Good Roads Bond Meeting Friday Night in City Hall
El Paso dispatch notes public meeting about a bond issue to improve roads scheduled for Friday at City Hall. The article also reports ongoing Mexican border turmoil with federal forces in Chihuahua, battles at Ojinaga, and Pancho Villa marching 4000 men to aid General Herrera, causing Chihuahua refugees to seek safety in Presidio.
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el Paso
Chihuahua
Ojinaga
Pancho Villa
Nlerrera
Presidio
Mexico declares null and void presidential election in Mexico
Mexican congress voids the October 26 election due to incomplete district returns. General Victoriano Huerta is named president ad interim and may stay until July 1, 1914. The assembly, with 156 present, passed the resolution unanimously after a roll call. President Wilson’s stance awaited.
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Mexican Congress
Mexico City
Congress
Victoriano Huérta
Huerta
Catholic Party
Rell
General Huerta
Senor
Jose ‘Lopez
Mexico
High School Honors Corona Singer at Assembly
Mrs. S. E. French a Corona singer delighted high school students with morning performances. A planned visit by the Occidental 3lee club may occur in February 194? and a Christmas vacation party is planned by the literary society. The glee club will sing while juniors and seniors hold a parliamentary law contest. Basketball players are invited to Miss Clark's home for a Friday evening treat after a promised win.
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S. E. French
Occidental Glee Club
Corona
Ucore
Fror Tle
Occidental 3Lee Club
Literary Society
C.H.S. Glee Club
Miss Clark
East Kendal Street
Walking from Seattle to New York on foot
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aitcehley of London reached Corona on foot after traveling from Seattle to New York with a burro named Jane and a wagon. They plan to reach New York before snow flies, traveling via San Francisco and Ventura, not on a wager, carrying a tent, army cots, blankets and limited provisions.
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Mroo
Arthur Aitcehley
London
Tenaland
Corona
Ngon
Seattle
Washington
New York City
San Francisco
Ventura
New York
Jane
Asteley
Daily Independent
Uncle Sam Hires More Men For Corona Mail Service
The post office department will add at least two men to the Corona office as free mail delivery comes to town. Residents can obtain government approved mail boxes from The Daily Independent for 50 cents plus a one year subscription to the paper. After year’s end the paper will rise to four dollars per year.
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Corona
Post Office
Daily Independent
The
Huerta Regime Faces Recognition Debate Amid German Diplomats
Diplomats discuss potential renewal of recognition for Huerta government as plans extend Diaz term while Huerta intends to stay in power. The question centers on whether foreign governments will confirm or withhold acknowledgment during the unexpired portion of Diaz’s term.
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Porfirio Diaz
Huerta
Vincent Astor Engaged to Miss Huntington in Society Surprise
Vincent Astor son of Colonel John Jacob Astor and heir to a vast estate plans a yacht honeymoon with his fiancée Miss Stelen Dinsmore Huntington, a match that stunned society pages and ends months of secrecy surrounding his heart.
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Vincent Astor
Cupid
America
John Jacob Astor
Young Astor
Mr. Astor
Stelen Dinsmore Huntington
Travelers plan route to relatives via San Diego desert trek
The party intends to visit relatives at Tlément then proceed to San Diego. From there they will cross the desert by way of Yuma and Imperial.
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Tlément
San Diego
Desert
Yuma
Imperial
Beloved Tractor Dredges Soft Belle Avenue Plight
A prairie tractor pulling a plow sank in a soft spot on Belle avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets while attempting surface work. The operator reversed to drop the plow, but the vehicle became mired with added load. Crews freed it later the same afternoon.
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Barstes Wies
Beetle Avenue
Fifth
Sifth
Belle Avenue
Wim
Petition drive for Bessie Wakefield pardon in Connecticut
Lee Davison circulated a petition to Governor Simeon Baldwin seeking pardon or commutation for Mrs. Wakefield convicted of murder. He gathered about signers and sent the sheet to Hartford. The item also notes shipments and cannery/walter growth in Santa Ana, including a new packing house and a cannery replacing a fire destroyed plant.
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Lee Davison
Corona
Simeon B. Baldwin
Connecticut
Bessie Wakefield
Lfe
Santa Ana
Waterways and Rail Plans Dominate Washington Debates
Special correspondent J E tones reports on national waterway advances and levee protection for the lower Mississippi and a push for government owned railroads in Alaska. Western senators clash over Hetch Hetchy and conservation amid broad calls for federal action and new funding.
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Ryers
Herbers
Atlantic
Sam
Congress
Lower
Mississippi
Washington
War Department
United States
Alaska
Kenyon
Iowa
California
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Riverside
W. J. Pentelow
T. (. Jameson
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G. P. McCorkle
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F. Oster
San Bernardino
R. W. Pridham
Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County
Banner County
Pridham
Karl S. Carlton
Jas. H. Northrup
Coachella Valley
Karl R. Smooth
Beaumont
W. D. Clemens
West Riverside
S. C. Evans
Supervisor Flaherty
T. C. Jameson
City
Mr. Jameson
Tony
Continent
Uncle Sam
Corona National Bank
American Press Association
Miss Huntington
Campbell
Vante
Vaelles Walteot Growsers Association
Rivers and Harfor
J. E. Tones
First National Bank
A. J. Ware
Pres
S. Tarrengton
Cash
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