Astor turns twenty two as vast estate duties loom
Vincent Astor celebrated his twenty second birthday amid his vast John Jacob Astor estate duties. In St Louis plans surfaced to reorganize the Western classification committee for fifty seven railroads with a daily rate expert panel replacing semi annual meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Astor
John Jacob Astor
Young Astor
St. Louis
Western Classification Committee
Western
Gertrude N. Garrity
Suffield
Curtis
Superior Court
Electric Light Company
California News Terse items span annexation to LA to stamps
Arlington Heights will be annexed to Los Angeles. The Interstate Commerce Commission held champagne freight rates from New York to California terminals reasonable. British and state health officials plan testimony in Sacramento about trachoma among Elk Grove Japanese children.
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Arlington Heights
Los Angeles
New York
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Board of Health
Elk Grove
Beattie
W. F. Snow
Japan
Pretty Judson wedding in Los Angeles vows
Miss Marion Harding of Judson California married Raymond C Bowlsby of Yuma Arizona on November 15 at Los Angeles in a small ceremony officiated by Rev Lash. The couple left for San Diego after rice was tossed. The bride, once a Judson post office assistant, and the groom formerly station agent, are described as popular locals.
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Los Angeles
Marion Harding
Judson
Cal
Raymond C. Bowlsby
Yuma
Ariz
Mr. Lash
Jearting
Grooumsman
San Diego
Bowlsby
Victorville Chamber Moves To Build Auto Road Link
The Victor Valley Chamber of Commerce met last Saturday agreeing to work with Los Angeles interests to urge San Bernardino County supervisors to fund an automobile road from Los Angeles to Victorville via La Canada Vincent and Oro Grande. The horticultural report proposed fruit varieties and nursery stock practices amid planned further plantings, with about 40 000 trees already set in spring 1913 and more ordered for spring 1914. A mass meeting is planned in Victorville on December 12 to discuss this key issue.
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Los Angeles
San Bernardino County
Victorville
la Canada
Vincent
Oro Grande
Victor Valley
San Bernardino Counties
Horticultural Committee
Job Stock Arrives at Printer Office
A fresh selection of Job Stock has just arrived at the Printer Office. The stock emphasizes printing readiness and offers material suitable for varied printing needs.
Desert Descriptions of Mojave Desert Morning Light
Poem vivid with imagery of a desert ranch in Cajon and Mojave, celebrating morning light and the landscape. It recalls sun on the desert shore, quail calls, juniper and greasewood shelter, wildlife like deer and hare, rattlesnakes and coyotes, and the desert breeze. The speaker longs for the sight of the desert quail’s flight and the sunlit horizon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Ranch
Cajon
New settlers arrive as Lucerne Valley grows
Alice Barnes of Fullerton spends winter with her brother Asa Barnes. Lewis E K and Albert D Wallace arrive with a four horse team to settle 640 acres near the Old Mountain Stamp Mill. Gabriel buys the Lindener place and begins improvements with a light auto truck. Porter and Van Horn return from Los Angeles with news of a Rumley tractor to Gobar Porter and Gobar. Gribbin and Gobar visit Gold Mountain Mine to fetch Mr Harris for carpentry work, returning with apples from J C Johnston at Cactus Flat amid light snow on Holcomb Valley.
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Alice Barnes
Fullerton
Asa Barnes
Lewis EK
Albert D. Wallace
Old Mountain Stamp Mill
Wallaces
Los Angeles
Gabriel
Lindener Place
M.J. Davis
Porter and
van Horn
Chase Drilling Co
Porter
Rumley
Gobar
Lucerne Valley
Victorville
Scotty
Gribbin
F. H. Gobar
Gold Mountain Mine
Doble
Mr. Harris
J. C. Johnston
Cactus Flat
California
Holcomb Valley
Sunday School Convention Held in Barstow District
The Sixth Annual Barstow District Sunday School Convention met Sunday at Union Church on November 16. Delegates from surrounding districts attended and were hosted by Mrs. Leasa and Mrs. Towner. Notable visitors included Dr. Dowling and Miss Mene Brockway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow District Sunday School Association
Union Church
Leasa
Towner
Dr. Dowling
Mene Brockway
Missouri man caught with gun in Ludlow
Tom Woodward of Missouri was found with a pistol and $100 while riding the blind baggage in Ludlow. Constable Harris and Deputy Sheriff G W Hopkins arrested him. Woodward paid a $25 fine and received 25 days in the county jail after attempting to threaten Hopkins. Harris had been in Ludlow seeking two men who threatened Daggett officer Fleming. they were not located.
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Spokane
Wash
United Bands
Oregon Agricultural College
Washington State College
University of Idaho
William Reason
James Byard
Newcastle County
Delaware
Congress
Reason
Warden Crawford
Byard
Oy md de
Stockton
Riecks
San Joaquin County
Thomas Jones
Howard Street
Third
San Francisco
Sullivan
Jones
Tom Woodward
Ludlow
Harris
G. W. Hopkins
Hopkins
Fleming
Daggett
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Lake Huron
Texas
Point Edwards
Mary Lodge McKee
James R. McKee
Benjamin Harrison
Curt Reisinger
Hugo C. Reising
Vancouver
Portland
Margaret Wilson
President Wilson
Gilbert Horrax
Montclair
N. J
California News
England
Douglas Young
Sacramento
Wheeler
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Federal
Grand Jury
Post Office Department
Pacific Coast Post Offices
Tom Bundy
Brentwood Place
Santa Monica
Bundy
Maurice E. McLoughlin
United States
May Sutton
Bank
Modoc County
Webb
State Board of Control
D. Lauer & Sons of
Alturas
Tulare County
Tulare
Bowlsby-Harding
Mojave
DR. Inersheld-Ritchie
West
L. Ibsen
Barstow
Interstate Telegraph Company
Pneumonia
Lubin J. Henderson
Everybody’s Tailor
Barstow, California
Plutarch
Henderson's Department Store
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