Mining Boom Returns to Atolia in Silver Strike District
The 1895 gold camp Atolia era returns as a growing silver zone around the Kelly mine. Tonopah capital flows in, Bakersfield syndicate expands leases, and 80-foot avenues and new town facilities rise as development accelerates. Local figures include Jack Nosser, Wade Hampton Williams, and Dave Thompson negotiating titles and property.
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Kelly
Mojave Desert
San Bernardino
Kern
Inyo
Kejly
Tonopah
Tonapah
Bakersfield
Billy Grigge
Atolia
Hampton
Wade Hampton Williams
Naseer
Jack Nosser
Williams
Jack
Hinkley Club Dinner Highlights Local Events and Sales
The Women's Improvement Club of Hinkley hosted a successful chicken pie dinner with prize games and an auction of shadows. Local activity includes Fullers earth equipment sales by Mr. Whitney, alfalfa hay baling by W P Hodge, hog butchering by C G Phillips, and a $100 sale of a six month old Duroc pig. Authorities plan drilling at Redlands buyer J C Osburn's property, while W Van Gundy nears completion of a residence and a new garage. Hurrah for Hinkley.
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Women’s Improvement Club of
Hinkley
California Farmers to Receive 600 Million From 1919 Crops
Sacramento notes report California farmers will earn not less than 600 million dollars for 1919 crops per University of California Dean Thomas Hunt. Olive harvest in Sacramento Valley begins, expected to be a record. Free milk for Sacramento families with children under two funded by public health officials. Sacramento to build sixteen new schools with an 83 million dollar bond issue approved. Sacramento named national convention site for Mothers of Soldiers and Sailors in 1921. Yuba County turkey raisers attach bells to flocks to deter coyotes. Gold nugget worth 2500 found near Oroville, North Fork Canyon.
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Sacramento
California
Thomas F. Hunt
University Farm
Davis
G. C. Simmons
Public Health and Safety
Simmons
Doorn Hosts House of Doorn In Quiet Dutch Village
Oct 20 report notes imperial relics near Doorn as 3000 residents await potential election of a Ho hen zollern burgher while France nears departure of the American army within twenty days. Geneva reports Admiral von Hintze challenging Ludendorff to a duel, which was refused.
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Faris
France
Doorn
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Pottsdam
Geneva
von Hintze
Gen. Ludendorff
Royal visit and town notes from Barstow events
Townspeople greet King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium as their train stops in Barstow and heads toward the Grand Canyon. Local residents A L Mudgett and family return to Barstow, while others attend weddings, birthdays, and travels to Pasadena and Berkeley. News includes a tax-collection drive, a murder aftermath, and new arrivals seeking housing with local work in water works.
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Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
Barstow
Grand Canyon
Hearts of Humanity at Victory Theater
A wartime drama starring Dorothy Phillips depicts famine and suffering from the late war. The film shows Nanete, a bride who becomes a Red Cross nurse on battlefields, amid grim scenes and Hun brutality. Some urge senators to ratify the League of Nations after viewing the production.
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Victory Theater
Dorothy Phillips
Nanete
Red Cross
U.S
League of Nations
League
Washingt, D. C
Barstow Union High School Notes Highlight Student Update
Miss Iverson, daughter of Wm. Iverson, has enrolled as a sophomore at Barstow Union High. Sophomores announce a masked party, lamp posts are erected at the high school, and an indoor baseball result was clarified as a false alarm with the team aided by younger students.
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Leonard Soules
Miss Iverson
Wm. Iverson
Clarence Crooks
Family flees California farms for Colorado amid Japanese pressure
In Los Angeles on October 20 a family explains their move to Colorado to escape what they describe as Japanese inroads into California farmland. Lieut H F Bishop and his brother Sergeant Wm M Bishop are already discharged from military service and plan to join their mother and remaining children in farming lands. Greensburg Pennsylvania also notes a forecast of a mild winter driven by caterpillar activity with coats varying from light to dark.
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Los Angeles
H. F. Bishop
Wm. M. Bishop
Colorado
Greensburg
Pennsylvania
Mary Pickford to star in Daddy Long Legs at Fletcher House
Mary Pickford will appear in the feature film Daddy Long Legs at the Fletcher Opera House next week. The actress reportedly paid 40900 dollars for the rights and the production is billed as one of the most celebrated stories of the past decade in the Ladies' Home Journal origin.
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Fletcher Opera House
Mary Pickford
Los Angeles
Miss Pickford
Fletcher Picture House
Barstow
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Catholics to Hear Patriotism Talk by Archbishop Hanna in Barstow
Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco will lecture Friday evening at 8 in the Barstow Santa Fe reading room on Patriotism and Americanism as part of a desert diocese census tour. Bishop Cantwill accompanies him. the schedule includes confirmations and multiple lectures across Barstow Randburg Trona and Mojave with open church hours and Masses.
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Santa Fe
Hanna
San Francisco
Barstow Santa Fe
J. J. Cantwill
Barstow
L. A. Herald
Randaburg
Trona
Loan Pine
Bishop
Mojave
Los Angeles
National Railroad Accident Prevention Drive Gains Steam
The nationwide railroad accident prevention drive runs two weeks across all federally controlled lines. 325000 Central Western region workers pledge to work safely to cut deaths and injuries. past campaigns show substantial casualty reductions. 6133 yearly railroad cross grade casualties include 1777 deaths and 4556 injuries, rising with more autos on roads.
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United States
Central Western Region
Hale Holden
Office of the Safety Section
The
Railroad Administration
Wood Club Formed in Southern California for Gen Wood
Friends and admirers in Los Angeles form a Wood club to back General Leonard Wood in the coming presidential campaign as a potential Republican nominee.
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Los Angeles
Gen
Leonard Wood
Wood Club
General Wood
California
California Weather Delights New York Region
New York on October 10 enjoys unusually mild conditions with blustery winds expected later. Overcoats seem unnecessary as the region experiences real California weather and residents find medium weight underwear uncomfortable.
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New York
California
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Randsburg
John C. Wray
Kelly Shaft
Blank
Kelly Main
Faavar
Dave Thompson
Houser
Lock Stock and Barrel
Quackenbass
Tom Garrity
Tom
Mr. Whitney
W.P. Hodge
C. G. Phillips
Baling
Mr. Spencer
Harlow
Mr. Adams
Duroe
W. P. Hodge
Hinley
Riverside
K. H. Spoore
Redlands
J. C. Osburn
Mr. van Gundy
J.C. Osburn
Sacramento Valley
the Mothers of Soldiers and Sailors
Yuba County
Oroville
Northfork Canyon
A. L. Mudgett
Esles Smith
Dewes, Boneth
Esmar
Pasadena
Mr. Smith
C. J. Smith
C. H. Smith
Exles Smith
Mary Connor
E. L. Pitcher
Needles
Pauline Carter
Berkeley
Teachers’ Institute
W. H. Deskins
B. F. Gauldin
Geo. Santhu
Elmer Brown
J. Clark
B. F. Gauldins
Bureau of Internal Revenue
John J. Carter
Collector of
Internal Revenue
Howe Ranch
B. F. Ganidin
O. W. Livingston
Portland, Or
Mr. Livingston
Barstow Union High School
Long Legs
National Railroad
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