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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
2
State Department reports from Lima and Quito indicate rapid war preparations between Peru and Ecuador, with an inevitable clash foreseen. The sunken submarine Pluviose, after colliding with Pas de Calais, proves the crew of twenty seven drowned as divers struggle to salvage or attach the wreck.
The board approved Walter Nunn for steam roller work at four dollars daily and approved his other city tasks when work was scarce. A petition to improve Main Street between Olive and Citron was tabled for a week. Boulevards near Garrison to Main may gain improvements, backed by a petition from property owners. Reports from city officials were reviewed. Inspector Lavery was fined one sack of candy and allowed to continue after promising to improve. An ornate bridge over the storm drain on Rimpau was considered for the Cemetery Association. A resolution thanked Engineer Kellogg and announced the City Engineer post to be vacant after June 14. Printing contracts were awarded to the Courier and to George M. Blair. Meeting adjourned to next Tuesday night.
International in character the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago seeks workers for foreign speaking communities. Students from 20 nationalities train to conduct gospel meetings in sixteen languages among Yiddish Swedish Danish Norwegian Italian and others in Chicago area. The Portage Association distributes Bibles and publishes literature in several tongues and one of Dr Moody's books appears in six languages.
A young office clerk tests a new stenographer with a sexual joke after lunch. The woman answers guilelessly asking for the mate to the Noah’s ark joke, turning the prank into an awkward exchange. The piece showcases workplace humor and misreading perceptions.
A New York native who moved to California in 1852 and settled in San Francisco conducted a large machinery business. He was a civil engineer in Government service in 1862 and, returning to Southern California in 1882, purchased the 42 000 acre Chino Rancho and founded California’s first sugar beet industry, earning the title father of the state’s sugar beet sector.
In a breezy exchange, Howell confirms his engagement to Miss Rowell and asks the elder to congratulate him. Powell responds with a wry judgment that a nomination is not the same as an election, in keeping with the Smart Set tone.
A light note from the Detroit Free Press about Brown and his suffragette wife. She insists on reading the sporting page before he does, highlighting domestic humor around gender expectations.
Advertised names include Alvarado Jose Alva Jose Bartlett Gertrude Barbosa Ignasio Chabez Fidencio Crawford Myrtle Bliskins Wm Hunt Harrigan Mike Jennie Henry Alejandro Hosford Lizzie Jerome Albert Lambert James Lokig Geo Sanders Rosalie Salazar Corona California Tunes Seto. Dead Letter Office notice dated June 20 1910 with GEO BROWN as clerk.
Tickets for travel on listed Southern Pacific dates may be bought ten days in advance and used only on those dates. Sales apply to Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo for all dates named plus Sept 21 to 23, at a round trip price of 55 dollars.
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