Auditor Brown Explains Tax Impact of Good Roads Bonds
Riverside county taxpayers hear from Auditor Brown who argues the $1,125,000 5 percent good roads bonds will not raise taxes. He notes 22 cents per $100 of assessed value for $56,250 annual interest, but pledges to avoid diverting general funds for road work if bonds pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
A. T. Kimbell
Perris
Riverside County
General County Fund
Public Service Corporations
Pablic Service Corporations
City electrician condemns wiring in town
City Electrician Potter reports inspecting numerous sites and condemning twelve buildings for defective wiring. Most owners heed the ordinance while a few prominent residents have not. He warns that noncompliant properties risk power shutoffs and fire hazards from dangerous old wiring.
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Potter
Savery
Lincoln School
Road building over decades yields patchwork, uneconomical system
The statement argues that taking more than 20 years to develop a road network will result in a patchy system and an uneconomical approach to achieving good roads, implying long timelines hinder quality and cost efficiency.
School Trustees Visit Fullerton for Tent School Plan
Dr M Victor Staley and trustees L A Fink Ralph Stanfield and Mrs Elisa S Alden drove to Fullerton Tuesday to study a tent school system after their building burned. The Lincoln school was condemned and the board hopes ideas to care for pupils until new arrangements are made.
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M. Victor Staley
L. A. Fink
Ralph Stanfield
Elisa S. Alden
Fullerton
Lincoln School
Ella F. Alden
Reynolds
Baptist Church
B. E. Lavery
Linccoln
Coronas Wed in Riverside
James Otto Caldwell 25 of Illinois and Dora E Vaughan 16 of Arkansas and of this city married in Riverside Friday afternoon by Justice of the Peace French. They drove to Riverside in a buggy for the knot tying and returned to housekeeping at Third and Howard streets. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs J Vaughan, groom employed by Vaughan. Friends held a lively charivari at their home that evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Otto Caldwell
Illinois
Dora E. Vaughan
Arkansas
Riverside
Justice of the Peace
Third
Howard Streets
J. Vaughan
North Howard Street
Vaughan
Lincoln School to be abandoned as a school building
At a mass meeting of Corona residents 250 people voted to abandon the Lincoln school for all time and to seek bonds for a new building. The debate featured inspectors reports asserting safety and concerns about foundation and hog irons, with calls for additional independent inspectors before any vote.
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Inspector Savery
Lincoln School
Fink
Corona
BE. M. Gifford
Riverside
Lavery
Stanfield
Backus
Los Angeles
Daily Independent
Wm. Corkhill
Savery
T. ©. Jameson
C. €. Hiatt
Sacramento
F. W. Reynolds
H. Moore
Moore
Jameson
E. J. Genereux
State Department
L. L. Andrews
Andrew Wheaton
Dc. B. McConnell
Long Reich
Ete
Patchwork and condemnation shadow a building’s history
Eyewitnesses recount concerns over a structure started but condemned before completion. One worker warned of improper anchoring, calling the project patchwork from start to finish. Other veterans note delays, contract shifts, and window failures during late stages of construction.
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Trav
Dave Ter Griche
Congregational Bazaar a Success
The Christmas bazaar held in the Congregational church building next to the post office by the ladies of the church was a success. They sold fancy articles cooked foods needlework and potted plants and cleared over expenses 175.00 with many items sold throughout the day and Benjamin Walker serving as auctioneer at closing.
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Congregational Church
Benjamin Walker
Whist Party 18 Happy Affair at Mrs Grinnell's Home
Mrs J W Grinnell hosts a whist party for about thirty ladies at her East Tenth Street home with yellow chrysanthemums. Prizes include a hand painted plate and a vase. Refreshments of chocolate, coffee, ice cream, cake and bonbons served. guests praised the hostess.
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J. W. Grinnell
East Tenth Street
Bithel Scoville
Ss. \. Dudley
J. Price
Mes
Mades
M. Terpening
Roko
Ros Billings
Ro Stanfield
Carter R. Po Blatt
So B. Prenehbe
Bo Ke Say Cry
Mo Seoville
Woo
Clyon
S R. Byler
Wo Coe
Po Rice
Mr. Clawson
Po AL Prazier
AL Selene
Man
W. Cran
Brook
Poo
Whitten
Jo Poo
Mo Wey
S. Maneett Sr
AL Dudley
Wthel Seo Ville
Denna Watrrabee
Giaindis
M. Archer
Euests
Mrs. Cheriniell
Philogian Class Entertained By Mrs Geo
Mrs Geo Stiles of North Victoria avenue entertained the Moidl Philodian class of the church Thor s. Fight games and a guessing contest were held with prizes to Mrs Geo Med rig and Mrs Martin Moore. Light refreshments were served to Mr and Mrs JL A Fink Mr and Mrs Martin Moore Mr and Mrs Edward Colover Mr and Mrs HH is Roberts Ray Williamson Orville Eveland Mr and Mrs Ernestanton and Mr and Mrs Geo Fedric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gieo. Stiles
North Victoria Avenue
Thors
Geo, Medrig
Martin Moore
JL. A Fink
Edward Colover
HH. Is, Roberts
Ray Williamson
Orville Eveland
Ernestanton
Geo. Fedric
Free Seeds In Danger Again
A long report discusses seeds tied to government distribution, criticizing current spending and methods. It notes seed shortages, price pressures, and debates in Congress about allotting funds for new and foreign seeds. It also touches Taft’s view on expert examiners and a political pardon case.
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Tyros
Congress
Evears
Agricusturn
Elouston
New Hampshire
National Grange
Taft
Patt
Morse
New York
Charles I. Morse
Atlantic
Washington
Army Medical Corps
TEACH THE YOUNGSTER
Advising saving early, a bank lesson stresses opening an account in a name and watching money grow through cloverlike interest. The message urges perpetual gratitude for financial literacy learned in youth.
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Tor
Citizens’ Savings Bank
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Perris, ‘al
City Electrician
Earle Potter
Coronans
The
Corona National Bank
Gifford
Long Beach
I. R. Nicolls
Coreana
Mr. Nichols
Mr. Savery
Women In Evidence
A. H. Cross
W. T. Gibson
Congregational Bazaar
Philogian
Geo, Stilés
Department OF Agriculture
Farrewelins
Telephone Company
Citizens’ Bank
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