Undertaker Plates in Pennsylvania Draw Laughs
Car license plates in Pennsylvania pose light humor with five characters. An undertaker’s hearse in Chambersburg shows U-2, while other plates read 123-GO and MA PA US OH U2. California’s Imperial County stands out for a lone J plate. Mr and Mrs B W Blanchard visit Barstow from Adelanto where Miss Blanchard promotes Turkey Town and publishes The Adelantan.
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Pennsylvania
Chambersburg
The
Automobile Club of Southern
California
Imperial County
County
B. W. Blanchard
Margaret of
Adelanto
Barstow
Blanchards
Harper Lake School District Bonds Sale Notice
Notice is given for sealed proposals to purchase Harper Lake School District bonds totaling 2000 dollars. Bonds dated July 1 1930 bear 5 percent interest, payable semiannually, bid must include par and accrued interest and any premium. Deposit 5 percent cashier’s check with bids. delivery around July 1 1980. Board reserves right to reject bids.
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Harper Lake School District
Board of Supervisors
County of
San Bernardino
California
Harper Lake
The Unseen Fire Menace of Everyday Carelessness
A formal warning that many people unknowingly fuel fires through careless habits. It urges restraint with cigarettes, oil-soaked rags, faulty wiring, and household explosives, arguing daily risk destroys lives and property and harms prosperity. The piece stresses personal responsibility to end this widespread danger.
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Judife
I Llegal
Scotsman’s Free Gift Sends Shoppers Packing
A Scottish shopkeeper offered a free coat hanger and cigar lighter with each purchase to draw customers. Crowds flocked to the store, but each patron left with only a nail and a match instead of the promised items.
Notice for Public Sale of Homestead Claim in California
John Christ Ozimek of Newberry California, who filed Homestead Entry No 046191 on September 26 1928 for W half of Lots 1 and 2 and Lot 2 of SW and Lot 2 Section 6 Township 8 North Range 4 East B M, intends to prove 3 year soldiers sailors proof before Notary George Henderson in Barstow on June 20 1930. Witnesses: William E Storey Jay Pickell Geo E Wheaton and James A Sickner. No withdrawals. B B Smith Register May 15 to June 12.
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Department OF the Interior General Land Office
Los Angeles
Calif
Emma Como la
Barstow
Ethel Inman
Yermo
Cal
Lucian Bell
T. O. Williams
Mattie Chapman
B. B. Smith
Register
John Christ Ozimek
Newberry
Meridian
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San Bernardino Co
Lloyd B
Tiernan
Ofotel Flayward
Bath
H. C. Fryman
Harry C. Wagener
Russell H. Wagener
Managers
S. L. Benson, M. D
White & Platt Bldg
John A. Graham, M
Harvey House
Roy H. Chapin
Postoffice
Notary Public
Lubin J. Henderson
Justice of the Pearce
Victorville
Motor Express
Colyton
Mutual
Undertaker
U-2
R. A. Kelly
General Building Contractor
Hinkley, California
Harry L. Allison
F. J. Atkinson
Mojave River Valley
Henderson & Nicklin
Hinkley
Daggett
Judge Dix van Dyke
Southern
Inyo County
Mohave River
Mohave River Valley
Cadiz
Santa Fe
Parker
Union
Indian Territory
Newberry Big Springs
Brigham Young
Salt Lake
Newberry Springs
Camp Cady
Henderson & Nicklin Mining Bureau
Jimmy T Pton
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric
Riley Electric Shop
Barstow, Cal
Hercules
Campbell
Circus
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