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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1925
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal published daily except Sunday from Corry Pennsylvania. Arthur Colegrove listed as publisher. Paper entered at Corry post office as second class mail matter. Subscription rates include $5.00 per year by mail and three cents per copy by cashier. Fifteen cents per week. Advertising rates available on application.
Pennsylvania residents saw a record year of highway work with 1208 miles of new or rebuilt roadways completed. The effort involved reinforced concrete and bituminous pavements, widening 900 miles of detours, eliminating crossings, erecting 17 miles of cable guard rail, constructing 163 bridges, laying 54 miles of drainage, and extensive signaling and painting across state routes. Details include materials totals, miles of roads upgraded, and the scale of equipment and labor used.
Readable snippets recount local life from January twenty years ago. The editor notes Heinemid travels to St Augustine Florida and Jip plans the visit. Bowling clubs surge in Lyin though the town below faces neighborhood issues and a drubbing at a game. Several residents including Mrs Wittetey and Jessie Muitle plan spring travel while J. W. Hashel drives a wagon for Frank Heath. Drills discuss Parish House and church plans as Rev Swan talks parish project with locals. Max Cameron’s friends await news of an improved condition.
A wartime era ad touts Thompson’s Barosma for kidney and bladder relief. It claims many Americans have hidden kidney disease and promises quick relief with a liquid formula, recommending Golden Lax Tablets for constipation and noting a $1 price and guarantees by multiple firms.
A garbled OCR of multiple items mentions a police shooting inGuorla, Chicago mods sending mystic messages to a rich man, a 3000 charge case, a Sunday event, a large number of US phone lines, and assorted oddities. It also references Alabama farmer jail, a Mexian killing tally, misconduct about elections, and bootlegging teaching in Chicago.
Major General Mason Patrick testified before the House Appropriations Committee that without adequate air forces the enemy could march into New York. He said the Army Air Service had 1,121 airplanes, many nonoperational, and the bill would buy 268 more while still leaving 671 planes short of the peacetime program. Brigadier General William Mitchell reviewed the service’s readiness.
Franklin police report three arrests in a string of burglaries in January with several stolen items recovered. A man about 30 is bailed on receiving stolen goods charges, two others aged 25 and 95 held without charges yet. Among recovered items are two of three diamond rings and $60 cash from December 20 burglaries the owners identified. A hearing for the man charged with receiving stolen goods is set for next week.
Wholesale cleanup yields results with no trace found of Schambers owner of the barbershop at 800 Pennsylvania Avenue East. Officers raid Eagle Inn rooms at 416 Pennsylvania West and the River View Garage liquor mill is revealed. Charles Schambers remains at large. Kirberger held in Warren county jail with bail set at 2500 after a hearing.
Early Thursday police investigated a turned shack ruin on the outskirts of the city where a charred mass was found identified as a boy, reportedly missing from home. Detectives searched for connections to a suspected assault as family and authorities worked at the scene near Ke rey.
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