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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1926
Page
6
Brocton reports the November outbreak of typhoid fever largely contained with 27 cases and one death. Health officials say the epidemic may end in a few weeks, locate the dairy source, and ban oil sales along its route. The same dairy was linked to a year ago outbreak with 23 cases and multiple deaths.
Forestville dispatch reports 11 year olds Vonala Corgett Ellen Mayers and Georgia Frowell were badly hurt while coasting on a sled down Sheridan Hill toward West Main street. The sled struck Cook's bridge near Walnut Creek injuring the trio. Corgett sprained a leg and the two girls required stitches for facial and leg wounds. All three sustained bruises from the icy steep incline.
Libel actions totalling several million dollars are filed or being prepared by attorneys for General Charles Maller former head of the Pennsylvania National Guard. The suits stem from a divorce case filed last December and accuse Maller of sharing in publicity for Alyce McCormick a New York actress. Several media outlets in Pennsylvania Ohio New York and New England are named defendants with Alice McCormack listed as a correspondent.
Mrs. Mary E. Young widow of A. D. Young died at home 2 East Park Place Sunday at 8 30 after several months illness. She would have been sixty one on February 9. Survived by four children Carl Hinman Miles Cora Ola and Fred Young of Corry and George Stowe. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM at the residence with Rev W E Bartlett guiding. Interment Pine Grove Cemetery.
The Clearwater Herald notes that while old melodies fade, the humor of past jokes endures in memory and culture. The piece reflects on nostalgia and the enduring appeal of classic jokes over music trends.
Dunkirk area electric rates will drop with a new schedule set to take effect January 1 pending Albany Public Service Commission approval. Home and commercial users face about an eighteen percent cut, while power consumers see roughly fifteen percent, following six to seven months of negotiations and a manufacturing committee request.
Announcement of Eva Orsel marrying Ernest Soderquist in Jamestown. The wedding occurred Friday evening at the Soderquist home, with Rev. Miller officiating. Fifty guests attended. Evelyn Tallin as maid of honor and Clair Burgeson as best man. Out-of-town guest Adolph Orsellinalgon Norman joined relatives.
Marion L. Bennett, 27, sues P. G. Baird and James Cavanaugh for 75410 claiming pay for detective work as the only girl prohibition agent in the Pittsburgh district. She says she worked nights gathering evidence from Nov 18, 1925, to Apr 9, 1926, with no definite salary set.
In New Castle Pa on December 18 the trial of W J Courtney and Ernest Ester Pittsburgh operatives of the Burns Detective Agency began before Judge Prather on charges of selling liquor in Elwood City. Also the murder trial of Fred Mayberry tied to Emma Mary Gibson death was postponed due to counsel illness.
Robert West writes that fault finding is easy and cheap, blaming lack of talent and self denial as the necessary fuel for a groubling business. He argues that negative critique relieves the maker of responsibility.
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