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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1929
Page
6
Jan 12 Warren residents gathered at the courthouse to discuss saving the fair grounds for municipal use. About 100 attendees, many stockholders, voiced no concrete plan to address the association’s financial crisis. R Ward urged preserving the county fair as vital to the community, while others doubted feasibility.
The schedule lists WLBW Oil City programs for Sunday January 13 1928. Entries include 3:00 Symphonic Hour on CBS, 4:00 Cathedral Hour, 7:00 Studio Recital with Amos and Andy, 8:00 To Be Announced, 1:00 DeForest Auctions, 10:30 Come to the Fair, and multiple station announcements.
Pittsburgh January 12 J How ard Webster sentenced from Venango county died of pneumonia at the Western penitentiary on Wednesday. The charge was an attack on an Oil City girl aged 18. The crime occurred July 5, 1928. He was found guilty August 0 and sentenced September 10 by Judge Parker to pay costs and a 500 dollar fine and to be confined at hard labor from two to five years. Webster was about 85 and had advertised for a stenographer in the newspapers. His prison record was reported as good.
Prof Allen Gonger describes January as a time of quiet natural history. He details winter nests of goldfinch thrush bunting and warbler in hedgerows and orchards, then moves to giant silk worm cocoons including Cecropia Promethea Polyphemus and Luna. He notes moth emergence can be forced indoors and released to attract numbers of moths to urban windows.
Officers announced 1003 garments turned in this year by guild directors. Mrs Jona Ward will distribute them, as directors praise the year's work. The notice thanks contributors and notes a curious, poetic reflection on the transformation from fabric to cherished pieces.
The Tuesday afternoon gathering at Mrs. Charles Stewart’s home has been postponed to a later date due to unspecified reasons.
Col Charles Lindbergh plans a dual flight scheme to carry Panama mail twice monthly. Starting February 4 he will depart Miami in a twin motored Sikorsky to the Canal Zone with stops at Havana Belize Tegua Honduras Corinto Nicaragua Managua Puenta Arenas Costa Rica and David Panama Cristobal Z. He serves as technical adviser to Pan American Airways and may join a coast to coast air rail mail route project.
January 14 in Port St. Joh, Wisconsin, a Navy dirigible named Lon Angeles swung at its mooring. bad weather yesterday forced cancellation of its projected flight to Miar, Fia. Lieut Commander Hosendall ordered immediate return to the home hang. A Navy plane from Peniscola was expected with 150 gallons of denatured alcohol to keep radiators from freezing during the northward flight.
Dennis Shier aged 77 longtime jury commissioner and political figure in Erie died Friday morning after months of illness at the home of G A Constable 64 West 6th Street. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Burton funeral home with Rev MacGray Gearhart of Lutheran Memorial Church officiating and interment in Erie Cemetery. He had moved to Erie from Reno vi Pay where he did business and earlier worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad. A Detroit nephew survives.
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