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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
3
The essay questions charity distribution efficiency and warns against aid programs bloated by staff and overhead. It cites a Wichita Eagle Cru cible column noting how much donated money is eaten by administration before reaching the needy, urging donors to seek real impact. It also includes a set of brief, practical self control exercises to improve focus and calm.
A reader guide urges conscious thinking and presents a simple card-dealing exercise. Sit comfortably and slowly deal a full deck, covering each card precisely, for fifteen minutes. Focus the mind on the task to demonstrate four cardinal elements of constructive thinking and self mastery.
Las Vegas eyes a gold rush as prospectors swarm the forest mountain range 48 miles east of town. Two miners IF BE Vasser and Le Roy Maso plus a dozen associates report three claims with ore samples valued at about 5000. News sparks a desert scramble for supplies and transport.
A Frigidaire equipped motor truck with six tons of fruit and perishables crossed the continent in four days and 21 hours, reaching New York in first class condition. In 125 degree Arizona heat the refrigerated cabinet stayed below 45 degrees, showcasing dependable electric refrigeration and open new trucking fields. The 52 foot GM truck and trailer used an auxiliary gasoline engine to power the refrigeration.
The Barstow branch of the San Bernardino Valley Bank will be closed all day Monday October 12 for the Columbus Day legal holiday. A. J. Weld, Manager.
Mildred Webb invites the public to a free dinner on Sunday October 18 at her premises 109 Cottage Street Barstow California. Entrants must guess what and where Jiggs is located and send answers to Box 1285. She promises home cooking with salads deserts and main dishes and notes many Barstow residents return for seconds.
The Barstow Printer invites readers to share ideas and recipes in Conning Corner. Address communications to Conning Corner, care of the Barstow Printer. Elbert Hubbard quotes on comradship and accepting one word as Holy Writ.
A compact wartime loaf recipe notes an economical, wholesome prune nut bread. It details soaking prunes, making prune juice by simmering, hydrating oats, combining sugar salt shortening nuts and yeast, then mixing in flour, allowing two rises before baking in a modern oven.
A compact, user supplied recipe note describes a shredded wheat dessert using 1 box jello 1 small can fruit 2 or 3 shredded wheat biscuits 3 teaspoons sugar and 1% pints water. It states to make the mix like plain jello and yields six good servings with basic guidance.
Los Angeles civic grand opera marks its halfway point this Friday with Tosca led by Yvonne Gall and Mario Chamlee. The cast includes Elisabeth Rothberg, Ezio Pinza, Friedrich Schorr, Gotthelf Pistor, and Maxine Castleton, with Nat events progressing through October 12 to 17 featuring Die Meistersinger and Il Trovatore among Metropolitan stars.
Barstow Union High School begins work on its yearbook El Desierto under newly elected editor Olga Braunsweig. Staff selections pending, California Scholarship Federation has two members, and freshmen are buzzing about a “Baby Party” kickoff.
The University of Redlands will host a combined homecoming and open house next Saturday October 10. Frank Speth announces a single large annual event, diverging from prior customs to welcome alumni and visitors to campus.
The Barstow Printer, Barstow California, October 1 1981, prints the ownership management circulation statement under the 1912 act. Lloyd E Tiernan declares himself editor publisher and owner, with no bondholders over 1 percent. Notary Albert J Weld sworn affidavit. Also includes classified ads offering a Barstow business lot for 3500 and a lease advertise for a 50 foot front lot on US highway 66 with details.
Department of the Interior, General Land Office Los Angeles Calif announces William E Storey of Hodge California has filed intent to prove up land claim from a 1926 homestead entry No 042586 for plots described in Section 35 Township 9 North Range 3 West 8th Principal Meridian before the U S Register at Los Angeles on November 5 1931 at 9 am Witnesses Irvin T Goddard Moses Taft William Griffith and P B Pigman all Barstow California Non coal No withdrawals Louis Vandenhook Acting Register Published Sept 24 to Oct 22
The notice covers George Harvey Eckard of Los Angeles filing for final proof on his 1928 Enlarged Homestead Entry for El 10 Np 11N, R GW, S B M Meridian, with witnesses from Hinkley and Barstow, and dates for the proof in November 1931. It also records Santa Ana Gold Mines Company applying for patent for Santa Anna No.2 Quartz Claim in Kern County with detailed survey bounds and locations, and notes first publication October 8, 1931 and final publication December 3, 1931.
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