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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1924
Page
3
A Corry PA newspaper column discusses the complexity of currency, noting many forms of money and the risks of exchange rates. It also critiques New York grade crossings, urging removal of about 4,000 and warning against new crossings to save lives and costs.
A fragmentary 1904 Journal Filey item recalls local events and people. Mentions Mayors, the Euclid street, a basketball game, and community notices amid weather and illness notes. References to Corry, Mra John Alexander, and familial gatherings in Slater Missouri frame a sparse retrospective.
A cryptic saying warns that truth may be only 15 percent true and cautions against approaching errors too closely or one risks harm, with a Coleridgean note about brains being muddled by risky proximity to mistakes.
A fragmented collage notes civic concerns from Titusville to Oil City with fund goals for Cherry Tree road, pledges by Hon. J C McKinney and family, and mention that a half million dollars is involved while Titusville’s share remains modest. It references taxes, household humor, education, and government printing plant woes in a period tone.
In Youngeville on January 21 a report states that the Pittsfield road project to a new route will not be completed in 1924. Substantial fills and relocations require proper subgrade seasoning, with groundwork likely to proceed this year. The county will handle right of way costs through standard condemnation procedures subject to county court review.
In the Brooks Locomotive Works near Dunkirk, workers face downsizing as the plant plans to discontinue the night shift after February. About 00 men are employed at night, and remaining staff will be absorbed into the day shift as business improves.
Oil City patrons faced pushback as public opinion and press influence defeated a bid by barbers to set a 75 cent haircut. Officials announced the price will stay 60 cents, rising to 79 cents only on Saturdays.
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