War Talk at Fletcher Hall Barstow Sessions Red Cross Aid
A Barstow audience heard Dr Morhedge describe his wartime experiences in Russia and Turkey. He blamed German officers for war cruelties, praised Russian Red Cross work, and urged American support of the Allied cause during a Tuesday evening address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Hall
Barstow
Morhedge
Red Cross
L. J. Henderson
Dr. Morhedge
Russia
America
California
Rumenia
Gladstone
Balkin
Bismarck
Germany
Austria
Constantinople
Turkey
Barstow Bathing Beach Picnic and Field Meet
A district wide picnic and track meet is planned at Barstow swimming pool on Saturday May 11 starting 10 30 am. Events include ship christening boat races shoot swimming and an afternoon athletic field meet with dash events high jump broad jump and tight wire walking over water. Prizes consist of blue red and white ribbons with points determining the winner. Attendance is encouraged for both adults and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Red Cross
Boston
Soldier Letter From Fort Leavenworth Reveals Routines
Chas Mathers writes from Fort Leavenworth Kansas detailing daily drill and mess schedules, barracks chores, and fatigue. He notes weight loss from illness, arrival of George Mills Jack Sutcliff and his brother, and eagerness to go to France with a large group of railroad workers turned soldiers. He mentions O A Row at Camp Funston and asks Barstow friends to write, identifying former Santa Fe employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mills
Jack Sutcliff
France
Kansas City
O. A. Row
Depot Brigade
Camp Funston
Kans
Barstow
Mathers
Santa Fe
Twins Dillingham Returns to News of Arrival and Limit
Twins fisherman Forest Dillingham came back from Big Bear Lake with a limit catch. A telegram announced his wife had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, in Los Angeles the day before, prompting his remark about the limit.
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Forest Dillingham
Big Bear Lake
Los Angeles
Local Notes from Barstow and Daggett District
Town topics report visits by miners and merchants in Barstow Daggett Needles and Hemet. A geological map from State Mineralogist Fletcher Hamilton is received. A Barstow Department Store stock sale and May 16 Farm Bureau meeting are noted. A miner shows gold from Coolgardia claim. Oil wagon updates and a humorous water tank incident with Agent Thompson are included.
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Fletcher Hamilton
Inyocounty
Ben Hemus
Coolgardia
Barstow
Ben
Standard
Thompson
Patton
Eighth Grade Sets Per Capita Thrift Stamp Record
The Barstow Post reports eighth grade students have bought thrift stamps totaling about $2,965, averaging $50 per pupil as the term nears end. Officials anticipate surpassing $3,000, with local sales also noting War Savings Stamps at $7,000 and Liberty Bonds at $2,800 through the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needles Nuggett
Barstow
A. Gilliam
Judson notices and local war bonds and a fatal accident
B C Higginson reports 1050 dollars in Liberty Loan Bonds from Helen workers and residents while T H Hansen gathers 150 dollars from his section gang. Bent Wilson’s brother John is killed when struck by a motor car near Victorville April 29. The railroad completes a concrete section gang house. M G Booth and wife return to their ranch after winter war work in Los Angeles.
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B. C. Higginson
Helen
T. H. Hansen
Bent Wilson
John
Victorville
M. G. Booth
Los Angeles
Maimed Soldiers Education and Self Help Movement
The article outlines rising maimed soldiers from early wars and the drive to place them in training schools in the United States. It cites French casualty rates, California enlistment figures, and a Congress bill to fund maimed soldier schools. It contrasts pension ideals with teaching self reliance and cites Canadian examples of post injury advancement and salary gains.
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California
Industrial Accident Commission
Germany
Congress
Canada
Athletic Entertainment May 13 At Sloan's Hall
An athletic program planned for Monday evening May 13 at Sloan's hall includes wand drill free-hand movements athletics and grammar school girls in costume springboard gymnastic horse marching drill by boys and a big basketball game between Daggett and Barstow grammar school boys. It will be the season finale and should draw interest.
Daggett Benefits Red Cross After Sunday Baseball
The Daggett and Barstow game drew 27 to 7 for Barstow with Red Cross raising 40 dollars. Buel Funk donated a pig auctioned to raise more, while Walter Mudgett hit a home run and John Sloan and Funk each scored twice. A rematch against the San Bernardino Elks is planned.
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Daggett
Barstow
Daggett Boys
Red Cross
Buel Funk
Walter Mudgett
John Sloan
San Bernardino Elks
West End Towns Support Red Cross in Mojave Valley
Northwest County towns Atolia Johannesburg Borosolvey and Trona form branches of the Mojave River Valley Chapter for a 49 camp celebration around the 26th likely in Johannesburg. Proceeds go to the Red Cross while volunteers fund materials through finances and sewing and knitting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Atolia
Johannasburg
Borosolvey
Trona
Mojave River Valley
Dentist Dr Grimes Returns to Barstow Office
Dr Grimes the dentist returns after several weeks absence and will meet former patients at the Barstow Hotel office. He recently purchased a ranch in Los Angeles county. See his card on third page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Barstow
Los Angeles County
Minneola Notes on Visits and School Closure
Mr and Mrs Hazen Taylor returned from a visit to Long Beach and Pasadena. L G Haimut seeks rheumatism treatment in Los Angeles. Mr and Mrs Burk and Miss Myers hosted LA Soap Co members with ice cream and cake. Our school closed May 1 with a picnic and closing exercises. Hazel Myers, the year’s teacher, will teach Daggett next year and left for Los Angeles to stay with her uncle.
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Mrs. Hazen Taylor
Long Beach
Pasadena
Samuel Clark
Hazel Myers
Daggett
Miss Myers
Los Angeles
Hinkley society notes and local movements
Mrs C D Raftery returns to Hinkley after tending her ill father and reports his condition much improved. Mrs Geo Siemon visits Los Angeles briefly. H B Johnson cuts and bal es hay this week. Mr Hodge travels to Los Angeles on business. Fred Yeary returns home for a short visit. Rev Esbon R Marsh preached at the school house last Sunday at 3 pm. W A Amey and family visited Mr and Mrs J D Rich Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Van Gundy and daughter Bessie and Miss Marie Johnson dined with Mr and Mrs J D Rich Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esbon R. Marsh
van Gundy
Bessie
Marie Johnson
J. D. Rich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barstow's
Chas. Mathers
Fort Leavenworth, Kans
Clyde ‘Richardson
Chas Mathers
31St Engineers, Co. F. Ft
Ottis Carr Or ‘*MecLain”’ Is
R. C. Griffith
H. W. Goldsmith
Stocck
San Bernardino County
C. O. Gillett
Hemmet
Fred Bauer
Billy Webster
Mare Island
Navy
Dr. Stauter
Dr. Shepard
C. D. Collings
Jimmie Wadsworth
Jim West
Needles
Big Bear Valley
Hillis
W.C. Murray
Arizona
Inyo County
Judson
R. R. Co
Social Service Department
West Eud
Strong
Minneola
L. G. Haimut
H. B. Johnson
Mr. Hodge
Fred Yeary
W. A. Amey
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