Potpourri and Public Affairs in the Cory Evening Journal
A mixed Potpourri column discusses national political tempers around John N. IC and Garner, labor retrenchment risks, liquor license themes, Labor Day plans, weather and crop updates, housing trends in Detroit, postage stamps, and a resurgent Boy Scout cautionary tale from Rye New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cory Evening Journal
Corry
Golegrove Willan P. Lombard
National Advertising
Bred Kimball
IWC
W. 44Th St
New York
Badtlett
Milwaukee
Michigan Square
Chicago
Stormifeltz-Lovely
Detroit
Chamber of Com
Pittsburgh
Real Estate Trust
Philadelphia
Gary
Cactus Jack
Texas
John K. IC
Lewis
Levis
World’s fall sforn in New York demonstrates discontent
Fragmentary text suggests a New York fall demonstration with discontent linked to women’s roles and public dress. The garbled wording makes the exact event, date, and participants unclear, though tone hints at social or political unrest and questioning of norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sforn
New York
Bruce Catton in Washington amidst WPA wage protest
Bruce Catton reports from Washington on the failing prevailing wage strike and the WPA relief program. The piece covers layoffs, wage differentials, and political reactions including Congress members’ comments and potential pension bill implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Congress
Ganges
Dudley Witie
Ohio
White
House
Gaz
Congressman Blank
Bruce Townsend
Doc Townsend
Mad
Townsend
Trotsky
Stalin
Ogi
Bruce
Daily Dozen From the Medical Society of Pennsylvania
Fragmented text from a 1910s Daily Dozen column notes the value of rest and moderation. It contrasts fast living with longer life, warns about heart trouble, and urges gentler routines. The piece hints at fatigue from overwork and stresses the benefits of sleep and restraint over wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania
Sky love letters and air dreams in wartime chatter
A fragmented column mocks fate and fashion in wartime life. It laughs at air letter romances, weather foibles, and stalled baseball plans while noting planes bombing France in mock raids. The piece hints at fate, astrologers advising Hitler, and Shakespearean lines about stars versus destiny.
Twenty Years Ago From the Journal Files 1919
Selections note ongoing membership work of the American Legion in Corry with hundreds of local boys serving overseas in the AEF. A contract to erect a new municipal building is set at 43082 dollars under Hyde Murphy bid. City ordinance forbids bonfires within limits. Navy man Milo Brown sails for Canal Zone then Puerto Rico before returning home. Mrs Brown visits Washington while Robert Beerlein shows slight improvement at home. Lane Peake departs for Harrisburg on business amid local activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde-Murphy Company
ac+ cord
Milon Brown
U. S Navy
New Orleans
Canal Zone
Fuerta Rico
Mrs. Brown
Washington, D.C
Ubes
Edgar Hoover
Washington
Alanson Croyby
Glnicester-Matthews
Gawette Times
Gloucester
Pree
Alanson
Mer Corry
John Patterson
George Pattersall
Yennlty
Fort Meade
National Rifle
Ausine Refining Company
South Center
Pleasant Streeta
Anta
Francis
Mike) Blair
Raymond Co
Gerry Boys
Wee McKinniey
Merle Cowles
John Downey
Ohio
Warren A. Steen
City Engineer's Department
Second Avenue
Main Street
Borlig Creek
John Eines
Wright Street
Harrisburg
Assemblymap
Vincent Gronlo
Loblay’s
Union City
Boo Waterhouse
Erie County
Daily Quiz Questions and a Golf Cup Scuffle
A reader challenges with a mix of trivia questions about presidents geography and pronunciation while a London golf scene reports Hy Brooks praising a wife’s hole in one on the third hole at Morecambe Golf Course. The piece notes Brooks’s reaction and the ball landing beside his site in the cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golding Coupee
London
Hy Brooks
Morecambe
Hog Ant Master Wanderer In Spokane Tale
A fragmented item reports a pair named Hog Ant Master and Queenie with a fox terrier wandering to Spokane after 114 years on the road. Barry Sppihhahsol of Washington DC is mentioned in an unclear context as the search continues for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Barry
Washington D. C
Anson d Tidbits Radio Glutient and Concert Notes
A long list of radio broadcasts and concerts features Georges Barrere as soloist with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra under Albert Stoessel at Lake Chautauqua. Also noted are Frank Munn and Jean Dickenson in NBC and NBC Red network programs, upcoming Arch Oboler plays, political commentary, and assorted music broadcasts across NBC Blue and Red networks with multiple artists and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Barrere
Chautauua Symphony Orchestra
Albert Stoesse
Lake Chautauqua
Nbg-Reg
Barrerg
Monart
Bruessel
Gretry
Cephale and Procris
Mendelssolm
Frank Munn
Jean Dickenson
Soprand
Nbc-Hed
Munn
Noctimne
Miss Dickenson
Quandro Rapito
Donizetti
Arch Oboler
Touls Alberni
Gor
Charlie McCarthy
National High School Orchestra
Naional
Titerlochen
Mich
Las
Nbc-Blue
Grenadier Giggds
J. J. Gagnier
George White
Ray Perkins
New York
Howard Barlow
Johann Strauss
Columbia Network
Dan Peerce
Jane Promay
Columbis
Donnie Gales
CBS
James Melton
Francia, White
Don ‘Voorhees
Olumbin
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United Shites
Emerson, Whistler
Longfelley
Horace Munn
Alexander Graham Bell
Sousa
Burbank
Jane Addamsson
Uist
Oly
Tnees
Donn Fendler
Rye
N.Y
Penobscot
Sune Scandals
Bruce Catton
WEA
Oberlin M. Carley
Conexessmany Coking
Glin
St. Louis Browns
France
Hitler
Brutus
Uly
Corry Posk
American Legion
Huadrel Corry
A.B. F
Conner
S. Robert Beerlein
Northenter Siow
L. Peake
Paulpine Islands
Marine Corps
Alaska
Smithsoniam Institution
Horseshoe
Americal Falls
George Washington
U. 5
St. Christopher
Anson d Tidbits Radio Ghutient
Carlton King
Kavelage
Davis
Blackstone
R. A Shirey
Montgomery-Ward
Ashtatula
Geneva
Titi
Cleveland
al Joes
Inisse
Hyint
Pennsylvania
Atte Chamber of Commerce
Business Ister
Mary
Brockway
Terbey
Psy
Johnson
Wally Butterworth
Vox Pop
RCA
New York World's Pub
Benny Goodman
San Francisco
Treasure Island
Nbc-Red
Benny Ghodman
al Donaghue
Gray Gordon
Joe Rines
Toryny Dorsey
Horace Heidt
Ray Noble
Barney Rapp
John Kieran
John
James Kieran
LaGuardia
New York City
Hambletonian
Goshen
Kay Pranels
Mimi
Pucini
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