Community notes from Oro Grande and surroundings
Local residents engage in social visits and events in Oro Grande and nearby towns. Penny Morrow operates a passenger route between Oro Grande and Victor. Wedding and club activities include the Whist club hosted by Mrs. Rod Flenniken with Miss Ethel Deerow and Mr. Flenniken winning honors. Various visits to Barstow, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Sunrise Valley are noted, along with Pumping plant, cement works progress, and lime shipments. The Santa Fe line, quarry scouting, fruit tree planting, and road work on Sunrise Valley are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penny Morrow
Oro Grande
Victor
Rod. Flenniken
Ethel Deerow
Flenniken
Mira
C. A. Davidson
Carrie J. Bennett
Bennett
Fred Stanfield
Wolf
Colcord and Sons
Barstow
R. B. Fl
Frank Kimbel
Los Angeles
R. B. Flenniken
Redlands
Potts
Santa Fe Boys
Pearce
Santa Fe
Victorville
Theodore Robinson
W. HH. Robinson
Judson
Ed Decrow
Whist
A. I. Colcord
Golden State Portland Cement
L. Wise
San Bernardino
John Turner
Sunrise Valley Club Discusses Road Work and Socials
The Yucca Club met at Mrs. J A Wroughton's home on North Mojave Blvd February 18 for luncheon and business, music, and social talk. A bi monthly Sunrise Valley Improvement Association meeting enrolled five new members and reported progress on 22 miles of road work on Mojave Blvd with 10 miles cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Wroughton
North Mojave Blvd
Nels Coldevin
North Mojave Blyvd
Minnie Ek. Tammond
Cajon Pass
Barstow
W. N. Poole
Los Angeles
L. BR. Wiemer
Scott J. Campbell
Griemen
Collins
Margaret Longshore
Mary Loughran
Chapanois
Cole
Fred Wroughton
Los
Warren
Sperry Brothers
Chapman
G. A. Richardson
Sunrise Valley Improvement Association
Edw. S&s. Fisk
Mojave Blvd
Edward S. Fisk
Gr. A. Richardson
John L. Tammond
Lillie D. Gregory
Wallace W. Smith
Geo. A. Hineman
Col
Sunrise Valley
Wilsons Mining Laws Fifth Edition Revised 1911
Calvert Wilson presents annotated mining laws for the United States and territories including Arizona California Nevada Oregon and Utah with oil claim provisions. Fifth edition revised to May 1 1911 offered for sale at Barstow Printer office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United States
Arizona
California
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Calvert Wilson
Barstow
Four Story Monaghan and Murphy Hotel Planned at Needles
In Needles a major project advances a four story Monaghan and Murphy hotel on Front Street with 73 rooms above the ground floor. The owners promise first rate construction and an autocratic elevator. Conductor Klingelsmith and wife leave for Florida due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needles
Monaghan & Murphy
Front St
Barbarous Dutch Policy in Moluccas and Leibnitz Alchemy Tale
A historical note describes Dutch harsh measures in the Moluccas after seizing the islands from the Portuguese. The ban on cloves left the region desolate as forests were cleared and people starved or deported. It also recounts Leibniz's attempt to join an alchemist society by sending an incomprehensible letter, later becoming secretary at their meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molucca Islands
Leibnitz
Music on the Jump organ tale from Brooklyn Exile
A German family buys an old organ from the Jones clan. A little girl asks to have Annie taught to play the organ that afternoon for a social visit the next day, prompting curiosity about the future gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Annie
Brooklyn Exgle
Meeting Trouble Halfway Says A Philadelphian
A brief moral quote from the Philadelphia Inquirer appears with an ad offering six months of the Printer for $1. The snippet emphasizes avoiding distant trouble and invites readers to subscribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphk Inquirer
Honesty Is the Best Policy in Commerce
The Las Vegas Review urges honesty in credit matters noting that dishonest people ruin their prospects. It cautions young men who borrow and refuse to repay and asserts that reputation and credit are essential in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas Review
Notice of Assessment Kramer Consolidated Oil Company
Board of Directors announced assessment No. 55 of one half cent per share on all capital stock payable to the secretary D F Wilson in Los Angeles. Unpaid shares by March 31 1913 will be delinquent and sold at public auction on April 21 1918 at 2 pm to cover the assessment and selling costs. First publication Feb 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Coal Lands
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Los Angeles
California
Wallace J. Mender
Hinkley
Cal
Meridian
Register and Receiver
United States Land Office
Joseph A. Wilson
Cristle A. Wilson
John E. Wilson
Robert BK. Hodge
Judson
Frank Buren
Register First
St. Last
Germain
South Spring Street
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles County
State of California
Hawes
San Bernardino County
D. F. Wilson
Germain Building
Doctor in Los Angeles Quarantined with Infantile Paralysis
Dr. C. W. Wright a former police surgeon rests under quarantine at County Hospital Los Angeles after contracting infantile paralysis while treating a baby patient. Attending physician Dr. Henry Lissner warns recovery of leg use is unlikely. Wright contracted the illness while on a two week old case, symptoms appearing two days ago. A separate weather event near Santa Barbara produced a massive electric cloud, hail and a cloud burst in nearby mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Wright
County Hospital
Los Angeles
Henry Lissner
Wright
Santa Barbara
Also Mentioned on This Page
Win
J. Evans
Assg
Richardson Bros
George W. Chamberlin
Lucerne Valley
W. W. Wright
Loan & Trust
Washington, D. C
Thomas Williams
OTIS
Lubin J. Henderson
Barstow, Cal
McCormick
Central Garage
J. T. Evans
Pendleton & McBride, Piop
A. E. Axtell
C.D. Williams Stracting
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Odds and Ends
San Francisco
Oakland
Berkeley
San Joaquin Valley
San Diego
Chicago-Kans
G. D. Hutchison
Pullman
E. T. Hillis
Henderson’s Department Store
Kramer Consolidated Oil Company
Wr. F. Wilson
Bruce McCormick
Yermo
Calif
Harry C. Jones
Halleck
Garcelon Ranch
Chicago- Barstow
Fairbanks-Morse
Murphy Brog
Ludlow
Gilham
Waite
Im Fred Bauer
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