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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
8
The Dawson area is described as a crowded vanished town once with tens of thousands, now two thousand residents. The piece details boarded stores, mass exodus, massive hydraulic mining, environmental ruin, and the fate of miners and families, including a man’s lost prospects and lonely lives, with vivid reminiscence of past hardships and graves.
Last evening Pine Grove Cemetery directors met at GL Alexander’s office with full attendance. A.A. MacDonald of American Mausoleum Co. Clyde Ohio presented a plan to erect a community mausoleum in Pine Grove Cemetery. The firm showed blueprints and claimed prior construction in Pennsylvania and Ohio. They offered a turnkey project including a finer chapel and vaulting, at no cost to the association, with a contract to be reviewed and a return visit planned in a week or ten days. The proposal notes 140 to 400 crypts, granite exterior, marble interior, bronze doors, marble floors, and superior ventilation as key features.
The Chamber of Commerce urges real cooperation and invites every business man to attend the Thursday meeting to back civic work. The article notes the chamber's yearlong effort and aims to solidify its progress toward broader city improvement.
In 1913 a booster ad claims RHEUMA banishes rheumatism and related pains with money back guarantees. It touts quick relief, kidney and blood action, and targets rheumatism, lumbago, neuralgia, and kidney disease. Sold via mail order from The Rheuma Co in Buffalo New York.
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