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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
3
The Independent Office outlines a reader driven subscription contest with prizes and voting credits. Names, addresses, and large vote counts for participants like George Green and Lloyd Dickinson appear, along with district standings and notes on optimal single year subscriptions to maximize votes.
The Independent reports a city hall gathering this evening to form a rifle club with notable attendance from Riverside. H L Glass W L Peeler and Fred J Carroll return from Riverside where Carroll shared leadership experience as former Company M sergeant. Expected speakers include Judge Ellis M Estudillo L C Kelly among others.
Secretary of State Lansing told Bolivian Minister Calderon that Pan American mediation is useless in the present Mexican situation. Reports say American prisoners taken at Carrizal are on their way to Juarez and will be released upon arrival. Carranza’s reply to threats of grave consequences will claim Wilson’s stand rests on unauthentic reports. General Carranza’s release of troopers avoids an immediate U S Mexican clash. Wilson to decide on congressional action after Carranza responds.
London reports the Italian prime minister vows the Allies will fight offensively. Paris notes French gains in Champagne boosting Allied spirits while German sympathizers grow despair. Balkans intrigue rises as Romania may join the Allies. Paris also cites a Zurich Matin dispatch on German demands of Switzerland ending at six o'clock tonight.
The readable fragments show numbers and pricing terms likely about quantities and rates. No clear names or places are identifiable in the OCR snippet. The item seems to describe counts and prices, but specifics are unreadable.
The state board of education approved retirement salaries of 500 a year for California teachers. Mr and Mrs Edward T Pierce of Sierra Madre and Misses Maggie Lynch and Mary Ann Lynch of Sterling City are named. Pierce has taught 32 years in California.
After a two hour conference, Chas. E. Hughes announced full accord with Theodore Roosevelt. He expressed strong satisfaction with Roosevelt's letter and outlined agreement on the political program.
The Corona library hosts its first Independence Day program of the year with an illustrated travel talk on Revolutionary sites Boston to Lexington. It includes poems, depictions of Betsy Ross, a Declaration signing, and police as ushers. Admission is free.
The text states Taft offered to work with Roosevelt for Hughes's election, ready to act as a private in the ranks and to obey orders. It notes Roosevelt endorsed and spoke kindly of a telegram to the progressive committee and discussed campaign issues at a dinner interview.
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