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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
3
Fragmentary timetable notes Los Angeles to Corona Overland at 5 26 am Local 4 41 pm and To Los Angeles to San Diego 8 57 am To Riverside and East 9 13 am Overland 12 43 pm Local 6 53 pm All trains daily and Sundays
Gildard a cigars are unexcelled and hotel Del Rey offers meals and board. Residents travel to Riverside Los Angeles Newhall Long Beach and Corona sees visitors and real estate moves. Local trades promote Murray's Drug Store Browning Studio Rose Lumber Co and George Snidecor plan moves and shipments to Los Angeles.
Real estate activity includes H A Prizey moving to the Alden building formerly Star Bakery. T P Drinkwater builds on Washburn, Ray Godwin plans a cottage on Ninth, and John Penprose plans a six room house on Seventh and Victoria. Albert LeGage funds a cottage on his alfalfa ranch between here and Riverside. G I Lamy and wife sell fifteen acres near Corona to Sir Herbert B Praed and C G Kekewick. Pioneer Investment Co to Title Guarantee and Trust Co. H L Patrick builds a modern bungalow for J Vallord at Ninth and Sheridan nearing completion. Hoffman and Holloway drive a $4000 Baptist church addition. roof shingling today. Mrs E M Rollins’s pretty bungalow on Ninth near East Boulevard due in ten days. C S McMillan contractor.
Freight shipments from this point in November reached 195 carloads including 26 carloads of brick 2 of clay 12 of pressed brick 57 of fruit 39 of hay 1 of horses 2 of wood 6 miscellaneous. Incoming freight amounted to 69 carloads.
Occidental College defeated Pomona College in a weekend debate held in the hall of letters at the Presbyterian institution. The question, Under existing conditions and with the present outlook should the United States materially increase her navy, saw the affirmative spoken by Occidental and Pomona arguing the negative. A large audience attended.
The Corona Pressed Brick & Terra Cotta Company will ship 80,000 feet of sewer pipe to San Diego within three months to aid rebuilding its sewer system. A separate notice promotes Kodol as a stomach aid, claiming it aids digestion and relieves indigestion and related symptoms, sold by R. Fillings.
Hugh Kelly of Chicago and Billy Papke former middleweight champion fought twenty five fast rounds at Jeffries Vernon arena in Los Angeles. Referee James J. Jeffries ruled a draw after the final round drawing protests from Kelly backers and about 4500 spectators.
An advertisement notes a studio location at the corner of Seventh and Victoria Streets with photographer J. M. Browning offering portrait work.
Mr J C Stubbs acting for Harriman addressed the Trans Mississippian Commercial Congress in San Francisco urging renewed railroad expansion west of the Mississippi. He outlined government land grants and rate controls, Panama Canal implications, and the need for hundreds of millions in capital with improved public trust and cooperation to spur rail growth and prosperity.
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