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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
3
Daily trains including Overland Limited and Local run to Los Angeles Riverside and Corona with departures at 9 86 a m 8 37 a m 4 41 p m 8 57 a m 12 43 p m and 1 00 p m all days including Sundays.
Season rainfall tallies show dates from September through December with varying daily amounts. Totals for the season accumulate across multiple locations, reflecting a pattern of steady precipitation in Riverside County.
Riverside Corona notes report numerous visits and travels to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Residents including E A Me Sillyway and J M Browning notables, while social events and family visits color holiday period. Local business ads and upcoming Board of Trade meeting signal community activity.
The following names appear on the advertised letters list awaiting pickup before year end. Corona, Buno Entiquio Connelly, Mrs. J. D. Crane, Mrs. J. Corona, Adafienro Davis, Mrs. Daisy Bacon Escalante, Mrs. Joe Garcia, Don Galluno Garcia, Pedro Gonzales, Ezequile Hansen, Andrew Helsten, N Judkine, Fred McClarnes, J. W. Lega, Mrs. Mary Lewis, Miss Jessie Mamquant, Femaxz Marka, J.L. Miller, William Panasoui, Nicolas Salagado, Julian Sanders, Sequina Tinper, L. L. Webster, John L Vindande, Salata. Those remaining uncalled for after Dec. 28 will be sent to the Dead Letter office.
Yesterday afternoon Marshal Lyman rounded up about twenty box car tourists as part of a New Year’s provision. J. M. Browning photographed the hobos before they were sentenced, then sent on their way as they headed off on the road.
Advertisement touts Camberlain's Liniment as a top remedy for rheumatic pains, lame backs, sprains, and bruises with quick relief and prices 25 cents to 60 cents, sold by R. I. Billings. The piece then shifts to marriage advice, noting men who once helped before marriage may not afterward, urging consideration for wives.
An ad describes Jack and Jill recovering from sickness using DeWitt's Little Early Riser Pills sold by R. F. Billings. The copy emphasizes relief from blues and headaches and promotes the product as a morning remedy.
A sequence of transfers includes Minerva Baker to E R Nichola with two houses on blocks 181 and 181, Myrtle Spencer to L R Nichols for lot 10 block 18, and several other parcels with varied improvements and prices. Additional transfers mention Airow, Wells, Davin trustee, and others with lots in blocks 102 42 66 66 108 183 and 122, with notes on cottages and dwellings and a church transaction.
Friday afternoon at the High School grounds a baseball game features the Hotel Del Rey team against the Business Men. The loser pays for the postgame banquet, with each player and umpire entitled to an escort. Elzie Veach leads the Business Men and Mine Host W E Hatfield oversees the Del Rey side.
Under walnut trees at the Glenwood lawn the Mission Inn adds an old Spanish cart dating back two centuries. Once the peasants’ conveyance in Mexico, the cart features nail-less wheels and a broken harness bite. It enhances the Inn’s antiquarian collection preserving the old days.
A local notice urges young ladies to order wedding invitations now with Leap Year proof. The Independent promotes a bargain lot, offering half price printing if sufficient proof of Leap Year genuineness is provided. The paper hints it will not publish invitations until after weddings.
A warning against mercury based remedies for catarrh from Fr. Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Claims mercury harms smell and system. Recommends Hall's Catarrh Cure as a safe internal treatment made in Toledo by F J Shane & Co with testimonials and 75 cents per bottle.
The speaker quotes Uncle Remus debating bravado and hardship, joking that real risk and blast from a powder rill would expose boastful people to a sudden fall. The remark uses dialect and rural humor to critique boasts.
A joking tale follows an editor who dies and is escorted to heaven by an angel. They tour both realms but find the editor enthralled by a furnace marked Delinquent Subscribers in Hades. The editor rebels, insisting heaven is enough and declines ascent.
The season for coughs and colds prompts care to protect children from diphtheria or scarlet fever. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is touted as the sole reliance by many and praised by a Ripley resident for children and adults alike. It contains no opium and is sold by Remy Blige.
A perplexed speaker calls for relief as a cryptic prompt asks Joryie to reveal the see-saw. The fragment hints at confusion or a plea for clarity in a moment of tension or humor.
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