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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
8
A travel writer extols Holland as a man made land with vast canals and windmills. The piece contrasts Dutch life with Belgium and Paris, notes dykes and waterways, and describes dairy, milling, and village life along canal lanes. It highlights labor, cleanliness, and tourist customs including staged scenes for visitors.
Notice is given of a called stockholders meeting of the Rugby Water Company on April 6, 1908, at 10 a.m. in Corona Riverside Co California at the office of H K Stahl to elect directors for the current year and transact other business. J W Towner secretary dated March 10 1908 m13-20 We want your rags.
Charles L. Sutherland of the Hotel Del Rey becomes proprietor of Glen Ivy Hot Springs with a lease covering the springs and resort assets. Improvements include six porcelain tubs and a plunge pool, plus daily Buick transport to Corona. Possession expected April 1. plans include aggressive advertising.
F C Merikel owner of a pair of mules purchased in Los Angeles and kept near Arlington, reported the animals missing after attempting to corral them. He tied them to a wagon when they refused to enter and searched until Corona Friday night without success. A generous reward is offered for their return.
The Hotel Del Rey dining room will close on April 1 as landlord Sutherland leases Glen Ivy Hot Springs hotel for years and focuses on improvements at the mountain house. The Del Rey will stay as a rooming house and plans to reopen as a first class hotel when feasible.
B N Aldridge a leading New York City contractor and builder of the Boston government building and the Coney Island Dreamland Pavilion visited Corona with his family. He toured the colony with Mr Yourex and attended racing at Arcadia with horses from his string. He bought forty cars of oranges from the Corona Citrus company for shipment to Brooklyn.
A northbound freight train near Santa Ana canyon discovers the severed body of W. L. Pierce, 28, a teamster from the West grading camp. Officials rule accidental death, absolving the railroad. Pierce’s father refuses disposition of the remains. The inquest occurs at Davis undertaking parlors in Riverside.
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