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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1929
Page
8
Sylvester Watson, a Black resident of Oil City, pleaded guilty to burglary larceny and arson in Venango County for the Citizens Bank robbery at Pleasantville. Judge Parker ordered four to eight years in the Western Penitentiary, with separate terms for each charge, plus a $10 fine and costs, to run concurrently on the larceny count. Watson had been jailed since September.
A Dunkirk verdict awards Mrs. Sarah Murino 850 in damages against Fred Albert Moesel of Falconer for August road collision injuries near Arkwright road. Her husband Thomas Murino sought damages for his truck. a counter claim for Moesel’s light coupe failed. Jury reached verdict at noon after a brief trial begun Friday.
The text presents James Taylor Harwood, a Utah artist born in 1860, renowned as an early American Pioneer Boy painter. It describes Harwood's portrait The Boy Pioneer as depicting a young settler with a bow and arrows, barefoot, near a tree by a mountain stream. Harwood studied in Paris, won the Laurens medal, exhibited in Paris Salon and World's Fair Chicago, and serves as University of Utah Art Director.
An inspirational Sunday evening service led by Rev H W Rauscher at the First Pentecostal Church 26 East Charen Street drew worshippers to the altar seeking Jesus as personal Savior. The sermon quoted a biblical passage urging repentance and divine forgiveness.
The proposed code would raise salaries for a cinema censor and chairman, move the State Highway patrol from the Department of Highways to Revenue, centralize state car ownership under Property and Supplies with a centralized storage garage, let the department plan buildings and hire an architect pre-appropriation, require cabinet approval for school officials before appointment, transfer Erie Soldiers and Sailors Home from Military Affairs, grant Fort Washington Park Commission administrative powers, and set the code to take effect July 1 if adopted.
The home of Mr and Mrs Patterson on South Center Street hosted a Valentine gathering for seventeen Mentor Club members last evening. A program featured games contests and music by a novelty orchestra including Mrs Patterson Mrs Sim Irvine Mrs G E Bennett Mrs Wave Penning and Myrtle Puller. Ice cream cake and coffee were served at a well decorated table with Valentine and patriotic colors and flags.
An Erie man, Simon, aged 85, allegedly drove his wife and children from their home with an axe on Sunday night. Neighbors alerted police, and officers Weight and Meyers responded to the scene at 109 Hast Street. The accused faced charges of assault and battery and surety of the peace, and was sent to city jail for a hearing before Alderman Alberstat.
A vintage newspaper classified notice outlines ad policies and a local business pitch. It mentions ease of placing ads, editor rights, error reporting, and billing specifics, then promotes showroom visits for furniture and markers from Starr Granite and Marble, 104 E Washington St, Corry, Pa.
United Press reports in Sonora amid unrest linked to former President Calles. Gilberto Valenzuela and followers prepared to rally against Calles policies, denouncing the political system as rebellion. Campaign rhetoric accuses the National Revolutionary Party of backing leaders to install new presidents. Military tensions mount around Nosbalen and Villenmilla with preparations for potential rebellion.
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