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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1931
Page
8
A disjointed OCR text portrays an estate matter and a developing romance as characters Elmer Clarke Nellie and Aunt Hiram feature in a tangled scene. Telegrams about a will, burial plans, and possible inheritance motives surface amid personal tensions and imagined futures.
Elmer Clarke inherits a million from a late relative, triggering a network of confidants and bankers. Old Lady Bray warns, Ansel Moody weighs a loan and a new shop plan while Elmer debates the risks of funding his butcher shop revival and crowding in local business interests.
Chairman John Barton Payne told the Senate appropriations committee the American Red Cross is distributing food and clothing in 17 drought affected states. Relief reached 49,963 families about 250,000 people across 338 counties with food clothing and other aid.
Four men are held after an attempted break‑in at Beck's tobacco warehouse in Conneaut Ohio. Sonta BeGeorge Frank Macoffer Steve Puryer and Ryder Risxzi are in custody. Police say a car with a chisel and pinch bar was used and identify the suspects with officers from Conneaut.
Miss Virginia Campbell daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Campbell Bre formerly of this city and John Duxbury McGowan of Laramie Wyoming were married Saturday at 6 pm at the bride's parents home 520 Virginia avenue Kabkwa Park Erie The ceremony was performed by Rev Rubert Marriott The bride wore butterfly roses and was attended by her sister Ruth Campbell Best man was Merrill Campbell The bridesmaid wore gold lace with gardens Mariel Johnson played the music A dinner followed at the Reed Hotel The couple will reside in Laramie Wyoming where McGowan is with W W Pipton firm Several local guests attended the wedding
Spartansburg letter notes unemployment locally dropped as pele wood was cut and hauled, with several workers returning to free wood piles for future use. It lists residents entertained at homes, visits from relatives, pupils returning to school, and social calls across town, including Warfield, Reed, and Schreckengost families.
George McPachen, 58, a prominent cotton merchant and member of a leading Philadelphia family, died at his Villanova home last night, authorities said.
Girard gas station owner J. McClelland admitted failing to pay state revenue tax of about $1,100 on gasoline sales over two years. Alderman Wrabk Gaczcowski said McClelland was bound over to court and released on $2,000 bond. State investigator David Harper led the charge. authorities noted other similar investigations underway.
George A. Clark of Sharon, charged with embezzling 7500 dollars from the Sharon Finance Company where he worked, was to begin a one to two year sentence in the Western penitentiary. Clark was sentenced yesterday. Wanted housekeeper familiar with practical nursing. Address Box 200 care of Journal.
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