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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1926
Page
6
Corry Journal notes council reorganization planned for January with no new members. Expected adjournment until the regular evening session. Possible head of departments changes amid discussions of shifts in municipal leadership. Thursday night session to clear overdue business before the new year.
A recently devised instrument for hairdressers can count scalp hairs and provide related data. It reports an average head hair count near 100000, with variation by hair texture, and notes growth of about half an inch per month.
George Tassel, an Ub year old Texas rancher, confessed to murdering his wife and eight stepchildren and burying them in a cellar near Texico, Nebraska. He refused to detail another wholesale murder and claimed a prior killing in California years ago. Tassel described a quarrel over a charge of intimacy with a stepdaughter, stating he struck with a hammer and choked a baby during the killings. He remains heavily guarded amid local fear and rancher scrutiny.
J B Patterson reports rapid work on the St James hotel building at South Center street now under full remodel. Three modern storerooms are planned for ground floor with two facing Center street and one on South street. Glass will be installed soon and upper floors may follow with offices and apartments on the second and third stories.
Markets show little change with grains and fats steady. Lard and butter noted firm, while hay and dressed poultry hold steady. chickens and domestic dairy items feature mixed prices. Regional whites and browns prices appear with modest shifts, reflecting stable demand.
The report outlines vegetation zones on Mount Huna starting with lemon and orange trees up to 1,600 feet, followed by a treeless zone to 2,? though some lines mention a 1,500 foot rise. A middle belt supports vines olives and figs, then a higher wooded zone up to about 6,000 feet with oaks beeches birches and chestnuts, ending near bare peaks.
Poem of two inmates Herbert Smith alias J A Williams and Jas D Reedy escaping from Atlanta Penitentiary via a fourth floor room and icy balustrade, 124 feet to safety with help and deputies nearby. no trace found.
Oil City Dec 28 Joseph Gleave age about 70 of 1100 Maple street day watchman at Kramer Auto Bus and Body Co West End sustained serious injuries when struck by a passenger train near his plant en route to work Sunday morning An employee found him on the tracks taken to Oil City Hospital with facial and left shoulder injuries and internal injuries His condition is serious though the physician believes recovery possible
United Press reports the crisis around President Diaz of Nicaragua as conservative forces lose ground to Liberal forces led by Sacasa near Las Perlas. Heavy casualties on both sides, truce declared to bury the dead, and US Admiral Latimer proclaims neutral zones at Puerto Saberas and the Rio Grande.
A fragment suggests Hackney London hosts what is described as the smallest consecrated church in the land. The piece notes ten humble widows in almshouses forming three sides of a square around a world garden, creating an impression of quaint rusticity until one enters the chapel’s interior.
An old style ad touts Mentho Sulphur as quickly stopping itching and healing breakout skin. It claims rapid relief for eczema and rashes with a cool cream, promising clear smooth skin and urging readers to buy a small jar at Rawles May drug store.
The report notes Admiral Julian Ly Latimer SN as a central figure in current Nicaraguan events. It describes shifting alliances, naval movements, and recent activity involving foreign powers and local factions in a tense regional crisis.
John J Esch was named chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and will assume office January 1, 1920. A longtime Wisconsin congressman from La Crosse, Esch brings extensive experience in transportation policy to the post, succeeding Joseph W. Estes.
A gas explosion at 415 Ele aVoliue in Phelstiniae nvn injured Mrs. Nelson and Mr. Nelson, who detected the odor and sought safety in the cellar. The flames burned a woman’s head and face as the pair rushed to hospital for treatment.
A Pittsburgh incident reports a man taking his own life after a farewell note. The 1st night of a dispute led to a shotgun discharge in a cellar. No motive is clear, and authorities continue to investigate the sequence of events surrounding the death.
A fragmentary report describes an explosion or ignition event causing windows to blow out at a location associated with someone named Nelson and a person in Homias attire. No injuries are noted, and one person escaped harm.
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