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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1938
Page
5
Health ad advising six glasses of water daily for kidney issues to reduce nocturnal wakefulness and back pain. Promises relief by aiding waste elimination and urges asking a druggist for Bakets. Mentions Ikelater's Cut Rate as local outlet.
Mr and Mrs R E Retherford of West Columbus avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Roberta to Herbert A Stewart son of Herbert A Stewart Sr of Rochester NY The date of the wedding has not been announced.
Richard Stalth made an airle business visit while families and friends from Warren Pa and Philadelphia gathered in Erie for holidays. Travelers include Guy Butters of Temple University, Mr and Mrs Gerald Knight and son, as well as Miss Fern Raymond visiting from Bucknell University. Local residents such as Norman Graves from Northampton Mass and Miss Hazel Marmol from Harrisburg arrived for festive holidays and attendances at homes and events.
In Pittsburgh on December 20, about 1500 Pollanshee Brothers Company workers agreed to a voluntary 15 percent wage cut. Office staff and executives will also face reductions as the firm reorganizes under section 77B of the National Bankruptcy Act. The cut takes effect January 1, 1838.
Reported by the Harrisburg Press that the Republican administration approved construction of a liquor control building with a budget of 1,000,000 dollars. Secretary Arthur Colegrove said the liquor board was advised by James F. France that the project would proceed. The Public Works administration later confirmed the 544,000 appropriation for the program amid shifting approvals.
Fragmented local notice sheet reports a Christmas Eve crime scene in a Frang Furniture store found by a night patrolman, plus a flurry of wedding plans and social notes. It lists names like Katheyn Mure, Norman York, Mrs Norman ig, Bobary Boot, and Bob Ar Reese, with marriages and travel for Paris, Cincinnati, and Cleveland noted amid holiday chatter.
Mentor Club members held a Thanksgiving season dinner at the Hotel Conway with a bountiful turkey meal and festive decorations. Afterward they gathered at Ralph St. Fagin’s home for gifts and a Christmas program led by Mrs. Ross Caflisch, with poems by Miss Mary Condi.
Textile Workers Union committees announced that picketing at the American Viscowa Corporation plant would be abandoned for now. Union members had three men on loan and planned further action if needed.
Field notes describe a tomato gelatin salad recipe with lemon juice Worcestershire sauce and sugar. It instructs dissolving gelatin in tomato juice then mixing in tomato and seasonings before chilling until slightly thickened. Add pickles celery and cabbage, pour into an oiled mold, chill until firm, serve on lettuce with mayonnaise.
A scrambled market report from New York and East Buffalo notes mixed activity on December 20 with railroad rate speculation in New York markets and solid cattle and calf prices in East Buffalo. Major names and commodities appear in scattered form, including references to Can American, United Cigar and various retailers and stock items.
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