Belgians object to German flag colors and other May news
Telegraphic items report Belgium protests red black gold flag as similar to their own. Long Beach announces June 28 welcome for veterans and nurses. Henry Ford sues Chicago Tribune for libel over 1916 article. Telegraph rates raised 20 percent by Interstate Telegraph in several counties. Britain faces mass unemployment with government aid of 30 million dollars monthly. Cleveland considers using discharged soldiers to replace women war workers. Petrograd expected to fall to allied forces soon. Hungarian Reichstag former president Navay assassinated. Brooklyn bonds drive includes 23 sales to notable figures and a preacher. Progressive movement gathers strength to challenge Republican convention.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Milan
Dr. Navay
Reichstag
Vienna
Budapest
New York
Brooklyn
Hiram W. Johnson
California
California cherry shipments signal fruit season move
Washington reports a thin chance of army reduction before a peace treaty with Germany. California begins the deciduous fruit season as cherries go forward. The first small Loomis shipment arrives in Placer County and an early Vacaville box sells in Chicago for five dollars a pound. The season will move district to district and variety to variety as grapes finish next winter.
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California
Loomis
Placer County
Vacaville
Chicago
Water discovery fuels optimism for 1919 pioneers
Albert Dygert, a Barstow irrigation pioneer, taps abundant water at 115 feet in his almond grove well. Gravel flow suggests a true underground aquifer in the west and north valley, prompting plans for three more wells by C Christensen and Harry Alderson for other 1919 settlers.
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John C. Wray
Golden Valley
Albert Dygert
Barstow
Dygert
Almond
San Bernardino County
C. Christensen
Harry Alderson
Minneola Correspondent Reports Local Moves and Events
J N Skobel notes a domestic well about 100 feet deep done by D M and Elmer Harlow. Russel B Hopkins of Los Angeles returns to homestead. W R Cooley from Rialto visits his ranch. Arthur Evans of Sierra Madre visits with family and may resume work here. Jack Richardson and wife move into Cooley's house. Local Farm Bureau crowd attends Barstow meeting. Minneola school picnic on Mr Clark's land a success with Mrs Kirby's pupils. Annie Blodgett of Pasadena is aunt to H J Taylor.
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J. N. Skobel
D. M. and
Elmer Harlow
Arthur Evans
Sierra Madre
Miss Preston
Mr. Evans
Minneola School
Voorhees
Farm Bureau
Bureau
Shaper
Misa Lillian Francis
Dix van Dyke
Geo. Siemon
Wilshire Boulevard Hotel Co finances Alexandria purchase
State Corporation Department Sacramento notes another Lincoln chain link with D. M. Linnard's California Hotel Co. purchasing the Alexandria Hotel property in Los Angeles. Financing via 3.5 million dollar first mortgage bonds, 1.35 million second mortgage bonds, and 44 993 shares. First mortgage bonds subscribed by S. W. Straus & Co. of Chicago. second mortgage bonds to Los Angeles capitalists. Authorized by E C Hellows. Also mentions share sales and incorporator stock at par. company organized to deliver packages in Long Beach.
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Sacramento
D. M. Linnard
California Hotel Company
Alexandria
Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard
W. Straus & Co
Chicago
Commissioner of Corporations
E. C. Hellows
Wilshire Boulevard Hotel Co
Dime Packages, Co
Long Beach
Chas. A. Haslett
M. N
Town Topics Highlights From Barstow Area
Community notes report Dr Price recovering from surgery in Los Angeles and improving. Various locals and travelers are listed visiting hospitals, relatives, or on trips from Barstow to Los Angeles Needles Pasadena San Diego and Douglas Arizona. Copyright notices mention Elks smoker plans and local business updates as well as military transfers and recruits.
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The
Barstow Elks
Elks
Sloan’s Ball
Victory Theatre
Livestock Declared California’s Greatest Industry
The article asserts livestock as California’s top industry surpassing citrus and dried fruits. It notes Imperial Valley ships a train load of spring lambs weekly to eastern markets and, in April, 47 cars of fat steers left Los Angeles for Kansas City, illustrating the scale of livestock activity.
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Los Angeles
Kansas City
Women's War Work Appreciation at Barstow Victory Loan
A Barstow note from the National Women's Victory Liberty Loan Committee thanks residents for their service in San Bernardino County. It expresses gratitude and hopes for future cooperation. The item also reports California melon acreage totals and favorable prices for cantaloupes and watermelons.
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National Women’s Victory Liberty Loan Committee
Barstow
San Bernardino County
Tam
California
Agricultural Department
Farm Bureau Meeting at Waterman Ranch in Barstow
About forty farmers gathered at the Waterman Ranch on May 14 for a Barstow Farm Bureau meeting. Bernard Shaper and Henry Drobish led discussions on cattle, breeding, feeding, and financing cow purchases with local officials and visiting experts from Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.
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Farm Bureau
Miss Waterman
Barstow
Waterman Ranch
Bernard Shaper
Henry Drobish
Scribner
Los Angeles County Farm Bureau
Professor Voorhes
State Farm
Davis
Voorhes
Shaper
Goble
First National Bank
Victorville
Big Bank
Los Angeles
Riverside
San Bernardino
Jersey
Bull Associations Prosper Across States
An USDA specialist notes farmers often resist organizing bull associations, yet 54 groups exist in 21 states with 14 more planned. The first was formed in Michigan in 1908, and 20 states have since joined. Benefits cited include better bulls, cheaper costs, improved dairy offspring, and more milk for the same money.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Geta
Dairy Division
United States Department of Agrculture
Kaosas
Oklahoma
Georgia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Missippi
Michigan
A Spad and Fokker Airplanes Parade in Los Angeles
A Spad and a Fokker will be hauled through Los Angeles streets on May 18 at noon. A military parade will precede an aerial maneuvers exhibition at De Mille field in South Hollywood.
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Los Angeles
de Mille Field
South Hollywood
Southwestern Dry Dock Co Incorporation Filed in Los Angeles
Articles of incorporation for the Southwestern Dry Dock Co were filed with the Los Angeles county clerk on Tuesday to build and operate a dry dock at Los Angeles harbor. The company reports total deposits in the Los Angeles bank of about 275 million dollars.
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The
Southwestern Dry Dock Co
Bilding
Los Angeles Harbor
Los Angeles
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