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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1922
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal lists publication details for West South Street Corry PA. Arthur Colegrove publisher information and post office entry status. Rates by mail and carrier with per copy and weekly pricing. Advertising rates are stated as available upon request.
The piece argues Samuel Gompers warns of a global Bolshevik propaganda effort using millions in funds to influence American opinion and press coverage. It notes journalists and editors may be swayed, while asserting the newspaper rejects Bolshevik blandishments and urges cautious recognition only if Russia proves itself worthy.
The article discusses China’s civil division into northern and southern rivals, Peking and Canton, and U S attitudes. It notes Wu Pei-fu and Chang Tso-tin vie for control, with President Hsu Shih Chang as a figurehead, and suggests American sympathy might lean toward Canton if a capable leader emerges in Peking. It also comments on rising caution in reporting and a stray note about President Harding.
A fragment discusses public playgrounds as essential community spaces for health, exercise, and citizenship. It notes wartime losses of 48 000 on battlefields and 25 000 children killed at home, contrasting private and public roles. It hints at independent street companies merging, creating trust questions.
Smethport Democrats report the Interstate Window Glass plant will relight its remolded Smethport facility next Monday. Autry, idle nearly two years, will resume within four weeks as remodeling and expansion bring in new blowing machines touted as the greatest glassblowing appliances, expected to boost local production and steady operation.
Disjointed quotes reference politics gender roles and social norms. Mentions Harding Coolidge and Congress while noting a mix of witty observations about marriage hair fashion and private concerns. The fragmentary piece reads like a columnist’s stream of brief opinions and cultural jibes from a historical page.
Mary Oland of this city sustained severe injuries when a freight car rolled onto the North Seneca street crossing yesterday. She slipped on wet rails while approaching the moving cars and was pulled to safety by watchman Horton Sweeney. Both feet were crushed necessitating amputation above the ankles. She has eight children and two orphaned nieces to care for, and hospital reports indicate she may recover from the shock of the operation.
A junior at Oil City High School J Edward Wren suffered a broken arm and fellow junior Robert Dale a broken nose after a color rush between senior and junior classes. Wren reportedly fell from a bank in front of the Senior High school while trying to escape and was struck on the arm. details remain unclear. Lester Strohm left for Dauphin to visit family over the weekend.
An advertisement touts San Cura Ointment as a universal healer for old sores piles burns scalds and more. It promises rapid relief from poisons cuts boils and rashes and cites many testimonials including finger injuries and eczema with a price of 1.95 per jar and 42 000 jars advertised.
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