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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1923
Page
5
A string of society notes records residents visiting friends in Jamestown, Erie, and nearby towns, with multiple people traveling for days away or on professional calls. Several locals are noted recovering from illness, including Edith Verfurth with flu and Mrs. Minnie Leveldod visiting relatives.
Washington January 25 The Prohibition Bureau protested to the Treasury Department and alleged excess deportation of liquor by one legation. The bureau said it had called the State Department's attention to the magnitude of the order and the small stock on hand. The order was reported to be for nearly two thousand cases, filled just before Christmas.
Disjointed clipping reports a bandit raid on a Southern Pacific freight train near Los Angeles with crew held up and freight contents stolen. The chaotic text mentions delays, a non stopped Limited train, and a list of unrelated classified items including for sale notices and job listings.
Scranton business leaders and directors including Lott Barrell meet to discuss reorganizing the Rochester ten or International League venture. Walter Hapgood and others plan a gathering tonight at Scranton hall to canvas support for the proposed league and discuss park improvements and financing.
Mrs Winifred Farrell of 1370 West Plain Street died at Port Hospital this morning at 10 o clock after illness with pneumonia. Survived by daughters Walter Breneman Jamestown and Mrs Fred Laird Erie. sons Thomas Farrell Baltimore Mel Farrell Columbus John Farrell Buffalo and Michael Farrell Cleveland. sister Mrs Robert Miller Buffalo NY. nephews J Welsh Oil City and A J Welsh Brockton NY. four grandchildren. Funeral and memorial arrangements to be announced.
An advertisement touts Rheuma as a swift two day relief for rheumatism with one teaspoon daily and claims it purges the uric acid poison through natural channels. It asserts the product is non narcotic, harmless, reliable, and offers money back if relief is not achieved, signed by N.F. Amesyand, Go.
After a chill morning, trading in New York stocks spiked as Consolidated Gas announced a higher dividend rate, lifting overall stock activity. Traders speculated on firms like Corn Products, Studebaker, Baldwin as the rise appeared more a reaction to the dividend cue than to broader economic news.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous oil and gas firms and utilities such as American Smelters, Mexican Petroleum, Midvale, Reading, Union Natural Gas, Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Transcontinental Oil. It references stock levels and prices in scattered mentions, with many company names and place markers like New York, Chicago, and Pennsylvanian rail firms, indicating a broad market summary of energy and transport equities.
A terse line from an unidentified source hints at a curious fixation or pairing. The fragment mentions a tank and a boy, implying a possible war or mechanical context. No further context or names are available.
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