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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1920
Page
2
In Harrisburg on Thursday delegates at the state farmers association annual convention adopted resolutions protesting daylight saving laws and ordinances. They urged opposition to apply such regulations to transportation postal services and farm labor.
Harrisburg Feb 28 The Ontry Gas Company asks a rate rise in a new tariff filed with the Public Service Commission. The proposal calls for a free cent increase per 1000 cubic feet of natural gas consumed above 1,000,000 cubic feet. The filing was made yesterday with the commission.
Ambiguous OCR text notes Hompseytown Gas Company operating in Venan, Clarion and Forest counties with offensive date of April 1. It mentions a monetary figure 14 trobi 35 10 88 centy, unclear due to transcription errors.
Fragmented financial note reports crude price movement with odd OCR gaps. Mentions Pennsylvania crude at 5.80 and a 10 cent rise, references to market actions and agents, and unclear follow ups about pricing and dates. No coherent events or names clearly identifiable.
An old advertisement promotes Mall's Catarrh Medicine as the most reliable remedy for catarrh. It asserts that the medicine cleanses the blood and purifies the system, promising relief after home treatment and claiming endorsement by B. J. Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio.
A garbled 19th or early 20th century legal notice discusses an alleged investment scheme by Corry, Pa., involving a petroleum company and a proposed quarterly payment. It mentions a directorate, a forged admission, and implied fortunes tied to stock shares. The fragment cites H. H. Wreks of Corry and a prolonged dispute over investment value and ownership.
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