Water hearing set in Riverside on canal securities
Railroad Commissioner Harvey D. Loveland will hold a Friday hearing in Riverside at 10 o clock on the West Riverside Canal company's plan to issue bonds and stock to purchase the canal and fix water rates. The canal serves 10 000 acres and runs from Rancho San Bernardino to the Santa Ana river in Riverside County. The Rogers Development company transfers title to Peoples Trust and Savings bank with payment of 25000. The company seeks 66000 in bonds and 6000 remaining authorized for emergencies to complete the sale and cover repairs with liens proposed on the Rogers Development company property.
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Harvey D. Loveland
Riverside
Court House
West Riverside Canal Company
North Riverside and Jurupa Canal
Commission
Rancho San Bernardino
San‘Bernardino
Santa Ana
Los Angeles and
Salt Lake Railroad Company
Riverside County
West Riverside
Rogers Development Company
West Riverside Company
J F Dunleavy To Lecture At Local Library
J F Dunleavy will speak at the library tonight on South America. He will trace his journey from New York to the country and back, entertaining those who attend with an interesting lecture.
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J. F. Dunleavy
South America
New York
Auto Club Man in Corona Boosts Southern California Membership
Special Representative Randall of the Auto Club of Southern California is in Corona this week to push membership to fifty. Four new members signed this morning and the aim is to reach the target by week’s end. The club plans route sign posting, more touring bureaus, expanded sign posting, worldwide touring, and better touring information.
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Randall
Auto Club of
Southern California
Corona
Auto Club
Owens River Valley
Mono
Inyo
Lake Tahoe
California
Unite States
Theft Bureau
Automobile Club of
Excessive Heat Then Snow In Arizona Section
A local weather note recalls a week of warm days in Arizona ending with a snowstorm. By Thursday noon the section shifted from open windows and no fires to a cold storm, with a sun thermometer around 100 degrees on Wednesday morning. The state records October as 20 clear days and 2.74 inches of precipitation.
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Arizona
Chamber Banquet Postponed to January Second Monday
The monthly banquet of the Business Men's section was moved from next Monday evening to the second Monday night in January. The delay is due to the holiday trade rush now facing merchants.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ragged Princess in Wing Screen Drama at Majestic
A girl named Alicia runs away from an orphanage in Wing to become a mill worker and fisher of love as she and Harry Deigan uncover a criminal land deed. Tom Deigan, the mine owner, is revealed as her half brother and main antagonist before justice and romance prevail.
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June Caprice
Wing
Fox
Alicia
Drudge
Farmer Rice’s
Farmer Rice
Dr. Halpern
Tom Burroughs
Harry
Jones
Tom
the Majestic
Safety First in Mines: Colorado Students Train Rescue Teams
In Golden at the State School of Mines, a new safety and efficiency engineering department trains students under J. C. Roberts. The program forms mine rescue squads to reduce accident victims, with demonstrations of gas-filled hole rescues and first aid readiness.
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Colorado School of Mines
Golden
State School of Mines
Golden, Colo
Department of Safety and Efficiency Engineering
United States
J. C. Roberts
School of Mines
Rock Island Reorganization Set To Begin
The Rock Island line enters its planned reorganization as stock and debenture holders may file holdings now. The railroad, placed in receivership in April 1915, requires a cash infusion of 29.743 million dollars and allows holders to buy seven percent preferred stock at par up to forty percent of their current stakes.
20 Mule Borax Team 18 Coming to Town
The famous 20 Mule Team borax caravan led by Borax Bill William Frank Wilson arrives in the city tomorrow for a free street performance. The team, with two mules and two wagons plus a water wagon, has long hauled borax from Death Valley to the Pacific Coast Borax Company.
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Corona
Death Valley
California
Pacific Coast Borax Company
William Frank Wilson
West
Borax Bill
Cupid’s bureau at Whitehall tracks loves of Tommy in war zones
London December 14. At the British War Office Cupid’s bureau handles letters from Tommies at ports in France and England. A “Tage” girl writes asking for news as Cupid’s arm is busy. If Cupid replies the ardor may fade or Tommy is found in hospital or casualty lists. The office relays requests to regiments to confirm if he is alive.
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London
Cupid’s Bureau
British War Office
Love
Tommy
France
England
Cupid’s Department
Whitehall
Cupid
Aihong
War Office
Land of the Livings
The Way to Pick a Turkey Instructions
The article describes a method for preparing a turkey by dry-picking after bleeding. It instructs hanging the bird by the legs and pulling feathers to leave the skin snow white.
Corona Boosters to Open New City Park Baseball Game
On December 28 the new city park baseball facility will be ready. The Corona Roosters choose sides and will play their first game on Thursday afternoon. The fire department will contest the boosters team, fielding only department members to test booster claim of ability.
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Corona Fire Department
Corona Boosters’ Club
Corona Roosters
Diamond
Catechins
Fire Eaters
Fire Boys
Corona Boosters
Cigarettes Prove Essential To War Effort For Guardsmen
Lucy Page Gaston notes cigarettes are vital to the modern war machine. In El Paso district, 428,000 guardsmen and regulars smoked over six million cigarettes in the past month, averaging about four and a half pills per soldier daily. Soldiers also used sack tobacco cigars and chewing tobacco as pipes prove impractical in uniform.
You’ve Been Drinking and a Toothache Tale
St Paul report dated December 14 recalls a 2 a.m. upstairs encounter between a husband and wife. The husband claims no drink, despite being “pickled,” while a dentist notes that defective teeth and improper ap paratus may worsen talk and behavior tied to alcohol.
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ST. Paul
Tubby
H. D. Aldrich
St Paul District
Ap Ae
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