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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1931
Page
4
A 1941 Warren meeting covered city tax levies, council members appointments and budget steps. Reports note hospital updates, a fatal medical transfer, and various local happenings including burn injuries, a home purchase, and a postponed travel league event. Citizens learned about road and public works, with an emphasis on safety and community services.
Community notices list grocery deals like smoked shoulder 21c per lb and Heinz beans two for 24c, plus cracker boxes and jelly. Social items include Clover Leaf Club meeting, a funeral note for Harry Lott Myrtle, and a United Brethren Ladies Society gathering with a quilt project. Transportation and hospital updates follow, along with school praise for Cross Fork and staff changes. A fire destroys a Gerry farm dwelling. arrests for arson are reported. church announcements note a call vote for Dr. Gnell in Jamestown.
Adverse conditions delay the New York to Paris via Bermuda mission as Beryl Hart and Lieut. Wm 5. McLaren postpone their attempt. The crew, relying on a new sextant after a broken one, expect to reach Bermuda by the next dawn if seas clear.
Dorothy Janis, a Hollywood actress, is named in a $25,001 love suit filed in Los Angeles by Sara E. Lund, wife of a motion picture electrician, alleging her husband fled with Janis eight days after their marriage to aid in filming. Lund says he transferred affection to the actress after letters from Lund’s husband were found. Janis says she was friendly with every member of the company.
Debris and ruined structures marked a powerful storm that tore through Uniontown and nearby towns. High winds estimated near 102 miles per hour shattered plate glass, damaged the W. L. Rankin Building and nearby garages, with no serious injuries reported though cuts and bruises were noted.
An illustrated ad claims a doctor prescribed remedy that stops night coughs and throat irritation within minutes, with a nonstandard action. Thoxine is advertised as safe for the whole family, promising better relief than any other product, with a money back guarantee. It lists prices 60 cents and 1.00 per bottle, sold by Kelster's Drug Store and other druggists.
Members of the Readers club resumed after holidays with twelve present. Mrs. C. E. Ross delivered the program on the theme “Adventure Rides With the United States Mail.” Light refreshments followed as members discussed upcoming events, including a January 12 meeting hosted by Mrs. O. I. Robbing featuring “Bayot.”
A January report from the Pennsylvania Employment Bureau shows several textile plants in Allentown and near Harrisburg starting operations. A silk mill in Allentown will employ 226 workers, while a Medleyian concern provides jobs for 200. Harrisburg district sees several new textile plants with 109 to 200 workers each.
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