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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1919
Page
2
In dense fog on South Twelfth street and Sprague avenue Tacoma Washington Carl Erickson a veteran motorman was killed and 18 passengers injured in a head on crash of two Pacific Train line cars. Erickson died shortly after arrival at the hospital.
Italian capital gears up for Wilson visit with Via Nazionale reflagged from station to Quirinal. Capitol halls receive tapestries and flowers while shops display American colors and portraits of Wilson Washington and Lincoln. Newspapers feature Wilson bios as city honors surround the arrival site.
Barstow will gain a new picture show named Victory Theatre above Sloari's Hall with openings set for around January 11. Frank Bruhn and Mrs. Fred Bauer will manage the house which secured exclusive rights to Goldwyn pictures. the exact opening date will be announced later in the printer.
IGE in river Dubuque Iowa January first reports the Mississippi River filling with floating trees as floodwaters advance. The incident underscores rising river levels and potential impacts on riverfront areas.
The establishment of a unit at University of Maine at Orono for the reserve officers training corps was announced on January 1. The move places Maine among schools expanding military training programs during the period.
Geneva Illinois residents report that Kane County board of supervisors propose higher compensation. The item notes a push for increased pay by the board members.
A dated sermon denounces whiskey as murder and ties alcohol to crime and poverty. It cites several violent incidents and highlights social costs like alms houses and lunatic asylums. Speaker JOSEPH is ARMON, Hinkley.
Owens Foos resigns as machinist at the roundhouse to pursue South America. Cr. F. Rossetter arrives from Los Angeles to switch in Barstow yards. Mrs. Harper and Mrs. Benedict visit Pasadena. Miss Dillingham to Corvallis Oregon. Red Cross fund raises 37 dollars at New Year dance. Local firms plan cotton trials and desert farming notes. High school resumes in new building after influenza and Santa Fe fire destroys Hicks station.
University of California Davis Professor W P Tufts develops pruning techniques after four years of tests. Lighter pruning yields stockier young trees that begin bearing in one to three years, with horticultural commissioners and growers from Mendocino Riverside Sutter Butte Colusa counties participating in Davis demonstrations.
Postwar mining policy should lift wartime limits which halted large and small producers alike. Government orders pulled thousands of engineers from development and forced many mines to suspend operations to meet manpower needs for the war effort.
In a plea from San Bernardino County, O. N. Hilton appeals for funds to aid Syria and Armenia. He cites millions displaced or dead, calls for a quick nationwide drive starting January 12 lasting one week, and urges immediate gifts to reach a local allotment of $15,000. Three dollars can save a child. five dollars a month aids an adult.
Mrs W Elsholz visits husband in Los Angeles while Mrs J L Kirby visits her parents there. Mr and Mrs H J Taylor and Miss Blodgett of Pasadena enjoy Rose Carnival holidays. Cooley of Rialto and Lyons spend night at Cooley ranch. Our new schoolhouse is ready for occupancy built by W W Clark and B Funcheon with a good well by Harlow brothers. Seymore Alf teams lay roads between ranches and the school. Arthur and Joe Evans stay at their Sierra Madre home. Arthur on furlough from Camp Cody NM. Joe a U of C student home for holidays.
Eggs fall to 50 cents a dozen in several parts of York county as of January 1. The price reduction follows a market shift affecting local grocers and consumers in the York area.
The Victorville News-Herald questions whether allies will view entering foreign entanglements aboard the steamship George Washington as an extraordinary proceeding.
The Victory Theatre in Sloan's Hall Barstow California announces its January 11 1919 public opening with exclusive Goldwyn Stars rights Geraldine Farrar Pauline Frederick Rex Beach Mabel Normand Tom Moore and others The venue will be heated and fumigated after each show a weekly Saturday dance and monthly guessing contests with prizes The manager invites patronage and welcomes suggestions including harpist Mrs Erickson and singercomedian Mr Smith.
Mary Lynch receives a wartime letter from son Joseph Lynch, a Canadian Railway Troop member overseas. He writes from Tourcoing near the Belgian front about a Lille excursion, German devastation he witnessed, ducking shells and gas masks, visits to England and London, and a Christmas and New Year greeting to his mother and sister Agnes.
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