23 May 1912
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
1
A long critique urges restraint in graduation attire and expense as commencements should be joyful. It argues for modest dress, public pride, and personal initiative to keep streets and homes neat, urging education leaders to curb lavish outfits and set a prudent example.
The piece argues liquor consumption correlates with insanity and feeble-mindedness. It cites the Journal of the Kansas Medical Association noting Kansas asylum commitments fell from 56.2 per 100000 in 1904 to 88.5 last year, praising prohibition enforcement as a defense.
A Port Wayne Indiana court ruling states a city has no legal duty to light streets in any locality and is not negligent for failure to do so though inaction may affect negligence regarding obstructions. Also mentions Henry Ferris of Hadar Nebraska praising Poley’s Money and Tar Compound as his decades long cough remedy.
Injustice' Clayson court case ends with judge ruling for the defendant. Copesthaver paid Newton set monthly rate for the horse but later removed it after driving the animal for about a year. Sanche testified the horse did good work. judge backed the defendant, noting abandonment and unclear motive.
A United States Geological Survey report notes Wisconsin zinc production rose while lead fell in 1911. It details concentrate sales, shifts from sphalerite to carbonate concentrates, and overall tonnage changes across districts with figures for 1441 and 1910 comparisons.
The California Outlook lauds Jot Chale Stung for works in Municipal Art exhibitions at the Chico City club. Aimed at civic betterment, his fountains and pastoral sculptures seek to brighten urban life for children, with themes like shepherd boy, buffalo, and wild eagle.
Washington May 22 Representative S C Smith of the eighth California district has probably wound up his public career and Thursday afternoon took the train for Los Angeles with his wife nurse and daughter Mrs Larsen and her infant son. The party will spend nine hours in Chicago and Smith will be taken for a rest there before continuing west. He is expected to reach Los Angeles today to reside in Hollywood for medical care under a physician who treated him before. Doctors aim to secure a safe arrival and rapid recovery through climate and open air exercise.
The Dickinson family thanks friends and neighbors for loving kindness and sympathy and for the flowers sent after a recent bereavement. Mrs Chas A. and family express gratitude.
San Jacinto Board of Trade urges buyers to inspect high class ranch lands in the San Jacinto Valley. Ads promise rare opportunity, profitable terms, and farms with brick houses near town. A committee will show properties by autos, inviting neighbors to visit via Santa Fe trains. Look for more details in this paper.
California interest centers on tests using molasses byproducts from cane and beet sugar as a road binder. When mixed with water and sprayed on macadam, it reportedly binds surfaces, offering a potential new factor for the asphalt industry.
A chaotic clipping mixes political debate over Taft Roosevelt with ad copy for kidney remedies. It cites Roosevelt and Taft as opposing forces, then shifts to testimonials from readers praising kidney pills and mentions crops in California and South Dakota.
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