Sunrise Valley Residents Return From Holiday Visits
Mr and Mrs Job Wroughton return from Christmas visit in Los Angeles at their daughter's home. Miss Millicent Warren returns to school after holidays with parents. Mrs White returns from Los Angeles. Yucca Club hosts New Year Eve program and dance at Victorville hall. eighty couples attend with guests from Oro Grande and Hesperia.
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Job Wroughton
Los Angeles
Millicent Warren
Sunrise Valley
White
Lo Angeles
Yucca Club
Victorville Hall
Oro Grande
Hesperia
A Merry Christmas Dinner in Sunrise Valley
Mrs. John L. Tammond hosted a luxurious Christmas at Rancho Alta Vista at noon with a feast featuring turkey with walnut dressing, roasted pig, fried chicken, barbecued hare, and festive desserts. Morning song preceded the event with a 4:30 a.m. tree celebration and a greasewood tree filling the ranch room with holiday glow. Guests included J. L. Tammond and family, George A. Hineman, Lillian D. Gregory, Col. B. F. Douglas, Viola and Mildred Tummond, Gladys and Olive Hineman, Wallace W. Smith, and Stanley H. Tummond.
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John L. Tammond
Rancho Alta Vista
Sunrise Valley
New England
Old Sol
Pacific Mines Corps Plans Camp Renovations at Ludlow
The Pacific Mines Corps coats the camp in yellow paint and pursues upgrades including retimbering the Roosevelt incline to the 400 ft level with later plans to reach 600 ft. Murphy Bros. offers a range of goods for the project.
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Pacific Mines Corps
Roosevelt
Murphy Bros
Odds and Ends Maple Sugar Trees
The sugar maple dominates forests across New England, New York, southern Canada, northern and western Pennsylvania, and parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. In the southern Appalachians it appears in scattered stands with similar climate. in northern New York and Quebec growth is nearly pure maple. Further south beech and birch mix, but maple remains the primary species in higher elevations, while as hills flatten the species retreats to richer damper soils alongside oaks and chestnuts.
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New England
New York
Canada
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Appalachians
New York State
Quebec
Hitneis
the Department of Agriculture
The Danzon Dance in Havana Revisited
Metropolitan notes describe the danzon as a Cuban dance that appears odd and indecipherable at first yet becomes irresistibly fascinating. It features slow, motionless ballroom scenes with brief steps and a tremor of movement, driven by music that seems barbaric yet irresistibly rhythmic, hinting at African roots rather than Spanish.
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Africa
Wesleyan Conference Aides and Fits of Patience
A Wesly anecdote describes Charles Wesley growing irritated at a speaker’s prolix religious experience tale. He muttered for the speaker to stop and attend to business, threatening to leave unless the talk ceased. John Wesley, amused, asked for the hat to be brought for Charles.
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Charles Wesley
John Wesley
Charles
John
Truth Endures Beyond Our Time
Quoted words from Thomas Corwin warn that truth will outlive attempts to hide it and history will judge today’s deeds. The message urges honest action and recalls consequences for coveting and seizing what is not owned. It ends with a call to print and promote home industry.
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Stern Tribunal of History
Thomas Corwin
Granite as Earth’s Bedrock and Life Clues
The text describes granite as the Earth's bedrock and crust foundation. It notes granite's thickness compared to other rock layers and claims no life is apparent within granite though lime presence is attributed to animal life. Some scientists speculate all lime has originated from animals, possibly including humans.
Wordsworth Jibe Sparks Lamb Portrait
A Pall Mall Gazette quip notes a Charles Lamb friend claiming to have never seen Wordsworth. Lamb replies by joking that an old horse is Wordsworth, implying familiarity through the phrase “old Wordsworth.”
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Wordsworth
Charles Lamb
Pall Mall Gazette
Not Hard Headed in Boston Transcript Quip
A dialogue notes Lapleigh has exhausted his inheritance and seeks work. Briggs suggests he will still have opportunities as long as he keeps his head, reflecting a light exchange on prudence and prospects.
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Griggs
Lapleigh
Briggs
Boston Transcript
Not So Easy Dialog on Saving Money and Creditors
A brief exchange questions whether a man can save with creditors forcing payments. Dibble argues saving is hard when creditors press for funds, illustrating financial pressure and frugal mindset in a clipped dialogue.
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Dibble
Printer Seeks Buyers With Ad Offer for Country Benefits
Promotion urges readers to read the paper and praises district development. Advert allows $1 for six months to access News News and future district benefit reports.
Personal column sparks clash in newsroom
A terse exchange shows the new reporter taking over the personal column and insisting on doing the piece, while the editor scolds the breach of privacy. The brief vignette captures newsroom hierarchy and the tension between duty and discretion.
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Materia
Society
Chicago Tribune
It Might Have Been Worse
Lydia complains to Georgette that Charlie kissed her just before all the girls. Georgette retorts that would be worse if he kissed all the girls before her.
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Lydia
Charlie
Georgette
Apple halves and shared pleasures in a playful exchange
A mother asks Jean to give half her apple to her sister. Jean replies that sharing is doubly pleasant, while noting that a shared apple is halved. The dialogue reflects a simple arithmetic lesson embedded in a domestic moment.
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Jean
Nous_ Loisirs
Dodsy's Tolerated Visits Leave Clerk Short
A traveling man queries the hotel clerk about Dodsy. The clerk recalls that Dodsy stayed before but never paid a cent, leaving the establishment to cover his costs.
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Dodsy
Lucerne Valley Growth Heralds Development in 1912
A 1912 overview details Lucerne Valley’s rapid growth in San Bernardino County. It notes abundant water, rising homesteads, and new farms with grain alfalfa and orchards. Local life includes a post office twice weekly, a store, blacksmith, school, Sunday school activities, and a January rally at the schoolhouse. Community gatherings feature Christmas events and visits by residents such as A R Scott and W D Ingersoll.
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San Bernardino Co
San Bernardino Mountains
Mojave River
Dead Man’s Point
Victorville
Barstow
Rabbit Springs
Box S Ranch
United States
Lucerne Valley
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Odds and Ends
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J. T. Evans
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Elz Liberty Bell
Henderson’s Department Store
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Overland Express
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D. & R. G. Jutte
Mont
J. H. Burtner
Riverside
Salt Lake
Fratt
W. W. White
Will
W. F. Lee
Vera Fratt
Dorothy Scott
Ray Plipps
Conrad
Frank H. Gobar
A. R. Scott
W. D. Ingersoll and
Villisia
Iowa
A. E. Lewis
Calif
Steve Wood
John Starnacle
Fairbanks-Morse
Gilham
Nlam
Fred Bauer
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