Carnival of Rio Surges Through City with Bonfires of Color
Rio de Janeiro gears up for the three day carnival led by Momo the god of fun. Half a million people flood Avenida Rio Branco as decorated autos parade, confetti battles and perfume lances fill the streets. Night parades feature giant floats and political caricatures while crowds dance, sing and watch from balconies and rooftops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Momo
Brazil
Peneple
Avenida Rio
Society of Brazil
Pay-Up Week Promotes Settling Old Accounts
A page of advertisements urges a nationwide Pay-Up Week from February 19 to 24. It explains the idea of everyone paying owed amounts to keep money circulating and restore balances, noting local merchants contribute ads to support the effort and urging a hearty response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Jones
Brown
Blair
Prof John Ward Stimson to Lecture Tomorrow Night
The Corona Woman's Club secures Prof J W Stimson for an illustrated lecture on Elements of Artistic Design and Beauty. Stimson, former educational director at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, will present stereopticon views and decorative diagrams to boost skill and industrial efficiency. The talk is Tuesday evening, February 20 at 8:00 p m and free to all interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club of
Corona
J. W. Stimson
New York
Lemonville High to stage Corona pageant scenes
Lemonville High School presents select scenes from its Corona pageant on Friday February 23. The program includes songs dances and comedy about Spanish life with a playette The Hidden Ranch depicting the final capture of horse thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemonville
Fages
Chia
General Kearney
la Paloma
Glee Club
Jack Powers
Sherif
James Conwell
Mustang Pete
Conwell
John Sutleff
John Bull
Stan Ea O
Pico Cehdbeeveresbuee
Ibrurbedeter
Pancho
Dolores
Juan
Juanita
Margarita
Engagement News Flashes on Movie Screen
Miss Florence Shepherd announces her betrothal to Harry Lewis with a brand new plan as news appears on a movie screen in Marysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Florence Shepherd
Harry Lewis
Sperry Flour Company Holds Cooking School in Corona
Beginning today and lasting until Wednesday evening Sperry Flour Company hosts a cooking school in the Corona Security Corporation building on East Sixth Street. Mrs Belle De Graff acts as chief demonstrator with past lectures in China Japan the Philippines and aboard the ship Ecuador. She led Hong Kong Nagasaki Manila and Honolulu lectures and oversaw the Sperry display at the San Francisco exposition. The event emphasizes teaching better daily food prep with no sales pressure, using an electric range lent by Corona Gas and Electric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sperry Flour Company
Corona Security Corporation
East Sixth Street
Belle de Graff
de Graff
China
Japan
Philippine Islands
Ecuador
Hong Kong
Nagasaki
Manila
Honolulu
Corona
San Francisco Exposition
Sperry
The
Independent
Corona Gas & Electric Company
Found Gold Piece in Trunk of Old Tree
San Francisco reports Harry Modesto city hall janitor found a five dollar gold piece and an old Alta Californian in a tree trunk while sawing wood for fuel. Treasure hunters swarmed the Modesto residence. no further coins were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Modesto
Alta Californian
Modesto
Daily naturalization pace for Germans and Austrians in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles an average of fifty native born Germans or Austrians apply for citizenship papers daily since the severing of relations with Germany. First papers do not grant citizenship and final papers require two more years of residence. If war breaks out, first papers offer no protection from internment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States District Court
Heir to Wealth Keeps on Working in San Francisco
William Parrott, an heir to millions, works as a stevedore from 7 am to 5 pm in San Francisco to learn the steamship business from the bottom up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William Parrott
Giants Leave Soon for Texas
New York reports the greatest National League team, the Giants, will depart for Marlin Texas next Friday for spring training with a second squad following March 2. John J. McGraw aims to field a pennant winner, barring injuries or illness, as veterans headline the lineup at first Walter Holke, second Charley Herzog, third Heinie Zimmerman, short Arthur Fletcher, with Red Murray in the outfield and Benny Kauff in center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giants
Marlin
Texas
Muggsy” McGraw
New York
Cub
Tex
H. C. Hamilton
John J. McGraw
Polo Grounds
McGraw
Walter Holke
International League
New Yorkers
Charley Herzog
Heinie Zimmerman
Arthur Fletcher
Holke
Red Murray
Benny Kauit
Fed
Kauff
Davy Robertson
George Burns
Teft
Also Mentioned on This Page
Welkin
Avenida
New Orleans
Venice
Rome
Rio
John Ward Stimson
Corona Mutual Building & Loan Assn
John P. Key
First National Bank Bld’g
Lemonville Univ
Ontario Street
Temescal
Anza
Colorado Desert
Don Pedro Foges
Mesa
Father Garces
Tulare
Don Antonio Yorba
Canada de Santa Ana
Sierra de Yorba
Don Bernardo Yorba
Yorba
Don Bernardo
Kearney
Stockton
Kit Carson
Pico
Cold Water Canyon
Santa Ana
Butterfield Overland Mail
St. Louis
el Monte
Rincon
Harrington
Craig
Rugby
Machado
Elsinore
Oak Grove
Warner
Yuma
Tejon Pass
Valasquez
Hidden Ranch
San Juan
Silverado
Santa Ana County
Horse Thief Canyon
Lee Lake
Posse
Pablo
Baptist”Church
S. W. Cummings
Pasadena
Geo. D. Knights
Long Beach
W. W. Catherwood
Covina
Climax
W. F Hygepra
W. F. Harper
Pomona
Sperry Flour Company Holding Cooking School
Sata
First National Bank
Corona, California
A. J. Ware
Geo. E. Snidecor
C. C. Harrington
Laura V. Kirby
F. E. Snidecor
Corona National Bank
F. F. Thompson
Charles Hoss
C. B. McConnell
Dee McConnell
Cash
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!