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Corona Independent

Location

Corona, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1909

Page

8

Advancing Marriage Age in England Over Recent Years

The Royal Statistical Society president notes rising mean ages for both men and women in marriage. In England 40,000 girls marry before 21 annually, while thirty years ago more than a fifth of marriages involved minors. Between 1898 and 1907 women ages 21 to 25 rose by about 6,000 and ages 25 to 30 by over 12,000. Spinster and widow brides show older averages, with widows aging from 40 years seven months to 49 years eleven months.

Royal Statistical Society England

Christian Church Sunday Services and Youth Programs

The Christian Church announces Sunday January 2 with 11:00 a.m. service A New Year's Message and 7:30 p.m. The Danger of Indecision. Bible school at 10:00 a.m. Junior C.S.E. at 2:00 p.m. Y P C.E. at 6:30 p.m. Through the Wear With God led by Miss Pansy Moor who also leads an officer election meeting urged for members to attend.

Bible School Pansy Moor

Annual Meeting of Congregational Church

The second installment of the annual meeting of the Congregational church will be held Wednesday evening. A good time is planned and friends are invited to attend. At 6 30 o clock the annual dinner will be served in the church auditorium, followed by plans for the new year.

Congregational Church

Donnells Move to Redlands as Local Transfers Occur

Mr and Mrs O W Donnell left for Redlands after a brief Corona stay. He was transferred to fill F H Roberts’s vacated Santa Fe depot post but was called to Redlands for a new assignment. Several locals visit Riverside and Orange on business and council matters.

O. W. Donnell Redlands Corona Donnell F. H. Roberts Santa Fe

Moving pictures of Ketchel John son fight at Colma shown in Hi ppy Hour

Reproduction best seen as the Ketchel John son heavyweight bout reels from Colma Oct 16 1909 are shown Monday and Tuesday at the Happy Hour Theater. The films display remarkable clarity and detail of the ring action and fighters faces blood sweat and crowd movement. A professional narrator explains every detail making the match’s key moments easy to follow for all audiences.

Johnson Ketchel Moving Pictures Happy: ‘Hour Theater Ketchel- Johnson Colma Happy Hour Theater Stanley Ketchel Jack John Ison Ketchel Johnson Brown Sparr

Local visitors and summer alfalfa notices in Riverside area

H F Scoville stayed with Wychief Taylor at the Glenwood Inn Riverside on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Howard Knight visited with Mr and Mrs J B Knight in Riverside. The Knights and Oakses visited Arlington with J M Hester. O Lindsey of Huntington Beach stays a few days in town. Armond Coseboon and a Coseboon relative moved Mrs Walter Coseboon to Long Beach for a new home. Mrs Arrena B Newton of Highlands visited D M Browning family last week. Call for loose summer alfalfa. O H Bell. Phone 63.

H. F. Scoville Wychief Taylor Glenwood Inn Riverside Armond Coseboon Walter Coseboon Coseboon Long Beach Arrena B. Newton Highlands D. M. Browning

Grace Shepherd Recital Postponed to January 7

Miss Grace Shepherd postpones her recital due to rain. The event moves to next Friday January 7 at Odd Fellows hall where her large class of young pupils will perform, drawing parents and friends to attend this valued teaching showcase.

Grace Shepherd Odd Fellows’ Hall

Congregational Women to Elect Officers

Congregational Women plan to elect officers and discuss plans for the coming year.

Congregational

Feed Man Robinson Seeks Your Business

Classified note from Robinson known as the feed man offers services and invites customers to call Telephone 661 for business. The fragment indicates a local sales inquiry and contact detail.

Robinson

Wanted Small Furnished House or Part for Tenants

Wanted to rent or lease a small furnished house or part of a house for a small family as permanent tenants south of 5th Street. Address Box H Independent Office. Also wanted to sell a horse buggy and harness cheap for cash. Address Box 1865 or call Independent Office.

Horse Bugsy Warness

Help Wanted at F Boesenberg & Son Agency

Help wanted ad for a strictly first class agency established 1895. All kinds of help promptly furnished by F Boesenberg & Son at 556 Third street San Bernardino California. Offices claim largest and best equipped in town with phones Home 417 Main 417.

Third Street San Bernardino Cal

Fine lots near high school for sale

Fine lots close to high school priced from 325 dollars. Cash or easy payments offered. Contact L. R. Nichols at phone 1031.

L. R. ‘Nichols

Wanted Orange Ranch Near Town To Buy

Property brief seeks a 10 to 12 acre orange ranch in good condition with water rights and tree details. Desires full distance and direction from town, tax data for 09, fertilization, fumigation history, net returns for 08 and 09, estimated 10 crop, ownership sale, and delivery address in Pasadena California. Contact J W Schouten.

Orange Ranch Pasadena Calif J. W. Schouten

The Ruling Passion Forgery Confession Sparks Tense Confrontation

In a heated moment a desperate man admits the forgery was to satisfy another’s luxury. He claims the crime was driven by excess and questions whether his guilt is aligned with the truth as a stunned woman looks on in doubt.

Hoon

Colonel Watterson declines naming next Democratic nominee

Colonel Watterson says he cannot name the next Democratic presidential candidate now but reveals he has just left Nebraska for a hunting trip in Texas if pressed.

Watterson Nebraska Texas

The Judge Silas Bryan Ham Theft Tale

The late Judge Silas Bryan, father of William J. Bryan, had several hams stolen from his smoke house. He privately admitted the loss, then told a neighbor to keep quiet, insisting only they and the neighbor knew of the theft.

Silas Bryan William J. Bryan

Showy Rope Demonstration Sparks Lines at Western Camp

In a closed camp talk in Arizona Ike and Tenderfoot debate the rough humor of lynching etiquette. Ike rejects crude language urging restraint while Tenderfoot defends the outsiders’ rite as a display of control.

Tenderfoot Arizona Ike

Possible Danger to Forest Reserve From Smoldering Fires

New York Evening Post reports that smoldering fires threaten a forest reserve under the Department of the Interior. Officials warn the area may be seriously endangered if fires continue to burn.

Department of the Interior New York Evening Post

Also Mentioned on This Page

James L. Davis Morris Rockers GLASS Lyman & Collier Riverside County California Queen Colony Garage REO” Automobiles Corona, California Main Street Mound City Paints Glass Bros Oo. P. Hull W. A. Hively George Graham Courier Force Homer Whisler Orange Ellis Henshaw, Buckley and Company of Los Angeles Port Huron A. R. Smith H. P. Maxfield of Perris Hert Mott of Santa Clara Rev. B. B. Jacques Family Elmer Bowen R. R. Root F. E. Johnson Howard Knight Mrs. Howard Oaks and Son Arlington J. M. Hester O. Lindsey Huntington Beach O. H. Bell Howard OTT
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