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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1926
Page
3
Publisher information and mailing rates for Corry Pennsylvania are listed. Second class matter designation, annual subscription price five hundred dollars, carrier price three cents per copy and fifteen cents per week. Advertising rates available upon application.
The piece discusses booming automobile manufacturing and rising new car prices while dealers face a growing stock of used cars. It notes buyers trade in old cars less often, leading to lingering inventories and potential shifts in consumer behavior and pricing. It also touches on social habits like reading and playing bridge in the era.
Erie report details the conviction of Chris Kalas for the slaying of his wife and child, with the victim cited as a rare disease martyrdom. Kalas was sentenced to life imprisonment as the judge described the case as a brutal act by a mentally disturbed defendant.
A James town based firm secured the bid to supply 4000 voting machines for New York City. The Automatic Reistenne Machine Company. of Jamestown was signed by Secretary of State Mrs Vorenve HS. Knapp on Wednesday at a cost of 81 dollars per machine. Six hundred machines will be installed this year with the remainder next year.
About 400 attendees at the Knights of Columbus banquet in Oil City raised 12800 toward a 350000 assembly hall annex for the Knights of Columbus home at Petroleum and West Second streets. Campaign continues until the goal is met. Dr. Barnes of McGill University will speak on Ice the Power of Man and his thermite work in breaking ice floes and the Brandon ice gorge.
Advertises Burke's Coll Liver Oil and Iron Tablets as a health aid to build weight and restore energy. Claims chemists extract vitamins and energy producers from cod liver oil and combine with tonics to improve stamina. Sold by R. G. Lindstey & Son and N. I Ames & Co.
United Press reports Sinclair Lewis refused the Pulitzer Prize for his novel and criticized the award process. He contended the prize standards focus on current popularity rather than lasting literary merit, addressing his objections to the board at Columbus University.
A damaged OCR item notes a juvenile case involving vermin or seavers with a reference to a twelve year term and confinement in jail. The fragment mentions jailers and snakes but lacks clear context or full details.
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