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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1926
Page
8
A review of winter temperatures highlights record lows and cold spells from 1921 to 1924. Officials note the harsh cold with multiple days below zero, including several 11 to 18 degree readings and a sequence of substantial cold waves across January and February.
On a Wednesday afternoon a man wearing a red and black lumberjack shirt approached four seven year old girls near parochial school. He asked questions and claimed he would take one with him. The children fled toward the school as the man reached a street corner where a parked car allegedly appeared to pick him up. Parents informed police and inquiries followed.
A Yuma retiree named Aziz receives a letter offering a dime for a long-missed box of buttons from his store. The note, reportedly from J. ML, asks forgiveness and references childhood days, with the missive mailed from Yumi.
An advertisement touts a progressive asthma treatment promising relief from severe attacks. It urges readers suffering chronic asthma to request a free trial by sending a coupon, claiming the method has helped thousands and can overcome past disappointments.
Reports show temperatures plunging to 28 below in Ontario towns and as low as 17 below in Franklin Pennsylvania. From Montreal to Boston and Wheeling rail lines suffered, with drifting snow and record cold closing services and halting buses.
William Curry, already serving 80 years at Western penitentiary for the May 10 robbery of the North East hotel, will be resentenced in this city. District Attorney Levant Davis said Curry, deemed a habitual criminal, had previously fought the indictment as illegal. the State Supreme Court ruled Curry’s maximum term was 17 years and 10 months.
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