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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
3
Notice from Corry Pennsylvania post office describes second class mail handling, annual malt rate of 4500, a per copy charge of three cents, weekly content at fifteen cents, and advertising details available on application.
A fragmentary column discusses Canadian attitudes toward prohibition and American influences. It mentions Ontario’s vastness and opportunities for temperance and recreation, cross-border migration ideas, and shifting economic and social trends across multiple regions and eras. The text references Canada’s borders, liquor stores, and merger trends touching on policy and commerce.
A fragment describes advancing funds to pay furniture rent groceries and medical bills with a single small monthly payment. The note mentions various rites and quotes, indicating a debt relief service term.
A garbled set of questions and answers from an OCR text. It asks about statistics a constitution a university humorous qualification and politics with multiple unclear items. The piece lists several numbered prompts and misplaced answers like 4% and Venezuela and Topeka.
Miladelph ia June 22 United Press reports Public Safety Director Hillary aided in recapturing an escaped bandit who fled City Hall. The suspect fired as pursuers closed in, leaping from a car and fleeing into an alley near Chestnut Street where officers detained Harry Walton.
Several thousand gathered outside the Corry Hotel on Fraley Street hoping to see Herry Be Roland perform high daring feats. At 8 pm he had not arrived, rumors swirled of sightings in Punxsutawney Reno or illness, and the crowd dispersed with the night’s promised thrills unfulfilled. The Kane Republican notes his prior climbs in Warren and Car ty and that he carries clipped newspaper pictures as proof of his daring deeds.
Jessie Allen, sought on forgery and fraud charges, was briefly freed after serving part of a jail sentence. Troopers in Brocton and Oneida authorities pursued her, noting past warrants in several states. She was later returned to Chautauqua County jail and soon released. The WBAL meeting was set for Friday at Maccabees Hall with plans for a rally at Aciley on June 30.
The Pittsburgh Coal Company announced that 78,008 shares of common stock were admitted to NYSE listing, bringing outstanding shares to 400,000. The stock was previously sold in December by a group of men aligned with the company’s current policy.
A man described as despondent shot himself in the head in Pittsburgh on June 23 according to partial wartime dispatches. The article notes his distress and attempts at recovery by authorities.
A car struck a telegraph pole on the Willian Poin Highway near Blairsburg injuring three people. Dean R Citford of Trafford suffered fractures and lacerations, Margaret Haymaker 18 of Pilleaim had a fractured arm, while Elizabeth Haymaker 21 sustained facial and arm injuries. The driver remained unidentified as EMS took the injured to Welmieland Hospital.
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