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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1920
Page
6
A garbled classified page lists multiple sale and rent notices. Items include a ram mule and various real estate and livestock ads with street names and partial addresses. Also shows appliances, furniture, crops, and room rentals with partial contact details and prices amid distorted OCR text.
Classified help wanted notices from Siring Creek to Warmh Co Pa advertise labor positions and sales roles. Employers seek skilled workers for rural and domestic tasks and a representative for a staple household product with strong prospects, offering pay and opportunities.
A letter from Walter Tro Myr or Orioly Papthadl requests consideration to host football games in Jamestown. It notes claims of strong Western New York and Pennsylvania teams and asks someone to rent fair grounds and handle advertising, proposing one or two games away from home to avoid hostile crowds. The writer suggests arranging opponents and guarantees while the host city handles expenses.
A proposal outlines organizing a baseball league in the northwest for Ponyville, led by Cosry Teage Ball Club with W. Swit of Brie as sponsor. The plan calls for Sunday play and holiday games, with a hoped roster of teams and managers to formalize details for a season. Also mention of sale of two skylight arches and wired glass items.
Congressman Milton We Shreve of the Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania was officially listed as a Republican on the House roll today. He will serve on the Appropriations Committee and the subcommittee on permanent appropriations, and remain a member of the pensions subcommittee.
At a Ridgway council meeting in November the discussion began on reducing the council size. Members debated whether the body should have five or ten seats, with a leaning toward a smaller council though no final plan is set.
In Smethport, Russell Knightlinger and P. J. Akins were sentenced after pleading guilty to automobile theft. They forced entry to a garage on Smethport’s Moraes Street two weeks earlier, drove away a car toward Tawiestown, and were apprehended after attempting to flee.
A reader testimonial promotes Doctor Pierce's Anurie as a remedy for uric acid buildup and kidney discomfort. The advices urge reducing meat, alcohol and tea, drinking hot water before meals, and consulting Pierce’s guidance to keep kidneys in good order. A 67 year old named Jacon Goon claims improved mobility and energy after using Anurie.
In Elk County at a short session this afternoon Reuben Tum of Portland Mills was sentenced to not more than ten years in the western penitentiary for a slaughter. The docket listed Hillyard as a subordinate figure in the case, with the complainant alleging the act.
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