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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1926
Page
3
Publisher Arthur Colegrovesss entered at the Corry Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. Annual rate is $1.00 by mail and three cents per copy by Cartier. Fifteen cents per week. Advertising only by application on file with the office.
A long critical essay reviews Thomas Jefferson’s legacy, praising his intellect and public virtue while challenging myths surrounding his character. It contrasts his pursuit of liberty and social justice with charges of arrogance and hypocrisy, noting his stance on slavery and political decorum. The piece defends his role in founding government principles and highlights his lifelong study of arts and philosophy.
Twenty years back, reports from Allegheny and nearby areas recount notable events. Potential multi-state matters include mining interests, railroad shipping, and local governance. Updates note Adams Express arrival, election chatter, and a sick relative, with Erie freight activity resuming after a pause.
A garbled historical page fragment lists rooming ads and job notices alongside lengthy reflective prose on idleness and work. It mentions furnished rooms for rent and a cabinet maker position, interleaved with poetic musings about summer skies and the value of rest to sustain labor.
Aug 28 reports numerous visits and travels around Spring Creek. Mr and Mrs Tollid and son George travel to Chicago. Miss Agnes Burns visits mother Mrs Ethel Burns. Mrs Ella Donaldson and family visit in Hocky. Rev Sturdevant and daughter Beatrice motor to Binghamton. many other relatives and friends visit towns including Union, New Castle, and Corry.
Ralph Munsee departed this morning by train for Atlantic City Philadelphia and New York on a trip expected to last about a week. He will be away approximately eight days and then return.
The body of Georgy McMinn first mate on the steam Howard S. Gerken, which foundered in a lake storm last Friday night, was recovered near Silver Creek. Mrs D Young, a camper, spotted the body and notified Police Chief H M Fox who alerted Coroner George B Blood. The corpse was taken to the Fredonia morgue after a trek from Silver Creek. Me Minn relatives in Buffalo were informed a Buffalo undertaker would come for the body. Two other drowned crew members were found near Ente and Barceldha in recent days.
Jamestown Aug 28 one man was killed and six injured when three cars collided near Cowan's Gasoline Station Riverside two miles below Frewsburg. Victim Frank Prado age about 25 from Warren Pa. Seriously injured Miss Bla Johnson 19 of Warren Pa with fractures and severe cuts. Others include Henry Hunt 68 Lucy Hunt 49 William Hunt 25 Steven Hunt 18 Mrs Sarah Hunt 17. Evidence shows Prado in a medium coupe sideswiped the Anderson car and the wreckage rolled over trapping Prado and injuring others.
Andrew and John Foster brothers of Lyndon Part Palooner were arrested at 9 40 am on burglary and grand larceny charges after allegedly attempting to steal tools from a low sdcout hand start. Lakewood Chief William Gron and detectives recovered many stolen tools and materials. the Fosters waived examination and were jailed at Mayville pending September grand jury action.
A New York press dispatch reports the American Lor Lumber? company landed an order for 35 Pacific type locomotives for the New York Central Railroad. Ten go to the Big Four ten to the Michigan Central ten to the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and five for the Boston and Albany line. The Central last week placed an order for twenty big locomotives with the Cimawricks.
Olaf Bloomquist a 72 year old of Johnsonburg was found dead in the Clarion River near Wes Center Street crossing above the Anderson Filling Station. He disappeared Thursday afternoon after leaving his Grove Street home. Neighbors assisted in search but foul play is not indicated. An inquest with Coroner Luhrs of St Marys will be held shortly after three o'clock.
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