. Mr B replies that she says it feels homelike. The lines suggest a casual, social exchange at a club setting.
A aphoristic line notes that wasting time equates to counterfeit value, implying efficiency equals genuine time value and criticizing laziness as financial folly. The remark frames time as currency and diligence as asset protection.
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