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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
3
Santa Fe trains to Los Angeles depart Corona 5 26 a m Greasaneh Limited 8 57 a m Local 4 41 p m To San Diego 8 57 a m To Riverside and East 9 13 a m Overland 12 43 p m Local 6 53 p m Local All trains run daily and Sundays.
A dense list of local visits and social calls from Corona includes Miss Gladys Peters returning from Ontario, Mrs E J Manker visiting in Los Angeles, and A A Caldwell and J M Browning opening studios. Many residents travel to Los Angeles, Pasadena, or Ontario for visits or work, with two furnished rooms for rent and a shop promoting portrait work at Browning Studio. A barn at Prado burned, and William E. Lofthus reopened a blacksmith shop in Corona.
A Riverside Superior Court order requires the next of kin and all interested parties to appear on October 31 1908 at 9 30 am in Riverside to show cause why the guardian may not be authorized to sell Mary M Kyle’s real estate. The order, dated October 13 1908, calls for publication in Corona Independent for three weeks.
The Orange Heights Fruit Association held its annual meeting Monday at 2 pm in the association office. Frank Thompson was elected permanent chairman and L. D. Barnes secretary, with I. H. Moore and R. D. Lamson as proxy committee. Officers remained largely unchanged except L. R. Nichols was replaced by Cyrus Baldwin. The year ended Sept. 1, with 48 249 boxes of oranges and 22 237 boxes of lemons handled.
The Methodist church will host its quarterly conference this Saturday with Dr. J. L. Pitner presiding. He will preach Sunday morning. The Sunday school rally last week drew the largest attendance to date with twenty one more attendees than any prior record.
The comptroller issued a report on Los Angeles national banks showing loans and discounts at 28,665,041 with gold coin reserve 5,437,200 and legal tender reserve 7,136,413. Individual deposits total 30,502,894 and legal reserve fraction stands at 32 percent. The Bank of Butte County in Chico, California, had its conversion to a national bank approved, capital stock 250,000.
On October 11 near Schmargenberg Berlin two American aeronauts aboard the Conqueror A Holland Forbes and Augustus Fost survived a 4000 foot descent after a burst balloon. The basket hit a house roof but both men escaped with minor injuries. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup advertised as a cure for cold. Sold by K F Billings.
Bank listing shows assets including loans and discounts and U S bonds. The Riverside California bank reports cash, securities, and due from reserve agents with totals around 163 thousand dollars. Cashier M Terpening signs the statement swearing its truth to the best knowledge.
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