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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
5
A briny deep scene follows a woman captain as she braces to subdue a mutinous crew in a tale of danger and hardship. The story echoes the rugged adventure style made famous by Jack London and notes Fox News coverage of Vida Dana in a separate segment.
A garbled 1808 Meadyltin issue lists a range of classifieds and notices including shop ads from Victor Shop and Lewis Confectionary, job vacancies for clerks and cabinet makers, upcoming dances at Macabee Hall, and various property sales and auction items. Names like Robert A. Patterson Jr, C. B. Porter, and J. Gould appear amid addresses such as 610 Spring Street and 452100. The page also references counterfeit or damaged text and stray notices about fishing, shoes, and local events.
An executrix sale will offer at public auction 82 head of registered Holstein cattle from Colonial Farm near Watteburg, Erie road, 20 miles southeast of Erie and eight miles north of Union City. The May 40 1020 sale includes cattle ages from calves to four-year-olds, with three-year-old and five-year-old heifers, plus dairy equipment, eight month supply of hay, and related farm items. Industrial Society luncheon will follow. auctioneers Wilcox and Cornell listed.
A mixed page shows stock listings for major firms including Great Northern, New York Central, Northern Pacific, Republic Steel, Southern Pacific, Union Oil, Steamship, Willys Overland, and several others. Also includes local ads for fish at Stockton's Market, Brownell's shoes, Mohawk Condensed Milk labor needs, plating trade learning, Plittner's fish, hand sewing jobs at Nu-Bone Corset Co, and a May 6 rebate notice for city taxes with partial text about an absent treasurer.
The Hospital Auxiliary held a yesterday afternoon meeting at the Library building. They discussed high costs and sugar scarcity and planned canning of lost fruit. A committee was set to begin work around June 1 and the May party revenue of $298.90 was designated for hospital needs.
Max B Haibach asks Democratic voters in Erie County for the 28th Penn District nomination. A native of Erie, he served as Sheriff from 1914 to 1918 with faithful, conscientious duty. He pledged to use strong resolve to benefit all people, not a favored few, if elected.
The first consignment of 62 fallen soldiers arrived from France and England and was sent to regional posts. The train from New York, under Division Passenger Agent WW Parton, paused only briefly at a station here and continued to New York with no local stop. Sixty six mourners attended the event as flag ceremonies and received their orders for the next shipment.
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