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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1926
Page
3
The Corry Evening Journal announces daily publication except Sunday from South Street Corry Pennsylvania and lists mail and carrier rates as well as advertising rate information upon application.
Industrialist Trenty Ford outlines a plan to speed up production in 19 plants by compressing work into five days while maintaining seven days of pay. He argues shorter weeks would raise efficiency and consumer leisure, boosting car demand and company profits, with workers gaining two days off as a tradeoff. The proposal invites broader debate on societal value of longer leisure versus productivity.
The article notes Greece’s 60 parties contesting 280 seats and over 10,000 candidates amid calls for a constitutional majority. It warns of possible repeats or turmoil, suggesting a fragile transition toward stability or risk of another dictatorship. It reflects on Europe’s wider shift away from two party norms toward fragmented parliaments and unstable coalitions.
A highly garbled OCR item references The War and political campaigns with scattered phrases about mileage, entourages, and a festival of thanksgiving. The text badly misrenders names, places, and events, yielding an incoherent snapshot of wartime sentiment and impending actions.
The Standard Chase Works at Union City will be rebuilt larger after a fire. Frank O Day receives fifty dollars for the best division section. Curtis and Ward travel to Columbus for Payette Curtis's 82nd anniversary. Rathbone Sisters rename to Pythian Sisters per grand lodge decision. A reported holdup of Frank Canby is deemed to lack substantial evidence. Norton and Hill return from Maine hunting trip. Mrs Mori A Watson, ex-Washington resident, leaves for New York to study oil painting.
Poem describes a child praising their mother’s cookies and cakes as the best treats. The speaker recalls granma’s baking, neighborly offerings, and the family’s frequent need for sweets. It contrasts homemade baked goods with store bought items and ends with a preference for the mother’s baking.
Judges James H Gray and James R McParlane say many Allegheny county election returns were illegally compiled during the general election. They note district boards sometimes filed papers other than the tally sheet and state ballots may be kept without protest.
The fragment suggests Napoleon did not originate the phrase Perfidious Albion. It argues he may have cited Bossuet who, in a sermon on Circumcision, allegedly cried perfidious England. The text is a muddled note on historical quotation attribution.
Mark Civilization reports telegraph poles mark the Westward advance as 30 forest products keep pace with Uncle Sam’s growth. The American Tree Association says 5,000,000 trees are cut yearly for telegraph and telephone poles, with 600,000,000 tons of post used.
John Pounds, a Portsmouth cobbler famed for self denying acts to rescue and train poor youths, became a notable philanthropist in English history, though his livelihood rested on cobbling.
Parish dinner and meeting at Emmanuel Church invites all parishioners to learn about the church program and budget. A conference led by the rector will cover how the National Church and Diocese budgets are drafted, parish responsibility, and how funds are allocated and spent.
Wrens Hatch Two Broods and build extra nest space. They begin a second nest as soon as one brood hatches, before the first can fly, to accommodate the growing home needs.
Mrs Sara R Byerly of Greensburg Pennsylvania credits San Cura Ointment and Soap with curing her eczema after four years of treatment. She reports relief in moments and urges continued use for burns sores and skin ailments including sunburn and chapped skin. The advertisement claims San Cura Soap aids babies tender skin and lists prices 0c and 60c per cake.
State health officials report strong immunization drives across counties including Blair, Blair, Centre, Indiana, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Montgomery, York, and Philadelphia. Dr Miner notes eight month diphtheria toll fell from 680 to 349 with thousands immunized, saving lives statewide. County totals reach into thousands with notable gains in Washington, Dauphin, and Erie counties. Allentown Chester Pottsville Williamsport each show one death in August. Philadelphia reports 21.
A charity card party at St Edward's Hall last evening raised over one thousand dollars for St Thomas Church. Miss Ime Ly Party led the event with help from a committee, and fort tables were set for bridge and AW. Guests included Mrs G S Peck and several others. songs and piano accompaniment added to the program.
Thomas S. Butler of Chester Pa a father of Gen Smedley Butler holds the congressional record for consecutive elections and has served in the House for more terms than any other member, with only one other representative Cooper surpassing him in longevity.
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