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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1923
Page
5
A fragmentary note records Mrs Willett and Charlon, Mrs Gerry, Auer and Kath Be iaiting with their father in the city. They travel from Baltimore, Md. to spend the day, visiting Watts Place and Watts Plats.
A flood of brief personal notices lists Sophia Rubay Arlene Frithy and Arlene Robiteon visiting relatives and friends in Philadelphia New York City Meusantville Pittsburgh and Greensburg. Several mentions note students and alumni traveling for holidays including Geraldine Montye from New York City and Sumner Bentley from Philadelphia visiting family while others plan visits in Sharon Sharonville and Greenville during the Christmas season.
The body of a man described as a noted globe trotter was found frozen in a shack near Superior Wisconsin. He had been traveling from San Francisco to Buenos Aires and faced a $10,000 wager with the American Athletic Association. The conditions of the wager included keeping a guard on the door at all times, but the man was found dead during a cold night as winds intensified.
United Press reports bank robber George Red McGahan is a sought man in Toledo Columbus and several Ohio towns with indictments in Toledo Dayton and other cities. Authorities in Erie Pa want him returned for trial while others push for trials in their jurisdictions. McGahan uses aliases and is believed to be under indictment in multiple cities. In Moscow, December 21, Foreign Minister Tchitcherin denies Soviet plans to prompt a U.S. uprising and calls such documents forgeries.
A city garbage cleaner bills Joan Dee for an extra dollar after claiming he took an extra barrel of shoes and slippers. Joan Dee questions the claim. children testify they bought shoes elsewhere as the cleaner promotes a rival shop. The father then vows to switch purchases to the other vendor.
A fragmented market wrap lists numerous company names across industries from steel to oil and rail, with varied percentages next to some firms. The note mentions a price for potatoes delivered at one dollar a bushel and a Warren business visitor, J Campbell, present during the day.
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