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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1910
Page
7
A labor dispute in Shia elty wn ended with a pact between employers at the Geet Liverwool Praction and Miht company and union representatives. The agreement sets wartime pay: one year at 21 pence per hour, five more men at 41 cents, three-year men 26 cents, and four-year veterans 20 cents per hour.
The piece recalls New York City’s cholera outbreaks and the drastic isolation measures used to stamp out the disease. It mentions moving towards citywide public health actions, including hospital ships stationed offshore to treat patients and contain the contagion.
Fragmentary ancient myth recounts vows to Neptune and water gods, citing Idomeneus of Crete and Medea as figures who faced or avoided sacrifice during perilous voyages of the Argonauts. The text hints at ritual offerings tied to storms and fate at sea.
Central notices advertise house and lot sales at 129 W Pleasant Street 180 East Pleasant Street and 226 East South Street with features described. Also land frontage on Main Street near Furniture factory offered by Teane B Brown. Additional listings include a 160 acre farm south of the city and an 88 acre Eldred township farm with buildings, through W W Hasbrouck, attorney.
Numerous for sale notices and rental offers from Corry Pa area. Properties include eight to nine room houses on W Franklin and South Center streets, a ten room house near the post office, farms near Elgin and Columbus, and several rental opportunities on Pleasant Street and Cohen Block. Listings invite inquiries and note easy terms and modern improvements.
Letters of Administration granted to the undersigned. All persons owing the estate must pay promptly, and all claims should be presented to attorney Robert J. Osborne without delay. Swit Raymond, Executrix. Robt J Osborne, Atty.
A vague, fragmented note accuses Angie of wasting vitality and hindering others, describing behavior as foolhardy and disruptive. The source text provides no clear incident, date, or accountable group, leaving the claim largely unsubstantiated.
Prince Teal Tao met many notable men in New York including Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., George Westinghouse, and Cornelius Vanderbilt at a luncheon hosted by Charles M Schwab. He received a greeting from Mayor Gaynor and toured sites with the mounted police and U.S. Steel figures.
Classified notices offer employment in clothing sales with no capital required by Mei ter & Rovenbloom Co in Rochester New York and cigar sales positions with Globe Cigar Co in Cleveland Ohio. A Steubenville Ohio gas strike reports J D Owens and M B Edward Farm activity covering 340 acres and a 6 million feet pressure claim in the district.
A fragmentary review-like item notes religious themes and cultural clashes, citing Mrs Isabella Williams and a Chinese conversion conflict. It references a missionary consult and a cryptic line about cosmic paths in Chinese, plus an aside about matches not replacing an under box in rural Spain and Italy.
The fragment discusses how some acquaintances yield pleasant traits when observed and extracted, while others reveal agreeable traits with only a slight acquaintance. It contends that closer familiarity becomes unsatisfactory and unsafe, reflecting a cautious view of social intimacy. The tone is aphoristic and reflective.
A good driving horse sought by Luquire of Journal Office. For sale a team of bay geldings about 2800 pounds, seven years old. Also a two year old black colt. See C. F. McCray & Son R D 3 Corry Pa, mile south of Lovell's Station. Also items for sale include horses harness wagon delayal separator platform spring wagon and a Bilson phonograph at 1107 N Center St. The section ends with unrelated item about a verdict and a monkey joke.
A national guardsman recalls a chaotic August journey from Metz to Paris. In a crowded second class compartment a German money exchange failed to return his own funds, and a later halt at a border town led to a lengthy station office dispute over 12 marks and other pfennigs. The ordeal ended with the man reclaiming his money after a wait of about fifteen minutes.
May 4 in Atlanta Georgia, aviator Wiamilton flew 40 miles across to Tonam boro Ga and back to the city in a little over an hour. The feat sparked great sensation among locals as crowds gathered and many Black residents joined the cheering.
Washington May 4 Albert M Walker a New York lawyer today laid a report with Attorney General Wickeram charging the Reading railroad with having granted rebates amounting to millions of dollars in shipments through concessions and commissions to shippers, alleging widespread rebates and improper conduct by railroad officials.
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