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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1935
Page
7
Readable fragments show a legal matter involving a sheriff, imprisonment or release, and a claim of payment. Details are unclear with key names and dates missing. The text suggests a case where authorities pursued fines or jail time and a release was claimed or reported as settled.
Brul reports Parks Director Edward J. Allen envisions a two story municipal building on Mulligan hall site to replace aging city hall. He requests up to 750000 from Public Works Administration, seeks loan terms near 0.125 percent, arguing the current hall is decaying and unsafe, with rising repair costs year by year.
Pierre Jan 24 The gross income tax yielded 3 million in 1934 and is under rewrite by State Tax Director W ash alsh who seeks to broaden its scope beyond an occupational privilege tax. The State Supreme Court had limited its reach by excluding farmers and private investments, complicating collection on bonds and estate rentals.
Miss Bess Hannon, former Corry resident, died January 12 in Los Angeles California from complications after a cold contracted around Thanksgiving. Funeral services were held in Los Angeles last week. interment decision pending as body may be brought east later. Survived by mother and two sisters Mrs C L Rickenbrode of Ribley and Miss Anne Hannon of Fredonia. Mrs Rickenbrode and Miss Hannon left for California after learning of their sister’s death.
A large gathering hosted by Lieut. Archie Thompson Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the V. F. W. home featured contract, auction, and five hundred games. Honors went to Ms. A Lyons, Mrs. J J Slattery, and Mrs. Freeman White with Mrs. Blair taking the special award. A fine repast served by the committee concluded the event.
The Missionary Society of St Pauls Lutheran Church held a Wednesday afternoon meeting in the church parlors. Mrs E L Wagner led devotions and business session. Officers elected: president Mrs E L Wayne, vice president Mrs Morris Chapin, secretary Mrs Raymond Anderson, treasurer Mrs C J Smith. A motion changed the meeting date to the third Wednesday. Mrs D A Hillstrom directed the Japan lesson with Mr A A Williams assisting. Refreshments followed for members and guests.
National Park Service archaeologists study 1500 acres on Jamestown Island to uncover buried stories of America’s earliest English settlements. In Yorktown, crews probe Revolutionary War sites while divers examine wrecks Charon and Guadalupe. Work may reveal three Jamestowns and a broader Civil War trench system near Richmond.
Enforcement Agent Theodore Patchen of the state liquor control board warned Erie county private clubs against dispensing liquor this Sunday despite a Delaware county court ruling. He noted higher court precedents allow Sunday sales, though local clubs press ahead citing the recent court decision.
Tampico, Mexico on January 24 battled a general strike in sympathy with company workers demanding higher pay. Only bakeries, shops, drug stores, and the electric light plant remained open as strikers stayed orderly with cooperation from strike committees and city authorities. Police and soldiers patrolled the streets.
Public notice from Spartansburg Pennsylvania dated November 18 appears in the text. The fragment reflects a dated legal or official notice with likely procedural details. No additional readable specifics are available.
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