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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1914
Page
3
The Barstow Utility Co warns customers in Barstow California they must give written or in person notice to disconnect service, urging prompt notification during busy vacation season. The ice plant, under L Mudgett, states the minimum charge is $1.25 per es.
A mining man dined with KE R Waite and served liquor from his own bottle to a guest after a tour of mines. The case hinges on county ordinance No 110 banning bringing liquor into a business. Waite was charged not for selling but for permitting liquor on his premises.
The Santa Fe railroad plans a next week start on a steel bridge with concrete piers across the Mojave river just west of Barstow yards to replace the costly old pile bridge. Supt J A Christie and Div M M A G Armstrong were in Barstow Wednesday. W A Leight wrecking foreman returns from two weeks in Densmuir. Car foreman J L Andrews visited Mojave Wednesday. Thos Leeds resigns from store dept. Teague named successor. Richard Griffiths takes a Sacramento vacation.
A Japanese guide book for English tourists extols Hakone's climate and scenery. It praises pure air, cleansing the spirit, winter cold, summer freedom, moonlight over the lake, a cuckoo's song, and distant shaded mountains seen through clear space, evoking tranquil beauty.
A brief Lexington era snippet shows a speaker urging saving for family while the reply notes the family blocks such plans. The exchange captures a strained tension over money and duty in the Cleve land Leader context.
Department of the Interior notices Michael F P Dunne of Victorville California who filed intention to make commutation proof on land described in homestead entry No 018500 in SW Section 34 Township G0N Range 6W San Bernardino County California. Witnesses Ed Fiske Etta Fiske A L Stone all of Victorville CA J A Fultz of Los Angeles California. Non coal Frank Buren Register. First pub June 10 Last pub July 17
Anna J L Ritchie of Hinkley California filed notice of intention to make final desert land proof for Desert Land Entry No 010710 in section 27 township 10 north range 3 west 4 meridian. Proceedings before the Register and Receiver U S Land Office Los Angeles on July 30 1914 at 9 00 a m. Witnesses named William P Hodge Delos Trumble Thomas L Joseph William B Ritchie all of Hinkley California. First pub June 19 last pub July 17
The account recalls aged leaders who commanded with vigor in youth and age. Enrico Dandolo at eighty two led the assault on Constantinople at ninety two. Villars the French general in eighty four led a cavalry charge. Mutiny leaders in India in 1857-8 were all aged veterans. Sir Colin Campbell sixty five Havelock sixty two Rose fifty seven Outram fifty four faced tropical heat.
A wandering Cambridge scholar visited U.S. colleges in fall 1909 and, after returning home, argued in a Cambridge review that American culture lacks life for its own sake. He warned travelers will suffer from trophy status and a lack of meaningful conversation rather than genuine dialogue.
A Philadelphia Ledger exchange recalls a witty clash over offering a seat to an elderly woman. The banter highlights social courtesy and personal pride in a compact, humorous vignette.
Leonhard Euler born 1707 died 1783 in St Petersburg lived as a powerful teacher and prolific writer. He left over 200 manuscript treatises with many published works from 1727 to 1783. In old age he was blind yet recalled the first six powers of natural numbers to 100. Two students debating a converging series failed by a unit. Euler solved it mentally and his result stood.
A bride recalls a bronze clock as a wedding gift from her first husband. After a divorce the husband kept the clock, then sends it back to the couple, citing a past gift from the groom.
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