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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1926
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal published daily except Sundays from South Street Currys Corr Currys. Publisher Asther Colegrove. Entered at Corry Post Office Pa as second class mail matter. By mail six dollars per year. By carrier three cents per copy. Fifteen cents per week. Advertising rates available on application.
The Interior Department proposes a broad plan to finish 21 western reclamation projects across states and territories, arguing current funding and handling have left many ventures incomplete for decades. It urges using treasury surplus to press ahead, linking water access to development and transportation as pivotal for settlement and economic growth.
The text argues Americans redirected private capital into foreign investments after World War I. It states about 2.6 trillion dollars were invested then rising to 10.4 billion in a single figure, with most funds going to the Western Hemisphere and Latin America, while Europe received far less. It notes American savings are used to develop and enrich America, not the war’s foe continents.
A memoir note recalls John Fox and Miss Jou HOF Smith’s marriage on November 20 at Bajler Jay Austin. The piece mentions a funeral oratory to a rankdin Lodge of Elks, sleigh bells, and first cold spell of winter with below zero temperatures. Pf McGrath reports extreme cold and telegraph line troubles overnight.
In Morgantown West Virginia on December 4 Judge A G Mughes barred Bertha Owens Nash's six year old child from testifying in the trial of John J Dail a 45 year old woodsman charged with attempting to take a life. The State relied heavily on the child’s prior testimony and other witnesses to establish a quarrelsome disposition and threats against Mrs Nash. The defense contends the child could not identify the shooter and did not witness the incident.
A partial, garbled excerpt discusses how early peoples began farming and storing grain, leading to settlement near their homes and the development of arts. It asserts that civilization advanced in tandem with corn cultivation.
An old advertisement touts Thompson's Baros rin Kidney Tablets as a cure for kidney trouble including scanty urine rheumatic pain and sciatica. It promises good results within a trial and offers money-back if the first box fails. Doctors or druggists can order with prepaid mail delivery.
United Press reports in Harrisburg that thirteen of the 26 fraternal insurance firms cited for hearings were revoked today, banning them from operating in Pennsylvania. A fourteenth company was warned to prove 100 percent solvency by January 1, 1997, or lose its license. Modern Woodmen of America, based in Rock Island Illinois with over 1,410,000 members nationally, was among the revocations. Barford noted the group showed only five percent solvency.
An American woman identified as Dee Thesticite, formerly of Cleveland, was found dead yesterday in her Chatou home near Paris after inhaling gas on Thanksgiving Day. Her first husband was George Harbaugh of Cleveland, reportedly now in San Diego.
The Amorous Vein Inquiry notes that abrary meant Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis in a Boston Transcript discussion, correcting a misread title. The exchange centers on identifying the work as Adonis rather than a modern text.
Erie police report a mangled body found in Woleda magne identified as Joniil Grieb, 18, who vanished from Toledo area August 1. A photograph of the mutilated hand was sent by Toledo authorities after a radio broadcast, and investigators say Grieb had not left home without explanation. Police note his father, Griet-tears, says the son had never absented himself previously.
United Press reports William W. Lynn was cleared of all blame in the hunting accident that killed Thomas Murdock, a 25 year old former Pitt football star, who died after injuries suffered while hunting near Coraopolis Heights last week.
Radio listings present a chaotic schedule of Sunday afternoon and evening performances. Highlights include Mabel Garison soprano with Ernst Von Dohanyi pianist on WEAF and the Hookup network. Tea Kremer and Nathaniel Shilker Orchestra on WJZ WBZ WGY WRE KDKA and regional stations. Alfred Werte and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with the P.M. program. Twilight Tour at WBAL Baltimore with cantata and organ selections.
A pretty marriage was solemnized at Erie today when Miss Virginia Stults daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Stultz Orry became the bride of Norton Holland Detroit Michigan. The ceremony was at noon by De W Wicliffe at the First Presbyterian parsonage in the presence of relatives and friends. The bride wore a white gown trimmed in sequins with a matching accessory. After a dinner at the bride’s sister Mrs William Toner home the couple left for Detroit. They will reside in Flint Michigan where Mr Holland is employed. Both families and many friends extended congratulations. Virginia Stults formerly a Corregil class member and Norton Holland a 1922 North East High School and 1926 University of Michigan alumnus.
Sheriff’s informant reports a New York hunter John Murs and Corydon pair Tomty and Mervine quarreled over a large deer shot in Gowanko woods. Tomty fired the first shot, Mervine hit the animal multiple times, and the carcass vanished after dressing. A warrant was issued for Murs, but the New York party was hunting elsewhere. The case may unfold after further investigation.
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