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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
5
The Baraca class of the M. E. church held its first basketball practice on the high school court newly lit with electric lights. Players are mostly out of practice yet capable, and a scrubs game against onlookers showed they can score easily.
Members of the Auction Bridge club gathered Monday night at Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Reid’s East Kendall home for a turkey dinner. The house featured holly decorations and three tables of auction bridge followed. Mr and Mrs R N Ross won first honors with a set of table napkins.
A frightened horse pulling the Ceremony delivery wagon bolted from Becker bakery on Main Street at five p.m. It ran north to the Santa Fe depot before stopping. William Ceremony and a younger brother were aboard. no injuries. Harness was badly damaged.
The Corona Country club initiated four new members at the clubhouse Monday evening Miss Sophia Sweet Miss Daisy J Trott Miss Ruth Boling and Mr Peter M Kragstad Following the initiation card playing and dancing was indulged in and supper was served.
Harry Daniels returned from Minneapolis to Corona with his bride Wanda Hedka. The couple resides at the A. E. Brown home on North Sixth Street. Daniels has resumed work at the F. H. Ott store where he was previously employed.
The Temescal lodge elected M. E. Clawson as Worshipful Master, Harry L. Lyman as Senior Warden, Luther Patton as Junior Warden, Geo. Brown as Treasurer, and A. H. Larrabee as Secretary. Installation ceremonies will be held next month.
Misses Ethel and Inez Smith hosted the Philathea class at South Main discussing plans for the year. Crown Chapter O E S met with Mrs W L Lyman as matron and Corona delegate reported on the Grand Chapter in Santa Cruz. Frank Brunmier set a record killing wild cats, trapping a 40 pound bobcat in Brunmier canyon. D B Bonham and E H Bonham visited E H Bonham at the Hazard tract nursery on the Bonham and Jenkins property.
Georgetown Texas resident J A Kimbro praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a household remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles. He notes it has given permanent relief in obstinate cases and mentions it contains no opiates. Refuse substitute. R F Billings Hatate Ady.
Corona society pages list dinners visits and travel. Mrs. Lasander in Riverside. Harvey Starliper called to Sunberry Kansas. Rowe's promotes canned goods and Swift oleo margarine. City Clerk Terpening in Los Angeles. Cleo Carey visiting from Riverside. Elzie Veach offers land in small tracts. Regular church and school notices accompany civic updates and local arrivals.
The regular monthly Chamber of Commerce meeting is set for Friday December 12 at 7 30 p m at City Hall. No business will be transacted a mass meeting on county good roads with speakers R W Pridham Los Angeles county Karl S Car ton Riverside County and S Evans Riverside A local quartet will perform the song Scratching the Highways written for the occasion All citizens invited to attend S E French Secretary
Many young women experience weak backs dizziness nervous spells dull headaches and weakness. Kidney and bladder troubles cause these symptoms but Foley Kidney Pills taken as directed provide prompt relief and the illnesses disappear. Contains no habit forming drugs. R. F. Billings Estate.
Riverside defeated Corona 11 to 8 after a tightly played contest. Knorr and Ye led the locals with key hits while Grow at shortstop struggled, blamed for Corona's slip. A sizable crowd saw a tie for several innings before Riverside pulled away.
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