Good Roads Day Unites Albuquerque for 18-Mile Old Trails Build
National Highway Notes recount Albuquerque’s Good Roads Day on September 11 when stores and banks closed, workers and wagons mobilized, and 18 miles of Old Trails National Highway were advanced. A single crew filled 32 360 cubic feet, 809 feet long, plus extensive grading and ditch work.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Albuqurque
Isleta
District 18
E. W. Fee
Road to Yucca Signing by Notables Today
Judge Krook R P Wheelock Ike Bartholomew and Hubert Smith sign the road to Yucca today. Work expected to finish before nightfall per Mohave County Miner.
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Carl G. Krook
Ray P. Wheelock
Hubert Smith
Kingman
Crozier
Mohave County
Judge Krook
R. P. Wheelock
Ike Bartholomew
Yucca
Grand Ball at Lee's Hall Promises Evening of Dance
The Catholic Church women announce a Grand Ball at Lee's Hall on Monday evening September 29 at 7 30. Admission 50 cents for gentlemen and 25 cents for ladies. Proceeds support church activities.
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Lee’s Hall
Death of Mrs S A Evans after goitre operation
A letter from Barstow California informs Mr W J Evans of the death of his wife Mrs S A Evans. She underwent goitre removal after about two weeks under observation, recovered consciousness, but died suddenly in the evening during a request for water.
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S. A. Evans
W. J. Evans
Barstow
Cal
Barstow Briefs Highlight Local Movements and Visits
O M Lowell returns from a two week business trip to Los Angeles and San Diego while planning to improve his Pomona area ranch. Various locals including Santa Fe Division officers and residents visit Corona races in Los Angeles and Long Beach.
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O. M. Lowell
Los Angeles
San Diego
Pomona
W. D. Morrison
Power House
Herb Nessley
Barstow
Ash Fork
Ariz
Santa Fe Div
Shay
Johnston and
Roethenhoeffer
E. L. Stanfield
E. T. Hillis
Corona
Forest Dillingham
Little Son
Forest Jr
Gene Dillingham
Long Beach
J. Zanini
Faulkner
Daggett
J. I. Sloan
Mary
Jesse Flint
San Francisco
C. E. Kendrick
San Bernardino
Ringling Bros., Circus
Dr. Stauter
Kathryne
Tommy Coleman
Frank Langell
Needles
Joburg
R. B. Flenniken
Oro Grande
A. F. Colcord
Mexicans Celebrate 103rd Independence Anniversary
In this vicinity residents marked the 103d anniversary of Mexican independence with a barbecue open air dances speeches and fireworks on the east side of town. Alcohol flowed freely but conduct remained excellent and orderly.
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Spain
Unprecedented heat wave grips San Diego at 114 degrees
At 2 PM Wednesday San Diego registered 114 degrees while Barstow reached 98. The intense heat in San Diego is described as an unprecedented hot wave.
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San Diego
Barstow
Barstow School House Fire Alarm Fends Off Incendiary
At about 10 15 P M Sunday W C McGuire a railroad yard day tender spotted a suspicious person near the Barstow school grounds. He saw a light in the new part of the building, investigated, and found a fire started with oily rags and shavings. He fired two shots to raise the alarm and extinguished the blaze, while the incendiary escaped. An arrest may follow soon.
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W.C. McGuire
McGuire
Salt Lake Railroad Gap Survey Delays Construction Plans
The Salt Lake line from Riverside Junction to Daggett is surveyed and set to run 105 miles at several million dollars. General Manager H C Nutt says no decision to build has been reached as funding and authority are awaited, and the project will wait for the moment.
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Salt Lake
Riverside Junction
Daggett
San Pedro
Salt Lake City
H. C. Nutt
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Viva LA Republica Mexicana
Lubin J. Henderson
Everybody's Tailor
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