29 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1916
Page
1
Secretary Lane argues that defense spending diverts funds from river development. He notes the vast river survey task and urges immediate action to improve waterways. He warns without subjection and dredging progress, vast lands will remain undeveloped and population support will lag.
The piece argues for government and private cooperation to fund large scale river improvements to make rivers navigable and reclaim barren lands. It notes past river projects were tainted by pork concerns, but urges a commission to explore viable funding and partnership paths without repeating political waste.
The article notes growing prejudice against hyphenated identities and cautions that the Tuskegee Institute leader may face scrutiny over an aristocratic lineage, suggesting he avoid calling himself Afro American to prevent stigma.
A critic jokes that editors deserve better than heaven after facing endless hell in their work. The quip suggests editors merit reward beyond paradise for their daily trials.
A playful rural poem mocks a timid male. The speaker rails at a rooster for waking others and for bravado. It lampoons the rooster’s claimed authority in courting and farm life with humorous religious overtones.
A Philadelphia North American note explains the spreading adder a bluffing snake that hisses to scare, then lies on its back like dead when trapped. It cannot harm a person, grows about thirty inches, and inhabits dry woods and sandy hillsides feeding on toads and insects.
A Chicago Tribune item quotes a veteran waiter with twenty years service stating waiters typically keep only a fraction of tips. He explains tips are divided among head waiter captain scrub waiter cook and others to avoid losing future tips and job. Many waiters earn little weekly, with some getting as low as zero to eight dollars.
A clerk explains that letter postage increases in two cent steps and not fractionally, citing a letter with three one cent stamps and a one cent due as a miscalculation. Even a small weight over an ounce requires two extra cents, a fact many readers misunderstand.
In 1731 a English merchant ship was boarded by a Spanish guardship. Captain Robert Jenkins was cruelly treated with one ear torn off. The incident prompted parliament in 1738 and led to war after the Pardo conference. Admiralty records were cited as late as 1899.
Health note for today highlights simple habits that support wellbeing. Practical tips focus on balanced meals, hydration, regular activity, and ample sleep to sustain daily energy and resilience.
The international congress on electrical units defines an ohm as the resistance of a mercury column 229.0248 grains in mass and 41.8503 inches high at ice melting temperature. Washington Bureau of Standards keeps four standard ohms with average deviation under .00001 ohm.
The article notes that creating successful dance music need not require being a skilled dancer. It cites that Johann Strauss and his family composed dance tunes for generations, yet none among them could dance a single step.
A Macon News reflection notes how learning to say Wagner as Wagner Chopin as Sho pang and cello as hello helps a person feel they fully grasp classical music and its composers.
The Milwaukee Journal quotes a saying about two kinds of people the one with troubles larger than himself and the one who is bigger than his troubles. The line contrasts burdened individuals with those who rise above adversity.
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