30 Apr 1914
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1914
Page
1
About a dozen Corry Motor Club members travel to Erie for a state federation meeting. Notables include Mayor John B Patternon and L W Olds among others. Delegates from across the state gather to discuss road improvements and the new rail line talks, with Bradford items noting prospecting earnings abroad.
Registrars reported light voter activity in Corry with few residents registering yesterday. The Hastfall municipal election drew little turnout among eligible voters at primaries while a Hull Moody candidate helped swing some Republicans toward national assembly support. Swing between Democratic and Republican lines appeared balanced, with Democrats slightly more prominent on the city’s west side.
Mra Carlyle Bowman received a letter today from her brother Roy Swanson of Corry an electrician on the battleship New Jersey one of the Wests largest vessels He mailed the letter April 28 after the ship arrived off Vera Cruz Swanson says the crew were preparing to land and it seems something may be afoot since then he has likely had interesting experiences.
Sinclair refused to pay a $3 fine and chose six days in jail, declaring a hunger strike after his arrest for a Broadway Standart Oil protest. MacIair condemned Standard Oil's control of government as he spoke before sentencing. Two of four women with Sinclair also chose jail. the others paid fines.
Vincent Astor, head of the House of Astor and noted bachelor, wed Helen Dinsmore Huntington at her parents home in Hopland. The ceremony, at 12 45 PM, was performed by Rev C Hy Duncan of St Margaret's Hotscopic Church, described as the simplest New York society wedding.
United Press reports Pennsylvania oil prices fell for the fifth time in two weeks on April 30. Notable cuts include South Penn from 2.10 to 0. - New Castle to 1.50, Mercer from 1.60 to 1.00, and Cuba down to 0.57. The series began April 17 with a first cut, followed by reductions on the 20th 22nd 27th and today, triggering a broad impact on related industries.
April 30 near for today rescue crew at Alam No. 4 of the New River Company penetrated to bottom of the shaft. They found bodies of five entombed miners as a prior search continued and gas filled many levels. Rescuers carry canaries for gas barometers aboard cages to gauge air.
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