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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
6
A health and scientific theology essay argues that bodily waste and renewal balance can preserve the body indefinitely. It cites Hammond and Allen on self renewing bodies, links diet to waste, and says mind and theology support physical immortality through the eternal principle of life in matter.
John H. Zirkle of Phillips West Virginia credits Chamberlain's Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy with curing his father of chronic diarrhoea after years of illness. One bottle ended eighteen months of suffering and restored strength described as comparable to a younger man. Sold by R F Billings.
A caption describes a photographer’s sitter who asks about a small invitation. The sitter reveals the request is a trader’s ruse to capture a natural and interested expression in the face. The exchange appears in Tit-Bits.
A dialogue features Mrs Newlywed seeking a steak and lumbermen debating wood types. The judge cautions that frugality and industrious habits build wealth, with Franklin offering a wry remark on misdirection between a lumber yard and a butcher shop.
Five acre orchard prospects near Beaumont promise higher returns with apples priced at 1.50 to 2.50 per box. Apples require less water and care, can be sold locally to avoid express charges and fluctuating markets, and Beaumont land is described as supreme. Limited quantity means act quickly on this Spe] offer.
Advertises quarter acre city lots priced 100 to 200 dollars on 80 foot streets with 20 foot alleys and mature trees. Mountain water in steel pipes under 80 pound pressure through alleys. Claims scarcity and high value versus 500 elsewhere. urges readers to see to appreciate. Watch Beattmont lots advance.
A sales pitch offers free trips to Beaumont for excursions to small farms showing independence and the chance to own a job. The notices promise unsurpassed acres and opportunities on weekends.
A request from BeaseMont Lange Works Co owners at 226 Mernantile Place Lecture Room 544 S Broadway Los Angeles asks for maps prices and on the ground conditions of five acre apple farms near Beaumont. The letter asks for rail rates from the current location and to consider a Sunday or Thursday excursion if the information proves satisfactory.
The Board of Trustees of Corona orders improvement of a section of Pali Avenue and determines serial bonds will fund the cost. They direct the City Clerk to advertise for bids for the construction, citing public interest and convenience as justification.
The Corona City Board authorizes serial bonds to fund grading cement curbs gutters and sidewalks on Palm Avenue from Olive Street north gutter to Lot 6 Block 2 and Lot 8 Block 1 in MacGillivray’s Subdivision. Bonds run ten years at seven percent with annual principal coupons payable January first. The Corona Independent is named for publication of the resolution and notice. The clerk must post notices invite sealed bids with ten percent certified checks and publish for two days.
The 1908 Corona City resolution orders six foot cement sidewalks on Main Street to Sheridan Street with improvements financed by serial bonds bearing seven percent interest. It authorizes sealed bids, project publication, and bond coupons payable each January 2. The plan follows Article two of Ordinance No. 145 and was passed August 19, 1908.
The Board of Trustees adopts Resolution No. 18 ordering street improvements on the Grand Boulevard Corona from Main Street to Sixth Street including intersections. It authorizes bids for grading paving with decomposed granite and cement curbs and gutters along the southwest quarter, subject to railroad and legal exceptions.
Public notice from Corona City Clerk inviting sealed bids by Sept 2 1908 for street work on Palm Avenue including grading cement curbs gutters and sidewalks with plans on file. Bonds or 10 percent bid guarantees required. bids must meet ordinance specs and bond terms with 7 percent interest on serial bonds over ten years.
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