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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1925
Page
3
Public notice from Corry Evening Journal listing postal entry at Corry Pa as second class mail. Mailing by mail costs six dollars per year and by carrier three cents per copy or fifteen cents per week with advertising rates available on request. Arthur Colegrovas noted with date 12/01.
A discussion on federal tax cuts proposing five cent cigars as a national reform. Vice President Marshall praises the idea as a needed benefit while tobacco manufacturers argue the tax reduction could enable cheaper products. Critics warn of varying consumer habits and the odd shift toward smaller or wrapped cigars to fit nickel sizes.
A League of Nations committee studies calendar reform with three leading proposals gaining general support. Options include fixing Easter, making a Year Day and an international Sabbath, adding a leap day in leap years, and dividing the year into 14 months of 28 days. Public interest remains tepid while reformers push for a uniformly dated year.
In Pittsburgh today two African American men face capital cases. Loney Strong is charged with murder in the killing of Daniel Baker of Clairton last August. Toa Johnson is accused of fatally stabbing William Johnson, a Pittsburgh resident, in June.
An advertisement touts McCoy’s God Liver Off Compound Tablets promising rapid weight gain. A featured claim notes a woman gaining ten pounds in twenty-two days. The copy emphasizes tasteless tablets with cod liver oil, offering sixty tablets for sixty cents and a money back guarantee.
A chronicle from the Journal Filey recounts a December 7, 1905 remembrance of local figures and events. It mentions J. Motahé named Grand High Priest, civic happenings, a funeral rite, and social scenes at Parish Hall with villagers dancing to phonograph music as readers skim classifieds for further notices.
The Citizens Bank advertises its opening as a civic benefit inviting all ages to join during a surge in savings. Postmaster and Mrs Charles Linden of Me Jewelt narrowly escape a gas incident at home after a heater fire, with an investigation noting low gas pressure and unburned fuel escaping into the basement and upper rooms.
Washington. Disparity in river and harbor funding outlined in Major General J Maylon's annual report shows $5,002,059 spent for the Hudson River harbor improvements for the year ending June 10, compared with $521,055 last year. New York harbor plans propose allotments near $8,000,000 with $1,400,000 for the Johnson River improvements.
Miss Harriet Smiutz of Tidioute and Mrs Alfred Schellhammer of Warren are guests of their cousin, Mrs A D Calegrave, in a neighborhood visit reported in local society notes.
War ren Pennsylvania reports multiple defendants sentenced under new act of assembly with fines and probation. Otto Aberg and Carl Anderson pleaded guilty to operating a motor car while intoxicated. Anderson fined fifty dollars and Aber ten dollars, both placed on one year probation to report to the sheriff. Roy Wil St and Thindore Jones received twenty dollar fines after pleading guilty to larceny with other defendants facing similar penalties for related offenses. Syms of Williamsport sentenced to six months in county jail and eight hundred dollar restitution for false pretense. Juliana case involved alcohol seizure at Schultz restaurant during raid. Security actions follow from earlier ride and alleged plotting.
Washington December 7 the schedules meeting of the Republican committee on committees of the Senate was indefinitely postponed due to action at Senator Robert M La Follette’s meeting plans formed to welcome La Follette into the party ranks after his defection from the insurgent camp.
In Pittsburgh, a 60 year old woman was sentenced to two years in the workhouse by Judge Mel Carpenter for fatally stabbing a man on her wedding day. The court noted a voluntary plea of slaying and referenced the attack following a domestic dispute earlier that morning.
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