18 Apr 1916
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1916
Page
1
The notice lists Geo M Blair as city editor and G J Thompson as publisher and adent ator, with publication details showing an afternoon schedule except Sunday at 110 112 West Sixth Street.
A Summer Session course titled Defensive Speech Correction will run June 26 to August 5 at the University of California. Mrs. Mabel Gifford, head of the Speech Defect Clinic, will teach mothers and teachers how to overcome stammering and defective articulation through simple teaching and practice methods.
Athens April 18 Germany has begun reconstructing Serbia with Austria-Hungary in charge though Germans direct policy. Residents invited to return if they farm for Austro German interests while Russian prisoners assist. Mills modernized, engineers manage industry, and Belgrade opens German led schools for about 3,000 pupils. Serbian instruction required.
When space permits, The Independent invites letters on local issues. Communications should be typed or written plainly on one side of the paper. The Independent disclaims responsibility for writers views and does not endorse them.
Report says Francisco Villa's body, buried two weeks, has been exhumed with a swollen gangrenous leg and is being moved across Mexican deserts to a site for identification by Mexican and American authorities. Public sentiment notes the potential implications for wartime troop return and cautions about the odor of the average Mexican when fresh.
Notice under Riverside Superior Court order to sell one half interest in Lot Seven and Eight, Block 108, South Riverside Corona California. Buyer to assume $2500 mortgage to F M Goff plus taxes and street assessments. cash balance in gold coin. Bids in writing accepted before sale with court confirmation.
Listing of polling place locations and election boards for Corona precincts No 5 and No 6. Mentions inspectors judges and clerks for each precinct and confirms polling venue at Gene rux Garage and Corona High School grounds. Includes names A P Kelly Anna Percival Ella Alden Min ta Connell A J Ware Maude Wilson Alvin Cross C H Birdsall L L Andrews John Key Sabrina Waite.
The Corona Library receives multiple periodical gifts including The Artist and The Choir from publishers and agencies. Harriet K. Coffin donates opera scores by Balfe to Wagner, now ready for circulation in the musical library’s opera section.
A concise note on fame and downfall along with a remark on advertising as a market edge. It hints at a medical school in California enabling demonstrations with pediatric cases from the University of California.
San Antonio Texas April 18 General Frederick Funston pictured as a fierce commander is in reality affable and homeloving. At Fort Sam Houston he tends a large garden spending hours daily to ease the Mexican situation with vegetables like beets and lettuce growing under the Texas sun.
London reports a Lancashire man known as Tommy bound over to keep the peace for twelve months asks if the binding applies to Germans. In Salonika a new Verdun cafe opens while a Greek merchant markets the Verdun Collar making news in the region.
An old ad touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound for turning gray hair dark and glossy. It claims a natural look after one or two applications, with a ready to use bottle costing about 50 cents at drug stores.
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