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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1913
Page
2
The writer urges strict enforcement of the intoxicated driving ban citing recent hoarding incidents and the danger of whisky and gasoline in motors. He notes penalties of at least 100 dollars and possible imprisonment or license suspension, arguing enforcement is essential to protect public safety and prevent the law from becoming a dead letter.
The state imposes tight limits on holding time for stored food to prevent selling stale or deteriorated products as fresh. Governor Tener supported the measure amid industry opposition, arguing it protects health and wallets. Law aims to curb deception and speculative practices in food storage and sale.
A partial dialogue fragment shows a woman recalling a near midnight moment with a companion. The speaker hints at a pending message she cannot recall, reflecting uncertainty and intimate mood. The line ends with a question about a possible good night.
May 21 report from Tainburgh wires of a militant suffragette attack on the Royal Observatory in the city. An explosive device built from earthenware and powder damaged the observatory roof and interior machinery, threatening delicate scientific instruments and causing significant property damage.
Martin Miller learned from W. C. Miller in Irvine that during early trials the Miller biplane, rebuilt this year, achieved nearly one hundred miles per hour with the headpiece removed. In the initial flight Miller ran the machine beside Warren, then headed to Starbrick to test the motor and radiator upgrade, returning to Irving with the faster but riskier flight.
Local authorities received a telephone call to Chief Stevens from an unidentified party. The caller spoke briefly and departed before verification by Erie and Corry officers. No further information or second call had been reported by press time.
A well known Macon banker, Walker, is dying from a mercury poisoning after swallowing poison pills. Doctors halted treatments after futile efforts. He lay unconscious most of the day, asking how much longer he could live. Temperature 128 earlier, prognosis grim with only hours left.
May 1 in Hoxton Massachusetts Judge Crosby's court heard Breen confess links to the Lawrence dynamite conspiracy. He described meeting Pittman, obtaining dynamite, and a later ride with Atteux in a taxi where a package with five hundred dollars was dropped. Breen said he used the money to fund actions with Pittman and Atteux and described distributing explosive in Lawrence during striker activity.
Auer, a noted local leather maker, leverages strong oil markets to enter the leather valve cup industry. For 30 years he has produced high grade valve cup leather and, with his sons, now manufactures cups in his own plant. An original improved process uses brass molds. shipments have gone to a major oil producer.
Erie county court appointed Ferdinand Stevens to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Constable Dan Mitchell. Stevens, 18, already heads the city police department and will handle duties formerly managed by Mitchell.
J C Wilson of the Civic Improvement League spoke at the high school this morning urging students to support league work. He called for city residents to keep streets and lawns clean, promising improved city appearance with community cooperation and noting success in other cities.
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