29 Jun 1926
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Newspaper
Corona Daily Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1926
Page
1
A contract was awarded for paying Oxnard Boulevard with a total value of 56 461 dollars and 19 cents. The action was completed by city authorities and funding details accompany the project scope.
Beginning Saturday evening July 38 Parkridge Country Club will host a buffet supper dance from 8 30 to 12 30 with dancing included. Summer attire will be allowed for months while formal wear is not required. July 5 open house will offer a guest luncheon. The next gun range day is July 11 with rifles revolvers and shotguns used in competition.
The Aaronson Company of Los Angeles won the 33 000 dollar Desert School District bond issue at a premium of 27. No other bids were entered. The five percent bonds fund new elementary school facilities. Board appoints Wheelock and Mrs. Combe to the county board of education. terms expire July 1. Wheelock is Riverside City schools superintendent. Combe teaches in Bannside.
The article notes Chinese use of animal bones to minimize waste. The back leg of cows yields mahjongg tiles with native bone said to outlast imported types. Rib bones supply upper front pairs for knife and fan handles. Sheep leg bones provide cigarette holders and pipe stems, with sheep bone seen as usable beyond fertilizer in some regions.
A Forum essay by John T. Nichols of the American Museum argues oceans yield abundant edible fishes beyond herring and cod and that sharks, though feared, can be used for food oil and other products. He notes sharks currently provide substantial sea sustenance and could sustain humans if other catches decline.
Report details an elderly man Idouard Japia, ninety eight, who killed himself by leaping from a window in Prus sels as an extreme personal crisis. It notes near-record status among old-age crisis reports and mentions a prior case of a Hungarian farrier with a similar fate alongside a Budapest case, Janos Mervessi, who leapt to end his life in the Dicrube due to age and family context. his rescue and family ages are cited.
A household plans a fete for a visiting guest named Heine with preparations in full swing. Fivearmold Gladys arrives on the date and disrupts the scene, noting the clash of schedules and social expectations. The dialogue hints at familial tension and a mistaken sense of timing.
A nearly five year old boy, Sole, arrived to visit his crane. Parents tried to make him feel at home but he refused to talk or warm up to the anxious hosts. He was escorted to his bedroom where an old walnut bed awaited him. On sight he became excited, ran in, and announced with a beaming smile that it fits.
The text traces ancient and early modern firefighting history from Rome under Augustus with a seven corps brigade to London’s first engines in 1688 and the 1829 steam engine by John Braithwalter. It notes Boston forming the first U S city fire department in 1678 with a hand pump from England.
A young farmer shows his land to a prospective buyer. While touring the house the boy pipes up about the plumbing, pointing to large holes and saying that they are rats. The scene unfolds as the father attempts to sell the farm with the son in tow.
The text notes Mount Marcy as the Adirondacks highest point at 5 314 feet, located in Keere x county about forty five miles S by SW of Plattsburg.
Ira C. Landis Riverside County schools superintendent will chair the third annual Better Rural Schools Conference in Los Angeles. Opening talks July 8 cover rural supervision with Richmond of Kings County and Fid wards of Fresno County, followed by general discussion and a conference dinner the next day.
Labor leaders in Orient Harbin organize a drive to raise twenty thousand dollars sent to England to aid striking British miners. Professional unions are required to contribute one percent of their monthly wages to reach the quota.
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