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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1917
Page
2
A citizen voice condemns the present highway system as chaotic and neglectful. Winter care is minimal, with state and township roads left impassable for months. Officials fail to fund or maintain routes, forcing farmers and mail carriers to struggle through snow while public needs go unmet.
Fragmented remarks lament poor road funding and inconsistent management. Local officials fault the current system and urge united effort to keep township roads passable after heavy snows, noting that plowing lags and maintenance gaps persist across locales.
Washington reports that four railroad brotherhoods approved an eight hour day with overtime rules and may initiate a nation wide strike next Saturday if ARP eight hour demands are not ratified. President Wilson may seek an appeal to resolve the crisis as rail service could be paralyzed.
Grange plans a Saturday meeting in this city with a program including calf rearing a discussion on taxes and a lunch menu. The event features speakers J S Follette Mrs W J Hammond Miss Mer He Akun and others with a legislative report and prize drawings.
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