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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1927
Page
3
The Cory Evening Journal lists mailing details for Cory, Pennsylvania with post office entry as second class mail matter. Advertising rates are set by application and annual subscriptions priced per year and by carrier delivery.
An Egyptian feminist leader, Mme. Charnout Pascha, visits the United States to study women’s education as a step toward empowerment in Egypt. She argues against polygamy and says universal suffrage is a future goal, with current efforts aimed at educating women and children to prepare for citizenship. Education is, she says, the chief need for Egypt’s women and, broadly, for society.
The Raymonds lost to the Schatt and Morgan Cutlery works team of Titusville by 2 to 1. Charles Hamm of Warren is building a 7‑foot steamboat for use between the village and Park, with capacity for 100 people. Lake Columbus trolley demand rises as crowds gather at parks and a ball game features at the parks. A new fire company practice row on pavement occurs without casualties. The Muses Depew and Carl return from Findley Lake, and local residents visit Corry for Old Home Week celebrations with several families in attendance.
The text lists quiz style questions on silk production origin leaves and countries. It mentions China and Mulberry leaves as important, with points about silk waste and a stated import duty as a cost factor for silk imports.
Mrs Raymond Mou plunged into Little Conewango Creek to save her year old daughter though she could not swim. Nearby Jack and Odes Cerum heard the cries and pulled both to safety.
A prisoner brought to Smethport yesterday from the Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh escaped from the Smethport jail by climbing the Shinny and dropping from the pool. Sheriff Baroon secured the cell area before nightfall. The fugitive, known as Weiser, was linked to an Albany extradition attempt and Bradford bootlegger charges. Police hunt continues with no clues yet.
The United States Weather Bureau notes an 80 degree deficiency in August temperatures so far with Elton Peterman announcing the figures. Yesterday showed a deficit, and through the week the shortfall reached 19 degrees.
Warren County naturalization event lists 23 aliens registered in the Prothonotary office for the September 13 naturalization court at the courthouse. An examiner from the Buffalo office of the U S Department of Labor will attend to examine the class before potential swearing in and papers.
Hay fever and asthma patients flock to Kane for relief as ragweed season peaks. Hotels report rising stays and health seekers move to Mountain City around mid August seeking respite from irritants. Authorities predict peak by August 16 as ragweed and other weeds worsen symptoms nationwide.
Philadelphia August 19 Mrs Edna Steiner Hart 28 wife of Paul Hart son of a Franklin Pa coal operator and former Princeton football star is held on $10000 bail for court by Magistrate E J Motlana. She is charged with using eighteen aliases to pass checks totaling 1200 against Philadelphia merchants.
Carl Benson state game protector cares for a two month old fawn rescued near Kane from a foreign resident. The animal, lightly lame, was kept at Henson's hole in Me Jewetty before being released on the state game refuge at Norwich.
John N. English, a former prohibition director for this district and longtime Pittsburgh attorney, died early today in Warren Pennsylvania after illness since February. Born in Leavenworth Kansas he studied at the University of Pittsburgh and served as counsel for the Anti Saloon League from 1913 to 1918. During Woodrow Wilsons administration he was district prohibition director and later deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania under Governor Pinchot.
Williamstown Mass August 12 The price of thousands of acres of American farm land is threatened by policy choices tied to three federal parties. Wallace editor of The Farmer argues postwar debt and tariff walls reduce Europe purchasing power, risking farm prices and urging debt relief and tariff reconsideration.
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