25 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1914
Page
1
The six hour three mile track event in Corona attracts over 100000 spectators with practice underway. The racing association equips the course for safety using guards telephones and an on site emergency hospital. Ticket lines form as 25000 autos expected and 100000 attendees anticipated with fair room prices urged for visitors.
A large mob gathered in Mexico City in front of Ses al fous act So a wedge and raided shops for arms, battered doors, and fired shots with few casualties. Police were powerless as the crowd looted pawn shops and other establishments before mobs formed to quell the unrest.
An early morning break in at Mr. and Mrs. Harry Craig’s residence on Francis Street ends with a one legged burglar named Philip Randolph, 29, detained at the scene. He was found with an old coin and a razor. no loot recovered. police turn him over to Chief Ramsey and officers Colton and Williamson.
Paris reports a German detachment recounts poor roads and dense forests in the Argonne. They faced hidden French troops with constant fire and suffered 60 casualties before retreating, then lost another 200 men in two days despite renewed attempts.
Chicago reports a new grave digging machine perfected by a local firm. Allies have ordered thirteen devices to be shipped immediately to address mass battlefield burials and unbearable stench from rapid burial or cremation.
Forty four survivors of the wrecked Hanalei reach San Francisco exhausted as fifteen bodies lie in the city morgue and two more in San Rafael. Officials probe whether fog caused the wreck and criticize delays in sending life savers.
Barney Oldfield recalls a near fatal moment while quail hunting at the Bixby ranch in the Santa Ana canyon. Teammate Jim Jeffries fired at a coiled rattlesnake just as Oldfield stepped over it, narrowly averting a grave accident during a hunting trip before November.
News from the Crown Garage confirms Burman wrecked his engine after a tire incident and will not start tomorrow unless a new mount is found. Rickenbacher and Burman discussed a potential swap to the Peugeot, while Sunbeam drivers Grant and Babcock express confidence in Nos. 9 and 18.
Four Corona churches plan a union Thanksgiving service at 7 20 p m in the Congregational church with Meth odist Episcopal Baptist Christian and Congregational congregations attending Dr J F Humphrey pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church will preach a union choir will lead hymns and E T Wilcox will sing a tenor solo A beet grower canvass targets Talbert Artesia and other beet districts in Los Angeles and Orange counties to grow their own sugar beet seed.
A tale recalls a man spared from a venomous bite as he reacted instantly to a shot by shifting his weight onto his legs, thinking he had better odds of recovery from a gunshot wound than a snake bite.
At four this morning a Mexican burglar was caught escaping with a bundle on Sheridan near the boulevard. Police arrested Francisco Orandaz near the depot within 15 minutes and recovered the stolen clothing. He faces a preliminary hearing likely Friday as courts are closed for Thanksgiving.
The Pomona district disposed of the last of its Valencias in the last week of October. In some seasons all Valencias have been marketed by the district by the first of October.
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