Oil drilling updates at Chino Corona and nearby sites
Activity around Chino Corona United Oil and Mahala well dominates local exploration as Corona shows coarse sand oil at 3548 feet. Century Oil receives a state permit for unit sales, while Moreno orders 1000 feet of 12 inch casing as drilling proceeds in blue shale. Wild speculation swirls around Puente Hills and Bixby Hills syndicate wells with progress uncertain.
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United Oil Company
Chino-Corona
Cotoma
Mahala
Corona
Moreno
Moreno Oil Company
Bardeen
Puente ‘Hills
Puente Hills
H. A. Bardeen and Associates
Riverside County
Bixby-Hills Syndicate
Industrial notes from California value increases across regions
Vacaville Mt Shasta Power Co buys 95 acres for a large sub station. Winters Pacific Paraffine Oil Co plans local drilling. Berkeley Watts Soap Co files $250 000 incorporation papers. Van Nuys Beet Sugar Co notes about 2500 acres of beets planted in San Fernando Valley this season, nearly double 1920 acreage. Reagya shake mill to make box shocks. Placentia to receive two new business blocks.
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Pacific Paraffine Oil Co
Berkeley
Watts Soap Company
van Nuys
American Beet Sugar Company
San ‘Fernando Valley
Reagya
Placentia
Royal and academic events mark busy day across nations
The King and Queen of Norway observe the 15th coronation anniversary. Gillett speaks at Amherst College centennial. Marion Le Roy Burton delivers the Ob erlin College commencement oration. National Conference of Social Work gathers in Milwaukee. James Rowland Angell inaugurated as Yale president succeeding Arthur Hadley. King George visits Belfast for the Irish Northern Parliament opening, coinciding with the tenth coronation anniversary.
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Norway
Gillett
National House of Representatives
Amherst College
Marion le Roy Burton
University of Michigan
Oberlin College
America
Milwaukee
National Conference of Social Work
James Rowland Angell
Yale University
Arthur T. Hadley
King George
Belfast
Water Shortage Relief Found For Corona Park Area
City council notes a water shortage affecting Corona area and park irrigation. Crew work at the Cajalco system Hoag's canyon raised flow from inches to about eighteen inches, promising temporary summer relief. Plans may add 1500 feet of surface irrigation pipe to curb waste as permanent fixes are awaited. Also, Miss Mathilde Jacobson received a 30 day leave with two weeks pay and two without.
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Hoag’s.canyon
Cross
Mathilde Jacobson
Jacobson
W. S. Davis
Windy One Day Membership Drive Planned by Corona Chamber
Corona Chamber of Commerce officers and the membership committee outlined a one day drive for June 28 to recruit 200 new members. Twenty two-person teams will canvass the city with sessions at chamber headquarters to assign territory and finalize drive details.
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Plan Corona Chamber OF Commerce
Corona Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
First National Bank
Chester Harding
E. F. Clark
Fred E. Snidecor
Messrs
F. T. Pearson
Howard Glass
Tive
Redondo Beach Opens Summer Season With Festivities
Redondo Beach launches the summer season this Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26, featuring band concerts vaudeville acts a Carnival Ball with free souvenirs hats and whistles for all visitors. The resort showcases deep sea and pier fishing attracting many local fishermen and visitors.
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Redondo Beach
Oost
California
Finney
Babylon physician faces public punishment for failed cure
In ancient Babylon a doctor or surgeon who failed a cure was condemned to have his hands cut off by the public executioner, a harsh penalty reflecting the era's harsh justice and high stakes for medical practice.
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Babylon
Festival of St Alban First Heralded Martyr
A fragment notes a festival in honor of Saint Alban described as the first herald and martyr, reflecting early Christian reverence and liturgical observance.
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Alban
Californian invention aids automobile tourists with modular furniture
A California inventor creates a modular device for touring visitors that can be assembled into a chair a bed or a table to suit automobile travelers needs. The concept envisions sections that combine to form multiple furniture forms for on the road use.
Kidnaper Alleged to Bind Victim in Desert Trap
Riverside and Orange County officers pursue Jose Morales a Mexican of Olive California after his alleged kidnapping of Victoria Anshi five months ago. Morales held her captive chained to a tree in Santa Ana canyon near Olive and threatened death if she escaped. She described desert locations and a dagger warning. Morales was arrested then fined $15 and released.
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Gill
Jose Morales Mexican
Olive
Orange County
F. P. Wilson
Riverside County
Morales
Victoria Anshi
Santa Ana Canyon
Albert Murillo
Jose Morales
Orange
Fight for 4k Hour Week Highlighted at Textile Union Meet
The sixth annual convention of the American Federation of Textile Operators opens in New Bedford with debates over adopting a 4k hour week as a leading issue.
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American Federation of Textile Operatios
New Bedford
Yale University bids farewell to retiring president
Dr. Arthur J. Hadley retires after more than two decades guiding Yale University. A Yale alumnus with honors at age 20, he earned the LL S degree and earned acclaim in history and political science. He served as professor before leading Yale since 1898 and also wrote extensively plus chaired Connecticut's Labor Statistics. He lectured at Oxford University.
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Arthur J. Iadly
Yale University
New Taven
Nasty Ble
ALBL
Yale
Yale Harvard
Columbia
John Hopkins
Hadley
Connecticut
Ikld Hee Alse
Oxford University
England
Ethel Chaney Weds Lamont Brand in Corona Home Ceremony
Miss Ethel Chaney marries Lamont Olney Brand in a simple Riverside area ceremony at the Chaney home. Rev J A Engle officiates as family and friends attend a pink rose and ferns decor, then the couple depart for a brief honeymoon and a home at Tenth and Washburn Avenue.
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Ethel Chaney
Lamont Olney Brand
J. W Chaney
Park Avenue
Dorothy Tuthill
Riverside
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Marion Tuthill
Mendelssohn
Helen Chaney
Cecil Bruner
J. A. Engle
First Methodist Church
N. L. Brand
I. A. Engle
Brand
Corona
Kelley Place
Tenth
Washburn Avenue
J. W. Chaney
Corona High School
Riverside Junior College
Exchange By Products Company
L. N. Brand
Riverside county farmssee value more than doubles in decade
A Commerce Department bulletin shows Riverside county farm lands and buildings rising from 43,030,341 in 1910 to about 88,000,000 in 1920, a 105 percent gain. The county added 3,949 farms in 1920 up from 2,688 in 1910, with 3,854 farmers in 1920, and improved acres totaling 348,538. Principal crops include barley, hay, oranges and grapes. orange trees numbered 1,047,343 in 1919 with 1,494,602 boxes of fruit. Domestic animals shifted, cattle near 18,812 in 1920, sheep 13,964, and goats 4,498, while grapes show losses amid a shifting agricultural regime.
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Riverside County
United States Department of Commerce
Ioeo
Interior Department
Red Tinted Cats In Moonlit Scene
A fragment notes that most cats in Hpenth are of a bright red tint and very conspicuous in moonlight.
Odd and Interesting Snippets From The Day
A curio mix from health and science tidbits notes blood flow speed seven miles per hour and palates best left smoke free for tasters. Population per car counts shows the US with thirteen times Britain’s autos. French medical minds claim hairless people are brainier. Paris menus feature lioness steaks camel chops and dolphin fillets. The pygmy hogs of Australia are the smallest wild swine and water makes up nearly three quarters of the body.
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United States
Great Britain
Australia
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