Corona Citrus Heritage and Early Growth Milestones
The article traces Corona’s citrus boom from 1886 to 1905, noting land acquisitions, early settlements, and the rise of packing houses and fruit exchanges. It highlights key figures like R B Taylor and Adolph Rimpau, and counts shipments of 60 821 oranges and 39 084 lemons in 1900, signaling a strong industry foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston and Riverside Fruit Company
St. Louis Fruit Company
Fruit Association
Corona
R. D. Barber
A. Compton
T. B. Drinkwater
R. B. Taylor
G. L. Joy
E. B. Alderman
Daniel Lora
J. S. Jewel
George Brown
Frank Scoville
Colony
Southern California Fruit Exchange
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Queen Colony Fruit Association
Boston and South Riverside Fruit Company
W. H. Jameson
Corona Calendar Evening Activities and Meetings
Calendar notes list for Corona: psychology class at W. C. club house 7 30 p m, Pythian Sisters at K P Hall 7 30 p m, Forty and Eight members plan trip to Tri County in Anaheim at 7, Lions Club Ladies Night Old South Tavern, Auction Bridge at Corona Country Club 8 p m, Mothers psychology class 2 p m, Poultry Association City Hall 7 30 p m, Rotary Club Luncheon Hotel Kinney, Chas Paddock at H S Auditor ium, Saturday Market Day shop in Corona, Sunday church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian
Tricounty
Anaheim
Lions Club
Old South Tavern
Corona Country Club
W. C
Poultry Association
City Hall
Rotary Club
Hotel Kinney
Chas
H S. Auditorium
Corona
Merrill Street Improvement Ordered and Sewer Farm Purchase
The Board of Trustees approved Merrill street plans for paving gutters and curbings from Railroad avenue to Olive with a sidewalk from Sixth street to the boulevard. A $4740 warrant was approved to Stern Realty for 15.8 acres for a sewer farm, First National Bank as escrow agent. The city clerk was instructed to obtain building plumbing and wiring ordinances from nearby cities and to equip the city truck with Presto lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Street
Stern Ranch
Board of Trustees
Railroad Avenue
Olive
Sixth Street
C. Gully
American Legion
Loren Emerson
Victoria Avenue
N. H. Norton
Anna Platt
First National Bank
Stern Realty Company
Doctor to Teach First Aid to Corona Boy Scouts
Dr. B. S. Allison will address Corona Boy Scouts Friday night on First Aid. He will show the advantages and needs of the practice and illustrate different phases of the study at the scout hall on Seventh and Main Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Allison
B. S. Allison
Corona Boy Scouts
Riverside County Chamber Endorses Toll Bridge Plan
Riverside County Chamber of Commerce met to pass resolutions backing a new toll bridge over the Colorado River at Blythe to be built by J L Herrington and funded by the war department with later state purchase. They also endorsed surveying the Box Canyon route on the Mecca Blythe highway to restore traffic diverted to the Yuma and San Diego routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Chamber of Commerce
Colorado River
Blythe
Colorado
Riverside
J. L. Herrington
War Department
California
Arizona
Mecca
Box Canyon
Mecca-Blythe Highway
T. Mahnke
Blythe Chamber of Commerce
Reed
Mecca-Blythe Road
Yuma
San Diego
Riverside County
Unique Recital by W L C Music Group Delights Audience
The Woman's Improvement Club Music Section held a dance forms program on January 20 1925 at 3 pm in the Woman's Club House. Mrs Max Fitch chaired the event introducing Miss Margaret Horst who spoke on dance as an art and noted its historical ties to Hebrews Greeks Aztecs and French culture with reference to Bach Jolandel Fladyn and Chopin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumier Willines
EK. F. Damon
Max Fitch
Woman's Club House
Margaret Horst
Bach
Jolandel
Fladyn
Chopin
International and Domestic News Snapshots From Jan 21
Geneva reports a severe stalemate risk at opium talks as delegates depart unsettled. Los Angeles cites a 1 060 000 appropriation plan for forest fire prevention and water conservation shared 50 50 by government and state. Peking notes rising Shanghai tensions with Russian mercenaries and potential clashes near Soochow. City Council in Los Angeles approves 121 000 square feet of County Hall of Justice space with annual rent about 67 760 dollars. Washington reports Senator Edwards declining comment on Weehawken rum scandal, probe findings on naval oil leases approved 40 to 30, Monroe Doctrine unity theme in Hughes address, Coolidge notes on railroad administration cost, and ongoing White House briefings on reparations and foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Congress
California
Southland
Conservation Association of Southern
County Hall of Justice
Temple Street
Broadway
Washington
Edward [. Edwards
New Jersey
Senate
Walsh
Montana
Spencer
Missouri
National Capitol
Jusserand
Coolidge
St. Lawrence-to
White House
McKellar
Tennessee
Corona Needs One Thousand More For Community Chest Goal
Corona residents face a final 24 hours to raise an additional 1000 dollars for the 1925 Community Chest drive. A luncheon of 22 workers at Old South Tavern reviewed soliciting progress as incomplete returns show 1671.06 pledged toward a 3500 goal encompassing Boy Scouts Red Cross Salvation Army Home League and an emergency fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay S. Reeder
Corona
Community Chest Fund
Old South Tavern
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Home League
Community Chest
Golbern Plans New Building Program
Golbern plans a building program in Sporegway tract by CloA, Co Peon Perurt Por, featuring modern five and six room houses. Construction aims to provide homes at an average cost between £25000 and £??, with the project starting after phased approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloa
Pradeiade Rouse
California Lemons Expected to Exceed Normal Yields Worldwide
Lemon sales agent R. Powell says Southern California will supply more than the usual lemon yield despite wind and frost damage. The California Fruit Growers Exchange reports an estimated 9,500 carloads to be shipped over ten months, a figure only exceeded by 1927 and 1920. A chart tracks shipments from 1914 to 1925, showing rising totals and the 9,018 carmark in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
R. Bb. Powell
California Fruit Growers
Hmxchange
California Caragraph
Exchange
Powell
Southern California UC Branch Expansion Proposals
Three measures aim to expand the University of California Southern Branch by funding new buildings with 1,000,000 dollars, selling existing branch facilities, and allocating 450,020 dollars for new grounds to speed a larger better equipped campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California
Southern California
Poultry Association Meet Sets Speaker for Tomorrow
Deo Sanan, new poultry advisor for North Corona Land Company, will be the principal speaker at the Poultry association district meeting in City Hall at 7 30 pm. All interested in poultry are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deo, Sanan
North Corona Land Company
Poultry Association
Quarantine Lifts Boosts California Growers
Growers welcome removal of hoof and mouth disease quarantine as all state quarantines against California fruit and vegetables are withdrawn. Certification for each car shipment is no longer required, per a telegram. Horticultural Commissioner A E B Bottel notes the county benefits from eased controls after last spring’s outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
A. E B. Bottel
Horticultural Commissioner
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Circle City
Corona District
Adolph Rimpau
George L Joy
Samuel Merrill
Iowa
B. Yorba
H. C. Kellogg
Main and
Sixth Streets
Grand Circle
South Riverside
Temescal
Patrick Harrison
Corona Chamber
W. LC. Music Group
Janet Williams Gould
The
Woman's
Improvement Club
World News
Selestoo Taelen
Beefeebe
Geneva
Peking
Shanghai
Chi Hsieh Yuan
Lu Yung Hsiang
Chinkiang
Soochow
Hughes
United States Railroad Administration
Southern Branch
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