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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1924
Page
3
Public notices note Corry Pennsylvania publisher Arthur Colegrove and West South Street address. Rates listed include mail $500 per year and carrier three cents per copy or fifteen cents per week. Advertising rates available upon application.
The article notes a growing push for compulsory auto liability insurance before driver licenses are issued. Advocates include the Corry Motor Club and local motorists nationwide. Proposals target Wisconsin Pennsylvania and New Jersey with plans to require proof of coverage to operate a vehicle.
A garbled item list reports arrests and odd happenings across cities. Names and places like Fort Warli and New York appear amid notes on Prohibition agents, a fire incident, extortion charges, and ironic quips about smoking and electricity.
Corry residents miss a total solar eclipse sighting as skies off north of the city remain cloudy on January 24. The article notes the event will be visible across much of North America and Europe, with a partial view in many areas. It advises observers to prepare with smoked glass and safe viewing practices and describes the eclipse timing and path.
A retrospective column lists Kane residents visiting Corry friends, including John Parrell. Rev. E. Swin attends St John’s By Church consecration in Franklin. Notables from Cleveland, Columbus, Warren, Caton City attend a Colonial Maids party. Cogswell, tied to the BOSOL wreck, visits. Meadville, West Point, and Union City social events noted, with a Christmas hop hosted by Manager Trimbie and a concert with Grave Billington and Strank Baeder.
December 27 report from Dunkirk states rough seas and cold weather force local boats to begin securing nets for winter. Many nets still out, valued at roughly $3,000 to $4,000, with Desmond Company holding about $2,000 worth and others similar. If milder weather returns, boats may reach open water. otherwise the nets risk loss.
Erie reports a shooting affray near McKean Jail leaves Edward Wilson severely injured and a woman posing as Julia Wheener among minor players. Edward Woener alias Jacob Woener and Freddie Wothim face charges with ties to a string of auto shop crimes and a planned burglary spree.
Four men perished in a Pittsburgh gas explosion that heavily burned a Ridgeway baker. The blast, tied to near freezing weather, trapped workers inside the Fine Kea bakery as responders searched the wreckage for survivors and details emerged about the cause.
The Haitian steamer Valsaynis ran aground off the Quarantine station in Tam Pi Bay near Key West. Coast guard reports say the Saker has gone missing and Italian assistance is sought. Valsaynis is registered in Genoa.
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