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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
2
Barstow residents will view the Chicago Cubs as the train carrying the team to Pasadena passes through town on February 24. The visit offers fans a chance to glimpse the famed ball club en route to their training quarters.
Misses Hoagland and Paxton plan Friday trip to San Bernardino for the Orange Show. A Whites program on February 21 included an one act comedy featuring Bumps and a cast of students and townspeople. The Fish Pond owner donated fish for science work. Dr. Macon leaves notes at Gellett's Pharmacy.
C. P. Gould of the Kelso post office has bought the store and other properties from Hotz and Sons. He plans remodeling and general improvements. Hotz spent five years in Kelso and has moved to Los Angeles. Miners report good progress in the mountains. The Salt Lake company has two large workforces on the roadbed toward Barstow.
Chas. E. Dowell the Santa Fe special officer resigns effective March 1 after a transfer from Fresno last November. He will move his family to Curryville Missouri where they have lived since accompanying the Dowell patriarch home from Barstow. Dowell’s departure grieves locals who value his service.
Lubin J. Henderson responds to Attorney Samuel Taylor’s Feb issue, arguing against Taylor’s view of divine omnipotence amid Europe’s war. He urges faith over commentary, defends Christian sense, and asserts readiness to defend against aggression while preferring peace. The letter critiques Taylor’s portrayal of God and urges focus on home worship and preparedness.
Lubin J. Henderson signs a letter opposing William Jennings Bryan and urging preparedness to prevent war. He argues for protecting lives and property and invites Bryan and his ally Taylor to join a larger pro preparedness group, framing intruders as unwanted. The tone dismisses pacifist rhetoric and stresses patriotic duty.
FE Strohm sold his Pulman car to John Chambers a Joeburg fireman. Leave call at Gellett's Pharmacy for Dr Mason. Jack the barber lost a gate key between Joe's place and Richardson hoarding house. Ed Fowler called to San Francisco for his mother’s illness but she died. Cement priced at 3 00 a bar at Dillinghams. John Fagerber and E T Hillis hosted W O Bagley on a Lime and Plaster Co San Francisco inspection trip to Dolomite mines near Hinkley.
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