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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
3
A survey of women across nations notes a range of customs and conditions. Illiterate women in Siam, Samoa taught to swim by mothers, silk wear for Madagascar’s poor, Moro nurses in 1918 at Philippine General Hospital, Javanese pearl divers from age thirteen, Persian male laughter deemed effeminate, Baghdad harems watching censored American films, Italian women in labor classes smoking cigarettes with ornate mouthpieces costing ten to one hundred dollars.
A concise parable on ambition and vanity contrasts male and female conceit with a sharp critique of laziness. It argues that success and failure are blurred among businessmen and notes a fool’s habit of insults versus a wise man’s fair judgment of others. The piece ends by criticizing laziness as the peak of avoiding trouble.
A San Francisco meat market expands offerings by selling women's silk hosiery as a side line. The item appears among other diversifications in a city business scene.
The note covers global population at about 1.5 billion and annual deaths around 50 million, with daily and hourly death rates. It cites mining output of over 350 million dollars yearly, silk and textiles workforces being mostly female, and legal bushel weights for wheat and corn varying by state, including Indiana Mississippi Ohio.
A brief note outlines wedding superstitions about luck linked to runaway marriages postponements and signing with a quill. It claims the first words after marriage come true and that marrying before sunset brings more luck than after.
The famed racer Hart W. G. Baker known as Cannonball Baker was critically injured near Goffs on the desert near Needles when his motorcycle overturned. He suffered a broken shoulder and internal injuries while attempting to lower the cross country record.
Barstow Liberty Theatre screened Harold Lloyd last night delivering big laughs and strong audience reaction. The comedy program drew a full house and earned praise for timing and crowd response.
George J. Harbouer of Southwest Metal Co Humboldt Arizona visited Barstow yesterday to solicit smelter business for the firm.
Governor Stephens will arrive in Barstow on May 17 at 9 30 AM by Salt Lake train and depart for San Bernardino. A public meeting is planned at 8 30 AM that day for residents to greet the governor. Also noted are church conference plans, local births, a school operetta May 19, and a death en route of Pred Wawking in Indiana. Bees and ranch equipment are offered for sale at C S King’s Hinkley ranch.
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