Allied Offensives Press West as Serbs Face Push
London reports show Allied offensives in Artois and Champagne continuing with French claims of progress while German reports dispute gains. British forces push south of the Labassee canal and Germans rush reinforcements as Belgium loses troops to the western front. An Athens dispatch notes a large Austrian German advance toward Orsova and British hopes of a Macedonia landing near Berlin.
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London
Artois
Champagne
Viny
Lens
Massigeh
Argonne
Vouziers
Labassee Canal
Belgium
Switzerland
Serbia
Orsova
Athens
The
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Macedonia
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Megapotamia
Noted Traveler to Lecture Here
Early this fall Corona will host a famed traveler who will deliver a series of lectures and hold informal conferences. The visitor, deaf and dumb, travels with an interpreter and has earned praise from newspaper men professors clergy and merchants for his clear reasoning and engaging presentations. The exact date will be announced by The Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona
San Francisco
Independent
Will Rush Canyon Paving Starts Soon
Oscar Ford holds the Santa Ana canyon road contract from Olive to Peralta and will begin work within 10 days at the Peralta end. County Surveyor J L McBride cautions drivers to use the Brea route. upper canyon road to open first with concrete paving by Ford and county surfacing by the county. Isbell Construction will start in Riverside above Scully's ranch.
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Oscar Ford
Santa Ana Canyon
Olive
Peralta
Santa Ana
Ford
Isbell Construction Company
Riverside County
Scully
Happily Married at Long Beach
Mr and Mrs L Marvin Persons wed at the bride’s father J J Anderson’s Long Beach home in a quiet impressive ceremony. The couple will honeymoon at Lake Tahoe and then travel east on a extended trip after settling in the Citrus Belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Bruner
Lavalier
Julia A. White
Eleanor Vallette
Nellie Caseboom
Melvin R. Persons
George Wilson
Immanuel Baptist Church
Dorothy Patrick
Gladys Thomas
Persons
Lake Tahoe
Red Cross to Print 200 Million Christmas Seals
The American Red Cross and the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis announce the distribution of two hundred million Red Cross Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis work. The campaign spans all states plus Hawaii Porto Rico and the Canal Zone with over 500000 laborers involved by December 1. In 1914 seals raised about $500000 after expenses for local tuberculosis agencies nationwide. The Red Cross will again take ten percent of gross proceeds as its policy to support state associations.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Palm Beach couple with two children visit cousin in Florida
Mr and Mrs Fred Brownell of Palm Beach Florida arrive with their two children to stay at the home of their cousin J C Brownell and family for a family visit.
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Fred Brownell
Palm Beach
Florida
J. C. Brownell
Corona School Exhibit Planned for Riverside Fair
The Corona school will display an exhibit in the women's department of the Riverside district fair, arranged by Mrs. D. W. Glenn.
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Corona
Woman’s Department
Riverside
D. W. Glenn
Riverside high school expands football squad to sixty five
The Polytech Nic High School in Riverside reports its football squad has grown to 65 members. School interest in football reaches unprecedented enthusiasm, marking a peak in participation and support.
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Polytecnic High School of
Riverside
Food Sale at Otto's Grocery Saturday October 2
Community event by the Congregational Workers Union Section 1. Located at Otto's grocery, sale begins at 10 30 o clock with proceeds listed as 30 21 dollars.
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Otto’s Grocery
Congregational Workers’ Union
Evangelist Miller to preach at Gospel Mission tonight
Evangelist Miller arrives from Los Angeles and will preach at 7 30 tonight at the Gospel Mission on Fifth Street near Main. The public is invited.
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Evangelist Miller
Los Angeles
Gospel Mission
Fifth St
Main
J M Clancy Returns to Santa Barbara After Citrus Work
J M Clancy arrived home in Santa Barbara this morning after several days in Corona on citrus business.
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J. M. Clancy
Santa Barbara
Corona
Foley and Burk Carnival Brings Animal Act to Riverside Fair
The Foley and Burk circus features include four ponies with monkey jockeys, the Dog and Monkey Hotel, and acts like the Bontoc gorotes, Hawaiian entertainers, Miss Trixie the educated horse, Prince Ludwig the "smallest perfect man," and a 10,000 dollar galloping horse carcass display. Over a hundred performers travel with the company for the Riverside County Fair amusements.
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Foley and Burk
Waco
Denver
Lallas
Frisco
Foley and Burk Company
Trixie
Prince Ludwig
Nettie
Eli
Chick
Arlington Visitors Lead Christian Church Meeting
Fifteen visitors from Arlington Christian Church led by Rev. S. D. Perkinson conducted a Bible study on Great Chapters. Arlington supplied fine music including a solo and two male quartet numbers. Next week Corona visitors will visit Arlington with Rev. J. W. Utter leading.
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The
Christian Church
Arlington Christian Church
S. D. Perkinson
Corona
Arlington Church
J. W. Utter
Y W C A Picnic Planned In Main Street Canyon
The Corona branch of the Y W C A invites all young women interested in the work to a picnic next Friday evening. The group will depart from the M E church at six o clock. autos will transport picnickers to the canyon. Each person should bring 25 cents to cover supper. organizers promise a good profitable evening.
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Corona
Main Street Canyon
M. E
Mexican man falls from bicycle on Railroad Street scare
Joe Aguilar, described as Mexican, frightened Railroad Street residents by appearing dead after an intoxicated bicycle attempt. He fell into a ditch and slept there until arrested by Chief Ramsey.
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Joe Aguilar
Railroad Street
Ife
Chief Ramsey
Towne Patriarch P H Towne Dies in Plymouth Iowa
Word reached the city that P H Towne aged over eighty years father of FE Towne and Mrs C Davey and grandfather to Mrs Burton Baird has died in Plymouth Iowa. Mrs Davey and Mrs Baird will travel by train tomorrow morning to attend the funeral.
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P. H. Towne
Towne
C. Davey
Burton Baird
Plymouth
Iowa
Guardian seeks administrator for Mattie A. Bonfoey estate
Edward Bonfoey as guardian petitions the superior court for appointment as administrator of the estate of Mattie A. Bonfoey, deceased. The estate is valued at 2075 dollars. Attorney G R Freeman represents the petitioner.
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Eward Bonfoey
Albert Bonfoey
Superior Court
Mattie A. Bonfoey
G. R. Freeman
Public Health Service Promotes Stereopticon Loan Library
The U S Public Health Service promotes education with a stereopticon loan library for hygiene and sanitation topics. Nebraska State Fair officials requested slides for popular lectures, catalogs were sent, requisitions filled, slides shipped and later re packed for return. The program covers diseases from Alaska sanitation to yellow fever with duplicates for popular sets and supports both public and official health education nationwide.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Nebraska
Surgeon General
United States Public Health Service
Stereopticon Loan
Alaska
Public Health Service
Frazier Family Outing Sparks Corona Beets Showdown
Mr Frazier after meeting Riverside exhibitor Pendelow at the San Diego exposition says Corona area beets are larger and finer than those on display. In response, W C Warner of Corona ranch proposes an eighty pound beer for the exhibit, aiming to secure Corona’s title.
Mission Play enters sixty fourth week in San Gabriel
The Mission Play continues in San Gabriel with record crowds since the June tourist wave. Chase and supporters urge friends to visit as the pageant drama draws large attendance and may extend into December and beyond into 1916. The choir performed at a special mass for the Bishop, a close friend of John S. McGroarty and the players.
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San Gabriel
Jume
Chase
California
United States
Oberaammergau
Europe
Bishop County
John S. McGroarty
America
Stanford University registrar figures exceed two thousand
The registrar announced 2012 students enrolled, marking an increase of over 136 from last year at Stanford University.
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Stanford University
Wireless telephony links New York to Tokyo across the ether
Transcontinental wireless speech made possible as AT&T chief engineer Carty tests a system sending a human voice from New York to Mare Island California with signals traveling 56 000 miles per second. president Vail declares the breakthrough solves Atlantic and Pacific telephony challenges.
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Angeles
Arlington
Mare Island Towers
Wall
Carty
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Honolulu
Tokio
San Francisco
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
London
Paris
Atlantic
Europe
Wireless telephone links continents via trans Atlantic call
Chief Engineer Carty hailed a breakthrough in wireless trans Atlantic communication after President Vail spoke from New York to Mare Island and the Arlington naval radio station. The system builds on prior Washington Panama wireless links, with disclosure timed after reaching the broader goal.
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Carty
Vail
America
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Washington
Panama
Isthmus
Gotham
New York
Mare Island
Naval Radio Station
Arlington
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Constantinople
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Lon
Corona National Bank
F. F. Thompson, Pres
Chas. Hoss
C. B. McConnell
Ded McGonnell
Cash
A. J. Ware
Preg. Geo
V.exes
Calif Ton
Lee
Long Beach
Citrus Belt
Fine Ranch
Government Public Health Service
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