Corry Notes From 1913 Journal Files
Twenty years ago Corry items include high school baccalaureate services in the auditorium with joint church unions, Rev. G H Woodward delivering Leaders of Tomorrow. The Liberty shows arrived for a Cong City Baseball League week. Three Corry boys were warned after driving liquor. whiskey theft noted. William Pickard injured leaving a freight train in Jamestown. recovery expected. Morris Culligan’s body recovered from the Gulf River in Chicago. death details pending. Pennsylvania Railroad eyed land west of Buffalo and Pittsburgh line for straightening tracks near the Acme Mills. Birth announced at Corry Hospital. Chamberlain Military Institute issued annual commencement with Corry cadets listed. Martin Ressler opening new market on First Avenue. New federal post office building plans indicate Corry may gain the area’s largest federal building.
Senate hearing delays costs through special taxpayers break
United Press reports on the Morgan hearing where a special rate on heaving loom amplifiers reduces expenses for the Senate investigation. Equipment costs are largely offset by publicity gains for the amplifier company as auditors struggle to hear through the crowd and setup.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Healance
Morgan
van Swerngen Ascome
Morgan Counsel
Governor Pinchot Attacks Morgan Influence in Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot declares three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices and other leaders owe favors to Morgan & Company. He urges resignations and calls for a special session to impeach judges, arguing the Morgan utility empire controls state courts and GOP power.
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Gifford Pinchot
F.r
Morgan & Company
Pennsylvania
Republican State Organization
Stouse
Alleghany Corporation
Kephart Ad Schaffer
United Corporater
Morgen
Tor
Uke Caesar
Wicli- Ul
State Senate
Ouy
House of Morgan
Morgan
Hay
Child Drowns in Tank of Oil Near Titusville
Six year old Herbert Lyle Proctor of near Redfield School, Titusville area, drowned Thursday afternoon in a crude oil tank after reportedly climbing the pipes. His older brother Clifford, 11, had taken a pail to gather wintergreen and later led searchers to the body, found after town residents dragged the tank area.
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Herbert L. Proctor
Titusville
Herbert Lyle Proctor Jim
Willisa Proctor
Redfield School
Tiusville
Proctor
Hepbert
State Takes Over Street Maintenance In Corry
The new law approved by Governor Pinchot adds more than three miles to Corry streets now under state care. Corry totals 9.23 miles of city streets managed by the State Highway Department, joining earlier transfers and signaling potential relief and uniform maintenance for the third class city.
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Pinchot
Strait of Corry
Corry
State Highway Department
Beaver Falls
Bradford
du Bois
Connellsville
Farrell
Franklin
Greensbourg
Meadville
Sharon
Tuanville
Corry High Alumni Reunion Struggles to Rebuild Interest
Attendance at the Corry High School Alumni annual reunion was low with few older members present and scant out of town turnout. Members blame high dues and limited student aid, while a dry program and dinner service difficulties are cited as reasons for waning enthusiasm. Officers led by Walter Scott face a tough year to revive the association and its former spirit.
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Corry High School
Walter Scott
Tt Ia
Butler man held for robbing three elders in home
A Butler man, 45, was held for questioning by state police in Kittanning in connection with a robbery of three elderly residents near Parkers Landing. Victim Harvey Shakely, 68, identified D. J. Reges as one of three men who bound his sisters and stole $200. Reges denied involvement.
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United Pr
Kittanning
A! Butler
Parkers Landing
Harvey Shakely
D. J. Reges
Margaret
Nancy
Reges
Former Cory Resident Carl Rosspacher Dies at 42
Carl Rosspacher aged forty two died last evening at Warren after long illness. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ed Rosspacher of 549 West Church street Corry. He leaves two brothers Richard and Edward and one sister Mrs Wayne Nichols all of Corry. Private funeral at 2 20 Sunday from the late home with interment in Pie Grove cemetery. Rev Perry P. F. Haines to officiate. Friends may call at the home until the funeral.
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Carl Rosspacher
Delock
Warren
Rossbacher
Ed Rosbacher
West Church Street
Richard
Edward Rossbacher
Wayne Nichols
Corry
Pie Grove
Perry PF. Haines
Lab
Ramos Ranch Claims World’s Smallest Family
In Salinas California the Ramos ranch asserts it houses the world’s smallest family. The eight members include a crox ter cer and his two mates and six pups weighing a total of five pounds.
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Salinas
Calif
Ramos Ranch
Questioning past duties of local officials and staff
The text asks when Miss M Pearce served as animar school teacher at Hateh school, when W W Smithr held the Nip e R freight agent role, when Max Cameron was postmaster, and the locklip jail's central alley turn-key Ale Hoos ier.
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M. Pearce
Three Banks to Make Distribution
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed its order from June 10 to July 10 requiring railroads to update intra state coal rates in Ohio to align with inter state charges. Ohio courts had issued restraining orders delaying effect of the order pending further study of the case. The LC C order was expected to aid western Pennsylvania operators in expanding their Ohio markets.
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United Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Commission
Effett
LC. C
Western Pennsylvania
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G. BH. Woodward
Liberty
Cong City Baseball League
William Pickard
Rce
Jamestown
Morris Culligan
Conry
Gulmet River
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Third Ward
Mrs. R
Palmst
Corry Hospital
Chamberlain Military Institute
Huartison Keppel
Harry G. Hobarts
Lloyd W. Marsh
Arthur W. Spear
Chester
Martin Ressler
First Avenue
Banking and Currency Committee
JP. Morgan & Co. Partners
Hollywood Film Shop
Alanson Edwards
Hollywood
Will Rogers
Prince of Slim
Roger
Mortone City
Rogers
Prince
Will
Louise Byesser
Aiidu
Heather Ange
Janet Gaynor
Pat
Janet
Clara Bow
Marion Burns
Chi Chi
Spiiley
Jingle
Raggedy Ann
Sally Bilers
Vic Jory
Harrisburg
Butler
Ashland
Wis
Bad River Reservation
Cory
F.C. Chapin
Frankfurters
Mark Gofe
Cliff Smith
Cleveland
Lake View Pavilion
Ange
Tappan
Small Finance
Root’s Furniture
Union City
Corry, Pa
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