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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1930
Page
3
The article ponders a bizarre murder case where a claimed victim’s body appears in court while the accused claims no murder occurred. A glamorous heroine fails to ID the prime defense witness about a tortured lover, yet the jury finds the witness credible. The piece hints at a tangled plot of impersonation, cover up, and communal intrigue.
A Christmas accident near London Ontario tied up rail traffic when a horse wedged between ties on a CN bridge delayed 15 trains. Passengers contributed to a humane engineer’s fund after crews freed the animal with chloroform. Also: a new radio poll finds fixed programs first in popularity, with jazz and dramatics near the bottom.
Ex-sheriff Cogswell replaced by Henry W. Moomy after oath in court house. Mrs N J McIntyre celebrate wedding anniversary at home with fifty to sixty friends. Joseph Hall dies at Columbus home. William C Plumb takes afternoon train. Dr and Mrs John Weeks of New York City visit for New Year then depart. Miss Mary Breene returns to Pittsburgh after home vacation. William Curry attends Elks ball then returns to Titusville. Maud Gilbert of Meadville visits Cora Young for Elks ball.
Answers reference yesterday and a discussion on radio sport news. It questions whether newspapers or stations hold more interest, noting radio advertising and audience tuning out. Also mentions honey and bee products with an offer from A. S. Hill in Corry.
Curiosity prompts questions from yesterday exercises listing misused phrases and spelling. It asks about correct pronunciation and word forms with several examples and answers including reading recollections and variants like fulcrum and ultimatum.
A man paid $8 for a tire which cost 14 2 7 percent more than its value. He later learned it could be bought elsewhere for $3.50. What percent below cost would that have been. Solution: compute percent from values using a sequence of simple steps including fractions and square roots.
In Warren on January 3 engineers survey a new Pennsylvania Railroad line to span the river with a larger bridge. The current bridge, aged and fatigued, may be replaced as plans for expansion circulate, though no firm action or timing is announced. Groundwork includes staking a line along DeLuxe Furniture Co. lands toward Walnut Street riverfront.
A summons issued to Sita Mig Hlacco of West Pleasant Street calls for a hearing before Erie alderman Ed Shugatt on a charge of reckless operation. The case ties to theft of tires and license plates from a Fourth Ward resident’s car months earlier, with police noting a strong clue identifying the thief and Chief Tipton coordinating with the state patrol for arrest prospects.
Two dancing parties entertained seniors and college students over holiday time. At St Edward's Hall a Parochial school event featured roundants and the Canaries with Kiwanis orchestra providing the music. Special guests from New York and Pittsburgh attended while Marianne producers offered a January 16 17 show. Fifty couples attended the Parisi Hall party decorated in red and white with Girls' Friendly Society serving refreshments.
A. L. Foster traveled to Kane this morning on a routine business visit. The trip appears unremarkable with no additional details released about the purpose or outcomes.
Mrs Euphemia Dunham a 68 year old Columbus resident died yesterday morning at Warren hospital Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 pm at the deceaseds daughters home Mrs Vern Smith Columbus Interment will be at Pine Grove cemetery Survived by son Eben Dunham of Erie and four daughters Mrs Vern Smith Columbus Mrs Charles Nichols and Mrs H A Nyall of Chicago and Mrs Vera Holden of Columbus
Kane June 8 1929 annual rainfall on this mountain top set a decade and a half high at 59.07 inches recorded at the Spring Water Co Water Works. The record exceeds 56.38 inches in 1926 by over three inches. Snow depth reaches three feet this winter with 14 inches in November and 22.2 inches last month. December total was 2.81 inches with only 1.5 inches rain.
A large turkey stolen Saturday from a Sherman farm on the Warren Jamestown road has been recovered. Sheriff H. H. Jefferson said the bird was left at a house on the Jackson Run road. No decision yet on prosecution.
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