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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
3
Cory Evening Journal published daily except Sunday from West South Street Corry Pennsylvania. Arthur Colegrove is publisher. Paper entered at the Corry post office as second class mail matter. By mail 35.00 per year. By carrier three cents per copy or fifteen cents per week. Advertising rates available on application.
The piece contrasts French attitudes toward American wartime debts and economic strain with American reporting on Europe. It cites Paris society, unemployment, and consumption while noting a swimming record by a American woman as a sign of gender athletic progress and broader postwar ambitions.
A long, rambling review notes GM profits doubling versus last year and stock enthusiasm amid broad market chatter. It mentions autos and Mohawk Mill Company visits, with caution about midsummer dullness and investor expectations for General Motors.
In Paris Aug 12 a parliamentary subcommittee discussed a debt agreement with the United States. Chairman Me Fneness Mytiee warned ratification would fail to reach 100 votes in the chamber, signaling continued discord over modifications proposed to the Mellon debt accord.
United Press reports postwar prices show Bulgaria with living costs up about 15 percent from prewar levels, Greece 1681 percent, Finland 1165 percent, and Germany 40 percent above prewar figures. The wartime shock left America with the highest overall living costs.
The will of the late Mrs Mary J. Stranahan, who died August, proves she left her entire estate valued at 118000 to her daughter Mrs Carrie S Salismany of 152 West Ninth Street. Personal property valued at 750 and real estate at 38000, including two acres in Millcreek township and a cottage at 1800, with Oregon lands valued at 20000. Guy Hime, longtime employee, receives 5000. the remainder goes to Mrs Salts. Miss Tear Parkhurst traveled to Ashville to attend the Eddy reunion.
Harold Coohener of Warren narrowly escaped serious injury while working on an addition at Tem te theater. An elevator used for material transport collapsed a few feet from the ground, and a fellow worker saved him by pulling him from the ladder as he hung suspended lifelessly.
Dr and Mrs Leo Carroll returned home this morning after a 10,000 mile motor trip visiting California Decatur Illinois and other places. The journey included the Santa Fe trail in Southern California and Yellowstone National Park with no accidents reported.
United Press reports a sustained prosperity in 1926 with industrial production up in the first half, improving agriculture, and strong building, auto, and trade activity. Small merchants show gains as only 1708 commercial firms closed in June, while bank failures rise in Atlanta and Minneapolis districts.
Jamestown officials including Mayor Samuel A Carlson and chamber members attended the opening ceremony for the Cassadaga to Fredonia highway. A caravan of fifty cars led by Dunkirk and Fredonia officers traveled the new route amid a Lily Dale band performance. The event drew a large Jamestown delegation and crowds along the hill as cars crossed the crest.
Columbus Grange discusses rural leadership and women's roles in farming with reports on the vernal equinox roads impact on real estate and community singing. Lectures cover husband wife knowledge and personal responsibility within the Grange structure.
James Bond a farmer near Bartonsville was attacked by an enraged bull in his barnyard. The bull tossed him to the ground and trampled toward his body as he clung to the horns. His wife Mrs Bond arrived with a pitchfork and drove the animal away.
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