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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1927
Page
5
A fast moving Western features the greatest Western Stars and a livewire band of Boy Scouts. Audiences enjoy clever horses dramatic suspense and plenty of romance over Friday and Saturday performances.
A speech criticizes double standards of morality and claims a higher percentage of girls smoke at private parties than boys. The speaker argues boys must adapt to modern relationships while noting reactions from the Durham area and a recent trip home from Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
United Press reports patrolman James Kenney and James France were wounded in a gunbattle with two armed Negro suspects after refusing to halt for suspicious actions. Officers pursued the fleeing pair. both suspects reportedly escaped.
On July 6 the ferryboat American Legions departed Staten Island with five passengers and arrived at the Battery twenty minutes later with twenty six aboard. A stork on the deck delivered a baby to Mee P. Guiliey as the vessel passed Liberty Island. The infant’s condition and details were noted in a brief, non-graphic agency report.
A brief item notes the largest theater in the world hosting a new hire in Paris. It mentions Norse involvement and a connection to FL coverage, with unclear phrasing but signals a notable venue development and staffing change.
The Board of Directors has declared a 50 cents per share quarterly dividend on the common stock of International Paper Company to be paid to common stockholders of record at the close of business on May 19, 1927. Transfer books will not be closed. Owen Shepherd vice president and treasurer.
A flood of social items lists dozens of visitors and travelers from Elgin to Erie. Messages note Mrs R S Carstater visiting friends, Edna Amstuty testing Milntown, Miss Athatiste returning from Africa, and many others passing through or staying with relatives. The column records motor trips to Philadelphia Montreal Buffalo and nearby towns, weddings, funerals, and extended visits, with numerous family names and places.
A modern house for rent available furnished or unfurnished at 10 Wrip street, phone 37M. Also a clipped notice seeks work in a restaurant or felon case, unclear due to OCR damage. The fragment mentions a “Journal” reference and inconsistent spellings.
Historical market page fragment lists numerous companies and rail lines including Canadian Pacific, Chicago & Northwestern, Reading, Southern Pacific, Bethlehem Steel, American Woolen, Westinghouse, United Light & Power, and Westinghouse among others. It appears as a dense ticker-like historical record with varied percentages and names.
S L Crosby dies at his home in Columbus after illness. He leaves a wife and daughter Mrs A C Sanithunee of Lorry and son Walker Proiy of Jamissayn. Three grandchildren survive. Funeral services will be at his home in Columbus Friday afternoon, with interment at West Lawn Cemetery, Columbus.
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