Local oil crew reports oil at Chino Corona lease
Independent finds drill hole at 3253 ft in good oil sand. R Fife drills in charge says outlook at Chino Corona is bright as oil slick appears in sluicebox and gas bubbles surface. Company aims to determine oil sand extent while continuing operations at the lease.
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Chino-Corona United
Independent Today
Sharp & Hughes
R. BE. Fife
Fife
Chino-Corona
Chino-Corona Company
Chino-Gorond
Riverside grads draw students from local city
Misses Lillie Bryant and Bernice Fink attended Riverside Junior College graduation in Riverside Wednesday evening, where they study at the institution.
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Lillie
Bryant
Bernica Fink
Riverside
Riverside Junior College
Public school teachers in Long Beach quit tobacco rule
Long Beach California teachers must stop using tobacco or resign their positions under a new school policy. The directive targets all staff and aims to reduce classroom distractions and improve student health.
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Long Beach
Calif
Highgrove Scouts Aid in Extinguishing Brush Fire
Quick action by 15 or more Highgrove Boy Scouts and local citizens prevented the loss of valuable hay stacks near Pigeon Pass. Starting at a watering trough at 3 pm, the fire spread over more than 25 acres before 7 pm as residents and scouts dug around the blaze and threw dirt on the flames. County fire warden Fred Baird called it the season’s first serious fire.
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Highgrove
Pigeon ‘Passy Yeaterday
Pigeon Pass
Ania
John ‘Pingree
Fred Baird
Speeders of City Face Sentences in Jail
Homer Hammond, a delivery driver for a local grocery firm, was arrested Wednesday by Chief of Police Frank Redans for speeding. He was fined $25 and sentenced to five days in jail, with $15 of the fine suspended by the judge.
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Homer
Hammond
Frank Redans
City Recorder
C. R. Miller
Redans
Iean de Oo
Jgex
Wells
Emerson's Huge Corona Sale Heads Saturday
Emerson's store at 519 Main Street announces the best sale ever opening Saturday morning at 9 30. All articles will be on sale with new stock at new low prices including shoes dry goods hats and furnishings. Free present to first 50 entrants Friday morning and store hours extend to evenings.
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Emerson’s
Main Street
Corona
Circle City Band Opens Outdoor Concert Tonight
Circle City Band plans an open air performance at 8 o clock tonight on the corner of i zhth and Main streets. The program includes Baxter Annette March American Educator Galloway Skages op 41 Smiles and Dimples Never Knew Pitts Fox Trot Intermission National Emblem Bagley March Sunrise St Clair March American Bandmen Miller Waltz Blue Bird Star Spangled Banner McCoy.
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Circle City Band
Skages
Pitts Fox
Hamilton marks 75th birthday and notable civic events
The 75th anniversary of Hamilton Ont is celebrated marking incorporation in 1846. Charles J Bonaparte turns 70. Utah enacts a cigarette smoking ban in public areas. Toronto University convocation awards Doctor of Laws to Premier Taschereau and others. Saskatchewan election may determine Liberal or opposition government. St Marys College Kentucky hosts centennial with Governor Morrow and bishops.
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Hamilton
Ont
Charles J. Bonaparte
United States
Utah
Toronto University
Taschereau
Quebec
Martin
Saskatchewan
Ifoday
St. Mary's College
Kentucky
Local oil men seek control of Corona Oil. stockholders to vote
Agents from at least two oil development syndicates are in Corona negotiating to take over the Corona Oil Co and resume drilling to 4000 feet if needed. A third party will arrive tomorrow. Stockholders vote Saturday June 11 at 8:00 pm in City Hall for a report on the company's audit.
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Corona
Corona Oil Company
California
Corona Oil Co
Riverside
C. Ke Clammer
Corona High School First Graduate Noted
In a 26 year review it is revealed that George A. Scoville was Corona's first high school graduate. The 25 year class included Eva Ogborn Maude Baird Maude Burton Ethel Baldwin Belle Randall Myra Corkhill Lillie Buckner Frank Dill Perle Glass Harry Taylor Harry Scoville George H Merriam John Glass and Claude Townsend. J D Moore visited Santa Ana while Sumner Billings and Chas Nowlin attended Chino Fourth of July sports. Edna Sovereign returned home from Pasadena for the summer. Mrs H H Holmes and Mrs E G Tuthill left for Long Beach. Two women were caught smuggling tobacco in New York. Corona plans a brass band soon. E G Tuthill and Clark Sanger went to Long Beach. I N Sears went to Pasadena to move goods. The Sears family joined Corona. Tuthill Bros. retired from the meat business. Chas Schmetser Sr now runs it.
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Voking
George A. Scoville
Corona School
Corona High School
Eva Ogborn
Maude Baird
Maude Burton
Ethel Baldwin
Belle Randall
Myra Corkhill
Lillie Buckner
Frank Dill
Perle Glass
Harry Taylor
Harry Scoville
George H. Merriam
John Glass
Claude Townsend
J. D. Moore
Santa Ana
Sumner Billings
Chas
Nowlin
Chino
Edna Sovereign
C. Gully
Pasadena
H. H. Holmes
E. G. Tu
Conference on Water Shortage Sets Meeting For Today
City trustees stockholders and patrons of the Cajalco Water Co planned a 2 PM conference to address a water shortage in the company system. An inspection trip over the pipeline and the source in Hoaey’s canyon was scheduled.
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Cajalco Water Co
Cajalco Company
Hoaey’s Canyon
Fourth of July Celebration Planned for Corona
In a June 1919 Corona chamber meeting at City Park a motion passed to make the Fourth of July an annual event. The Independent pledges cooperation with a business or civic committee to promote a successful observance this year and beyond.
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Chamber of Commerce
Corona City Park
Corona
First Fatality Of Desert Heat This Year
William W. Stemmell, 20, collapsed from heat while walking from a Palm Springs camp toward Banning and died hours later after being taken to Banning. He worked with the county highway surveying party at Palm Springs and was about four miles from the camp when exhaustion overtook him. He was found by Southern Pacific section men near the railroad tracks.
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Palm Springs
Banning
William W. Stemmell
Southern Pacific
Record of forty years with same telephone number
A Louisville business firm claims a record by holding the same telephone number for forty years. Recent astronomical findings suggest that older stars move faster as they grow. The fad of collecting mascots to ward off bad luck is gaining popularity.
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Louisville
Riverside oil field predicted by radio geologist
Dr. A B Simons, expert in radio geology, says a new oil field will strike in Riverside County near Moreno along Perris Boulevard. He predicts oil at 1667 feet with 330 feet of oil sand, citing nine logs and a rotary rig for the first test well. He asserts granite is actually a conglomerate schist and touts 26 years of electro geology testing.
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Riverside County
A. B. Simons
Riverside Press
Simons
Temple Oil Company
Perris
Moreno
Imperial Valley
Huntington Beach
Tehachapi
Simon i
Huntington Field
Baseball Gossip Across Leagues Sparks Early Season Talk
Two Friday pitchers share headlines in the Piedmont league with Winston-Salem and Danville. Ludington races to ten games in the Central league by winning seven. Jack Dunn guides the Orioles to a strong lead in the International league. Texas league clubs all contest the pennant in a wide open race.
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Winston-Salem
Danville
Ludington
Jack Dunn
Baltimore Orioles
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