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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1913
Page
8
The opium trade suppression spurs cigarette use in China. In Seattle, Pasteur treatment is underway for twenty residents, while rabies cases rise as 42 bite reports and 33 positive brain analyses have been recorded by the City Health Department. Measles outbreak on Kodiak and Afognak Islands prompts Interior intervention.
The Hanford smallpox scare proved chicken pox after state health review. A Los Angeles streetcar rear end collision injures five and shakes fifty. Santa Monica eyes a jury of women for a wife beating case facing Frank Feeley. Oroville Africa oranges olives expo planned November 25 to 30. Butte rice exhibits in Biggs Richvale. Chico Business Men's Association installs a big display. A Hayward boy bandit Pete Tosti is pursued as authorities recall Joaquin Murrieta. A British subpoena case: San Francisco doctor Dr. Snow not bound by foreign government subpoena per Attorney General Webb. A San Francisco memory trainee regains memory in Galveston after tattoo of name. West Berkeley residents seek sleep relief from noisy PG&E transformers. mufflers planned, inquiry ongoing. Sutter County will exhibit at Panama-Pacific Exposition under valley commission oversight. California’s State Engineering Department placed under Civil Service efficiency system with daily ratings, automatic discharge under 70% and potential salary cuts under 80% for three months.
The Fremont Club met November 4 at Mrs. Aument’s home with hospitality noted. D W Yarger resigns as secretary. I A Dinsmore appointed. Next meeting set for December 2 at Mrs. L A De Bolt. Several residents plan grain plantings on 10 to 20 acre plots. Sunrise Valley Improvement Association schedules November 18 at Arthur Stone’s home.
Mrs J A Coleman hosted a Halloween gathering on October 31 featuring Mrs Watson from Marion Ohio. Prizes went to Mrs Steele Mr Coleman and Mr Steele. Attendees included the Coleman and Jennings families plus Flatte and Morrow households. The next San Antone Improvement Association meeting is set for November 23 at the Jennings home.
State Printer Friend W Richardson reports a further drop in book manufacturing costs. Across eight book lots in two months the average saving is 52 percent from the former administration. The Advanced Geography shows a notable though smaller percentage reduction due to its 756 pages and extensive color maps.
The Los Angeles Tribune announces the Victorville Club will hold a landmark meeting Thursday night November 20 in the Bronson Building on Seventh Street between Olive and Grand Avenue at 8 o clock. A stereopticon lecture on Victor Valley scenes will feature Prof I K Isaacs or I S Morrow with a photo slide display.
Mr. Holmes plans a rapid move of his pumping plant and will test wells with a P K Wood turbine pump. Gold Mountain Mine at Doble gears up to open with a large spring mill, freight passes through, while residents travel to Los Angeles for business and proof work. Lucerne School District voters approved a $2,000 bond for a new school building by 14 to 1, with 15 total ballots.
J B Bledsoe writes from Helen opposing a 1.75 million dollar bond issue in Barstow County. He claims graft by the board of supervisors and wealthy motorists, warns against pet roads and officials, and urges voters to study the proposal and elect honest supervisors.
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