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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1909
Page
2
The notice states that THIS PAPER is kept on file at two offices, the Dake Advertising Agency locations in Los Angeles and San Francisco, where contracts for advertising can be made for it.
A roster lists city leaders and department heads including Mayor E J Genereux, City Clerk John L Merriam, City Treasurer William G Randall, City Attorney Oliver P Hull, City Recorder D Lyman, City Marshal Kok L Harrolll, Street Superintendent De R R Root, Health Officer C S McMillan, Building Inspector, and Board of Trustees President Henry H Holmes with members A B Tuthill W A Hively Ansil F Gillett Ethan P Kidder.
Humorous remark notes a Nebraska post office called Tonic and jokes the postmaster did not take the job for his health. The piece also mocks holiday attention by officials and suggests trimming old wastebaskets into spring hats.
A collection of quips on social behavior and public affairs notes shifts in tariff implications for stockings and darning, a Missouri judge ruling that chores do not count as work, and Independence Hall in Philadelphia drawing a million visitors annually after major restoration funding.
A wealthy New Castle, Pennsylvania merchant penned a bitter letter to his wife who then killed herself. Upon learning of the tragedy the man collapsed and was hospitalized. The episode underscores the perils of harsh marital strain.
A young New York woman, after eloping with a gentleman, discovers she has become stepmother to nine children and deserts him. The piece ponders romance for widowers with children. Separately, King Alfonso of Spain paused from a bullfight to lay a cornerstone for a free soup kitchen for the poor, likely to ensure proper disposal of bull remains.
A humorous exchange imagines postwar reforms and a fused wardrobe kitchen cabinet. A coughing patient touts Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as cure for consumption. The letter from Brunswick, Dear Sirs, December 1906 claims relief and health after trying various medicines.
O. H. Bell seeks to supply 700 tons of storage room for hay at the old Mayfield stand. The notice indicates available storage capacity and a call for interested parties to engage with Bell on the arrangement.
Found-Package items for owner to reclaim by paying notice and proving property. WANTED contracts for orange groves or alfalfa ranch on shares. FOR RENT furnished five room cottage from July. Inquiries at office. P. O. Box 448 H P Zimmerman travels home with Idaho horses for Starr Corrall Riverside Cal. May 26 1931.
The ad claims Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey quickly cures colds and relieves acute symptoms. It notes a single product under the Bell trademark and directs readers to Murray's Drug Store, with a separate line referencing local classifieds by Arthur Tuthill for rake or mower ads.
Leave your money at home and have them made by M. W. Wells the only man that makes his own goods and uses best material. Call and be convinced.
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