04 Mar 1916
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1916
Page
1
The piece argues saving is harder than earning but growing wealth hinges on farmers expanding acreages and investing in machinery. Prosperity flows from farmer capital, triggering employment for workers, higher merchant profits, and broad economic growth as demand ripples through industries and households.
The article notes a total value of lead in crops at over 5.28 billion dollars, surpassing the prior year by more than 415 million dollars. The figures imply a historic crop yield milestone and a significant year-over-year increase.
The Division of Agricultural Education announces two new correspondence courses. Date Culture by Professor J. B. Coit covers economics propagation cultivation fertilization irrigation varieties harvesting and pest control. Corn Culture by Professor B. A. Madson explains soils seed selection planting cultivation harvesting and suitable varieties for California.
Allied resistance around Verdun remains strong as German forces press west of the Meuse into the Woevre region. The village of Vaux was attacked but held by French marines. Bombardment continues in the Woevre district with French fire repelling German advances near Malancourt and Haucourt. At Douaumont the Germans reached the village after fruitless endeavors elsewhere, with ongoing ferocious fighting and heavy losses on the German side.
Former Fargo mayor dies from pneumonia. Funeral from Congregational church tomorrow at 2 pm with Undertaker J C Hoover in charge. Rev E A Roys to preach. Burial at Sunnyslope cemetery with Odd Fellows at graveside. G A R to attend. AML members urged to assemble store of Davis and Hloofey for funeral attendance.
Prof M K K Jaffa of the University of California Division of Nutrition says alfalfa hay should yield about 10 percent protein in first class samples. A Stockton State Hospital sample shows this level, while many samples fall short due to admixture with other hay and careless harvesting reducing leaf content.
A short essay extols borrowing good books when unable to buy and urges prompt returns. It laments chronic borrowers who take items and never return them, calling them pests and likening the problem to social shunning. The piece argues timely returns keep borrowing alive for all.
Public notice invites ranchers to post ready made cloth signs against hunting depredations. Signs priced at 26 cents each.
The notice promotes using the classified column to sell buy or exchange items and encourages subscribing to The Independent for more content.
Classified item notes that advertisers should mention this newspaper when purchasing ad space, highlighting the paper as the preferred outlet for visibility and reach. The notice emphasizes mentioning the paper in promotional buys.
An old remedy touts Mambur Breast Tea known as Hamburger Brust Thee sold in pharmacies. A tablespoon is steeped in boiling water and drunk before bed to open pores and relieve congestion. The preparation is claimed to loosen bowels and break a cold, described as inexpensive, vegetable, safe, and harmless.
A vintage advertisement touts rubbing St Jacobs Oil on tender joints to relieve rheumatism pain stiffness and related aches. It claims quick action without internal treatment and urges readers to buy a 3 cent bottle from drug stores to become free from aches.
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