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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
1
A Riverside highway commission meeting reads petitions from Elsinore Murrieta Temecula and Wildomar asking inaction on 1916 road improvements to the San Diego county line and to improve the Corona Elsinore road under consideration. The piece contrasts mock seriousness with local political satire and a census of local concerns.
London reports a wedding ring shortage on May 18 prompting jewelers to halve the thickness of plain bands. The scarcity drives shops to trim stock and adjust prices as buyers seek affordable bands.
The fight centers on Lane Theological Seminary and other conservative strongholds in Chicago and Pittsburgh. Leaders like Rev. Dr. William McKibbin in Cincinnati push against Lane and Union, signaling a split between East and West and between conservatism and radicalism. A possible censure of the New York presbytery looms, with potential loss of property and billions in church assets and benevolences if severed from the assembly.
London reports a government procurement of 19 million pounds of Pie Melon jam from Australia. The jam combines melon lemon honey and ginger, described as a wartime oddity for the Tommies.
The Aravaipa Cattle Growers Association of Arizona offers a bounty of 25 per head on lions and wolves. A movement aims to consolidate this association with the Cochise County Cattle Growers.
At the last Phoenix meeting of the Arizona Poultry Association Professor Parke from the university extension service outlined canning chicken. He is expected to later demonstrate the cold pack method of canning.
The state agricultural society awarded a five thousand dollar contract for an addition to the poultry building at the state fair grounds in Sacramento.
B. J. McKinney of Cochise County Arizona has just received a shipment of registered Hereford bulls from El Paso, expanding local cattle stock and breeding potential for the ranch.
The executor will sell at private sale on or after May 24 1916 all undivided one half interest in Lots 7 and 8, Block 108 South Riverside Corona Riverside California to the highest bidder with terms including mortgage assumption of 2500 and cash balance in gold coin. Bids in writing addressed to Walter S. Clayson or delivered to the executor.
In Riverside County California the administrator of Morris Robbins deceased will sell at private sale to the highest bidder on or after May 24 1916 the lot described as part of Lots 3 and 5 Block 62 of the Lands of the South Riverside Land and Water Company Corona Riverside County California. Buyer must assume a mortgage about 1525 and pay the balance in gold with 10 percent cash at sale. taxes and assessments to be paid by buyer. Sale subject to court confirmation. Written bids may be left with attorney Walter S Clayson or administrator in Riverside Court House or Corona office before sale.
An ad touts Adler-i-ka a buckthorn bark glycerine mixture that supposedly relieves constipation gas and sour stomach and claims a few doses can prevent appendicitis. The Crown City Drug Co advertises the remedy as instant and astonishing.
A by product firm established a plant to process cull apples. The main product expected is carbonized cider, signaling a shift to value added beverage production.
Idaho lambing camp reports indicate satisfactory conditions with sheep turned to the range and the lamb crop meeting the seasonal average.
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