Well equipped railway shop at Ludlow and Nevada
The Tonapeh and Tidewater railway operating from Ludlow Nevada runs a highly equipped Ludlow machine shop. Seven standard locomotives supply power for continuous overhaul and return to service. A gas engine and saw mounted on a flat car aid section work. The Pullman bank car is repainted in the shed. Engine no 9 is due for overhaul and batteries are fitted in motor car boxes for night emergencies.
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Tonapeh & Tidewater Railway
Ludlow
Nevada
Seon
Pullman Bank
Supt Cahill Keeps T and T Attractive in Ludlow
Ludlow, called the clean desert town, benefits from the T and T system with weekly garbage wagon pickups, a distant dumping ground, and well painted company buildings. Water is hauled 35 miles, sold at 2.70 per thousand gallons. Agent W. R. White is seen in a new roadster.
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Ludlow
Ludiow
W. R. White
Talc Shipments Drive Rise in Tonapan and Tidewater Traffic
Twenty cars of talc were shipped from Acme and Silver Lake last month as Tonapan and Tidewater rail road, overseen by Superintendent Cahill, reports strong business with non metals mining picking up. Eight cars of silica, four from Shoshone and four from the Nevada line, left over the T&T last week. Tecopa mines average about 20 cars monthly with smaller operations contributing occasional shipments.
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Acme
Silver Lake
Comport in the Kitchen These Warm Days
An unusual note suggests using a Standard Electric range for warm days since it cooks without heating the room. The heat is directed to the food, not the cook, with emphasis on direct cooking. See TIEHNAN.
Trees and Vines Improve Town in Desert Area with Oleanders
The article notes Oleander trees thriving in Ludlow near Supt Cahill of the & T with plans to line the driveway fronts of company houses. It mentions forty railway workers at Tuchlow, a comfortable machine shop and office, and vividly painted Murphy Bros. buildings amid vines. The piece highlights irrigation water about 35 miles away and a post card view resembling Pasadena.
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Ludlow
Cahill
Tuchlow
Altho
Murphy Bros
Pasadena
Oasis Firms Dominate Ludlow East End Business District
The Oasis interests own the east end including Oasis Hotel with 20 beds Oasis Cafe Oasis Garage and Oasis soda fountain. Murphys Bros control the west end with Shamrock Cafe Garage soda fountain and hotel. Oasis garage rebuilt after a fire two years ago. new ice plant and Fairbanks Morse engine provide power for Reed Gilbert interests at low cost.
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Ocasis
Ludlow
Murphy Bros
Reed & Gilbert
Oasis
Oasis Cafe
Oasis Garage
Fairbanks Engine
Reed-Gilbert
Sell of Silver Spangled Hamburg chickens and others
A local ad seeks buyers for 1 year old Silver Spangled Hamburg chickens and about 75 smaller chickens, with sale planned in March and afterward.
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Hamburg
Notice to Finder under California Penal Code
The Penal Code of California provides that a person who finds a lost article with means to learn the true owner and who appropriates the property without first making reasonable efforts to locate the owner is guilty of larceny.
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California
Barber Addy Still On Joe In Ludlow Scene
Barber Addy, long known for shaving miners and tourists, now drives a Buick coach. He and Mrs Addy enjoy evenings under Ludlow’s hills. A large neon torch on Addy’s soft drink parlor draws tourists to rest and cool breezes. Fifteen years ago George Drumm stopped in Ludlow en route to Barstow and briefly worked in Addy’s chair.
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Mr. Addy
Mrs. Addy
Addy
Ludlow
George Drumm
Barstow
YIWS Restaurant Popular Leader Lee Yim in Barstow
Lee Yim runs a desert restaurant and many tourists pass through his place in Barstow. He consistently praises the Barstow Printer for printing needs and enjoys strong local patronage from residents and railroad employees alike.
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Lee Yim
Barstow
Yim
Postmistress Serves Ludlow Twenty Years
Mrs Reed has served Ludlow as postmistress for the past twenty years. The post office sits in a separate building between the Oasis restaurant and the Oasis carriage.
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Ludlow
Oasis Restaurant
Oasis Earage
Reed
Local Meats Price List from Historic Market
A historical price list shows pork loin and rib chops at 45 cents per pound, pork steaks free, pure pork sausages at 25 cents, bologna and liver sausage priced per pound, sliced minced ham and nut wood loaf listed with per pound figures, indicating general meat prices of the era.
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Supt
T&t
White and
Platt
Barber Addy
Joe
YIWS
Cereal Beverage
Barstow Bottling Works
Hamberger
Veal
Ingour Vegetable and Fruit Department
Okra
Cudahy
Puritan
REX
A.H. Pendleton
Prop
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