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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1913
Page
5
The Old Homestead remains a classic character study with Merit and shade despite lacking plot. The farm hands quartet and Grace church choir provide the musical highlight, with Frank Thompson directing the standard revival.
Legislation from Gettysburg moves to the Senate including a pension measure for Civil War veterans, a $1,000,000 appropriation, and a state utilities bureau. The house passed the pension and miscellaneous reform items by wide margins. a substitution attempt failed in the afternoon. Other provisions touch forestry, cigarette sales, parole for prisoners, and county detectives in mid sized counties.
Pittsburg April 9 Former girl companions and prominent friends of the family plan to aid in an effort to free Helen Boyle Bery Wik. Jail sentence for involvement in the Wile Me Whitly kidnapping appears pardoned. Writings for her pardon are being prepared for submission in May. Attorney Fred A. Reese has secured Chicago depositions challenging the charges.
An old time ad warns kidneys rarely free from illness and urges purchase of Thompson's Barosma 50-cent bottle with a money back guarantee. It promises quick relief for backache and kidney or bladder distress, supplementing with Dandelion and Mandake Pills for constipation, all sold by Ames & Co. backed by Thomas Downey.
A brief ad offers sald plants of several strawberry varieties tested for the locality over two years. The vendor, Leon D, Moors, Ry D, 8, Corry, Pundyat, claims the plants are thrifty and hardy and suitable for cultivation in the area.
Wilket Horre Pa April 10 The organizer of John J McDevitt says burglars entered at night carrying away stock and $18 cash. McDevitt had earlier written burglars detailing entry and exit, even describing the building. The plan backfired as police caught no clue and McDevitt called it a joke gone wrong.
April Warren, Glade Avenue, reported a man entered a vacant house and left with a lead trap under a sink. The intruder escaped via a different door as Mrs. Johnson observed him pass. Water soaked the floor, and authorities note lead pipe theft from vacant houses is a new incident in the area.
A subpoena was served on Mayor Stern and others, ordering them to appear in court Thursday morning for the trial of the Ballity case involving Koasler, Clements, Trask, Beckman, Henry and others. The suit seeks to enjoin the mayor and council from conducting city business and from the annual appropriation ordinance on the revised city assessment as revised by the Board of Tax Revision and Appeals. The plaintiff will reply to the answer to the bill by City Solicitor English and associates Moss Brooke and Fayce. The filing argues the revision board acted without authority and that the revisers moved books away from the city, claims they finished their work.
Young people are urged to enroll in a course covering bookkeeping stenography and shorthand typing. Completion promises placement in a home position after graduation. The ad claims up-to-date methods and personal interview guidance with a free booklet offered. See:
A man named Samuel Sinclair, ex State Highway Inspector from Venice Square, Pa, was sentenced to six months hard labor and fined $800 after pleading guilty to aggravated assault and battery amid a kidnapping case involving heiress Miss Anna Steckel. Walter Starr was fined $25. The episode prompted courtroom conferrals among Sinclair, Miss Steckel’s father, and others. In Washington, Underwood’s tariff leadership faced insurgent opposition as Democratic caucus debates focused on committee appointments and the tariff bill.
In Corry April and Mrs Frank Gorton visit with daughter Mrs Léon Wyn as long weekend guests. Mrs Susie Smith Gordon of California stops in town as a caller. Spokane resident Mrs 5rr and Mrs Herbert Palchen of Sparnsburg Pa visit niece Mrs B A West. Mrs Ben Poole sprains ankle after a fall from church home. Mrs Hawkins departs for Middlesex Pa to visit her son. Olive Shanks recuperating at Corry hospital. Viola Fry returns home after visiting relatives at Sugar Grove. John Williams improving after illness. Grandma Wiggins visiting Frank Jordan.
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