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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1926
Page
3
Advertisement rates listed for Cony Evening Journal with billing options and mail and carrier pricing. Rates: by mail five dollars per year, by carrier five cents per copy, fifteen cents weekly. Distribution details and post office designation included.
A damaged OCR passage mulls coal and cotton as permanent energy and material sources. A Texas grower advocates shifting from temporary fixes to sustained use of cotton for materials, fuels, and new products, urging congressional support and industry funding for research and public education.
A rough discussion on liquor supply in the United States compares reported distillery and brewery output to actual consumption. It notes 1915 figures for 635 distilleries and 1872 breweries producing hundreds of millions of gallons and barrels, with critics arguing the claims distort the real booze volume and cross border smuggling.
Doctors question the supply of spirits for medicine and urge government action to allow continued distillery output. Officials must enforce dry laws while ensuring a steady medicine stock, with about 12 million gallons on hand for medical relief and a projected need lasting for years.
A 1906 reminiscence from the Journal File recalls Prolérick Peterson addressing the Elks on December 2 and Judge of Sorrow delivering a funeral. Sol Hershfield, once a Corry businessman, now in New York, visited. Factories in Erie County stay busy with night shifts. The Erie County Bar Examining Board reports favorably on candidates including Franke McKlintock Jr and Harry Stone. Harry B. Smith to wed Elizabeth McInnes. Red Letter Day observed in Masonic circles. Groundwork for railway lines and local transport progress noted with various figures and social events.
The report notes a siege at Manila harbor with Sipsavere forcing ten leg miles offshore at Myrna. A closed inlet is being replaced by a long breakwater and dredging, signaling upgraded harbor protection.
The federation urges 1927 legislation to grant the highways secretary power to force traffic from side roads to stop before entering arterial through roads in cities. It argues this will reduce accidents at intersections where main roads carry heavy traffic.
An advertisement extols Lavoptik to relieve eye strain from night work. It asserts tired eyes become red and bloodshot, but after use pains vanish and vision feels clear. Also mentions improved eye fuel, freshness, and reduced inflammation with claims attributed to J. A. Chewing and Riley Thorens Dowdy.
Lawrence Keth, 14, will be presented with the highest Boy Scout award by the National Court of Honor for rescuing Charles McCluskey in the ice at the Austin dam basin after it broke in 1911. Keth kept McCluskey above water while teammates pulled them from the perilous freezing pool.
Wilbert Browser a crippled farm hand is held as a suspect in the March double murders of Robert and Nettie Heron at their farm near Steubenville. He was arrested after being sought since March. Rev W E Bartlett returned home from a visit in Pittsburgh.
United Press reports that the US money supply is vast with about $5.5 billion actively in circulation and a total near $12 billion including Treasury holdings. The piece notes high non-hoarding, large wealth implications, and widespread economic activity supported by circulation.
Queen Marie prepares to board the liner Berengaria for Europe after a mixed tour of the United States. The royal party will dine at Charles Mitchell’s home with leading bankers and magnates before departing amid both pleasure and sorrow. Prince Nicolas will join New York events after tours to Detroit and Cleveland.
Erie police nab Alexander Niedwicki after a pursuit near Ponpers bar and Knobloch street. Police say Niedwicki, wanted for breaking into Meyer Motor Sales paint shop and stealing a car, fled a squad and fired at officers before being captured. Detective Heisler injured by a foreign object in the straw.
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