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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
5
The community lists many residents traveling to Santa Monica, San Diego, Laguna Beach, Riverside, Newport Beach, Glen Ivy, Coronado, Long Beach, and Los Angeles for vacations and business. Several names and places recur as readers visit beaches and nearby cities this week.
Mr Dreyden recently back from a year aboard a Pacific coast to orient cruise spends time in Corona. Nellie Platt vacationing at a Santa Ana river resort. Ed Bonfoey and family to join a Tourist van trip Los Angeles to San Francisco. Frank Webster visiting Corona from Los Angeles. Clifford Clites and wife depart for Escondido to mine there. George A. McCarty returns to Long Beach. Mrs Frank Clayson leaves Las Vegas for a few days in Long Beach then Nevada home. Mr and Mrs M B Lillibridge back from Elsinore for rheumatism treatment. Mrs Robert Lloyd and son William of Pasadena visiting Patt family for two weeks. E K Mekelly expects Royal sewing machines from the east now popular elsewhere.
James Hoffman visiting his son A. T. Hoffman returned to Pittsburg Kansas on Tuesday morning overland. Miss Myrtle Newton came from HToag's canyon for a few days this week to visit friends and spent her vacation there before returning later in the week.
J B Gooch and wife along with Fred Baird and wife departed Wednesday morning for Los Angeles. Gooch has entered his Tourist car for the Los Angeles San Francisco run and return. BK Kelly expects arrival of Royal sewing machines from the east, a new popular brand in California.
Bass Lumber offers a full selection of building materials including sashes doors seasoned lumber and Washington shingles inviting patronage with assurance of satisfaction.
Miss Elizabeth Andrews recently graduated from Stanford University and will move to Ann Arbor to pursue postgraduate work in mathematics at the University of Michigan. She has received several teaching offers but prefers another year of study.
Mr Geo Ry Andrews Public Administrator of Fresno County and manager of the Postal Velograph office travels with his family to visit his parents at Tenth and Vae streets. They plan to stay a few days, visit Coronado hotel and several coast points including Catalina before returning home.
In a seventeenth century Boston episode a boastful fencing master challenged locals to sword play. Judge William Goffe and Edward Whalley, disguised as rustic travelers, confronted him. Goffe used a cheese wrapped napkin as a shield and a mop as a improvised weapon. The master escalated to a broadsword but conceded after the judge warned him. The encounter ended with the master perplexed at the unmasked challengers.
An elderly man in a large eastern city buys a second ticket for a fireman's ball. He asks a policeman where tickets are sold and ends up at a firehouse. On pressing a button, the alarm erupts, engines, horses, and firemen surge into action, and the man casually requests another ticket as the room erupts in laughter.
The London Chronicle notes distinct smells mark cities from Calais to Moscow. Calais triggers garlic, London mixes soot and fried fish, Florence hints at chocolate and wood smoke, and Russia offers a cranberry scent in late summer. St Petersburg welcomes with an instant sense of the place.
The Cholula pyramid in Mexico has a base of 1,488 feet and height of 178 feet. The Great pyramid of Egypt originally had a base of 764 feet per side, now 746 feet, and originally stood 480 feet 9 inches, now 460 feet. New York American.
Hattie asserts George loves her and will marry her though he has not said so. Ella notes he has shown a strong dislike to mammna, signaling tension in the tale of affection and social pressure.
The piece argues sympathy is loving understanding and that worry, though born from care, harms rather than helps a child. It frames worry as exaggerated sympathy that produces no benefit.
The weekly council meeting had full attendance except Trustee Tuthill. No major action occurred though discussions covered the liquor traffic ordinance after September saloon closure, and installing an electric fire alarm bell tower near city hall. Queen Colony Garage granted permission for an electric sign at Sixth and Main. Cuar bon Manufacturing Co. requested a drain pool behind its Sixth Street building. Corona fire department elected Luther Patton as chief and A. H. Schoneman as foreman. a committee was formed to overhaul firefighting equipment. Chas. Findley and Martin Moore were elected to membership. Mr and Mrs George Vankirk and family left for Newport Beach for a three week outing.
Statewide primaries delivered wins for the Regulars in San Francisco San Diego and Los Angeles. Herrin led the Republican Regulars McNab the Democratic Regulars in San Francisco while the Republicans held 173 of 233 delegates and Democrats 153 of 180 in the state convention. In Los Angeles the Regular Republicans will name four judges three supervisors seven assemblymen and one senator with Reformers naming one senator and two assemblymen.
As the new college year opens at California University students return and football remains the season’s focus. Of last year’s fifteen veterans, at least eleven return for next season while four depart. Walter Christy resumes as team trainer.
Union services led by Rev. Chester Ferris at 9 A M at Congregational church and 7 P M at Christian church. Sermon topics titled The Gods on their Faces and Every Man's Life a Plan of God respectively.
The report states alfalfa yields are large with crops cut about every thirty days due to hot weather and good irrigation. Prices stand around 12 dollars per ton on the cars. On 100 acres one crop yielded 102 tons, the second and third crops 315 tons, totaling 422 tons across three crops, averaging 1.40 tons per acre per crop. the fourth crop is heavier than previous ones.
An old notice touts pineapple juice as a sovereign diphtheria cure. The elixir is pressed from fresh fruit, used without sweetening, and administered by experts to digest the throat blockage. Reported cures claim rapid relief where other remedies failed.
The J C C club of the Methodist church hosted a Tuesday evening world tour starting at the church. Guided by Sunday school superintendent Mr. Thompson, the voyage visited locations representing America Holland Japan and more with refreshments and sightseeing. Geisha girls and tea featured at one stop as the party sampled cream and local fare before concluding at Mr Clarkson's home in Japan.
Champions of the Hawaiian islands in roping and tying steers arrived in San Francisco en route to Cheyenne for the annual contest. Angus McPhee, last year’s Cheyenne winner, was defeated by Kaaua in Hawaii. The Cheyenne event runs August 20 to 22 with a prize cap of 10,000 dollars for the top roper.
A special meeting of Corona Home Telephone and Telegraph Company stockholders is called for September 30, 1908 at 2 p.m. at the corona office to consider increasing capital stock from 25,000 to 30,800. Board of Directors orders Wood President and Chapman Secretary.
Rev. Geo B Clift pastor conducts Sunday school at 6 30 am preaching at 10 45 am class meeting Epworth League 6 30 pm evening service 7 30 pm prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 pm Corner Eighth and Howard Streets services at 11 am Sunday morning school 10 am Reading room open daily 2 4 pm sermon subject Spirit
Pastor Rev B B Jacques outlines the weekly church timetable with services at 9 30 morning 10 30 morning Sunday school B Y P U at 6 30 p m evening service at 7 30 p m midweek prayer and praise Wednesday 7 30 p m Bible class Thursday 7 45 p m and choir practice Tuesday night.
Congregational church holds Sunday school at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m Mid week devotions on Wednesday at 7 30 p m Catholic services led by Rev Quinn are at 7 59 p m each Sunday at St John Baptist Episcopal church except the third Sunday when Holy communion occurs at 1 45 a m Rev George Eley presides over Sunday school each Sunday at 9 80 a m.
Corner Ninth and Main where Rev. W T P Adams presides with Sunday services at 10 am and 7 30 pm The Sunday School starts at 9 30 am and Christian Endeavor meets at 6 30 pm The Christian Ladies Aid gathers weekly on Thursday at 22300 as stated in church notices
The group meets the 41st and third Tuesday of every month at Mrs. A. Ware’s home on Washburn Street at 2 50 PM. Mrs. Leb Birdsath serves as president and OMS Tat Cunning as secretary.
The Salvation Army lists regular weekly meetings on Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays and Sundays with a junior session Sunday at 2 p.m.
An assorted page item shows Browning's Studio at Seventh and Victoria offering portrait services, plus a distributor ad for The Pake Advertising Agency in Los Angeles. Other notices seek a $2,000,000 real estate loan, cottage for sale, and live stock insurance solicitors in California.
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