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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1926
Page
4
Fragmentary local notices recount a July 16 birth at 444 Ease Pleasant Street with references to a 1927 Hudson Essex model displayed at Hudson Es sex Garage. The text mixes weather notes and community snippets, including a Meadville incident and local deaths, with firm details largely unreadable.
The page blends diverse items such as grocery prices, hospital notes, a proposed upper Allegheny River inspection by Captain Dunbar, shop for sale, local arrests, funeral flowers, and early aviation talks. It mentions Will J Wilcox delivery, a barber shop sale, and a weather prophet claim, alongside hospital and legal notices and community events.
Fragmented ad text shows funeral home references, cleaning services, a waterproof paper mache item, a basement alteration, a furniture shipment, and a book sale. Also mentions hay standing in a field and a street address 113 North Street. Details are incomplete and mixed.
The funeral services in memory of Mrs. Carringer who died Thursday morning at Warren General Hospital were held at 2 o'clock from the Alexander and Co. Undertaking Parlors with Rev A L Roth, pastor of the Baptist church. Interment was in Pine Grove cemetery. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs Davis, Mrs Frank Bisher, Mrs William Oiris, Asaph Calender, Mr and Mrs Calender of Erie and Mrs I B Randall of Union City.
Police seek the owner of a New York registered touring car left abandoned after a reckless run over the West Wayne Street crossing near Buffalo Pitts. The driver fled, and investigators request identity details from New York state authorities.
Rehearsals for Seventeen, to be staged at the high school auditorium next Friday by the Goof club, are progressing well. Kiwanis Club aids ticket sales for the play, with proceeds funding college aid for graduates. Mrs. J. W. Campbell directs the production, which is expected to be highly entertaining. Public support is urged.
New York Socialist representative La Guardia tested an alleged high alcohol beer on a Gotham street in front of witnesses. Police and federal agents were present as he claimed the mixture was legal and drinkable. The crowd, including Major Michael Kelly and Rep. John Morin, sampled the brew and praised its taste.
A garbled wartime style notice reports Red Grange planning a comeback to football. The text mentions the famous player and hints at a return to a prior career, with scattered references to teams and dates, but the details are unreadable and inconsistent.
In Sunbury Pennsylvania on July 17 a man killed his son after an alleged attempt to murder his wife. He fled with the child to an abandoned farm house and shot the boy before taking his own life. A note left near an old kettle hinted at the family tragedy and the wife’s absence. The incident followed a personal crisis and inspired police investigation.
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