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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
3
Train times listed for travel from Los Angeles to Overland and San Diego to Riverside and East. Services run daily including Sundays with both Overland and Local options, arrivals noted as 5 26 a m 8 57 2 m 4 41 p m and later 8 57 a m 12 43 p m 6 53 p m.
Rent notices for cottages and furnished rooms. Inquire W A Gleason on 6th street between Victoria and Ramona. 50tf
A large Republican mass meeting is planned at the Loring Opera House in Riverside next Friday evening with U S Senator Frank P Flint and Lee C Gates as speakers. The event includes an old fashioned torchlight procession and two bands, with excursion trains to Riverside from San Jacinto Hemet Perris and Corona.
Corona residents and visitors fill the Local News page with social calls. Notable mentions include Mrs. Juliet Powell Rice hosting a concert. Miss Viola Ashcroft and Miss Zina Ashcroft returning from coast. Dr. M. B. Hutt and Dr. William Hutt arriving from Los Angeles. and J. M. Browning inviting photo sessions at his studio.
Kansas City hosts the start of a three day national citrus fruit exchange meeting with delegates from California and the East. C T Brage serves as district inspector, F C Charters of Los Angeles acts as general eastern manager, and a special train of eighty delegates arrives from California. About 100 delegates are expected from Eastern states.
The Lorelei gave a recital of old folk songs at Mrs Juliet Powell Rice home assisted by George Merriam of San Bernardino. A covered porch served as soloist venue with guests in the parlor. The program featured piano duet, solos in English and German, and several folk tunes with audience applause.
The report notes over an inch of rain in Riverside County with monthly totals peaking at 1.27 inches for September, surpassing Los Angeles rainfall. It contrasts Riverside’s record with September becoming notably wet, while mentioning average expectations for the month. The piece also references portrait samples by photographer J. O. Browning.
Reading of a bank ledger shows entries for resources including U.S. Bonds to secure circulation and premiums on bonds. The document lists checks and other cash items notes of other national banks and items due from approved reserve agents with references to fractional currency and nickels.
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