Riverside Club Hosts Mayor Evans on Parks and Trees
The Woman's Improvement Club held a meeting at Riverside High School Auditorium to hear Mayor Evans discuss parks, playgrounds, and street trees. He urged permanent rock roads, careful tree control, and ample park development, citing Denver style recreation and a $30,000 park bond proposal.
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Woman’s Improvement Club OF
Woman's Improvement Club
Evan
Mr. Evans
Chas. A. Holloway
Evans
Fairmount Park
Riverside
Denver
City Park
Denyer
Mr. Pentelow
Marian Jacques
Pentelow
Corona
California
Park Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Holiday decorations brighten Corona Cash Market interior
The Corona Cash Market at Sixth and Main gleams with green and red holiday decor. Red bells hang from festoons meeting in the center, while holly clusters line the walls, creating a festive backdrop.
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Corona
Chickens Stolen From Joy Street Home
A large number of chickens were taken from Mrs. E. A. Ashcroft on Joy street last Sunday evening. Police report that a few individuals of the Cholos class were seen near the premises in the early evening.
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E. A. Ashcroft
Joy Street
Citrus Growers Vote on Fertilizer Distribution Plan
The Covina citrus association in Los Angeles County discussed shifting fertilizer sales from at cost to the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. Growers at the meeting favored the exchange taking over fertilizer distribution.
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Citrus Association of
Covina
Los Angeles County
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Boulevard Estimate Sparks City Budget Talk
City trustees analyzed Gulley s estimate to raise Grand Boulevard to grade costing about 6000 with 5571 to gravel and pack the center. Kellogg avenue will be graded from Garrison to Magnolia using available funds and tighter allys by J T Burton become city property. Plans for sidewalks curbs gutters are ordered for private contract work with cement and sand proportions. Ordinances 201 202 read first time on minors pool use and Boulevard grade changes. A dumping ground for city refuse will be studied for next meeting.
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Gulley
Grand Boulevard
Kellogg Avenue
Garrison
Magnolia
Tuthill
Corona Hardware & Implement Store
Main
Washburn Street
Sixth
Min. J.T. Burton
Holmes
Davis
Good Streets Prove Cheapest by Riverside Initiative
Mayor Evans highlighted a Riverside example showing crushed rock base streets that require no sprinkling and no repaid work after five years. He argued that investing in quality upfront yields long term savings, stating the best option remains cheapest in the end despite higher initial cost per square foot.
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Riverside
Evans
Los Angeles grocer buys store in Riverside
J Ro Newberry head of a grocery syndicate in Los Angeles Riverside and Arlington adds the model store formerly owned by Geo L Ferguson. Newberry took over the business early this week and will inaugurate a ten percent saving for customers. Ferguson remains as local manager.
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J. Ro. Newberry
Los Angeles
Riverside
Arlington
Geo L. Ferguson
Newberry
Ferguson
Anaheim Irrigators Move to Cement Canals to Save Water
Anaheim irrigation groups aim to conserve water by cementing canals and ditches, seeking long term efficiency and reduced loss. Community leaders advocate infrastructure upgrades to support city farming needs and drought resilience.
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Anaheim Irrigators
Beet sugar factory prospects near Corona stir ranchers
Local officials report signed acreage of up to 7000 acres for beet growing with a planned July factory start and August beet shipments. Farmers along Prado and Arling ton areas begin planting midJanuary, with profits projected at about $80 per acre. Observers note beets outperform alfalfa and reference Kansas City convention plans and a Bryan appearance.
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Anaheim
Corona
Prado
Here
Arlington
Holt
Bixby
Los Nestos
Alvalfa
HowWas
Aker
Bond Drive Grows for City Hall Building
Citizens back a vote on bonds for a new city hall with proposals for a $40 000 to $50 000 structure. Daniel Lord advocates the bonds citing extensive city property interests and tolerance for higher taxes. Supporters plan weekly efforts to gather expressions from others.
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Daniel Lord
Baraca Founder Completes Long Tour
Baraca and Philathea founder Marshall Hudson completes a lengthy tour visiting fourteen states and sixty cities west of the Mississippi. He addressed large audiences and promoted the fifteenth World-Wide convention in Kansas City June 1 to 14, 1901. He plans a Florida and southern trip starting February 1 to continue advocacy for the organization.
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Baraca-Philathea
Kansas City
Meo
Tn- Wawa al Sayahi Cs
San Francisco
Cali
Atos Angeles
Enroute
Baraca
Marshal Ciuudson
Philathen
Corona
Jludson
Mississippi
Sfudson
Baraca - Philathea Association
Pacific Slope
California
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Prom
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Hudson
Florida
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Ife
Philathea
Christmas Party For Mexican Residents In City
Last Monday evening the Mexican residents of the city gathered in the Taber building to share a Christmas celebration. Newton and Mrs Birdsall led the effort with Mrs Lope and the Misses Lockett Paber Kidder Aguilar Victoria Tae Cota assisting. The event featured a lit Christmas tree, gifts, games including blindfolded hammer candy pull, coffee bread and cake for adults, and music from a large phonograph. Great credit is given to all contributors and the Mexican national song was sung to close.
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Newton
Cot H. Birdsall
Lope
Lockett
Paber
Kidder
Full Aguilar
Victoria
Tae Cota
Taber
Sixth
Ramona Streets
Grerex Otis
Etrhs
Train
Noahs
Gael Ebil
Mildred Hull
Corona Builders Progress At Corner Of Eighth And Raton Streets
Construction at the Trew Conprezattional ehiarch on the corner of Eighth and Raton streets advances rapidly. Basements, exterior walls and interior finishes progress with granite first nine feet and blue brick above. Other local projects include two new bungalows on Wash SINth street, a seven room third building leased to Jarry Carter, and Frank Johnson’s residence on Seventh and Victoria streets designed by Leo Kroonen.
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Corimer
Eighth
Raton
George
Toveyhaan
Sinth Street
Boudoey
Frank Johnson
Seventh
Victoria Streets
Leo Kroonen
Corona Births Mark Population Rise in Corona
The Corona community reports multiple births around Christmas and late December, noting a new baby girl for Perle Ghiss and a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dickinson. The piece argues births boost population and future economic value, urging disease prevention and family welfare as public goods.
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Theodore Roosevelt
the Independent
Perle Ghiss
Perle
Arthur Dickinson
Corona
Mr. Dickinson
Luther Patton
Happy Homes
Speestonitas
Uvyesdias
Theadth Peat
California
U. S. Conservation Commission
Pee Ronster
Peachinge
Residents push sidewalks on Victoria Street under Vrooman Act
Residents along Victoria Street and Fifth Street to Porth Boulevard sign a petition under the Vrooman Act for sidewalk installation on a year pay plan. Signatures also cover two blocks on West Sixth Street south side. The moves aim to improve the city and hasten free city mail delivery, with more streets expected to follow.
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Victoria Street
Fifth Street
Porth Boulevard
West Sixth Street
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