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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1915
Page
2
Classified department notice listing display advertising rates and terms for multiple insertions. Mentions local notices and postal office posting in Corry Pennsylvania with pricing and line costs.
The opening House of Commons speech by Premier Asquith on war costs highlights daily expenditures totaling vast sums, with figures cited in the tens of millions and fears that Britain’s efforts strain resources. Lloyd George and others argue for full allied effort, warning that failure is near if nations falter.
In Fillesteviiin on September 20 Stanley Wheaton was working in a barn near a Whitish wagon when a dog knocked a lantern onto a hay pile. The lantern sparked a blaze that destroyed the barn’s hay and a nearby henhouse with about 200 chicks. Wheaton saved some tools but could not stop the fire, and the total loss was about $2,000.
The crop in Chautauqua and nearby counties shows generally fine quality with Concords coloring well after cool, cloudy weather delayed ripening. Growers expect strong prices, with shipments near 6,500 cars in the season, down from last year, while new presses in Silver Creek and Brookton will handle large tonnages for market use.
In Ure Pa on September 20 a 16 year old girl Mary Bova from Biutaly home and Bruno were taken to Buffalo by police. Bruno faces a kidnapping charge and the pair were found at their West Sixteenth street boarding place. The girl says she followed him willingly and they intended to marry.
Chicago reports property held by the Younes Men’s Christian Association exceeds 100 million dollars with 69 buildings, equipment values, and Horariw listings. National work expenditure reaches about 974 million, foreign aid 458 thousand, while 40 thousand men and boys attend Bible classes. Employment for 1.457 million people linked to physical training includes 474 thousand enrolled.
Garfield Tarson, 25, of Renovo, a member of Sargon Brothers lumber firm, was fatally struck when a warped plank was hurled from a new lumber bowl and pierced his head in Williamsport this morning. The accident occurred near the lumber yard as Tarson worked on the wharf. He leaves a widow and two siblings. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
A four ton truck owned by J. P. Leckton tractor loaded with curbing stone broke through rotten timbers of a Third Avenue bridge in Warren. One crewman was crushed, another lightly injured. five men rode on the vehicle. An underbridge steel rod likely prevented more deaths. Borough to pay. Investigators credit deteriorated 4x12 timbers and recent replanking with poor spacing for the collapse.
An old advertisement extols Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for women’s suffering from puberty through motherhood. It portrays nerves and organic distress as common ailments and urges women to try the remedy rather than hope for relief elsewhere.
Al Markotn will cope at ten p.m. Saturdays commencing October 3. Until further motion, Ondlda Neat Je Me Miller B Wilcox G B Melong Geo Gordoy.
Warren Jamestown area reports Gallagher aged 62 dies suddenly at niece’s home after a heart attack. He had just arrived by 2:40 car from Jamestown and spent time with relatives before collapsing at $19 Morrison Street residence. Doctor deemed heart failure and coroner notified.
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