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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1926
Page
3
Public notice lists Corry Pennsylvania post office details as second class mail matter with annual and weekly rates. It notes five dollars per year by mail and three cents per copy or fifteen cents per week by carrier, with advertising rates to be announced upon application.
A note on rumors of diamonds in Mississippi and public reaction suggests wiser values. Reporters express cautious optimism while editors urge restraint, noting no confirmed find and no boom. The piece contrasts local appetite for wealth with lasting benefits like food and churches.
Twenty years ago the extension department of Louisiana State University helped adapt beekeeping to swamp lands in De Soto parish. Bee yards now line bayous, hives number about 8000, and keepers manage remote swamp colonies, expanding production despite floods.
The State Game Commission ships a large consignment of quail to Deputy Alexander for distribution in the territory as quail are nearly extinct here. Visitors Miss Lulu Plats and Miss Sue Keppet are in Warren today.
An old advertisement touts Red Pepper Ruth as a fast remedy for rheumatism and aching joints. It claims a tingling heat within minutes, banishing soreness and offering strong relief, urging readers to ask for the genuine Rowles Red Pepper Rub from druggists.
The fragment shows a quarrel about marriage and housing. A speaker questions to marry and live with in laws while the other argues against leaving their parents. The text is garbled but centers on family pressure and shared housing tensions.
United Press reports in Uniontown Pa that sixteen coal firms in Indian Creek Valley were held in contempt and ordered to seal mines within thirty days after a court hearing on mine drainage. Four larger firms were given until June 16 to finish an underground tunnel to carry mil ls below their dams, with mine officials signaling plans to seek reopening.
United Press reports Joseph Schroge, 42, of Carrick, died in hospital after a piston-head at the McKees Rocks shops of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad struck him on the head. The accident occurred at the McKees Rocks facility and resulted in his death today.
Dismissal of the foreman of the jury in the murder case of Anna May Dietrich was expected today. Five more jurors would be chosen before testimony could begin as court adjourned after a dispute over juror Joseph Mooney. Mooney’s prior ties to Wernick and the Mooney Wreckings firm were revealed, prompting challenges by District Attorney Charles Edwin Wox.
Weather Bureau officials forecast a brief spell of warmer conditions across western Pennsylvania starting March 10. Temperatures will melt snow and ice with little flood risk in the upper Allegheny River unless a cold spell brings heavy rain.
Erie on March 1 faces a fight against a proposed rate increase by the Mutual Telephone Company. City officials and business groups plan to protest to the Public Service Commission, arguing that the Bell Company could gain control of all Erie lines. Critics say the mutuals oppose a Bell takeover and warn against concentrating power in a giant carrier.
Weather and river reports show ice jams on the Allegheny and Monongahela systems, with the Youghiogheny and nearby rivers holding back torrents. Stage heights at Warren and Parker indicate water about nine feet above normal, as late winter conditions threaten continued ice disintegration and slow thaw.
Milton Pa March 1 Fire swept the Northumberland county fair grounds early today destroying two exhibition buildings and the grandstand. Loss estimated at 10000. Fire believed due to accidental origin. The blaze prompted the fair association to abandon the event which has been held nearly a century. The two burned structures were to be auctioned next Saturday in November.
Johnsonburg reports strong turnout for revival meetings at the OB Chyyoh on North Petter atrel led by the Nuckey Sisters and Rev. Reagle. Hundreds attend nightly services with alders and committees from local churches and missions blessing the event.
United Press reported in Maladelpita on March 10 that three firefighters and a chemical wagon crew, along with two trolley passengers, were injured in a crash when a responding fire apparatus was struck by a streetcar at an intersection. The incident occurred as emergency units raced to another alarm.
Beeman and Hildum advertise syrup demand offering top market price for several thousand gallons. Contact Chinoy by phone for arrangements.
An advertisement touts Allenria Special Korroula No 2 as a capsule remedy for neuritis and sciatic nerve pain. It claims rapid relief within hours and urges readers to obtain Newtitls and Allenria Special Formula No 2 for prolonged use.
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