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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1926
Page
3
A confused report notes Krishnamurti, seen as the World Teacher by Theosophists, ordered by doctors to rest in California after a break in his ministry. It questions whether a Great Teacher can endure public strain and still deliver his message of spiritual cultivation.
A garbled society column fragment discusses billions spent on public health and war debts. It questions estimates of tuberculosis costs at 27.5 billion annually and imagines halving debt through sovereign concessions, urging restraint and reform in a harsh, opinionated tone.
The readable portion hints at a personal or editorial line with unclear names and a fragmentary context. No definite event, place, or formal entities are identifiable, making a precise card difficult.
Twenty years ago items from the Journal Files dated October 25 1906 cover moves and jobs in progress. A postal transfer clerk position at Marry station during the emergency of N S Watroner is noted. Furniture firm expansion plans and factory work accelerate as managers express confidence. Residents migrate for winter, and local sales include the Scott firs near Columbus. Music director Will Tr Cooper becomes imperial orchestra teacher in Unis city. The street car company advances car barn work and the Worry Tee Co ships goods to Meadville Cambridge Springs and Pittsburgh.
Roumanian royalty starts a 20 day journey from New York to Washington State, touring Hudson Valley and West Point. A Baltimore and Ohio train carries Queen Marie with escorts including George Curtis Treadwell. The line-up includes seven cars from Sam Hill and Northern Pacific branding. Police restrain onlookers as the royal entourage departs Grand Central Terminal.
Women rave over a new French powder called MELQGLO that claims to stay on until removed, resist perspiration, and give life and beauty to the complexion. Advertised by N. F. Ames & Co. Classifieds note room furnishing and roomers.
A Union City family near Union City report a gas tank fire at Wagner's filling station fatally burning the neck of a six year old girl and injuring sisters aged two and four. The children of Mr. and Mrs. John Donor were in a car when the fuel ignited, trapping the back right side and clothes. The two younger girls escaped while the six year old suffered serious burns.
Erie October 25 A two day conference of the state highway patrol in the northwestern part of the state will be held in Erie next month announced by Lieut W B Smout head of the district. Topics include recent recrimination and plans for next spring. On the first day patrolmen and corporals will be inspected by patrol executives. commissioned and noncommissioned officers will meet the following day.
Bradford, Oct 25. A petition signed by many citizens requests a county tuberculosis hospital for McKean County and will appear on the November ballot. The McKean County Tuberculosis Society, with Miss Jennie A Mayes as secretary, has urged the plan. It is expected the Bon Air Sanitarium at Bell's Camp could be renovated and used if chosen. Owners have agreed to withhold sale pending county decision.
David Jamison, serving a two year term for selling liquor to a Titusville boy whose death followed, must finish his sentence. Jude Prather delivered the opinion denying Jamison’s parole application on Saturday.
Public notice offers a free 85 cent bottle of The Williams Treatment to address fatigue joint, back and muscle pain. It promises improved vitality with no payment and urges sending the notice to The Dr. D. A. Williams Co. in East Hampton Connecticut. The ad claims historical establishment since 1802 and guarantees a two dose free parcel post shipment.
A fall 1920s era report states Virginia Smith, 21, mother Melrnie Smith, and two others missing after a fire at a rural Beaumont area. The blaze, blamed on a spark from storage tanks, raged 14 hours. A coroner and local prosecutors weigh charges and damages, with a $500,000 claim attached to the event.
Mrs Annie Kwinski of Minyankes Wisconsin reports failing at housework due to fatigue. She tried Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after a friend recommended it and says it restored energy. She joins many women who credit the tonic for renewed vigor and vitality.
For days cake offerings to the household god grew soggy and heavy. The displeased god growled and caused trouble for good housewives in the Hap valley. The women are instructed to whisper to grocers to buy cream of wheat cake flour to break the spell, promising peace and good fortune in Tippy Valley.
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