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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
4
Published every Friday by Independent Publishing Company. In CoronA California the paper serves Corona and Riverside County readers. Editor and manager A L Hardy oversees production. Second class mail at the Corona post office. Subscription price two dollars yearly.
The text notes Secretary Taft is now seen as certain for the nomination. It claims he carried Foraker over in Ohio and drew endorsements from state committees of Republican strongholds. Bryan is mocked for excessive talking, while Miguel Estudillo faces weak opposition in a senatorial race, with backers preferring an untested candidate.
The article recalls Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved people and notes Rupert T. Lincoln, president of Pullman Car Company, ordering a ban on liquor sales on company cars. It then describes Theodora De Shantz marrying Theodore Bernard De Luny De Piccadilly amid a scandalous, exploitative matchmaking.
Hetty Green, reputedly the wealthiest woman in America, doubts New York’s rising millionaires, saying many are paupers and that she prepared for the recent plunge two years ago. She calls Secretary Cortelyou’s aid to banks “First Aid to the Wounded,” warning of tougher conditions ahead.
A local column argues the saloon’s value to Corona is tied to the town’s character and economy. It notes a reported $4500 profit for the past year shared among partners and calls for citizens to assess the saloon’s broader impact on the community.
The piece argues against saloons as a costly social burden, asking if they improve citizens or economies in Corona and noting licenses and losses. It also reports on potential public buildings funding, California drainage reform by Senator Flint, and a new bill on regulating import and inspection of nursery stock with penalties for violations.
Representative William Humphry of Seattle hosted a dinner with Western congressmen at the New AVillard Hotel to back Seattle’s appropriation for an exposition. Speakers from California Oregon Washington North and South Dakota urged support for exclusion of Oriental immigration and for Hayes bill principles. They named Kaligt Hayes and McKinlay to present before committees and noted a forthcoming commission on the pure food law and sulfur mixed California dried fruits.
Friends learn Mrs. Rube Bryan of Rhyolite has improved after a serious illness at her sister Mrs. W. R. Hurry’s home. Mr. Bryan and his mother arrived in Corona last Friday following a telegram about her condition.
The Opera House card for Saturday evening advertises Al For A Million Or Won by Wits a Montgomery stock Company comedy praised by Los Angeles papers as season defining in Long Beach. Driscoll and Sharp return to Corona with monologue songs and dances and Flora Goff will perform a remarkable whistling number.
Uncle Sam brings fifteen New York buffaloes to the Wichita National Forest Oklahoma. Since arrival they calved twice with hornaday and Oklahoma named young. Keeper Frank Rush reports alfalfa hay restores vigor and shelter sheds protect during winter. In spring the herd will roam the Wichita range and regain wild prowess.
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel salve is promoted as best for cuts burns boils bruises and scratches and is noted as especially effective for piles. Sold by R F Billings.
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