20 May 1916
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1916
Page
1
A local notice invites drawings for a one dollar prize at the Independent office. The column urges civic effort for Corona cleaning and hometown business support, praising women’s work and warning against street litter and disease while recalling wisps of youth memories.
GEO. M. BLAIR, Editor. G. J. THOMPSON, Publisher. City Editor. Subscription rates listed: $4 per year, $2 for six months, 85c per month, delivered by carrier within city limits. Subscriptions due in advance. Published every afternoon except Sunday at 110-112 West Sixth Street. All papers continue until explicit disconnection order received. Arrearages must be paid in every case.
A 1916 column features verse about P J Whitten tending to his knitting and advice on farmers clubs plus several satirical or opinion pieces. It includes mock headlines and a closing unsigned notice praising E H S muse while critiquing public figures.
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a protest against fertilizer rates from Mococo California to Oregon destinations. The disputed charge was 30 cents per 100 pounds.
Blanche Sweet appears in The Ragamuffin at the Majestic theater on Monday. The Jesse L. Lasky production portrays a slum girl raised by an elder criminal who exploits her, leading to a dramatic romance sparked by a burglarizing incident and a pivotal photograph.
Chicago May 20 The American Garment Manufacturers Association opens with representatives from about 300 firms to set standard colors amid a European dye shortage. The meeting will tackle the issue as well as raw material scarcities. Galbraith Miller Jr of Milwaukee is association president. Red Cross reports note thousands of soldiers in Europe poisoned by inferior dyes used in troop clothing.
Entomologists from seven western states met in Salt Lake City to discuss quarantine rules for alfalfa weevil. They will urge their state governments to limit the quarantine to hay shipments while allowing other produce from Utah and Wyoming.
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