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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1919
Page
2
Page shows advertising rates for display and class ads, plus a column of labor and postwar opinions. It discusses unions, American workers, demobilization, and a personal anecdote about a man named Jim Brown building a home and renting. The tone reflects wartime shift to peacetime economy and domestic concerns.
A sweeping critique argues that public sympathy has shifted away from strikers and toward preserving orderly relations between labor and capital. It notes numerous strikes lacking AFL authorization and warns against revolutionary elements undermining conservative labor aims.
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a remedy for bad breath and bowel cleansing. It markets a vegetable compound with olive oil and claims gentle action with pleasant results, priced 10 and 25 cents a box.
Coroner Minzley Blom and Sheriff James McCal investigated a child’s body found in an abandoned well at the Honey Creek farm near Clymer. A young woman’s statement suggests the infant was hidden there after stillbirth and placed in the well last January, with the body discovered ten days ago.
A 16 year old Clymer girl missing since Saturday after leaving Bert Pearce farm in North Boat with pay from grape picking. Police believe she may have gone to Eric to meet a young man. motive unknown. Her parents and uncle requested search efforts.
Bradford announces in October that the Detroit convention of the House of Bishops elected Dr. W. Hy Overs of the Ascension Church Liberia to bishop. A telegram from B. W. Seldon to Col. A. D. Burns conveyed the news. Seldon and Burns were comrades in the Spanish-American War.
Erie officials vow to challenge a proposed gas rate rise by a Pennsylvania gas company. Theodore Alehhorn, superintendent of streets and public improvement, says the city will act in concert with Ty Gilnon to press the case before the Public Service Commission with a decision aimed before November 20.
List of names and firms including Lovlis G Chin, Smith Shubert Fur Co, Rose Dairy Co, Golegrors Fat, and others as advertinded letters at Cory post office for the week ending date.
Erie county reports a 22 year old motorcyclist from Redding died in a collision with a Ford sedan on the Buffalo Trail near Marblecreek township. The rider, Frank Meek of this city, was thrown to the pavement and suffered a skull fracture. He had been en route to work at the Genseal Wisconsin Co. and was taken to Ham Hamiltons hospital but died en route.
Fragmentary text describes a persistent obstacle at a sports event. It mentions Sion and Eckman and an ongoing challenge affecting performance and focus.
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