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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1909
Page
2
The document notes that this paper is on file at the Dake Advertising Agency with offices at 428 South Main Street in Los Angeles and 779 Market Street in San Francisco where contracts for advertising can be made.
City officials include Henry H. Holmes mayor and C. S. McMillan city attorney. Board of trustees lists Henry H. Holmes president and Ansil F. Gillett Ethan P. Kidder W. A. Hively.
A stream of vivid snippets touches on daily life and curiosities. Topics include superstition and etiquette, souvenir postcards for lovers, housing costs versus desire, weather jokes about a total solar eclipse, clean drinking water for workers, fireworks permits in Chicago, patriotic sentiment among doctors undertakers and youth, a convict seeking vacation, a child’s privileged wealth, cactus dishes in Walla Walla, hat checks by a Illinois pastor, and a potential use of the main church auditorium as a check room.
The ad promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a spring cold remedy that relieves the cold and stops the cough. It claims there is only one Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey and instructs to look for the Bell trademark on the package, with Murray's Drug Store as the seller.
A scanned notices page shows a long list of names including Avucuyo A, Vincent Barrera, Jessie Bartee, Lena Clark, Lena Carter, Alice Bolmden, Emile Riss, Margaret Ivana, George Robinson, Maud Smith, Isabel Selloway, Bruce Saldana, and others. The listing appears as a postal advertisement of unclaimed mail with varied titles and affiliations.
Classified notice seeking a contract for care of orange groves by acreage or alfalfa ranch on shares. Inquire at this office. FOR RENT A furnished five room cottage from July first. Willing to lease for a year or more. For particulars write P O Box 448 H Zimmerman returns home with Idaho horses for Starr Corrall on Lemon Street Riverside Cal IH Zimmerman proprietor.
George Brown Fred Baird and party returned Tuesday from a 400 mile auto trip through Temecula Julian Ramona Escondido and the Cuyamaca mountains. They observed Salton Sea Imperial Valley Warner Ranch and the ocean from 1000 feet elevation. The Tourist car, with 11000 miles, performed flawlessly despite the climb and rough roads.
In Calcutta a yearly invasion of tiny green flies turns streets and homes dim with smoke and gloom. They enter through doors, hover above meals, and force gaslights off at public events as thousands perish near lamps and streets. London Answers notes the nuisance and strange seasonal pattern.
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