14 Apr 1916
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1916
Page
1
The text presents an editor and publisher line with J. Thompson as City Editor. subscription rates are four dollars per year two dollars for six months and thirty five cents per month. Delivery is in city limits with subscriptions in advance. Published every afternoon and Sunday at 110 112 West Sixth 6
The article reports Col Roosevelt's blunt stance to a Republican congressman about nominating him. He ties candidacy to national mood, duty, sacrifice, and readiness for wartime duties, while signaling willingness to run if urged by the people and prepared to lead. Oyster Bay politics grow with reporters and camped coverage. Perkins, a financing figure, keeps a cautious stance on the nomination.
In Pomona on April 14 Lilian Atkinson who had been nearly speechless since birth suddenly rose in bed and sang "Nearer My God to Thee" days before her death, a final act of faith witnessed by relatives.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church held an all day meeting in church parlors with a special luncheon served cafeteria style by eastern and western seating groups. President Mrs. Hoss led a lively business session, and visitors included Mrs. C L Newton of Long Beach.
Calgary officials announced plans to replace saloon hours with leisure facilities. The city will create horseshoe pitches bowling greens and municipal golf links to channel residents’ time after pubs close June 30.
Posting requests a cheap horse for sale with address and price at Post Office box 124. A prize is offered for finding a pair of gold rimmed spectacles with double lens lost on March 24 in Corona. A white female Russian Wolfhound with Spots, collar, ring, and leather thong went missing from Cerrito Rancho on the morning of March 24. finder to notify Corona office WMC.
Winnipeg April 14 investigation by Manitoba grain commission found hundreds of thousands of bushels of wheat idle in fields due to car shortages. The provincial government will take charge to move the crop and relieve unprecedented grain congestion.
Fresno hosts the seventh annual California Raisin Day on April 28 with a pageant parade in which 500 girls from kindergarten to high society will participate. A play titled The Princess and the Magic Raisins will entertain visitors and a Raisin Day Queen will be chosen from each of California’s 58 counties with Governor Hiram Johnson as guest of honor.
Jeff Davis once known as King of the Hoboes now amasses wealth after a Wall Street tip on a war stock. He used his savings to invest and now has $55,000 in credit. He started Hotel de Gink in Seattle three years ago for jobless brothers, then expanded to New York and has just completed his third world voyage.
Mrs C W Post widow of C W Post and her daughter Mrs E B Close of Greenwich Conn offered 500 in cash for prizes to the owners of the handsomest rose gardens in Battle Creek this spring. The Post family long funded the contest and many homes are expected to enter as gardens bloom across the city.
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