This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1921
Page
6
In New Castle Pennsylvania on September 27, Thomas Ryhal, a convicted slayer of 14 year old Cara Belle Lennox, was sentenced to die in the electric chair by Judge St. Emery. When asked to speak, Ryhal replied, Nothing whatever.
A two day convention of the Catholic Educational Association of Pennsylvania opened at Central High School in Scranton with more than seven hundred educators in attendance from Catholic schools across the state.
Centre College defeated Arizona yesterday in San Diego with an 88 to 0 score amid muddy conditions. Local visitors Tony Miller and families toured Youngsville and nearby friends as Mrs. Allan Spencer and Mrs. Alice Widing spent time with relatives.
Katharine Fernald mother of Dr Carroll Waggoner died in Los Angeles on December 22 after years of poor health and heart disease. She formerly lived in Corry and was well known there. Funeral services by Dr R C Hawker at the West Adams N E Church were followed by interment in Hollywood Community Mausoleum.
In Passaic a 18 year old Thomas Grands and his 16 year old sweetheart Matilda Rist died of strychnine poisoning after they chose to wed through death. He told police they lacked funds to marry, and they planned to share eternity together. The pair sat in Matilda’s parlor before she took poison first, then he. Mattie died soon after. Thomas survived long enough to tell authorities before dying at the hospital.
Youngstown may or elect George L. Oles named Rev. Levi G. Batman pastor of the First Christian Church as safety director. Oles announced the appointment and said he intends to clean up Youngstown.
William A. Ketcham, ex national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, was found dead in his bed at his Indianapolis home. Relatives reported he failed to join breakfast, and Rex Williams of Union City was a Christmas guest returning home today.
Dec 27 at Ridgway authorities arrested a prominent Portland miller and long time community figure for stealing chickens. The case concerns a well known local resident and may affect the town’s reputation as one of its respected citizens.
A neighbor settled a theft dispute after the culprit confessed in court. Eighty chickens were stolen over previous months, and the offender reimbursed the loss. The arrest followed another man’s confession that linked to the incident.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.