Ontario Young Man Arrested for Worthless Check Passing
A twenty two year old from Ontario named Harry Croft was arrested after passing a forty dollar worthless check with a fake signature for C W Harris Son in Corona. Constable C F Larrabee alerted Ontario officers who located him and brought him to Corona for a preliminary hearing. He was bound over to await Superior Court action.
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Ontario
Circle City
Corona
C. W. Harris & Son
Harris
C. F. Larrabee
Larrabee
Fred Baird
Superior Court
Harry Croft
Ontario Police
Riverside Plans Revival of Old Fashioned Spelling Bee
Riverside residents show interest in reviving a traditional spelling contest. The first meeting is scheduled at Poly High School next Friday night to discuss organization and turnout.
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Riverside
Poly High School
Carranza Killed in Puebla Mountains
Mexico City dispatch reports Venustiano Carranza killed at Tlaxcalaltong after fleeing the capital on May 6. Official notice says his companions perished with him and the assault was led by General Rodolfo Serrera in the Rinconado region.
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Mexico City
V. Carranza
Puebla
Rinconado
Tlaxcalaltong
Carranza
Rodolfo Serrera
County High School Tennis Tournament Opens in Circle City
The county tournament runs today at the Country Club courts with four schools Elsinore Banning Kemet Corona represented. In girls singles a Banning player beat Erna Marzinke 6 2 6 5 and Banning edged Hemet 6 1 6 4. In boys singles Mac Glass beat an Elsinore player 7 5 6 4. Hemet defeated Banning 6 2 12 10.
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Circle City
Elsinore
Banning
Kemet
Corona
Erna Marzinke
Hemet
Mac Glass
Lola Barnes
Helen Bryant
Herbert Smith
Malcom McMillan
Lemonville High School show dazzles despite weather
A Lemonville High School performance drew near full houses as the 10 stunts and musical numbers impressed audiences. Lighting by George Liebig and stage crew led by Wight and Labrum elevated the show with costumes by Miss Kern and varied acts from October to April including a Senior Play burlesque and a diving pageant with 300 bathing girls referenced.
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Lemonville
Almiost
George Liebig
Mr. Wight
Miss Brown
Labrum
Miss Kern
Edward Reid
Mary Cole
Helen Bryant
Marion Dixon
Martha Hudson
Florence Kine
Verna Peeler
Elizabeth Trexer
Mildred Buzan
Dorothy Fear Vera Eagon
Erna Marzinke
Neva Miller
Gertrude McNeil
Georgia Wood
Berniece Fink
Dan McMillan
George Liebie
Ernest Cole
Albert, Byler
Malcom McMilan
Elizabeth Tresley
Elizabeth Clark
L “Weld
Wilhelmina Warner
Ruth Jameson
Mildred Arborn
Viola Peeler
Loma Yower
David May
Edward Dudley
Curtis Mick
Jacek Fitch
Marek
Bonita Murry
Stanley Ven Dyke
Ceaser
Skipnix
Arthur Webster
Hustleton
Carl Chaney
Miss Golfe
Ierbert Smith
Mac Glass
Darky
Grand View Dairy Milk Station Opens in City
The Grand View Dairy milk station and store on Main Street, run by Dan and Archie Huckins, has operated for two to three days. The facility emphasizes cleanliness with white oilcloth counters, varnished sanitary walls, white-painted woodwork, and cement floors. A notable feature is a sterilizer connected to workrooms to heat all bottles and cans for safe milk products. The ad in today’s issue highlights these points amid other local news and notes broader gas shortages affecting Northern California.
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Grand View
Main Street
Dan
Archie
Huckins
Coronas Experience Wet and Slippery Motor Trip
Lawrence Sliff and wife with J B Wilbur and wife return from San Diego after three days of travel. Rain began Thursday afternoon and intensified, with an electrical storm causing a child’s death and a truck skidding off the road as the group traveled home.
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Lawrence Sliff
Riverside
San Diesxo
Wilbur
San Diego
Opinions differ on benefits of recent rain in May 1919
Ranchers report some losses as hay and grain crops were affected by the storm. County horticultural commissioner Sharp says the rain did no good and may have caused damage, while Grove area growers see some benefits though irrigation may still be needed. Ground conditions and surface drying influence outcomes, with bea n crop cultivation urged to prevent rapid drying. The May shower totals 0.81 inches with season rainfall 12.84 inches.
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DD. Sharp
Sharp
Grove
Padcoek
Temescal Water Co
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Pathé
Pathe
Corona Music. Co
Dragons
Malcolm McMillan
John Key
Raymond Brown
Stella Ter Best
Dragons of Doubt and Despair
Melvin Wrestler
Ida Bishevaky
Ernest Salavar
Irene Selvidee
Marthandson
Jack Fitch
Pierrette and
Pierot
Catherine Hatch
Assue
San Brancisco
California
Majestic
Eee BC
Coronans
Main St
Grand View Dairy
Corona National Bank
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