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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
3
Tabernacle schedules Sunday School at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m with a class meeting after. Song and prayer at 7 45 p m followed by 8 o'clock preaching. Wednesday prayer at 7 45 p m led by Rev E E Hopper. Pastor.
An unidentified Mexican was run over and killed near the Barstow yards by a vehicle likely number 21 near the cut. San Bernardino Deputy Sheriff McLain held an inquest in town.
Barstow listings include a 1916 Overland car for sale at 695 dollars and a $500 piano bargain at Fletcher Theatre. Local residents and visitors are noted visiting from Blythe Los Angeles and New York with multiple travelers and transfers to San Bernardino Newport Beach Salt Lake City and Colorado.
Litany and Rosary at St Josephs Roman Catholic Church to be observed with Mass at 7:45 a.m. on the 19th of each month until further notice. Rev J B Roure is the pastor.
Rev J C Hani minister delivers Bible School at 10 a m for all. No morning service until September. Evening services indoors as usual. Strangers welcomed. Daggett preaching Thursdays at p m.
The Union Church of Christ led by J. Ek Bell holds Bible school at 10 a m with W H Howe as superintendent The evening sermon at 8 p m is Put that on Mine Account The vacant chair We shall meet but we shall miss him Christian Endeavour meets at 7 p m on Purity Temperance and Strength Mrs Howe leads Attendance at the parsonage with parlors rooms and piano is invited
Fresh carload of Portland Cement sold at 3.35 per barrel net. R W Dillingham Adv and Geo R Smith of Victorville visited the Printer office this week. Mr Smith left Barstow for Goldstone to oversee property. Carroll Evans of Newberry installs a new sign at Barstow Drug Store. Jack Sutcliffe fished two days in Indio county Cottonwood Mountains returning with a good bag. Lubin Henderson moved to a new area and Geo Brown expands store to improve display. Barstow sees many changes tied to desert awakening.
The 1916 Overland car is declared a winner in a small showing at Alvin and the Hotel Barstow, with local entries noted as successful in a brief adv item.
Yesterday afternoon Barstow and surrounding country were hit by thunder, lightning, and a cloud burst. Rainfall reached 1.35 inches with ongoing showers. Floodwaters swept over railway tracks and flooded the business street. Miss B Forrest faced water entering her rooming house beneath the viaduct.
Five dollars reward offered for information leading to conviction of thief who stole from the rear of Lubin J. Henderson's Tailor Shop. An iron stove about two feet high was also involved in the incident.
Mr and Mrs W C McGuire welcome a ten pound son born Monday July 10. The father is in Santa Fe Hospital Los Angeles where he was treated earlier for rheumatism.
Fred Mulcahy of Daggett died Wednesday at 3 p m after a long illness. He had resided in Daggett all his life. Mrs Bb L Mudgrett of this city is a sister of the deceased.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason certifies this on December 6, 1886. The remedy is taken internally and said to act through the blood on mucous surfaces. testimonials are promised. Sold by all druggists.
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