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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1917
Page
2
A Corry journal urges wartime food and morale measures, calling for federal control of liquor and demanding swift war power legislation to suspend alcohol production and sale. It argues hunger and resource limits require "Meatless" and "Wheatless" efforts, with a national food dictator and morale as key.
The National War Work Council reports a grand total of 49,200,400 raised for the YMCA war fund campaign, surpassing the initial goal by nearly 14 million. Regional totals show the Eastern department at 20,099,005 and Central at 18,880,798, with several other districts contributing toward the national total and potentially reaching 60 million.
Erie police hunt bandits who tied up two payroll clerks at Van Lorn Iron Works in Cleveland taking between two thousand and ten thousand dollars. The attackers used pepper spray on the superintendent and fled in a high powered car toward Ashtabula, with authorities noting other suspected crimes along the route.
A notice warns all mail subscribers that those in arrears longer than ten to twelve months will be dropped from the mailing list on November 20. It states few have paid within the year and urges prompt payment to continue delivery of the paper.
An unclear fragment mentions a program about relationships and domestic topics. The text appears garbled with mis-spellings and shuffled words, offering little concrete detail or identifiable subjects.
Dispatches report heavy clashes in Berlin's Sunday protests with police firing on demonstrators. Reports say casualties mounted as security forces faced armed crowds amid suppression of socialist demonstrations. From London sources via telegraph lines.
A ledger fragment lists liabilities capital stock .5 and surplus and earned. It also notes circulation and deposits. The readable text indicates financial categories in a banking or credit union record.
London reports five survivors from the lifeboat of the American steamship Rochester which was torpedoed by a German submarine on November 2. The boat carried twelve men. five survived to reach Ireland after exposure and injuries. Three crewmen died before the lifeboat was lowered, with severe swelling of hands and feet among the rescued and required immediate medical attention.
An Illinois testimonial claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured a Danish woman suffering from female troubles. The letter praises relief from backache inflammation fatigue and lack of appetite and recommends the product to others. The missive cites improvement in energy work capacity and family well being. Store address 2197 Kimball Ave Chicago appears in the message.
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