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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1926
Page
3
By Mail: five dollars per year. By Carriers: three cents per copy. Fifteen cents per week. This item lists subscription and delivery rates in old currency terms, reflecting a period price structure for print media.
A New York banker and broker argues that the United States cannot sustain further prosperity and warns that overproduction and overbuying will lead to hard times. He notes the large cotton crop and cautious hand-to-mouth buying as signs, saying the country can’t stand more prosperity. He suggests conservative business has its own risks and that downturns may follow periods of good times.
A fanatical attacker with a Carrie Nation style destroys library books in Kansas. Darwin’s The Ascent of Man and other evolution titles are damaged while Bible passages are scribbled on fly leaves. Officials close non fiction sections to protect volumes and station guards, aiding efforts to capture the perpetrator. The incident sparks debate about evolution in Kansas communities.
Short notice classified ad offers furnished rooms for rent. Seeks responsible applicants and includes contact method for inquiries and arrangements.
Twenty years ago report from Journal Files Oct 22 1906 details the Anti-Saloon League spending to influence wet referendums. J Ross Raymonds’s organization allocates funds to ten states including Colorado Washington Maryland Arizona Missouri Ohio Pennsylvania New York Oregon plus Montana Nevada.
Fragmented local notices report trolley delays linked to rail shortages and incomplete ROW. Also noted are travel updates, road work progress northwest of the city, and plans for a new foot ball team amid area employment changes.
The piece argues motorists pay taxes on gasoline nearly nationwide except New York New Jersey Massachusetts and Illinois. It notes about 85 million dollars in the first half and nearly 200 million for the year, funding road construction and smoother travel nationwide with future promises of an unmatched highway system.
Miss Florence Rice of Union City is cast as a dancing and singing girl in Pred Stone's new musical comedy Criss Cross. She has studied dancing in New York for over a year, and her casting marks recognition of her ability as crowds fill eastern cities.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union voiced indifference to Queen Marie of Roumania smoking or chewing gum during her U.S. tour. A spokesman for the national president stated it is none of their business what the queen does, as she travels the country.
An advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as a quick, penetrating heat treatment for chest congestion pain and stiffness. It claims warming action in minutes with red peppers, advising readers to ask druggists for the product and to mention the name Rows.
Wage raises announced affect about 900 clerical and unclassified workers in Oil City and roughly 700 shop employees along the Pennsylvania Railroad. Telegraph department workers receive two cents more per hour retroactive to October, while shop crafts gain three cents per hour retroactive to October 16. Across the system more than 49,000 employees are affected by the new pay rate.
Old time revival meetings at the Salvation Army hall start Saturday evening October 23 at 8 oclock and run nightly except Monday until further notice. Special speakers include Mrs Nf Dick evangelist from Oil City Captain West Ensign B Flinn Meadville Adjutant Heard Eric Captain Kelly Kittan Adjunct F Barker Greenville.
The Penos automobile dealer, who admitted the crime to police but denied it at trial, was found guilty after a monthlong trial. After 10 ballots, the jury recommended life imprisonment over electrocution, sparing Weisel's life.
The veteran explorer George Eastman, aged 71, recounts his journey through Tanganyika and Africa where he reportedly lost 16 pounds. He and the Eastman party hunted various game including elephants and other wildlife during the expedition.
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