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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1926
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal publication line shows daily except Sunday at West South Street Corry Pennsylvania with publisher Arthur Colegrove. postal classification Second Class Mail Matter. Mail rate five dollars per year Currier three cents per copy fifteen cents per week advertising rates known upon request.
An English author warns Britain must adopt standardized domestic items to compete with American industry. The piece argues for uniformity in tools, kitchenware, and furniture to reduce waste and improve efficiency, noting reforms could extend to coffins and mattresses while stressing preserving some variety in quality.
A 1906 clipping recalls a Viking ship tied up in harbor, with details of its size, depth, and weather. It notes a trophy awarded to a team, mentions collisions near East Main Street, and references residents and events around South Center Street, Leif, and local figures.
Fragmentary report notes a railway line reaching a city, with plans for immediate installation. Mentions secretary, journal, and a record breaking exhibition. Describes tanks and foundations moved today, with a new building to be built and improved. Entities appear garbled but point to infrastructure and display events.
Argyvay notes the planes show better reliability during trials than Uncle Sam’s aircraft. He remarks on improvements in endurance and performance, while experts caution that further testing remains necessary before full adoption.
A Kane bound motor party of four including two men and two women encountered a near fatal collision when their car left the road and plunged into bog land near Punxsutawney. The impact damaged the front end of a Ford sedan as occupants were unable to see the oncoming vehicle. They escaped serious injury, aided by a Wilcox physician, and continued to Punxsutawney.
Classified fragment shows a notice seeking ten grape pickers or a single man for a fruit farm job at 221 First Avenue North East Ro Dy Bell, with a phone 1441. Also offers three unfurnished rooms and a for sale line for delicious cooking apples with a contact at 639 West Washington Street, Eta.
Kane Aug 11 With completion of Roosevelt Highway motor hoboes have eased a mean condition for travelers. A young man from Cleveland said he rode the highways all summer using free rides to coast to coast. He claimed ample money but sought only free rides and clothes to attract them. He described hopping rides along the Roosevelt Highway and warned some communities patrol ride takers as a misdemeanor.
Men armed with revolvers held up motorists on the Newell road near Dunkirk in an incident linked to a prior Lackawanna robbery. A woman passenger was injured, and suspects fled toward the back roads while officers curbed the scene. Police reported similarities to a prior holdup and launched a manhunt after notifying Dunkirk and Fredonia authorities.
A 26 year old oil plant worker, Larson, died at Warren General Hospital after a gas engine backfire ignited clothing in a guard yard at the Warm Penn refinery in Royestown Cuestay. He survived by his wife and two children, with three brothers and several relatives named. The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon and led to a fatal decline by Friday.
Jamestown New York August 4 Louis Raymond aged 20 of 30 Institute Street was arrested at 4 15 yesterday morning and jailed on a first degree grand larceny charge for the theft Thursday night of an automobile owned by George L Murtby of the Motor Car Company bearing his name Esther and a companion fled from Motorcycle Patrol at Oxead Row Ley and escaped
Franklin Aug 14 Jacob me Sparren of Franklin pleaded guilty to manufacturing possessing selling and furnishing liquor. Judge Parker sentenced him to 200 fine costs and a year and six months in the county workhouse. Sheriff O J Skelly and officers raided the premises finding two whiskey stills and liquor.
United Press reports in Cleveland that three men sought access to leaders in the Don Meliett Canton publisher murder inquiry. The Cleveland Press article repeats the claim of a solved mystery and notes pressure from underworld figures to tell their side, which was rebuffed.
New York endured another day of extreme heat as a prolonged pattern of high moisture lingered. The 0 a.m. reading stood at 79 degrees, four degrees above yesterday, with the Weather Bureau forecasting a hotter day ahead and possible showers this afternoon and tomorrow to bring relief.
Pittsburgh, Aug 14 United Press reports Gertrude Cary, 25, died early today after falling from the Sixth floor of a city hospital. It is not known if she jumped or fell accidental. She had been a patient since last March.
Sheriff Abe Levin departed for Chicago to secure Paul DeLaney and bring him to Auburn Prison for a ten year term. District Attorney Glenn Woodin filed extradition papers. DeLaney had been convicted in County Court in October for embezzling $500 from the Paul DeLaney Company, a Brocton Flint products maker, with an appeal noted.
Scientists describe the continental glacier as moving at varying speeds from seven to twenty feet daily. Its full length remains undetermined, but it covered regions including northern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and extended into Kansas and Nebraska, affecting vast areas.
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