19 Apr 1916
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1916
Page
1
Readers are invited to send communications on issues of local importance to The Independent. The paper notes it prints typed or plainly written pieces on one side of the page and disclaims responsibility for writers views or editorial policy.
Red Stocking Community of Brookline Massachusetts offers 100 dollars prize for a simple play to be produced with its Christmas paint. Open to all United States writers, submissions to Miss Esther G Barrows Coolidge Corner Post Office Brookline.
London reports a massive contract for 38 million pairs of Cossack boots for the Russian army. Each pair needs about 9.5 feet of leather per leg and two square feet per pair, with roughly 300000 hides required to fill the order.
Notice offers teengolett signs to post property against hunting depredations. Signs sold in approved manner at 25 cents each.
A town council meeting prompts wage cuts and layoffs to balance finances, while local figures and roads projects come under scrutiny. Pauses reflect on unspent highway funds, promises of road work by 1917, and jokes about civic life in Corona.
An exhibition of physical education in high schools, universities, athletic clubs and turnverein will be held during the four day convention of the American Physical Health association in Cincinnati. Five hundred members from across the United States are in attendance.
Quote on human streets and vitality by Phillips Brooks reflecting on moral rigor and civic life. It contrasts unused character with wasted vigor and questions purpose in service to God and community.
Albany officials forecast the 1915 16 legislature will enact new taxes totaling six to seven million dollars from indirect taxation plus about 900000 from a secured debt tax and 3500000 from excise taxes. Inheritance tax rates would be tightened to bring in around two million more. Non residents state rules cap intangible tax but tax capital invested by non residents doing business in New York.
An Arab man spends his last barn on dates and climbs a cliff to eat and die. A weaker man below catches his stones and explains he has eaten nothing for three days and Allah sent the stones to save his life. The first man thanks God, finding someone poorer than himself, and both go to the city.
A BostonTran script ridicules a wife desiring an airship to look down on neighbors, sparking humorous debate about vanity and social ambition.
The London report tells of Cyril Cook a 15 year old office boy who lied about his age to join the army. He fought at Gallipoli from early 1915 and performed dangerous outpost duties, twice capturing Turks with a bayonet. He was killed December 15th, shot through the head.
The conference in New York led by Dr. Luther H. Gulick features speakers like Joseph Lee Edward Ward and Haven Emerson. It focuses on financing wider use of school buildings and expanding community center activities such as dancing immigrant education health teaching motion pictures and crafts.
A brief fragment urges businesses to advertise regularly to stay in customers’ memory, stressing consistency in location and brand presence. The note hints at promotional routine without detailing methods or platforms.
An old promotional snippet touts a foot remedy named Tiz. It claims relief from tired swollen feet, bunions, callouses and sores with phrases about exudation and pain absence. The ad promotes a 25 cent price for a full package and urges quick use for comfort.
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