Chamber of Commerce merger boosts city growth drive
Campaign to add 200 members yields 108 new members in six hours as Corona boosters unite to push city development. A bylaws change is proposed to create a separate department for the Business Men's Association within the chamber, with a joint committee meeting tomorrow night at city hall.
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Chamber ‘of Commerce
Board of Diectors
Business Men’s Association
Boosters
Corona
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Messrs. Chas. Hoss
B. B. Collier
F.H. Ott
A. H. Larrabee
J. C. Tate
Jewels Mysteriously Returned After February Theft
In Los Angeles a large portion of diamonds valued at $50,000, stolen from Mrs. A H Smith wife of a New York Central president, were mysteriously recovered. The gems disappeared from Mrs Paith's Beverly Hills hotel apartment but reappeared minus a single diamond stud and case.
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Los Angeles
A.H. Smith
New York Central Lines
Knockout Fight Nears For Leach Cross and Whitte
In New York on May 25, Leach Cross and Charley Whitte are set as top featherweight contenders in a heat facing off for a major knockout bid. Fans crowd to witness two of the world’s leading featherweights in what promises a dramatic match.
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New
York
Mayoh
Jooking
Campaign aims to make Corona flyless town
Health board launches a public drive to eliminate flies in Corona. Miss Clark’s biology class will publish a series of articles including a student poem urging residents to keep premises dry, clean breeding spots, and cooperate to stop fly breeding and disease spread.
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Corona
Health. Board
Miss @live -Clark
Public Library Detours Winter Activities And Reads
The Holy Land slides arrive for Christmas week and show this Thursday evening with free admission. Priscilla handbooks on fancywork circulate alongside back issues of Modern Priscilla and Home Needlework. Efficiency reports from firms highlight office management gains. Shakespeare stories return for the second story hour with The Winter's Tale this Saturday.
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Holy Land
Ancy
Lib
Priscilla
Home
Shakespeare
Corona
Letter from Frederick Seyfert to relatives before execution
A German letter from Casablanca dated November 5 1914 reports Frederick Seyfert an employee of the Moroccan postal service saying he dies for the Fatherland after his execution by a French military tribunal on espionage charges. The German press calls the execution a judicial murder and the letter expresses innocence and farewell.
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Olbernhau
Germany
Frederick Seyfert
Casablanca
Fatherland
Seyfert
We can beat the world at speed and fruit
The fragmentary text hints at a sports or competitive slogan about speed and items like fruit. It mentions beating the world and spinning, with unusual punctuation and stray phrases. No clear event, person, or organization emerges.
School Trustee Election Planned for April 2
A city school election to elect one member to the school board will be held in Lincoln school on April 2 or a week from tomorrow. Mrs Ella S Alden’s term expires. she is not a candidate for re election though urged by friends. Election board members are E P Kidder Mrs F J Mueller and C H Birdsall. Balloting will occur in Lincoln school with electors free to vote for any candidate.
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Ella S. Alden
City
Ella 5
Alden
Lincoln
E.P. Kidder
F. J. Mueller
C. H. Birdsall
Emperor Touched by Soldier’s Plea Ends Hospital Visits
A Venice correspondent reports Emperor Francis Joseph visited a wounded German soldier who begged to be killed after losing both legs and an arm. The monarch, described as tender hearted, turned pale and left the ward, never again appearing in the military hospitals.
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Venice
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Shifts in Desert Front as Turks Withdraw
A British lance corporal reports near the Garden of Eden in the Persian Gulf country. He describes intense heat, water scarcity, and living on bread, tea, and dates while noting two forts and a telegraph office captured with no British casualties. The Turks reportedly used feigned death as a retreat tactic.
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London
Adam and Waie
Garden of Eden
Persian Gulf
Passebhem
Assembly Passes Non-Partisan Measure After 16 Hour Debate
In Sacramento the assembly approved an administration non-partisan law by 42 to 31 at 4 am after a 16 hour session. Schmidt of San Francisco pushed 64 amendments while Bartlett and Downing of Los Angeles offered others voted down. Speaker Young defended the bill as changes aimed at nominating procedures.
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Assembly
Schmidt
San Francisco
Bartlett
Downing
Los Angeles
House
Young
Noted Army Man Dies in Pasadena
Major General John P. Story who planned the fortifications of the Panama canal died at his Oakhill residence in Pasadena. He was past 70 and suffered from Bright's disease. He served long in the government and taught mathematics and heavy artillery at West Point. His brother is F. Q. Story of the California Fruit Growers exchange and Judge William Story. The widow is a Washington society leader.
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John P. Story
Panama Canal
F. Q. Story
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Willam Story
Oakhill
Bright
Washington, D
Major Story
Military Academy
West Point
The Beloved Adventure at La Corona Theatre Tonight
At La Corona theatre tonight The Beloved Adventure features a realistic crash scene with two live trains. Duffy and Miller, a clever vaudeville duo, also perform and return for another appearance.
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Duffy
Miller
Corona Far ns Drive Strong Corona Farms Market Activity
Corona farms move rapidly with sales totaling $22 000 last week. Janss Investment Co of Los Angeles reports buyers including T A Nelson 10.5 acres on Pacific avenue and A F Wilson 10 acres. Purchases include 20 acres for lemons on Hamner Avenue and 15 acres on Fourth street near reservoir.
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Jones Investment Company
Calfornia
T. A. Nelson
Pacific Avenue
Nelson
A.F. Wilson
Geo. K. Murdock
Hamner Avenue
F. F. Palmer
Fourth Street
City of
Corona
Jansse Company
Germans Launch New Offensive in Champagne Argonne
Paris reports that German forces have begun a major push in Champagne and Argonne while Allied lines repulse seven heavy attacks. In Persia, Kurdish and Turkish troops kill hundreds of Christians in northwest regions, with mass executions near Gulpashan.
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Argonne
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