29 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1916
Page
1
A jumble of children’s verses and stray lines from an editorial about President Wilson and a strike. The piece cites an LA Times editor’s take on Wilson’s intervention and a pending September strike order, with mentions of wage demands and railroad engineers.
Fragments show Aunt Rhody praising Rosanna for writing a letter to New York and a related anecdote about President McKinley, plus a tale of a man walking four blocks in Chicago and unrecognized. A civic exhortation asks voters to reflect on duty and conscience before an old church supper scene ends the clipping.
In Detroit on August 29 Republicans clash for nearly every ticket spot in Michigan primary races. Five men seek the governor nomination Frank B. Leland Albert I Sleeper Gerritt J Biekema Washington Gardner and Sybrant Wesselius. Democrats back Charles F Bender for governor while U S Senator Townsend faces opposition from William H Hill and Theodore Joslyn.
An old man in a boat speaks of remaining confident as he sails toward a remote island. He jokes that his cork soles will keep him afloat, a curious verse attributed to Margaret Ashwin.
A vintage health note touts daily inside bathing with hot water and limestone phosphate for one week. It claims cleansing of the stomach liver kidneys and bowels improves digestion, purifies the blood, and sharpens appetite. It targets constipation bilious attacks acid stomach rheumatic twinges and pallid skin.
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