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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1914
Page
2
Advertising copy parades sensational claims about Judge Ban Lindsey of Denver marrying a woman twenty years his junior and bragging of juvenile court romance. The piece cites Alcohol fueled divorces in Chicago at 46 percent and mocks Prohibition era antics with scattered regional clippings.
Berlin reports a startling new book by Mme Henrietta Arendt of Stuttgart exposing ongoing child trafficking in Germany. She claims public opinion and parental consent enable selling children to the highest bidder. She cites 297 newspaper ads in one month offering to sell or adopt children.
In San Luis Obispo California women voting for liquor caused a 400 vote defeat for wets, after women gained enfranchisement two years earlier. The town had been a wet center since its 1490th year, with wets previously winning by 86 votes.
Caution against ointments containing mercury for catarrh as they can damage nervous sense and cause serious health issues. Do not use without proper medical guidance, seek safer prescribed remedies.
At the Anchor Line docks Ely January 3 masked robbers boarded the steamer Dunham about 7 p m and forced three men Robt E Edwards Carl Suareb and Alfred Berg into a tea box while demanding valuables They escaped from the box after hours and reported to police Two assailants seized Edwards $2 then restrained him with blankets and left the others unharmed in the deck area until authorities could reach the ship
Minneapolis January 3 A. J. Kovarlick of the University of Minnesota dismissed John Hopkins professor Harry Jones claim that four million tons of radium lie at the ocean bottom. He warned it is nonsense to think vast radium quantities are accessible and cited limited yields from pitchblendes and carnotite ores. He noted seawater contains far less radium than land ores and cautioned that extracting radium on huge scales is impractical.
Warren January. Mike Brady superintendent of the Rowse hospital turned over to the county 247.39 receipts of the county farm for the past year. The commissioner noted the farm income more than doubled all prior years with vegetables 184,805 hay and grain 227.58 cattle 1,203 and pork 600.60 hides 89.02 team hire 18. The commissioners praised Brady for the excellent report.
Switzerland seeks an international Red Cross camp to treat wounded in any European war as a safeguard for neutrality. Swiss government fears that without a neutral mechanism surrounding its status, its survival could be at risk if war erupts among the four great powers. The nation depends on surrounding powers for coal grain and food, making blockade risks dire.
United Press reports a drive to place a state wide prohibition measure on the ballot. Petitioning requires about 6000 signatures, with many volunteers circulating petitions to ensure success. L E Kirkpatrick drafted the measure with top constitutional lawyers to avoid later legal issues. Temperance groups respond with reform campaigns and opposition chatter.
Dunkirk January 2 engineer George Michael on Nickel Plate road injured yesterday while leaning from the cab window his head struck a water tap and he was knocked to the floor of the cab train stopped he was revived then brought to Dunkirk hospital with recover possible.
A five story Rothumd Co. cheese importers plant in New York suffered a massive blaze that gutted the building and caused about $10,000 in losses. Firemen battled through dense smoke to control the rapid inferno as nearby structures were threatened and nurses evacuated patients at a nearby hospital.
News wires report Leonti, an armed Italian on a Pennay railroad project near Centerville, shot at camps, then surrendered when confronted by officers. Justice Patten fined him $100 with $60 costs. bondsman Ciranin failed to recover the funds as Leonti vanished. Authorities seek his arrest with a $15 reward. Cleveland sources expect capture.
An unidentified foreigner, likely a traveling musician, was killed after being run over by a streetcar on Atting Street near Waynio Avenue. Motorman Reiser could not stop in time. the body was recovered and sent to Hanley’s morgue. A name card found on the victim suggested Dan LeCatua of Youngstown. coroner Hunley indicated the man may have been returning from a night shift at Mammermill Paspor Co.
Sherman records a week of funerals with all the bodies from distant points. John Smith, formerly of Sherman, returned from San Bernardino for burial after dying in hospital following a operation, accompanied by wife and son Ralph. John C. Fogo died of heart trouble at De Furick Springs while wintering with his wife. Rev Cromwell led services with many out-of-town mourners. Friday funeral for George Sornwell followed at home with connections to Conneaut.
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