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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1922
Page
3
Cony Evening Journal editors discuss the railroad strike crisis focusing on seniority, urging careful handling and adherence to authority. They note the President’s call for airing issues and warn that demanding seniority changes affects workers who stayed in line and those who joined later, stressing reliability and service duties.
Sir Thomas Lipton plans a fifth challenge to the New York Yacht Club for the America’s Cup. The British yachtsman may race Shamrock again, with funds set aside to support continued attempts until the cup is won. American supporters admire Lipton’s pluck and hope for fair play and a continued rivalry that preserves the cup in the the United States.
New York price list shows steady butter receipts 1900, eggs 10940, and milk products with fresh firsts around 22 1/2 cents. Live poultry demand firm with broilers and turkeys priced per freight and express. flour, cornmeal, rye, barley, and wheat quoted. pork, lard, and whey markets noted with varying steadiness across categories.
Twenty years ago notes from the Journal Files dated August 6, 1902 describe GP Eaton J Wittony and Moshier of St Marys leaving for the lake shore to trace the Penn Sylvanis Ohio boundary and commemorate flute monuments. A shovel maker arrived in Trenton stopping at Maple. Mrs Morris ill. Rev Dunning and wife depart Monday from Middletown NY to spend their questions.
A fragment from a 1922 report describes a large gathering associated with the Erie Kluxers at Windley Lake. It mentions an audience, a formal welcome by Prof. King, and talk of a chautauqua like event. Notices also reference street paving bids and a city council meeting approving pavement projects on Center and Spring streets and nearby avenues.
The readable lines jumble trial pieces and quotable phrases about love, a Detroit incident, European trouble, freedom of the seas, and a Geneva dispatch. Names and clear actions are sparse, making a compact sense of the fragmentary column difficult to extract from the stray wording.
A man known as Suly Tony tours the country chained to his bicycle, visiting governors in each state. He has traveled about 11,000 miles, with the chain fixed between two bars to his frame, making meals and sleep impossible until detached. This marks his third cross country bicycle trip, after Los Angeles to New York and New York to Los Angeles.
Anglers report strong fishing at Conneaut and nearby Sonnenaut lakes with abundant catches of perch sunfish bullheads and game fish including bass salmon and muskellunge. Worms minnows crabs spinners pork rind and artificial lures prove effective in all weather conditions.
Multiple light and gas firms filed with the Public Service Commission in Harrisburg seeking rate hikes. The Manufacturer's Gas Company plans to raise industrial gas from 85 to per cubic foot in several counties. Petersburg Spectitey Oil and Gas will also hike natural gas by 8 cents. A separate accident report notes Henry Stendler suffered severe burns when a switch sparked as he operated a switch machine at a Johnsonburg paper mill, the second such incident in ten days.
Philadelphia court rejects Moody's appeal in a conspiracy case tied to extortion and bribery. Conviction stands with a $500 fine and four to five months in Allegheny County Workhouse. Moody mixed with two others in a liquor racket. Supreme Court denial means he must begin serving sentence. For sale item listed at 28 Second Avenue including a marble chair and roll top desk.
Armstrong Rugs markets a range of patterns in 9 by 12 inch and 7 by 15 inch sizes. The ad touts guaranteed satisfaction and highlights linoleum options for whole floors, emphasizing Armstrong quality as the best.
An advertisement for a Katchall sanitary waste container promoted as a tidy, secure accessory that clamps to sinks tables or cabinets. The copy highlights its neat finish and urges readers to view it in the basement store.
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