14 Mar 1917
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1917
Page
1
A miscellany of wry quips and notes from 1863 era humor and social commentary. Observations range from hair fashion nostalgia to barber shop jokes and wartime patience with President Wilson. The pieces reflect daily life and public mood during a time of war.
Courts mandate continued application of arrearage payment in every case until explicit instruction to discontinue is issued. All overdue amounts must be settled as a condition of ongoing proceedings or relief.
A humorous exchange has Aunt Sue explaining heirloom meaning a object handed down through generations. The boy mishears heirloom as a name for his pants. A second paragraph imagines national bustle with conflicts involving railroad brotherhoods Cubans Germans and Belgium.
The piece laments modern matches as fragile and picky insisting on their own sandpaper to strike. It contrasts them with older husky sliver matches whose heads sparked readily. The columnist notes frequent failures and the need to coax picky matches to ignite, ending with a playful cuss about matches.
Clyde L. Seavey of the State Tax Commission says in the Journal of the Tax Payers Association of California that if the added federal income tax corporation tax new inheritance and excess profits taxes and a federal land tax were enacted they would place about 15 million dollars in direct federal taxes on California each year a heavy burden without regard to local taxation conditions.
In a California trend the Santa Cruz Taxpayers' association urges the city to transfer municipal tax assessment and collection to county officers. It also calls for consolidating local offices to remove overlap and suggests a new city charter based on the manager plan.
The Independent reports finding an uncatalogued morgue clipping of an unidentified figure and asks readers to help identify the likeness. The note explains the morgue holds news cuts of notable individuals and invites public assistance.
Mrs George Tacher Guernsey of Independence Kansas enters the national D A R presidency race at the Washington convention with backing from 48 states. Opponents include Mrs George G Squires Mrs John Miller Horton and Mrs J Hamilton Lewis as Mrs William Cuming Story holds the post.
Hemet reports plans for the annual Easter sunrise service on Bothin heights with Rev. S A Smith of the San Jacinto Methodist church delivering the address. Choirs from valley churches unite for the morning event and are rehearsing for the special program.
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