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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1922
Page
3
Corry Pennsylvania notices show daily publication except Sundays. Information lists publisher Arthur Golegrove, postage rates by mail six dollars yearly and by carrier three cents per copy. Port Office entrance and mailing details appear, with layout and advertising notes.
American correspondent laments U S treatment of minorities in Turkey urging protection for Armenians and Greeks. He condemns calls for extermination and cites refugee exodus as a moral failing of governments and international policy.
The proposal to unite two of the five major meat packers with $600 million capital aims for a $30 million annual gain per company. Critics worry reduced competition will raise prices and limit service benefits, while the government struggles to regulate an industry nearing consolidation.
An Athens dispatch alleges Greece's former prime minister faced charges of qualifying cancer. The report mentions a crackdown on former colleagues and a military campaign with heavy losses. It links post World War tensions to potential future conflict and punishment by world powers.
Jumbled report notes stray references to Tom Sims and Jacke Dempsay offering to play in a game while others discuss the Kaiser play and a Bethlehem plant fire. The text spirals through names, places, and odds phrases about telephones, weather, fires, and global travel with no clear cohesive event or outcome. The piece reads as a collage of stray OCR fragments from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page.
After a muddy football event in Town City players and fans were stranded in rain soaked paths on the way home. The piece reflects on reformers praising practical virtue and the long term impact of the experience on future booster efforts and community attitudes.
The passage threads a crime tale about a teen forged in a troubled life, mentions a prison term and brain injuries, and shifts to a discussion of the United American Line shipping tonnage transfer to Papin registry, linking prohibition rules to American maritime law and merchant marine challenges as global tensions rise.
At age twelve 610 Beethoven served as organist at Iunk Church in Bonn Germany. The note highlights an early musical prowess and formative period of the composer.
Supervisors snipped details on the county’s oldest residents. Mrs Harry Wightman of Chautauqua and Mrs Mh A Button of Ripley voted at 108, while Mrs Anne Price of Jamestown aged 102 was noted as the youngest among the top oldest. Mrs Pharaite Ward of Chautauqua ranked fourth at 97.
Notes from November 21, 1920 describe a railway accident near the depot thwarted by a brakeman, a turkey shoot winner by Joe Ressler, a quiet wedding of Amy Voguli and Roy Skinner, a Trimble Armory dance and Cole concert with prizewinners from Michaels Clothing and the New York Store, and hunters Tom Whittaker and George Blunt returning with game from Lake Columbu.
Wellsville business leaders announce purchase of the cement block building on South Main Street to house the Andover Silk Weaving corporation. About sixty looms will be installed and the plant expected to begin operation in three weeks weaving silk cloth.
Franklin and partners sue Lawrence County firm and attorneys claiming 10702 damages from alleged false representations in selling Patterson oil burners. Plaintiffs allege they were misled about agency rights for meters and burner sales in Venango and Mercer counties and paid 12000 for stock with a 75 burner purchase contract.
Nov 2 at 2:00 PM detectives Casey and Dun toy raided Harvey Milloy’s alleged gambling and bookmaking place at 818 State Street. The door yielded but gambling apparatus had been removed by occupants. A note mentions a family dispute with Mrs Tony ill and a sick infant. John Grady returned home on West Church Street.
A bank robbery case was brought by the Lindk against Fidelity & Casualty Co of New York to recover about $5,000. The trial, held in the Supreme Court, centered on the fiction of whether the work of the safe was the culprit. The defendant was locked up when the suit was filed, and a jury verdict or ruling is discussed.
A study explains bidding strategy after a player doubles in bridge. It argues against passive passes and outlines when a hand should bid over a double to inform partner, including examples with suits and sequences to guide third hand decisions.
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