15 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
1
The notice details weekly publication by Corona Independent Publishing Company and rates for subscriptions. It specifies prices for one year two dollars, six months one dollar, and three months fifty cents, with subscriptions payable in advance.
A reflective line notes that a man’s burden is not current toil but anxiety over future tasks. It emphasizes how concern for tomorrow saps energy and clouds present effort, urging focus on immediate duties. The quote frames worry as the true wearer down of men.
The article argues against relying on supposed beauty cures and promotes timeless health practices. It urges reading, fresh air, water, a tranquil mind, and acts of kindness as superior to cosmetics.
The speaker argues that big financiers control the money market and can press for influence regardless of label. A money trust or an understanding yields the same result, making the distinction effectively meaningless.
The piece suggests that many political aspirants will feel called but voters will select few in the current year. It notes secrecy around new battleships and turbine engines, with nations talking peace while taxpayers pay. It remarks on ambassadors and correspondents serving party ends and a global rivalry fueled by defense plans.
The essay argues immortality ranks by lasting value of a person’s acts rather than present fame. It warns republics rely on citizens fulfilling duties like voting and criticizes nostalgia for bygone eras as misled. It asserts the modern world improves daily despite corruption.
A reading condemns party factionalism and argues that loyalty to a party should not override truth and public good. The piece notes how old bosses used such rhetoric to push limits, yet suggests the stance has no rightful place in modern governance.
A public statement declares that selfish aims and party corruption will be resisted. It asserts conditions are improving as citizens prioritize national good over party success and pledge ongoing reforms.
The article notes 243 569 of 1 041 570 immigrants in 1910 could neither read nor write. It argues intelligence and patriotism are vital, urging Americanization through schooling and religious agencies to ensure immigrants and their children contribute to the nation’s material and moral strength.
The Socialist victory in Germany appears larger than expected with 110 Reichstag seats and over one third of the total vote. This signals possible curtailment of imperial power and growing discontent with militarism and high living costs driven by food duties. If Socialists ally with Liberals, government could become more responsible to the people and reduce military burdens, aiding international peace.
Dickens remains central in literature as the world marks his birth centenary this month. Critics dispute some skill questions, yet Little Nell Pickwick and others endure, while Christmas Carol embodies the Christmas spirit and lasting appeal. The secret of Dickens popularity lies beyond mere style or local color.
The passage argues that Dickens does not mock religion but exposes pretentious religiosity in characters like Chadband and Pecksniff. It notes his disdain for graft and corruption in bequests and public offices and predicts Dickens will remain as influential to fiction as Shakespeare is to drama.
The February Superintendent's Blue Bulletin from Sacramento outlines news rulings and information for California public schools. It notes free text book advocacy, the new attendance law, cooperative buying in Contra Costa, and changes in state fund apportionment with funds now likely allocated by teacher base rather than average daily attendance.
Water proof tents are in place for the Orange Show week of February 19 to 24. Exibitors are busy building their displays with over 60 000 square feet of floor space. Railroads offer excursion rates and present features promise a grand Pacific coast spectacle.
Californians push the National Orange Show at San Bernardino with a grand new display. The event runs February 19 to 24, drawing more than 100000 visitors and setting the stage for a larger winter festival alongside the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena.
An advertisement invites Corona housewives to view a new carpet showroom. It boasts attractive designs and exclusive housekeeper access with first-choice picks from leading manufacturers. The pitch emphasizes unmatched values and hexane EnAt in large cities.
A poet laments lacking a beloved and imagines offering wealth grace and charm to win her. The speaker would gladly give a thousand gifts and forever be with her, if only he could secure union.
A remarkable rise in attendance marks a Great Awakening at the First Christian Church with Rev. Platt delivering an evangelistic message. Evening services fill to capacity, earlier services draw crowds, and many remain standing or arrive early for seats. The Sunday school reports its largest offering and new members, with illustrated songs and choir led music pushing outreach to Corona’s working men and women.
A 2200-year-old Peruvian pottery jar at the University of California museum in San Francisco sings when its string is pulled. The double chambered vessel, shaped like a bird, whistles through a slit mimicking a bird call. Visitors from across California and leaders from San Francisco are invited daily 10 to 4 to view the famous collection.
The University of Southern California announces a summer marine biology course under Professor Charles J. Edwards. Classes will be housed in the aquarium and auditorium buildings at Venice with the Anton Dohrn used as a station boat.
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