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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1914
Page
1
The notice lists GEOQ M Blair as editor and publisher and Harold Y Reynolds as city editor. It also shows R B LaFlamboy as circulation manager and subscription prices of 4.00 per year 2.00 for six months and 3k per month for city carrier delivery.
The piece argues big financiers and department store moguls are praised for benevolence while paying their workers low wages. It calls for genuine charity reflected in higher wages and reduced ostentation rather than surface philanthropy.
The English Simplicists Society plans a Costa Rica colony modeled on the old Rock Farm, but faces similar risks of failure as prior utopian schemes tied to Ripley Hawthorne and other New England writers. Good motives and sound principles exist, yet human disagreements threaten unity.
Five conservation bills including the radium measure and the Alaska coal lands measure are hoped to pass this session. Secretary of the Interior Lane and Representative Twenty, chair of the House Rules committee, have consulted with President Wilson and urged approval.
The text notes conservation measures should join the House program and that public lands states have waited for government action. It suggests the next Democratic caucus may move these measures to Congress for consideration.
Secretary Bryan outlines youth goals from Baptist preacher to farmer and pumpkin grower. He recalls listening to cases in his father’s courtroom and notes he entered politics by accident and stayed by design. He also says he can dream in Spanish and that Chautauqua season plans are nearly complete.
Fifty years ago the world’s first college to offer collegiate education with honorary degrees to deaf mutes opened in Washington. On the same day John Carlin received the degree of Master of Arts, the first ever conferred on a deaf mute. Lincoln’s signature appeared as ex official Patron, marking a historic milestone.
A fragmented menu notes breakfast baked peaches with cream grape nuts bacon and potatoes coffee luncheon corn fritters a tomato and celery salad finnan haddie and Newburg cream dishes. It describes a raspberry shortcake and a strawberry sponge dessert with whipped cream and sponge cake decorations, though several lines are garbled.
Prepare tomato puree with salt and sugar, simmer, strain. Soak gelatin, mix with the tomato, then fold in shaved celery. Mould into individual cups, chill, unmold onto lettuce nests, garnish with curled celery. Serve with mayonnaise or cream dressing.
Cook two tablespoonfuls minced green pepper and one tablespoon minced pimento in four tablespoonfuls butter until soft. Add two tablespoonfuls flour three hard boiled yolks gradually two cupfuls milk then fold in two cupfuls boiled finnan haddie and sliced egg whites. Season with salt pepper and red pepper. Heat then add lemon juice and serve.
A recipe fragment instructs to make blackberry jelly by soaking gelatin in water, dissolving in hot blackberry juice, and sweetening to taste. It reads as a kitchen instruction from a historical column with no clearly stated yield or final steps.
The article recalls the origins of the National Deaf-Mute College founded as a state institution with Kendall Green campus and Edward Miner Gallaudet as president. It notes seven initial students, a small faculty, and its evolution into Calumet College, with graduates thriving in diverse fields from law to sports and journalism.
A fragment from a period piece hints at witty tricks and playful devices. The passage outlines clever deceptions and small-scale schemes, suggesting mischief in light entertainment or social satire.
Article highlights the Olver Twist fashion for boys this year with plaid dominating colors and trim details. New models show collars cuffs and front pleats with belts, pearl buttons on cuffs pockets and trouser sides, and plain colors like red and blue used similarly.
Sue found $1.50 hats steep and built her own build-up-in-the-neck style using a 15 cent wire frame, gilt paint, and lace. She covered the frame with ecru lace woven with gold threads, edged in metallic gold lace, and finished the back with black velvet loops and a wide crown band. A pink rose accents the crown, creating a stylish, formal ready accessory.
Stenciling draws in readers with its tango like allure and practical appeal. The article extols using stencils for curtains runners cushions screens bedspreads and porch decor in cool washable colors for a cohesive coordinated look.
The passage notes a threefold screen table cover cushions and a tan burlap dome with a conventional pattern in dull yellow old blue and olive green. It mentions fashion journals offering artistic stencil patterns and instructions for their use.
A fashion note extols white stockings worn with black pumps tucked under demure skirts as charming and healthful. It also offers a tip to combat flies by sprinkling kerosene and water around out houses and garbage areas to destroy eggs and repel adults.
An ad touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a 60 cent cure to restore dark lustrous hair overnight. It claims gray, dry, and thinning hair vanishes after one or two applications, with all-druff gone and scalp itching stopped.
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