Women Listen to Art Talks in Alger and Greece Visit
Miss Lewis described a winter trip to Algiers and a planned talk on her journey to Greece. The group toured Moorish architecture, cathedrals, and tavern quarters while studying Phidias, Pericles, Theseus, and battles of Marathon, Salamis, Plataea, and cities like Athens Patras and Voulensis.
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Notre Dame
Lewis
Alger
Miss Lewis
Greece
Phidias
Pericles
Theseus
Dionysius
Athena
Marathon
Salamis
Plataea
Athens
Patras
Vmlensis
Gasoline tractor mired in Belle avenue ditch
A gasoline tractor owned by O F Wasley became stuck in a soft spot on Belle avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets while pulling a plow. The operator shouted to release the plow but it was not understood, causing the machine to sink several feet. It was freed in the afternoon.
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O. F. Wasley
Belle Avenue
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Pacific Electric opens Riverside to San Bernardino line Saturday
The Pacific Electric railway will open its Riverside to San Bernardino line this Saturday with a planned celebration. P E officials will participate and city and county officials from Riverside and San Bernardino are expected to join near the country line. Details of car schedules to be announced soon. trains currently run to Colton.
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Pacific Electric Railway
Riverside
San Bernardino
P. E
Groftholdt
Colton
Uncle Sam hires more men in Corona post office
The post office department will add at least two new workers in Corona as free city mail delivery expands. Residents may obtain government approved mail boxes from The Daily Independent for 50 cents plus a year’s subscription of $3.00, with price rising to $4.00 after year’s end.
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Corona
Post Office
Daily Independent
The
Lemon Growers Build Four Carload Oil Tank in Orange County
Two lemon growers from the Tustin district in Orange County have joined to erect an oil tank with a capacity equal to four carloads. The project reflects cooperative effort by local agriculturalists and aims to support farming operations in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tustin
Orange County
Sick Headache Linked to Stomach Disorders
Mrs. John Bishop of Roosevelt Ohio reports indigestion and recurring sick headache that lasted days until she used Chamberlain's Tablets. The remedy relieved her quickly and is sold by all dealers. Adv.
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John Bishop
Roosevelt
Adv
Christmas Message and Meetings At Local Church
Miss Esther Smith will speak Sunday morning for the W M S. In the evening the pastor discusses The Uncompromising Young Man. Epworth League topic Turizing our Holy Days. John Chambers leads Brotherhood Monday 7 30 p m. Election of officers. L A s W L Cleveland reports on Indianapolis Men’s convention. Light refreshments all men invited. Wednesday prayer meeting Great Gift subject. Nine united with the church last Sunday. You are invited to our services.
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Esther Smith
South America
Epworth League
John Chambers
Brotherhood
W. L. Cleveland
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Congregational Church Christmas Music Prep Services
Congregational Church schedules Bible school at 9:30 for all ages and morning and evening preaching by Rev. Ralph B. Larkin of Los Angeles. Larkin is a familiar, well regarded speaker. Junior society meets at 3, Intermediates at 5, senior Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. Midweek Fellowship Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Study John 14. All invited.
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Bible School
Ralph B. Larkin
Los Angeles
Larkin
John
Groom Is Known Here
Miss Carolyn Bryson and Miram Walton married in Los Angeles after a year engagement. Bryson, a Girl's Collegiate student, left school claiming a headache and planned a few days’ rest before joining Walton. Walton’s father firm F M Walton & Son built the local city hall.
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Los Angeles Times
Carolyn Bryson
W. W. Bryson
San Bernardino
Miram Walton
Hollywood
Walton
Hollywood High School
F. M. Walton & Son
F. M. Walton & Son of
Chicago Faces Fine for Excessive Election Worker Hours
Lawyers claim Chicago violates the ten hour limit for women employed as clerks or judges of elections. On primary day polls run eleven hours and thirteen hours on registration day, totaling eighteen to twenty hours before ballots are counted.
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Chicago
Four Generations in Picture Captured at Nichols Home
Photographer H. Roberts photographed a four generation family group on East Eighth Street and Victoria Avenue. The subjects were Mrs. P. Baker, mother of Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. L. R. Nichols, Mrs. J. H. Martin and her infant son Karl Martin.
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Roberts
L. R. Nichols
East Eighth Street
Victoria Avenue
P. Baker
Nichols
J. H. Martin
Karl Martin
The Man Who Neglects Himself Fights Kidney Trouble
An advertisement warns that kidney problems cause backache nervous spells and poor sleep and urges Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy. Regular use is claimed to cleans and strengthen the kidneys and bladder for better health.
First Church of Christ Scientists Service Times and Hours
Regular services held in Masonic hall with Sunday school at 3 45. Lesson sermon at 11 00. Testimony meeting Wednesday at 7 30 PM. Reading room open Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 2 to 4 o clock.
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Masonic Hall
City beautification and cleanliness discussed at meeting
The club explored urban beautification through trees and public displays in cities such as London Leyden Paris Pasadena and Minneapolis. Speakers cited Rosin Ruskin on trees and noted increased property values from planting trees plus lessons from Torrance and a talk on the cost of uncleanliness and public health improvements.
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London
Leyden
Paris
Pasadena
Minneapolis
Scholarship Honor Roll for Corona High School Six Weeks Ends
The Corona City Schools report the scholarship honor roll for the six weeks ending December 5, 1913. Section I lists students with at least 90 percent in all subjects, including Wilma Archer Maxfield and many others. Section II includes those with at least 80 percent in all subjects. M. Victor Staley, Supervising Principal, signs the notice.
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The
Corona High School
Dorothy Bell
Grace Ann
Bliss
Ruth Bruckman
Elizabeth ‘Burkit
Wakefield B. Burkit
Marle Colbern
Reba Colbern
Ruth Dudley
Georgia J. English
Edith, Epperheimer
Bernice Fairbanks
Elva Farrar
Ethel Farrar
Christena Fear
Lewis Fredley
Madalen Geith
Floy Fern
Gleason
Della Ham
Ben Hamner
Robert Harding
Leo Kroonen
Lucile Lloyd
Ray Marlatt
Hallie Maxwell
Carlos McCully
Clarkson McNary
Ruth McNeil
Gertrude Mick
Alice M. Miller
Frank Parlopiano
Catherine Scoville
Nikola Tower
Lloyd Towne
Dorothy Tuthill
Ruth Tuthill
Chas. A. Ware
Katherine Ware
M. Victor Staley
Street Sweeper Takes Trip Abroad for $98.50
Geo Alexander Grist, a Baltimore street sweeper earning 312 a week, has just returned from his eighth annual foreign tour lasting seven weeks. He spent 98.50 total including clothes, overcoat, hat, and two pairs of shoes bought in England, noting London life cheaper and street sweepers paid 7.50 weekly with long hours.
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Baltimore
Geo
Alexander Grist
New York
Hils
England
London
Washington ad in 1773 Maryland Journal leasing Ohio grant
L. E. Allen of Johnetta Pa. found a 1773 Maryland Journal issue dated August 26 containing George Washington’s advertisement offering to lease at reasonable terms part of his 20,000 acre Ohio grant. The aged paper highlights colonial land speculation and Washington’s early property dealings.
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L. E. Allen
Johnetta
Maryland Journal
Baltimore Advertiser
George Washington
Ohio
Temptations and Poverty Debate in Social Theory
The Harvard president emeritus Dr. Eliot argues poverty is a safer moral condition than great wealth. He notes that the number exposed to poverty temptations is vastly larger than those facing wealth temptations, framing the issue for academic discussion.
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New York World
Eliot
Harvard
The Flaming Comet and Poverty Stain the Air
A dramatic contrast between a dazzling comet and hidden poverty. The piece argues poverty’s persistence may poison daily life while suggesting removing poverty could erase extreme wealth as a worry.
Two Years of Indigestion Healed by Chamberlain Tablets
Mrs. Hilda Obie Keller A A Keller reports two years of indigestion ended after taking two or three bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets. The advertisement states the product benefited her condition and is sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
A. Keller
Hilda
Obie
Alleged Egg Trust Inquiry Expands to California
Albert Schoonover of Los Angeles, the United States district attorney, has been instructed by Washington officials to investigate possible egg trust activity in Southern California. Similar letters were sent to district attorneys nationwide as the inquiry seeks why egg prices are high in this region.
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Albert Schoonever
Los Angeles
United States
Washington
California
Mr. Schoonover
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed by Mother's Favorite
Mrs Verne Shaffer of Vandergrift Pa praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as giving relief to her children when they have colds or coughs. She says it is far superior to other medicines she has used and recommends a trial. For sale by all dealers.
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Hildren
Ontario
Corona
W. J. Pantelow
Mmes Holloway
Davis
Joy Jameson
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Spain
Uncle Sam
P. O. Box
San Diego
Davis & Goetz
Cal
J. F. Humphrey
Congregational Church
Chester Ferris
First Church OF Christ Scientists
Burbank
Torrance
F. F. Thompson
S. R. Byler
Q O. C. McNary
Wilma Archer
Maxfield
Baird
Edward H. Gibson
Paul Ray
Adelaide Jameson
Heigh Hiller
Corona City
Temptations
Sherwin & Williams and
Love Bros
Rusdres
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