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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1926
Page
3
The notice lists the Cory Evening Journal of Corry Pennsylvania as published daily except Sunday at Weat South Street Corry Pa It notes mail and carrier subscription rates with annual and weekly pricing and states advertising rates are available on request.
Fragmented dispatch links weather to wine production and distribution. It notes grape harvests, legal attention to wine, and fermentation challenges amid heat. The piece touches on agricultural and transport dynamics across regions, with curious digressions on water trees and desert transport.
A fragmented report notes engineers face detours and aging bridges as maintenance rises. Officials say old structures hinder traffic while new spans face delays, with crews prioritizing repairs and safety. Police report student drinking declining as rumors of theft fade and cultural sites see less vandalism.
Continued from page one, the case centers on Karl Hexamer an appointee of Mayor Swarts. Swarts ally Chief of Police Lengle faces disputes over suspensions and reinstatements with Civil Service. A $50,000 suit by Lengle looms as investigators probe the political disturbances tied to Mellott and Swarts. Local authorities keep actions secret while state and possibly federal help eyes Mellott suspects and the wider crime.
A jumble of 1906 anecdotes recalls car races street scenes and a Sunday wedding. Names such as Milp Fats and Miss Ericet Cowlbine appear amid references to the Corey mush Chhtmud Street and the Curry Armory. The piece notes a looming event with a body procession likely following Friday and hints at adjourned legal notices and advertisements.
In Dunkirk on July 17 Coroner Geo B Blood reports a man, about 45, died after slipping into water at Midway Park on Chautauqua Lake. Witnesses say he toppled while swimming with Jamestown Baptists. Friends and a life guard attempted rescue but he died. details note heart weakness and a brief struggle. The body was later identified with local connections to Jamestown and may contain items found on a chicken ledger?
A 19 year old University of Chicago student and accomplice were fatally shot by police after a holdup. Officers pursued after they fled in a car. the suspect Carmichael died from a temple wound and another man, Dexter Harrison, was arrested. Miss Lane and Gray were involved.
A fragment hints at U S skippers and marrying parsons, with references to a State Department response. The text mentions shell splicing riots and nautical matters, suggesting contested marriages abroad and possible invalidity under certain countries. The source is unclear and partially garbled.
Tarrishurg July 7 Palmer reports farmers and families gearing up for the annual fair season. Fairs begin August with 12 county exhibitions across the state. The Pen Mar association opens in Bridgeton and York county hosts events. Hughesville hosts a September fair as the peak month, with about 30 fairs planned statewide under state aid rules.
District attorney Glenn W Woodin announced that Pat DeLaney’s application for a certificate of reasonable doubt was denied by Tadge Lar re Taylor of Buffalo. DeLaney, convicted in October for grand larceny in connection with the Paul Delaney Company case in Brocton, was sentenced by Judge Lee Ottaway to three to six years. The denial exhausts DeLaney’s legal options and he faces surrender to serve his term in New York state, with no good conduct allowance, and a $10,000 liability remain.
July 17. In a tense clash at Dafelia prison in Warsaw a mob of mostly women and some men formed to protest political prisoners. Police dispersed the crowd after guards were assaulted and outer gates breached.
Earl Moore, 85, a former Marienville resident, was arrested at the carnival grounds by Officer Grant Wobaugh on a wanted-for-robbery charge stemming from a 1921 Elk County highway robbery near the county line. The case involved a nun named Shaw and another man, with $200 taken from Tim Heatar after a prior assault.
A church for children has been opened at Brighton England. It is supervised and financed by children while the organist is eleven and both churchwardens are under fourteen.
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