22 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
1
Watered at the Corona California post office as second class matter. Subscriptions listed at $2 per year $1 for six months and 50 cents for three months in the notice.
A fragment notes that five generals have been executed in Ecuador. It implies the republic's army is greatly diminished and comments on the pursuit of higher ideals and personal conduct in the wake of the executions.
A reflective piece on self-improvement urging individuals to focus on personal faults before judging others. It contrasts genuine Christian behavior with hypocritical acts and emphasizes inner reform over outward pretense.
The text argues that true advancement comes from ordinary people performing small, doable acts rather than relying on grand plans. It stresses respect earned through character and wisdom, not age alone, and urges individuals to strive to make the world more Eden-like through daily virtues.
The article notes two Boston students surviving on one dollar weekly for food mainly beans and peanuts. It compares them to Scotch university students who studied on oatmeal and suggests many young people could cut living costs with similar frugality, pleasing hard pressed parents.
The outbreak threats around the Belfast Home Rule meeting failed to materialize, seen as a relief for Ireland and the justice cause. The article stresses free speech as a universal right across lands and peoples.
A call to preserve rights and avoid intimidation at the Belfast meeting. The author argues that personal responsibility to keep premises clean will foster concerted action to remove eyesores and transform neglected areas into beauty, noting that good examples spread and inspire others.
A renowned woman novelist ends her life citing a drunken husband who sabotaged her marriage and home. The piece argues that without sobriety and responsible partnership there can be no real home, urging drastic action against such men and their enabling associates.
A compilation of practical advice for domestic tasks. Suggestions cover cleaning a bean pot by soaking overnight, cleaning rubbers with a damp cloth, making coffee with a muslin bag, insulating a mattress with newsprint, and briefly noting a burglary incident. It also includes bedtime guidance for children, gentle sleep tips, and kitchen tips for vegetables and beets with potatoes.
Farm Journal advice highlights keeping gasto on hand for scaly legs and using natural feed rather than stimulants. It notes bright healthy combs signal laying hens, February hatched chicks may falter in fall, turkeys need fresh air, and roosting in trees during snow is common. It covers feeding methods with bread and milk, need for coarse sand, oats sprouts, and managing hens to keep eggs and prices steady.
The state board of control moves to a unified bidding system for all state hospitals homes prisons and insane asylums. Contracts will be let at flat rates for staples like beef mutton flour and other supplies in bulk with price considerations due to large orders. President Johnson cites samples from the US quartermaster and lessons from Kansas Wisconsin and Iowa as evidence of cost savings.
San Francisco bag order argues the new public utilities bill will not restrict investment or development. It claims safeguards will stimulate enterprise and attract capital, citing the $20,000,000 Pacific Gas and Electric bond sale as an example and noting ongoing corporate financing and prospects unaffected by the statute.
Secretary of State Jordan after a long conference with the state board of control won a permit to go ahead with ballot paper orders. The board authorized 750 reams for the primary elections. Jordan altered tactics after the constitutional amendment election last fall by seeking bids after prior noncompetitive orders. The result was a more than 50 percent reduction in paper cost.
William McDevitt, recently the Socialist nominee for mayor of San Francisco, was expelled by socialist colleagues amid a dispute over his zeal and methods. The incident signals division within the party as the campaign continues.
The excerpt describes a dispute over an election commissionership from Mayor Rolph. Accusations of unfaithfulness trace to the party's endorsement of C. W. Hogue, a Southern Pacific shopman, which Rolph refused to consider. He asked McDevitt to take the post, McDevitt declined to resign and said he would appeal to the party membership.
A congressional bill by Representative Ed Smith proposes holding rights of way over public lands used for water storage and conveyance in trust for the people in the states. It allows leasing easements to municipalities corporations or individuals but excludes national parks and Indian and military reservations. If enacted it could impact projects like Hetch Hetchy and the Owens River.
Four tons of ladybirds will be harvested in about three weeks from Sierra snows to protect melons, apples, and prune trees across 200000 acres. BE K Carnes, state superintendent, and four helpers collect them from beneath pine needles and under snow. Growers rely on state to furnish the beneficial insects before planting.
Mayor J Stitt Wilson proposes a conference of Berkeley Oakland Alameda and San Francisco officials to form a metropolitan telephone district. The aim is to purchase the Home Telephone company which seeks to consolidate with Pacific States Telephone. jointly operating Home and competing with Pacific States.
In a Worcester Massachusetts factory a dedicated medical department maintains airtight glass jars for first aid. Each jar holds three bandages of varying widths, gauze pads, finger splints, a rubber tourniquet, a measuring glass, and a bottle of aromatic spirits of ammonia. Directions for use are pasted on each jar along with a first aid instruction card in every department.
Government experts in Washington have developed a cotton grading standard that determines the average fiber length to improve accuracy in grading. The system, created by the Bureau of Plant Industry, aims to revolutionize buying and selling and benefit growers and spinners alike.
The Riverside County Board of Education on Feb 10 1912 authorized the secretary to publish a notice in all county papers that the board does not endorse or commend The United Editors' Encyclopedia now sold by subscription. Signed Raymond Cree secretary.
State Quarantine Officer Yoyt now inspects twenty eight foreign vessels monthly at San Diego Port. The shift increases surveillance of incoming ships and strengthens border health measures.
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