Victorville Items Highlight Local Growth and Activity
Gladys McNeill opens an ice cream parlor beside Turner's store offering ice cream sodas and candies. Fraternal Brotherhood Lodge lists 24 members with 12 new applications to vote on at the next meeting. A social dance followed the meeting and invited all interested in social affairs. The valley reports its best hay crop in years and Dr Garcelon builds a notable new ranch house. Sam Woods becomes road overseer as Victorville streets are graded and oiled. The supervisor race spurs road improvements while James Hargraves employs 30 men for paving blocks. W W Richardson and wife return from a coast trip. Irish cattle thrive on the Porter ranch. Verde ranch grows 100 acres of sugar beets. ripe apples come in from surrounding orchards. Richardson Bros plans more wells. J T Auchinachie buys a 20 hp engine and No 6 pump for a new well.
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Gladys McNeill
Turner’s
Fraternal Brotherhood Lodge
Garcelon
Sam Woods
Victorville
James Hargraves
W. W. Richardson
vVerde
Richardson Bros
J. T. Auchinachie
Daggett Socials and Local Happenings Chronicle
Weekend events in Daggett include a Sunday school social at Mrs. Van Doren's with blues beating reds in a membership contest, home made ice cream and cakes, lanterns, and games. Notices cover contracts near Otis, sorghum production, visits by Barstow and Los Angeles residents, a Bear Valley trip, wagon joy ride, and local talents from stenography to music.
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J.T. Holland
Otis
Los Angeles Soap Co
Daggett
Lubin J. Henderson
Barstow
Fred_Johnson
Thornburg
Lester Houston
L. A
Wet or Dry Issue Beats Free Saloon Lunches
Los Angeles abolishes free saloon lunches discouraging visitors planning vacations. The wet or dry question will appear on the fall ballot for a public vote without petition.
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Los Angeles
Rush of settlers sweeps Daggett to Newberry area
An influx of new settlers from Daggett to Newberry along the Salt Lake and Santa Fe corridors signals the largest migration in memory. Land prices rise to 15 per acre for relinquishments while patented land stays off market. Mining activity, irrigation plans, and livestock efforts accompany the colonization push despite a cold, windy season and frequent grasshoppers.
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Daggett
Paradise mine may resume soot under old management
H. Galeron has delivered supplies to the Paradise mine north of Barstow as options holders face payment to resume operations. A. Ferguson of the American Opal Co arrived Wednesday with a team of horses to support the work.
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H. Galeron
Paradise
A. Ferguson
American Opal Co
Barstow
Rupture Expert Seeley to Demonstrate Shield Truss
F H Seeley, noted rupture truss expert from Chicago and Philadelphia, will appear at the Stewart hotel in San Bernardino Friday through Monday August 2 3 4 5. He claims the Spermatic Shield Truss, approved by the U S government, will fully support and close ruptures quickly without surgery and injections. Charity cases and others may inspect the device free of charge or be fitted if desired.
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F. H. Seeley
Chicago
Philadelphia
Stewart Hotel
San Bernardino
Sun
Ans
Sue
R. Seeley
United States
England
Spain
Seeley
Documenterom
Washington D. C
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