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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1924
Page
3
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The article recounts Dr Harvey Wiley debating a Minneapolis baker about why whole wheat loaves cost more than white bread and how diet choices affect health. It touches on bread quality, brown rice, and the challenges in promoting hard, wholegrain foods amid food industry practices.
The New York Central Railroad begins using motor trucks for package freight with experiments to Pennsylvania and Ohio and contracts with trucking firms to handle cargo. If successful the system may expand, potentially rivaling highway use and prompting broader roadbed improvements funded by business users of highways.
A garbled note discusses building stadiums in Japan along a Kobe to Osaka rail line with capacity 60 000 to 80 000, including a baseball diamond a running track and swimming pavilion. It compares Japanese athletics to ancient Greeks noting vigor and predict competition with America in Olympic events and discuses baseball ties in the American and Japanese context.
Historical note recalls events from 1904 including Irvington hiring Minn Behel Ault for Warred School board and a marriage plan for Arvid Anderson and Miss Rather Belermuth. Headlines mention a thunderstorm with heavy rain, arrests of three colored musicians on an Exe train, and community notices of births and local social events.
A garbled local page surveys postwar debts and distant theaters. It references a German claim for reparations, Russia’s stance, and a rebuked note about a French king's diamond once thought lost in New York.
A French critic questions poetry written on a typewriter as prone to cliché while several American authors including Garland Cabell Huet Desiser Lewisohn Irwin Wells and Rugestl offer mixed views. Some acknowledge clearer prose but caution over habit forming. A New York woman quips about bobbed hair and romance amid light anecdotes.
Nellie M. Drake named administratrix of Joan Patterson estate requests debts paid and claims presented. Creditors must file with R F P No 2 Corry Pennsylvania day F Smith attorney 10 Cameron Building Corry Pa.
In Jamestown on May 24, a large gathering from Scottish Rite orders in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, including nearly one hundred members of the Tuffwin Consirtary, attended the dedication ceremony at the Scottish Rite Temple. Leon M. Abbott presided assisted by leaders from Boston and Detroit. decor and uniforms from Boston highlighted the event as the temple was consecrated with a memorable sense of reverence.
LeRoy Darr, 16, hospitalized in La Porte Indiana with a hip wound after a store robbery attempt. Marty Goss, in La Porte county jail, charged with robbery and assault as investigators trace their flight from Rocky Grove toward La Porte, ending with a crash and capture.
Franklin May 24 Geary Nab aged about 41 years an employee of Franklin Citizens Steam Laundry for six years. He fell unconscious after a week dent while working on a switchbank in the plant and touched a high voltage line. He was thrown to the floor and 1 1/2 hours later moved to his apartment. Abetory workers attended. recovery hopes remain. Local residents were warned of gas hazards and repairs were in progress to prevent further danger.
Erie May 21 a lineman was hurled from a lighting pole and severely burned. He fell five feet and a hand was burned as heavy voltage surged through his body. He was taken to St. Vincent's for treatment with hopes of recovery.
A bruised, partially legible note details the search for a missing youth in Lake Erie. Authorities and family members are described as actively pursuing leads along the shore near West Secund Street, with mentions of incident response and ongoing investigations.
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