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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1912
Page
2
A Pittsburg Gazette-Times writer argues butter prices rise from crop shortages and higher cow feed costs rather than dairy cartels. He notes last year's oats, corn, wheat, and hay shortfalls raised dairy costs, while calf slaughter and the Sonden series worsen herd retention. He urges renewed dairying and cattle raising to curb substitutes.
A vintage advertisement invites wives and mothers to try ORRINE as a voluntary home treatment for drink habit. It promotes two forms, powder No 1 and pill No 8, with a $1.00 price and a booklet upon request, urging readers to discuss the matter with O O Babbitt & Bon. etc.
A fragmentary note on Amused Tonight at the Amuses with performers Laurence and John wine dandy comedy and a Western man Anderson in a drill themed performance. The text is incomplete but suggests a variety stage with humor and entertainment.
Warren Feb 1 after a long closed conference District Attorney Lyons County Commissioners decided to retain the services of Mr Cochran in the Andrews case and oppose a venue move The state beef department reported an outbreak of black leg and an antitoxin would be sent to inoculate the herd as instructed by headquarters Officials note black leg is a form of anthrax but milder and the disease germs are not as persistent as anthrax
City officials announced yesterday that proprietors in the red light district must vacate their premises by May Day. The move, part of a sweeping crusade to curb gambling liquor in disorderly houses and curb illegal prize games, follows years of pressure on city leaders to close the Tenderloin.
More than 2,000 signatures from Erie County towns and townships will be presented to the county court at 10 o clock this morning for a county memorial hall. The monster petition is to be submitted by the memorial hall committee with Henry A. Clark as chairman and Attorney John S. Billing as general chairman. Others include J. H. Crown, D. P. Burton, Frank Council, Mayor C. L. Alexander, Dr. G. W. Spaulding, and C. C. Hin, among others.
Thone who kept posted on current theatrical events notes Joseph Mi Weber's European novelty Alma Where Do You Live will play at Library Theater on Wednesday February Lat Ning Collins as Atina headlines with Friend as Theobald Martin andThe Piece features catchy melodies. George M Hogues appears as the tenor in the cast.
A large party of about thirty couples will depart the State Armory at 7:30 p.m. under chaperons Mr and Mrs Elmer Dingman for a sleigh ride to Union City. Two well equipped rigs will transport the crowd to the neighboring town where the girls will treat the men to a supper. A roller skating outing is planned and the event promises a fine time.
A fragment reports the Post Office Department intends to begin work at once on the wodermin building in the city area. C. R. Rogers & Co. received word to furnish the department with maps profiles and related items for the project purchased two years ago. Details about contracts and treaties are unclear.
The criminal court delivered three acquittals and one guilty verdict amid busy sessions. Forty pleas and indictments moved through grand juries, with cases including forgery and burglary. Key figures A J Helmen and Adolph Zaankowak faced charges, while juries returned true bills on several counts, ending with multiple assault and battery and perjury charges among others.
Erie Pa Feb 1 C R Fielder once living on Waterford road south of Hibota is under arrest by detectives Brown and Grane for forgery. He was tracked after a number of bank forgeries and captured just before daylight yesterday. A bad check drawn Saturday night for 21 dollars to GR Fielder was used at the Birle City hotel. Robison the proprietor identified the man leading to the arrest. An information charging Fielder with forgery will be filed by the district attorney.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a humane cure for colds and grippe. It claims three doses every two hours ends misery, with no quinine and three years of research costing over fifty thousand dollars. It asserts rapid, safe relief from headache sore throat and rheumatic pains.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a domestic dispute over money and a threatening claim to marriage. Names, dates, and locations are unreadable, but the tone implies a coercive relationship and a possible motive relating to wealth. The text is incomplete and cannot determine full context or outcome.
Allentown Pa February 12 Colonel H G Trexlar was elected chair man of the new permanent Board of Trustees for the State Homeopathic Insine Hospital moving of the trustees after noon Colonel Trexlar served as President of the reorganized bulld Iie Commission Tren decided to secure a water supply from the Bethnellen Water Supply Company at $2000 a year The company will also filter and treat water with a germicide plant The trustees first duty is to appoint a superintendent who must be a Homeopathic physician and hire staff subject to trustees approval Governor Toner proposes raising the superintendent salary to 5000 a year from 4000 to which St Waarat fixed The largest asylum in the state
Fragments describe ongoing trickery and reform pressure as a major institution nears occupancy. Officials vow decisive measures after six months of activity surpassing five years of prior efforts.
Union City Pa Pub reports a clerk at Stand Chair Company suffered a painful accident while workers on a South Main Street building lowered a rope from above. The rope hook struck Charles Bartholing under the chin, pulling him off a ground floor chair and injuring him. He received medical care and hoped to recover in days.
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