07 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
1
The paper is kept on file at the Dake Advertising Agency locations in Los Angeles at 425 South Main Street and San Francisco at 779 Market Street where contracts or advertising can be made for it.
City officers include Harry H Holmes and R L Hartell with John L Merriam and others acting as city treasurer city attorney recorder and marshal. Board of trustees lists Henry H Holmes as president along with A B Tathill W A Hively Ansil F Gillett Ethan P Kidder.
A civic note urges boosting the town and speaking kindly of neighbors. It quips a knocker gains nothing with fair minded people and warns the owl wisely avoids day and night shifts. It references Coxey's 1890s Washington march and his current automobile ride.
A New York man offers a ten thousand dollar reward for a sure cure for obesity. Seattle boarding house tariffs rise while Washington state is noted. A sunbathing girl prays she won’t blister. Missouri bans cigarettes for boys, others will suffice to become gentlemen. An optimist admires weather and farming. A college student endures experience to succeed. Impecunious youth ponders poisoned ice cream stories. Foolhardy balloonists join Fourth of July casualties. A nameless yeller of fire amid crowds is blamed. J Pierpont Morgan buys Leopold’s treasures and fashion touts box turbans. Packing-case women provoke jokes. Reading the Bible pays. A Milwaukee man finds $1,867. Fear grips counties as auto-pede posts guide touring crowds.
All Tennessee is now prohibition territory and Memphis becomes the largest dry city in the United States under the four-mile law. The state pursues an aggressive anti-saloon stance amid ambitions toward stricter temperance measures.
An exchange quotes Superintendent McQuaide supporting public kissing in Pittsburg parks. He urges benches and lighting to aid couples, saying authorities should not interfere. The remark compares local parks to Corona and suggests trimming trees to improve the area.
A quip contrasts medical certainty with legal faith, arguing it is more absurd to be convinced by a doctor of appendicitis than by a lawyer that justice comes through the courts. The remark frames skepticism toward expert claims in both medicine and law.
The White Is King sewing machine comes in vibrator and rotary styles with a ball bearing and full steel attachments. It sews both flock and chain stitches, handles heavy and light fabrics without tension changes, and is praised as simple to operate. Local dealers offer easy payments plus oil needles and accessories.
A quirky editorial urges readers to boost spirits and commerce during lean times, claiming seasonal trade improves as crops grow and optimism rises. It includes a quip about poetry imitators and a medical plug for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, alongside testimonials and drugstore mentions.
A proverb asserts a woman proves cleverness by equal skill in keeping a husband as in catching him, suggesting marital cunning as a measure of wit.
A promotional note extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve, claiming it cures tents burns bruises and sores and helps with eczema and chapped hands. The piece tosses in a quip about an Atkinson man and his rude vanity, ending with a boastful line about nerve.
A sufferer with stomach trouble reports relief after taking Dr King s New Life Pills. He says his dyspepsia and digestion improve with a fine appetite stronger nerves and healthier vigor as his stomach liver and kidneys begin to function properly. The note is from Re FE Billings and the price is 25 cents.
Notice is given that stockholders of The Corona Pressed Brick and Terra Cotta Co will meet at the firm office in Corona Riverside County California on Tuesday July 27 1909 at eleven oclock A M to elect a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business. C H Bennett secretary.
The text urges regular sufficient eating of wholesome food and thorough digestion. It argues against dieting and promotes using Kodol to digest food when the stomach is weak, claiming it helps rest and support digestion.
A guarantee promises refunds to customers who drink the dollar size Kodol bottle and report no benefits after full use. The offer limits refunds to the large bottle and one per family, with the producer covering the store price. Kodol is manufactured by E. C. DeWitt & Co. in Chicago.
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