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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1927
Page
8
Citizens gather for the centennial exposition as Jamestown stages a historic pageant on campus. The festival includes a large turnout, displays of veteran insurance options, and a dramatized work showing the Underground Railroad era with a stagecoach from Hamburg. Local and regional groups participate, with a focus on heritage and public service.
Herbert Weir, 25, an orderly at Philadelphia General Hospital, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the beating death of Henry Wetzel, 47. Wetzel died April 8 after nine broken ribs and other injuries from a quarrel at the hospital. Weir, a former US Navy homeland veteran from Batavia, Java, faced a ten year prison sentence.
In New Brunswick New Jersey on June 21 a grand jury will hear the case of Miss Bessie Morse aged 10 and her maid Mamie Todd charged with conspiring to hire gunmen to kill Mrs Grave Dey and Elmer Dey and the Dey adopted son Raymond, with Miss Morse also alleged to have planned killing her father George Morse. Families deny the charges calling them baseless.
June 2 Dubois police Toole steps to check the epidemic of shoplifting Mattias prevailed here for several weeks when a girl named Mary Surra aged 17 of her sex was arrested after the discovery that the McCrory store on West Long Street had been victimized by the tight Angered gentry. The losses were reported to Whiel of Polite Love who received similar reports from several other stores recently, and an immediate investigation was started. Suspicion pointed toward Miss Summa, and the girl in vampuree with her paresies was apprehended writing ante.
Persistent letters from grateful women across Michigan Alaska Maine Oregon Connecticut and California praise Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health to rundown overworked women. The aged remedy, made from roots and herbs, has helped many regain strength for daily duties and chores.
New York June 24 two famous telegraph streets joined today when Ralph D Blumenfeld chairman and editor of the Daily Express London England received a luncheon at the Savoy Hotel marking the completion of Forty Years in Fleet Street His colleagues were present as Roy W Howard chairman of the board of Serious Howard newspapers telephoned congratulations across the Atlantic
In St Louis Colonel Charles A Lindbergh plans an early return to New York and Washington within two weeks. He might be persuaded to lead a major air venture as backers push him toward a large air corporation. His mother Evangeline Lindbergh will return to Detroit schools next year and Lindbergh is due to address a civic dinner with industrial leaders tonight.
A chemical analysis into a food poisoning at the Redemption Hospital is underway after three children died and six more fell seriously ill following breakfast. Officials believe cream puffs served that day may be the cause with nine children ill shortly after meals.
Kane pastor and daughter survive a Saturday evening collision in Jamestown when a fleeing car crashed into their vehicle. The Weller family car suffered heavy damage while the Jamestown car rolled over. injuries were reported but non life threatening. Other drivers hurried to aid as authorities investigated the scene and arranged repairs.
A Lowville resident named Charles No Sami, described as a candidate and local director, visited the city yesterday. Reports indicate he sought support across Perry, Union City, and surrounding townships, with emphasis on Republican backing and local districts.
June 3 reports cite Roosevelt Meldny and Sommilidey Richard Kurtan noting a late start for a flight on a stormy night. Weather conditions forced the Fokker airplane to delay takeoff as showers and northeast winds affected the route toward Paris.
A letter to the Lindbergh Flight Memorial committee in Garden City NY protests renaming Lindbergh Field from Quentin Roosevelt Memorial Field and urges preserving the name as a tribute to Quentin Roosevelt, an Army aviator who died in France in World War I.
Five two captain Jane Malkowsky and Litulant Ludwig Pastosky announced their intention to fly from Prague to New York in August.
Washington reports a marathon golf event on the Mast Potomac course where Tee off dawn, Beele Tipton aims to break the Marathon record of 108 holes, with Tipton and Macvin Lue Troll among leaders. Larry Dey keeps steady pace as play continues into nightfall toward a resumption tomorrow. Matthews heads to Pittsburgh for business.
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