Straw Hats Attract Attention In Local Display
Shoppers are invited to view a variety of straw hats on display at the local shop. Residents are encouraged to stop by and inspect the collection in person.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1915
Page
2
Shoppers are invited to view a variety of straw hats on display at the local shop. Residents are encouraged to stop by and inspect the collection in person.
The notice calls residents to join a county wide effort to improve highways with a ten day work period. Mayor and commissioners volunteer. Motor Club members and Oliver Antividiats plan to organize crews. The campaign aims to widen roads, improve drainage, trim hazards, and enhance safety while fostering community cooperation.
The piece discusses self control and health, urging responsibility for individual wellbeing. It recounts the Knox and Woolworth retail system development and notes a 1900s Pennsylvania city example. A May 17 account from Worth, Texas reports A Willpin murdered in the county jail by Dee Bates after a child assault allegation, with Estes arrested and released on bond.
The notice recalls Seymour Knox as a key figure in American business, likening his path to those of pioneers who innovate to drive progress. The piece mentions his work alongside figures like B. F. Woolworth, highlighting a legacy in wholesale and retail development.
Citizens urged to support a state-wide Gain Route Day with Governor Brimbaugh backing a plan to mobilize private labor on highways. Individuals without organizational ties should contribute time or funds to the Road Association, and if able to work, spend a long day on county roads performing essential labor.
Buffalo reports the death of Seymour T. Knox vice president of F. W. Woolworth Company and chairman of the board of directors of the Marine National Bank of Durant among other posts. Born in Russell New York in 1841 he started as a clerk in Michigan later partnering with FW Woolworth to build a nation spanning store empire. His trotting horses bred at a stock farm near East Aurora were frequent Grand Circuit winners.
A special term of the Supreme Court convenes in Belmonth to try Roy Champlin for the alleged murder of his uncle Honey Moten. Prosecutor W. Ward and defense attorneys J. F. Grantley and H. O’Connor lead the case as twenty jurors are selected from a pool of over one hundred.
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