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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1922
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal is published daily except Sunday in Corry Pennsylvania. Publisher appears as D Colegrove Arthur Colegrove and the work is entered at the Corry post office as second class mail matter. Subscription by mail is $6.50 per year and by carrier three cents per copy. advertising rates available on request.
The article notes Belgium resisting any concessions until Russia returns stolen property, while Lloyd George, France, Italy, and the Belgians debate postwar terms. It cites Belgium’s stance as justified and contrasts Allied hopes for a swift Soviet exit with Belgium’s insistence on restitution before cooperation. The piece reflects tensions among Allies over Russian affairs and the path to negotiations.
A veteran film actor says Hollywood’s slump has moral upside, noting earnings shift to per film pay and post dark hours quiet. He claims the city’s bad press is overstated, arguing Hollywood is not as wicked as depicted and misfortune may spur virtue amid mood of misery and self righteousness.
A reader from New Castle, Pa recounts chronic bronchitis turning to improvement after using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. He credits three bottles with relief from bronchitis and overall health gain and recommends buying at local drug stores and writing to the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo for confidential advice.
A fragment discusses whether sons should give Bibles to their mothers as a preferred gesture. It mentions Merbert Hanver starting food and notes in Bilginns that people doubt a plan to develop into radio bass rationing the ether at apace.
A jumble of aphorisms and snippets appears like a fragmented column. Names like Genoa and China surface amid stray phrases about life choices, alimony, gambling, and education, with a stray remark on New York’s overcrowding and a joke about reading Chinese generals.
May 8 Weedville reports an incendiary blaze at the Blacksmith shop of the Pentivid Coal and Coke Co. causing estimated losses of 80 000 to 3000. The structure burned to the ground with most contents destroyed and no suspects yet found. The shop was renowned for its equipment and tools. Local notices advertise a waitress position and nursing training at Broad Street Hospital in New York City.
The Corry Chautauqua lineup is being finalized with dates July 5 through 12. A major feature will be an essay contest for high school students with three cash prizes of 100, 60, and 25 dollars for the best essays on Life and Work of Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Local prizes and further details are to be announced soon through the Weal committee and Cooperating organizations.
Ridgway voters will decide May 8 on a $10000 bond to finance a town hall. The proposal seeks funds to purchase the Firemen's Hall at 6 Broad Street or to erect a new borough building, addressing a long standing need.
W. S. Allen of Warren Pennsylvania was elected president of the Shell Union Oil Co at a meeting here on Friday. The company has acquired most assets of Union Oil Co of Delaware and its subsidiaries and the Shell Co of California into Roxana Petroleum Corporation. Allen has long served as a vice president of Union Oil & Co of Delaware.
The Board of Education and Tax Collector Meerlein are taking legal steps to collect the $5 school tax from delinquents. Notices have gone to residents over 21 who have not paid, and arrest and prosecution may follow. Some have paid at the collector’s office, while others remain unpaid. About 7 percent of women have been notified that immediate payment is demanded. The Meadville paper notes similar actions nationwide. Residents who never registered or vote may be asked to pay the tax.
Postmaster Bentley announces April sales of Treasury Savings Certificates at Carr post office totaled 2025 dollars. He urges safety of principal and easy redemption, noting certificates offered in 1000, 100, and 25 dollar denominations with semiannual 4.44 percent interest. Certificates obtainable at the local post office.
Funeral services for DeWitt Messenger were held Sunday at 2 PM from the home 440 East Main Street, largely attended by relatives and friends. Rev Emerson Jones of Conneaut officiated. Interment followed at Pine Stowe Cemetery with relatives serving as pallbearers. out of town attendees included Mrs Harris and sons Ray and Roy Har Lila Waters of Buffalo NY Mr and Mrs B Jones of Erie Mr and Mrs Will Blanchard and child of President PA Robert Blanchard of Faulkner NY.
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