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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1927
Page
4
An incident at a local event left one man seriously injured and another in custody. Police say the altercation occurred near Chol in the evening, with witnesses reporting a sudden attack leading to hospital treatment. Investigations continue.
Scrambled notes mention teams and players unclear in a messy passage. The fragment hints at league play, early games, and possible scores around eight to forty eight with references to locals and a note on timing. Names and places remain obscured.
NEA Service Writer Robney Dutcher surveys Washington politics as 1928 primaries loom. Hoover leads the Republican field with Dawes as a major threat, while Smith is ahead for Democrats though both nominees are unsettled. Mellon and Hoover rumors stir anticipation. Dawes’s banker links and Lowden’s stance influence the race amid regional delegate dynamics.
A Johnsonburg filled car carrying twelve men en route to Pittsburgh from Wilcox crashed into a telephone pole near Punxsutawney. William King died at Penxiutawney hospital from skull fracture and internal injuries. Injured: Wilcox men Oliver Nichols 25 with five broken ribs, Thomas Nichols 31 with a right shoulder fracture, George Nichols 28 with scalp lacerations, Charles Frank 26 with a femur fracture. The driver of the other auto fled the scene. three Nichols were brothers-in-law of King.
Three men, John Wilson, James Parker, and Raymond Parker, admit robbing and killing Pellegrino Cook, Erie grocer, at 401 German Street on November 2. Confessions followed two hours of questioning. Raymond Parker was arrested at his State Street home after his brother implicated him. Charges of murder to be filed before Alderman Eugene Alberstadt.
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh returning by air from Mexico City to Detroit stopped briefly in Dallas today. She departed San Antonio in the morning and arrived at 846 am. The plane refueled here at 915 am and likely would stop again at St Louis as it could not reach Chicago or Detroit without another refueling.
High class reunion at Corry High School brings Bitty members together with a banquet and speeches by Frederick Miller and M. L. Brown. In Daytona Beach the Brock Lehlee endurance flight partially succeeds before heavy loading grounds the attempt, as the Pride of Detroit awaits a second try tomorrow. A separate item notes a bid dispute over a $15,000 bulkhead contract at Bradley Beach.
The World notes Lindbergh will depart Mexico City for Guatemala, promising fresh coverage from the Central American nation. Guatemala, once home to old Mayan ruins and now a modern state, sits 5,000 feet high with coffee, sugar, bananas, and tobacco exports. The piece forecasts extensive reporting from Guatemala and aims to boost American understanding of the region.
A quiz item lists questions about printing ink ray materials, a dying English poet, Greek Turkish conflicts, papal origins, world typewriting speed, Rome hills, and a note on Sir Francis Bacon, Marquis, a chief female opera singer, and Buffalo Bill Cody.
The fragment notes a quoted passage about bearing a gentleman to gin and a dying man, mentioning an Mhalit-Hoston Transcript and implying a Sunday publication gap. The readable lines present a literary snippet rather than a full news item.
A compact exercise column offering daily ten minute drills to sharpen English. It presents questions on sentence correctness, pronunciation of Belfort, mispelled terms, completing synonyms for doubtful, and applying a new word in daily talk to fix it in memory. It also lists yesterday's answers and short prompts on word choices and usage.
A gas meter showed 11800 cubic feet on December 1 and 35800 on January 1. A 2 cent discount on the even thousand cubic feet was allowed. At 27 cents per thousand, calculate December consumption. Answer given as 18. An explanation: divide 88H by .2883.
Springfield Mil Dec 38 Col Franke L Smith will appear before the Reed Senate investigation committee in Washington January 7. J Doyle, Smiths attorney, said the notice was telegrammed asking when he would appear and that the committee rejected the suggested alternative date.
New York November 29 1927 The Board of Directors declared a repaire quarterly dividend of 1 3 4 percent on the Cumulative 29 Preferred Stocks of this company and a quarterly dividend of for on the Curulative Oe Preferred Stock payable January 16 1928 to holders of record December 20 1927 Checks will be mailed Transfer hooks will be kept open Owen Shepherd Vice President
Warren December 29. Thieves broke into the office of the General Concrete Products Corporation at Starbrick and attempted to break the safe. Three men left three sets of tracks in the snow. They forced the windosw and knocked off the safe dial but failed to open it. Only about $18 in money and a flashlight were taken. Sheriff Grosch will investigate.
Philadelphia officials report two magistrates facing $9,000 bail after District Attorney Fox accuses Magistrates Hubert J. Patton and Joseph M. Perri of graft in accepting fraudent bail payments. Investigation aims to prove they took "lips" for issuing fraudulent bail and improper deals.
Dec 29 a flyer from Pleasant Gap Center county arrived in Harrisburg in 55 minutes. N T Noll is believed to have set a speed record by obtaining automobile license plates after landing at a Lemoyne field, then racing to the Capitol to secure licenses within minutes.
The Welleus Homi Missionary Society of the Methodist Church met yesterday afternoon with devotional leadership by Mrs. B. Sitler. President Mrs. W. J. Durham presided and reports noted a Christmas box sent to the Sheffield home with contributions from the Golden Limn Glass. Mrs. L. P. Knowlton led the program followed by special music.
In White Plains New York on December 29 Mrs David Bernstein sought a divorce on the grounds of annulment claiming her would be husband revealed before marriage that he was a bridge addict and thus a common gambler.
The marriage of Miss Eva Koehler and Mr. Robert Muir, both of the city, was solemnized at 7:20 this morning at St. Thomas rectory by Rev. F. G. Graves with Mrs. Walsh and 8. Q. Walsh as attendants. A wedding breakfast for fourteen followed at a bride’s sister home, after which the couple planned a westbound wedding trip to Cleveland and future residence on West Pleasant Street. In Mount Vernon N. Dec 29, Joseph Lavin admitted guilt by letter for a traffic violation and paid a five dollar fine by check, accepted by City Judge Goffey.
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