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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1928
Page
6
Pennsylvania Republicans anticipate a calmer primary as Morin weighs a Senate bid and Vare steps back. Morin may file against Reed with labor and pension groups backing, while Pinchot seeks the Fifteenth District nomination and McPadden challenges McPadden opposition.
The Kutisas City Star notes a motto about not worrying gains emphasis through a suggested change. It proposes adding the word others to sharpen the adage while keeping the core message intact. The piece reflects local commentary on phrasing and public sentiment.
In Los Angeles on February 28 Dr. C M McMillin was sentenced to life imprisonment at Roldone Penitentiary for the murder of Mrs. Amelia Appleby a wealthy Chicago inventor’s widow.
Albert Thomas of Meadville emerges as a potential Democratic rival to Milton W. Shreve in the Crawford County district. Party leaders discuss candidates including Robert Wosehler and William J Stein while Thomas appears to mount a serious bid, reshaping the race in a strongly Republican area.
The article details Downer Oil Works and successors from 1864 onward, noting vast infrastructure including boilers, steam, gas piping, and an ice house. It covers construction costs around 250000, leadership changes from George H. Coney to J W Merrill to James Lewis, dissolution in 1868, and formation of Corry Kerosene Oil Works with Samuel Downer and others. The works produced hundreds of barrels daily and employed about sixty men despite periods of idleness.
Federal agents and local officers conducted a raid on a Forest Avenue restaurant in Jamestown, detaining Ralph Lowery Tony Parasikis and Joseph Fhll after an on site assault. An ounce of uncolored liquor was recovered and the suspects were jailed at Mayville on open charges.
Erie lawyer Jas P. Rossiter says he did not seek or expect a Democratic slate for a State Superior Court judgeship. He doubts reports of his candidacy, affirms plans to run in the spring primary as a Democratic national convention delegate.
Mrs Helms of Mesdville after fifteen years of illness reports remarkable recovery following Redwood's Tepoe Herb Tone. She credits improved sleep appetite and digestion and urges nervous and run down individuals to try the tonic. The advertisement touts a widespread production claim and names the remedy as made from roots in a large rock salt bed area.
Packard Motor Car Co reports net profit of 8,438,686 for the five months ended January 31 1928, up from 5,267,814 a year earlier. Domestic crude oil output stands at 28,415 barrels daily for the week ended January 25, rising 1,857 barrels. Gasoline price hikes lift to 14 cents a gallon in Toledo before tax. Pennsylvania Railroad records January net operating income of 6,249,647 vs 4,683,186 in January 1927 while New York Central reports 3,629,575 vs 3,768,363 in January 1927.
United Frees Washington report states Stirling Pennsylvania coal miners were charged with terrorism today by Mathews, attorney for the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation, appearing before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee opposing Shipstead pill initializing court injunctions in labor disputes.
Thousands of lottery tickets confiscated as investigators probe operating lotteries in several towns. Two Titusville men, Edmund M. McDonald and James J. Harreson, arrested in Buffalo and released on $1,000 bail each. Case referred to federal court. mayor calls for grand jury action amid broader crackdowns.
Anthony M. Litz purchased the Miss Caroline Bacher brick home on North Center Street. He plans extensive remodeling to move his shoe repair shop into the two front rooms and rent the rear rooms with living areas for his family on the upper floor. The four frontage property, twenty eight by one hundred fifty feet, is noted as one of the finest along that section of Center Street. Purchase price not disclosed.
A mother Raoul Garneau age 35 and her four children died in a fire at Great Piné near Quebec. Six other children escaped. one child hospitalized in critical condition. Cause undetermined. President Coolidge voices satisfaction with naval construction program as moderated by the House committee.
John Baylan of Sparta township was sentenced yesterday by Judge Kent at Meadville to a term of one and a half to three years in the Western Penitentiary for a charge tied to alleged liquor violations and an earlier escape from justice. He had evaded capture for over a year, was found near Fitzaburgh, and left a wife and several children in Washington. A search of Crawford county followed rumors after an alleged attack on authorities. no trace of him was found in the swampy area near his home. Savlan’s case is linked to a prior Washington motor-vehicle offense.
A fragment describes an improvised ox wagon fortress built by Boora of South Africa for defense. Wagons were tightly arranged with wheels forming a continuous ramp, creating a makeshift barrier amid ongoing combat conditions.
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