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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1924
Page
3
Fragmentary report shows Beers case set for trial at the September term. Names and places are garbled but reference is made to a court session, a defendant, and a pending legal action. The text hints at a jury or judge and a preliminary hearing in a rainy or stormy period, with unclear affiliations to local authorities.
Publisher Arthur Colegrove announces postal arrangements for Corry Pa with second class mail status. Rates shown include five dollars per year by mail and three cents per copy by carrier, fifteen cents weekly, plus advertising terms on request.
The Corry Journal outlines a policy to favor at home purchases and reject misleading advertising. It pledges to audit advertised bargains and drop ad copy that misrepresents price or quality, urging merchants to maintain honest sale practices and defend local commerce.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss an early push for manual training in primary schools. It mentions Nau Cygnacus organizing a plan, aims to make such training compulsory for pupils in HOU, and notes Sweden’s later recommendation of importing this training to bolster the movement.
Twenty years ago items note ladies strolling in the park and a band concert with hot cocoa for fundraising toward new band uniforms. Newsboy Noodles Fryth is named the gift of the week in Erie Willy’s feature. Various locals and visiting figures are mentioned, including Baker, Weeks, Harrin, and Dobson, with scattered notes on events and travel paths.
A local Trooper who conducted raids here is to wed Miss Helen Ryder daughter of G TL Ryder from 9 G. The couple plans a fall wedding at a site near Jawsence Park station. The groom, formerly stationed in Altoona PA, will relocate after the ceremony to Teaville and continue state service.
An advertisement features Mr Martin of Cleveland Ohio praising San Cura Ointment for curing a scabby head and claims the product heals cats burns bruises and skin diseases. It promotes San Cura Soap antiseptic soap for complexion and washing sores with local distributors in Titusville Pennsylvania and Cleveland area stores.
Aug 24 a bolt from an almost clear sky struck the General Cleaning Company plant on East Lake road tearing a section from a concrete partition. Tony Kuntz and an employee fled as fire started. fires were extinguished and total loss about 150 dollars. Insurance covered the damage. Smethport Democrat report also notes Edna Ayuolly injured by a molasses jar explosion at home last Saturday with minor facial cuts from glass and no eye injury.
Mrs C R Minter of Rotan Texas reports relief from chronic back pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound following her second childbirth. The letter urges others with female troubles to try the remedy, noting widespread buyer reports of benefit in a national survey of over 121000 responses with about 8 in 100 noting improvement. Sold by druggists nationwide.
WARREN Aug 2 North central. J C Dort of the U S Forest Service Washington DC toured Warren and began a thorough inspection of the Alleghany National Park and the proposed Allegheny National Highway police route. Dort will review current plans for rerouting the Warren Tidioute road and approve or disapprove them. The route between Grunderville and Warren will be a new trail with minor changes. At Grunderville a twelve man crew is regrading the east bank of the Allegheny River between Tidioute and Leonhart Rim.
Hearing in the Pittsburgh corridor discusses plan to build a viaduct at the Pecui crossing of Big Sandy Creek six miles from Feanfelity. Estimated costs exceed 50,000 dollars for a high bridge to meet the plan, with a level bridge estimated at 20,000 dollars. William Fiin of Ene ix spends the weekend in the city with French.
Report from Vounaville dated August 23 describes a mishap at a Powellshack near Pittsfield in which a Mitchell stove used as a shine still was found active after a night of wind. Game Protector Billing and a warden arrive to secure the scene, with a party attempting to remove the contraband and slip away before authorities intervene.
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