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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1927
Page
3
Advertising rates information published by the Corry Pennsylvania newspaper advises readers of mail and carrier pricing. The notice lists per year per issue and per copy charges and directs inquiries for full rates to the publisher.
The Mellon Mills plan to retire 1.097 billion in Liberty bonds for new 8 percent bonds failed to gain traction. Only 243 million offered for conversion and 250 million cashed into the new issue, leaving 1.208 billion maturing in November still unfunded. The move influenced stock speculation, with bold but incorrect money-market expectations hindering a second attempt.
English author Stephen Graham pursues a new novel in solitude. He contemplates writing from a quiet Bulgarian shore avoiding crowds as he seeks a remote place to finish a work while noting the era’s lure of travel and public attention.
Reports detail ongoing drilling in northwestern Pennsylvania for three deep wells. The United Natural Gas Company at LaMont near Kane reports progress in a 6 145 feet hole with gas pockets and water shows in the Oriskany and Bradford sands. Wells aim to Medina Sand with depths around 6 500 feet. past year focused on Deemer well in Jefferson County amid caving formations.
A cold wave across Chile causes blizzards and snow slides in the Andes disrupting rail service and requiring frequent track clearance. Amid travel disruption, concerns about city life and cultural outputs surface as writers muse on urban intensity versus solitude.
The Erie County Volunteer Firemen's Association postponed its proposer field meet from August 6 to late September in North East, tied to the grape carnival. The group discussed relief for injured firemen and compensation for dependents, and endorsed Rollo McCray for county treasurer and Dr Spuilding for director of the poor. The August meeting will be held in Albion at a date to be announced.
The Warren Rayner Silver Fox company on Sandia road above the fair grounds plans to enlarge its fox farm by adding nearly 500 silver foxes by September first. Workmen have built large pens for the new stock, bringing the Warren ranch to about 150 pens and making it one of the nation’s largest silver fox farms.
Ray V. Warren of Pittsburgh was appointed township engineer of the State Highway Department by Secretary James J. Stuart. Warren, in the department since 1920, succeeds the late Joseph W. Hunter and will oversee merged advisory and assistant advisory offices. He is the fourth Allegheny county native chosen for a top highway post.
The Womens Foreign Missionary Society of the First M. B. Church met at Mrs. John Armacher's home. Mrs. Patterson led as 35 members and friends heard scripture, prayers, and a reading on Japan. Plans were approved to use summer Christmas tree ideas at the August meeting and send gifts abroad.
In Kenosha Wisconsin July authorities investigate the deaths of Mrs Haze Van Patten and her lover Joseph Comforte found in a cottage. A jug of poisoned wine and a note claiming they would rather die than live apart were discovered alongside a vial of potassium cyanide.
A toy balloon launched by the Volunteer Fire Department at Charleroi about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh on July 6 was recovered two days later on Glenn Gates’s farm along the macadam road north of the city. The balloon traveled more than two hundred miles in its flight.
United Press reports that over 25,000 anthracite miners are idle as Lehigh Valley Coal Company seals all collieries amid a mid summer coal market slump. Officials deny heat as a cause for the closures.
Mrs Toe Connitt of 4932 17th St Harnsburg Pa reports her goitre greatly diminished in three weeks after using a remedy on sale at drug stores and through Sor bo Company Mechanicsburg Ohio. The note appears in local druggist ads.
Philadelphia July 14 The Reed Committee ends federal court dismissal of its suit to subpoena Delaware County ballot boxes in the senatorial elections probe. Speculation says an injunction application may seek to stop Pennsylvania election officials from destroying ballots until the appeal is heard by the appellate court.
Harrisburg July 14 Spite bugs have invaded the state forest areas Clearfield Centre and The state forestry chief Z W Keller warns that favorable weather could worsen the outbreak. He describes a method where tiny bugs feed on pine sap and twigs, secreting saliva that aids their hiding and spread.
Advert says skin blemishes pimples and boils vanish with a course of 8 8 8. It claims to tone up the system and help nature restore red corpuscles. The text recalls poor health and weight loss from impure blood and persistent pimples before trying the remedy.
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