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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1926
Page
3
Corry Pennsylvania daily paper notes publisher Arthur Colegroves and address West South Street. Advertising rates available by inquiry. Post office classification Second Class Mail Matter. Mail price five dollars per year. carrier three cents per copy. fifteen cents per week.
Baltimore slashed expenses by streamlining payroll, centralizing city auto garages, consolidating supply bureaus, and denying license renewals to tax delinquents. The moves trimmed payroll wait time from 15 days to 2 4 days, reduced garage and administration costs, freed 378000 in assets, and produced a 2.5 million surplus with 175000 expected in next year.
Premier Dunning calls the Saskatchewan legislature to authorize a large endowment to support agriculture forever. He envisions using interest for research on plant and animal diseases and to prevent soil depletion. The plan urges crop rotation and soil fertilization to curb farm land decline and mirrors lessons from older American farming regions.
Stuart Chase of the Labor Bureau declares 7 to 8 million Americans idle on workdays. Many idle against their will due to seasonal and cyclical unemployment or health issues. He warns wasted manpower cripples production, money, and life, urging social and economic engineering to unlock national power. The rest of the excerpt mentions a possible bride for the Prince of Wales and diplomacy remaining unsettled.
A dated column recalls a 1406 January 5 issue noting Robert Hoerlein for mayor, a Citizen's follow up, Rev Chasity King visiting North Corry and Cian tus, Sam Wales buying Spring Street residence, Whitleney recorder, Kathrine M Witlining now stenographer at Wollman Mig Co, Miss Nazel Porter ill at HN Side Funny, and Miss Auna Porter in her aunt's home.
A young bride, Allie, is found dead after a failed reconciliation with her Erie, Pennsylvania parents. Authorities say a domestic dispute preceded the tragedy as her husband, blamed in the incident, remains under investigation. The family location and timing are unclear due to the damaged text.
Erie June 6 three percent of the farmers in Erie county are using automobiles, according to figures from the State Department of Agriculture. Approximately 160,774 Pennsylvania farms or 19 percent statewide own autos, Erie county records show 1, a 2 percent increase over 1924. The number has more than doubled since 1919. Crawford County reports 4,981 automobiles, with a higher farm total but lower percent ownership than Erie.
Apparent suspect named in connection with a hold up near Castle Shannon on December 24. Witnesses will be asked to identify him. Banking officials report capital and surplus figures over 3 million, reserves over 18.5 million, overdrafts around 50 thousand as of December 1 1925. Officers anticipate a prosperous year for the bank and related business in 1926.
Local Corry ad touts Doan's Pills as a kidney remedy for uric acid troubles. Claiming relief from backache, dull aches, and fatigue, user reports kidney pains eased after using the product. Ad cites William Caster of Roster-Milburn Co as manufacturer.
A Braddock blaze endangers a man amid a pillow picture showing 251 patrons. Firemen rushed in to rescue. Damage estimated around 100 dollars as efforts contained the fire and kept patrons safe from harm.
In a brief morning ceremony at the Erie County Courthouse Judge Uriah P. Rossiter and Sheriff Thomas Garfield Sterrett were sworn into office. Judge Rossiter took the bench for a second ten year term after being administered the oath by Judge Henry A. Craig. The event featured floral arrangements and remarks from veterans of the bar and county officers as Capt. John B. Sullivan oversaw the oaths and ceremonies.
President Coolidge appoints Jef fersort Caffery, currently Counselor of Embassy at Berlin, as Minister to Salvador. The nomination was expected to go to the Senate today. Caffery, a Lafayette, Louisiana native and Tufts University graduate, is 50 years old.
A fragment notes that pleasure loses luster when pursued as the main aim, and constant effort to enjoy it leads to weariness and disappointment, reflecting a Steele like meditation on desire.
North Girard becomes a borough after court action nine months prior. Judges Rossiter and Williams Mint set January 6 as the special election day and appointed a constable and judge of election to oversee the single election, with voters choosing key local officials including a constable and inspectors.
A confused report notes a request to return to the penitentiary, with unclear details about sentencing. It mentions Allen Boole and Bronk, a schoolhouse incident, and various terms like parole and imprisonment, but the exact charges and outcomes remain murky.
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