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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
4
A Western Canadian battalion mascot named Kitchener digs into a dugout as winter approaches on the western front. The bear settles in beyond shell range, then resurfaces before finally sleeping through the cold season awaiting spring.
Aroostook County in Maine tops wealth charts as potato prices surge from 75 cents to several dollars per barrel. The county, with Houston as a booming town, seizes national rank, aided by 100000 dollars daily in potato income and 50 carloads of automobiles en route.
The piece notes that while Europe suffers heavy male casualties, the town appears safe, despite local rifle club practice three times weekly, implying a contrast between distant loss and local calm.
The minting office reports a shortage of dimes nickels and pennies while urging continued subscription digging. It notes even dollar coins are accepted at par, signaling flexible payment in upcoming dealings.
Public notice announces a commissioner sale of multiple parcels in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California, under a foreclosure judgment in the case Phillipe J. Wilson v S H Clammer et al. The sale is scheduled for December 30, 1916, at 2:15 PM at the San Bernardino County Court House, with the property described as portions of Rancho El Rincon and related tracts, including intercounty boundaries and exemptions.
Large attendance at the Fill- Invre-Sespe Farm bureau heard W H Fleet of Rancho Sespe discuss Tremon pruning with the aid of enlarged photos. A Bean rancher from Oxnard sold his lima bean crop of 12 000 sacks after holding it for three years at a price reportedly over 6.26 per hundred.
The notice urges careful evening deliveries and asks subscribers to report missing papers. Carrier names and partial contact data are listed: Melvin Wrestler on Victoria street east at 1182, Percy Lillibridge on Ramon a street north, A. C. Emerson serving the Sheridan street west area, and Chas. Green covering the Main street business district.
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