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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1927
Page
3
An article from Corry Pa discusses prophetic medicine claiming to extend life. It cites Dr C Hampton of New York and Dr Crampton claiming to forecast lifespan and extend it by medical intervention and rational living. The piece questions how many middle aged people will pursue these added years.
Michigan Retail Grocers plan to study Ford’s consolidation of Ford and federal merchandise stores targeted for closure on April 1. Auditors will prepare a report to guide small merchants in adopting feasible practices, as Detroit’s 40,000 Ford employees may still access the stores amid a potential new arrangement with outsiders. Main Street in Hinley, Wisconsin, again sees liquor violations.
A scattered quiz lists figures from sports history and Olympic trivia. It names Man o War as a famous racehorse, notes players Crowley Layden Stil Dreher as the Four and Tilden Brown Johnston Willins Richards among tennis greats, cites Waite Hoyt as a Yankee pitcher age 27, and lists MoInnes Colling Barry Baker as Athletics leaders, with West Point and divers like Eileen Réggin highlighted.
The article cites New York Central engineer Joseph F. Coffey as a safety advocate who warns motorists about grade crossings. Coffey, renowned for high speed records, argues that train speed can appear slow and urges better protection at crossings to reduce accidents and fatalities among drivers and passengers.
The piece reports Canadian visitors encountering difficulties with U S currency, facing refusals of their money by hotels and banks and paying high exchange fees. It argues for reciprocity as the proper solution and notes baseball’s enduring popularity and a new home-building idea emphasizing compact yards.
Washington reporter notes Pershing's aides and chauffeurs surged after WWI. Aides claimed loyalty while some misrepresented service. The piece details Pershing’s role in monuments and the limited, genuine former private orderlies including Capt. George E. Adamson and others.
A fragmentary recap cites a 1907 Journal Wise note about a near disaster from a failed alarm system and waste paper fire, a busy U.S Chair Company expanding sprinkling safeguards, a mild measles wave with 27 residences posted, a shine trust cutting prices, a 1901 snow claim, and local and visiting figures including Walter Dunn and John M Artecs of Pittsburgh.
A reader with sleep troubles seeks a remedy from this journal, hoping that a suggested routine may help. The text details lying in bed while attempting a slow, steady stretch and mentions observing effects after several attempts as sleep remains elusive.
Washington April reports say Gapt Frederick Kopper Jr a 40 year old world war veteran and heir to a $1.6 million estate was found dead in the Potomac near Great Falls Maryland. Officials say wounds on the head were minor and Kopper likely died after entering the water in what doctors term probable suicide. Friends suspect foul play though physicians found no motive and could not rule out accident. A search by 200 American Legionnaires and bloodhounds had been conducted before the body was found.
Scout actors and committeesmen urged to attend tonight at the Junior High School. H. E. Frayer, Scout executive of Erie, and assistants will lead as part of a continuing training course for All Soul teachers in the city.
An excerpt notes that stones are fragments of rock and soils result from rock disintegration by weathering. It states stones are not formed by soil and can share ancestral links with regional soils. It explains stones are transported by water, causing golf and stones to bear no relation to each other.
United Press reports a 1920s era survey showing 2,155,000 people left farms for city jobs in a year while 1,195,000 moved to urban life. net movement away from agriculture totaled 1,020,000 persons. The total farm population declined by 19,000, the largest yearly drop since 1920.
A mongrel tomcat sacrificed its life to wake two families trapped by gas on a New York apartment floor. The cat scratched a bedroom door, waking Morris Melnick and arousing others before dying under the table. Janet Melnick, 13, and her father were revived, as Samuel Frank and his two sons nearby nearly fainted.
Samuel Honstoy born March 1793 at Timber Midge Church Vu was a notable soldier and statesman. He led against Mexico in the Texas rebellion, with birthdays observed as a state holiday in Texas.
Kane April 20 two motorists Willie Blaomauiat of Kanev and Herma Neiman of Stinks field were absolved as coroner Mufie thay ruled after an inquest at Vollmers funeral parlors into the death of Joseph Potlia a Durant City boy killed in a crash Sunday near here. The verdict found the boy died from injuries after a delay struck by the auto driven by Mr Gloomspuixe. the driver was found blameless. The inquest into John Fotherg’s death was held at the Amend fuyerat pylons Monday afternoon.
Fire ripped through the Baltimore and Ohio railroad northside round house in Pittsburgh on April 20. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries as they stepped on a spike and were knocked over while digging. The blaze damaged five structures and forced several families to evacuate as a precaution.
An advertisement testimonials claim S. S. S. relieves rheumatism after other remedies failed. Carl C. Campbell of Johnson City Tennessee reports joint pain and skin issues vanished after a course, praising the extract from medicinal plant roots. The ad touts S. S. S. as purely vegetal and available at drug stores in two sizes.
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