Postal Route 3 Plan Halted by Patron Signups
The new rural route to serve the orange and lemon district will not start November 1 as planned. Only 15 of 76 prospective patrons signed for thrice weekly service, forcing Postmaster W L Brown to report to Washington and delay daily mail delivery. The chamber of commerce is urged to rally 76 signups to meet government requirements and press for early daily service.
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Washington
W. L. Brown
Orange and Lemon
Postal Department
Chamber of Commerce
Eastern Jubilee Quartette to Perform at Woman's Club House
The Eastern Jubilee Quartette under the Christian church will give a concert next Thursday evening at the Woman's club house. The program includes jubilee songs violin solos trios plantation melodies popular songs vocal solos classic works piano solos duets and dialect readings from Paul Laurence Dunbar. The group is highly recommended as entertainers and has pleased audiences across Southern California.
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The
Christian Church
Eastern Jubilee Quartette
Woman’s Club House
Paul Laurence Dunbar
California
Plot to sink ships with clock bombs exposed in New York
Five men face federal charges over a conspiracy to hamper munitions shipments by attaching clockworked bombs to ship rudders or propellers. Fay confessed links to German officials and a plan to delay vessels across the Atlantic. others were arrested in Jersey City and Weehawken.
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New York
Atlantic
United States
Robert Fay
Sixteenth Saxony Infantry
Secret Service
William J. Flinn
Houghton
Fay
America
von Papen
K. Boyed
Champagne
France
Hudson River
Walter L. Scholz
Weehawken
N. J
Hudson
Scholz
Paul Daeche
Jersey City
Cologne University
Halloween Social Planned by Congregational Workers Union
The ladies of section 2 of the Congregational Workers Union organize a Hallowe en social in the chapel Friday evening inviting all church members and the congregation to attend for a social evening.
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Section 2
The
Congregational Workers Union
Corona Dollar Wanders Through Corona Police District
A light hearted item tracks a Corona Dollar as it moves through the city from the jail to the police station and back to shops. The Independent invites readers to report its whereabouts and keep local dollars circulating.
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Corona
Ramsey
Gully
Old Chino Ranch I’s Big Producer
A San Bernardino county horticulturist report details the old Chino ranch northwest of the city with 37 826 acres under cultivation this year. He lists dominant crops including alfalfa barley hay sugar beets and various fruits and nuts and notes artesian wells propelled development from an unproductive mesa to a diversified farming region producing eightteen different crops.
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Chino Ranch
San Bernardino
Mesa
Where the Big Red Apples Grow Apple Show to be Held in Yucaipa District
The Yucaipa Valley exhibit at the Corona Drug company window highlights apples from the region. The Apple Show is set for November 4 5 and 6, showcasing fruit grown in Yucaipa and the valley’s irrigation and infrastructure progress.
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Yucaipa Valley
Corona Drug Company
Election Quiet As Constitution Amendments At City Precincts
Voters turnout was light across four precincts with scarcely 200 votes by late afternoon. An election board at Genereux's garage reportedly spent the time outside in the alley playing horseshoes.
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Genereux
East Donates 350000 Bibles in Forty Seven Languages
The New York Bible Society distributed over 350,000 Bibles in forty seven languages and raised types for the blind during the last year. Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island received 15,702 Scriptures in total.
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New York Bible Society
Ellis Island
Erecting Automatic Signals In Santa Fe City
The Santa Fe railroad electrical department will start six automatic signals within city limits. Locations were chosen after a conference with Superintendent Hitchcock, the street committee, and the mayor. Sand and gravel have been distributed. material has arrived. Signals to be placed at Sheridan street crossing and at Taylor Main Kellogg Fullerton and Rimpau crossings on the new spur to the orange and lemon groves.
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The
Santa Fe Railroad
Hitchcock
Railroad System
Board of Trustees
Sheridan Street
Taylor,Main
Kellogg
Fullerton
Rimpau
Prinz Adalbert Sunk in Baltic. Crew Rescued Limited
Berlin reports the German cruiser Prinz Adalbert was sunk by a British submarine off Libau after two enemy torpedo attacks. Only a small portion of the 557 crew were saved. Other items note attacks on Venice and Armenian massacres, with Allied troop movements and Austrian advances near the Danube.
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Berlin
London
Prinz Adalbert
Baltic
Libau
Better Babies Contest at Autumn Festival
The committee organizing the Better Babies contest for the Woman's Improvement club autumn festival works with city physicians and nurses. Mothers are urged to watch The Independent for the registration date and place as limited examination slots may fill quickly.
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Woman's Improvement Club
Mrs Brock receives district deputy grand matron honor
Mrs. George Brock returned from San Francisco where she attended the Grand Chapter meeting of California Order of the Eastern Star and was appointed District Deputy Grand Matron for the district including Corona Riverside Perris Colton and Elsinore. This marks the first time a Crown chapter Matron has held the honor.
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George Brock
San Francisco
State of
California
Order of the Eastern Star
Brock
Corona
Riverside
Perris
Colton
Elsinore
Pendleton Natatorium Aims to Inspire Corona Kids
Pendleton residents funded a modern natatorium costing 10600 with private gifts and city support to provide a safe bathing place. The project drew 600+ donors, and the city council added 2000 from taxpayers. The pool opened within a year of the discussion amid hot summer water needs.
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Coronans
Pendleton
Oregon
East Oregonian
Umatilla
Bingham
Lehman
Hidaway Springs
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