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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
2
Pennsylvania officials probe penny candies sold near schools and grocery stores for dangerous ingredients. Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust leads a statewide sampling effort, with about 300 samples collected from 48 counties to test for arsenic coal tar dyes and adulterants.
Arthur Williams of Delaware Street, a mason on the Patterson home in Congress Street, fell about eighteen feet from a scaffolding this forenoon. He broke his collar bone and sustained other injuries. A loose plank end caused the fall. Dr. Kibler treated him and he was taken home. Further chest injuries were feared.
A fragmented notice references a Jamestown man and Albany connected by Democratic preparations for a September drive in New York City. It lists an allegedly appointed executive committee led by Chairman M. Osborne and names several regional officials across Albany, Cayuga, and Monroe counties with partial titles and roles.
A Jamestown man, Bert Ryan, is jailed on forgery accusations after a counterfeit check from G A Anderson, a East Sepowl street shopkeeper, was drawn. Police chased the suspect from Corydon Pa, with officers enduring mud and long roads, praising the Jamestown police teamwork.
The Warren Times reports likely developments in the Pooler murder case tied to the Wilson brothers of Pittsfield now in Brockstone. Authorities probe their statements after they allegedly witnessed the crime and returned home without disclosure, with a grand jury expected to scrutinize them and possibly file no formal charges.
A Erie youth, Normve A. Brag ging, 18, suffered the loss of his right leg when his body was crushed under a street car at Fourth and Sues afraas streets. He was rushed to the same hospital and underwent immediate amputation. Eyewitnesses described the car failing to stop, the impact hurled Braggins sideways, and the wheels mangling the limb. Braggins, a well known local youth, is a graduate of the Ice High School class of 1908 and is reported to be recovering with the support of friends.
June 28 Titusville area reports several farm losses from a severe Tuesday storm. Jame Chase dairy barn near Britton Run burned with livestock losses and small insurance. B. W. Booth Five Corners barn struck by lightning destroying horses and equipment. Grange insured. J. Calvin barn near Five Corners damaged but not burned. additional house barn struck nearby. Storms this season set new county damage records.
Erie camp United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania plans to attend state meetings in Huntingdon this week. Sup. Hartman of the Erie state fish hatchery and others will be present. The program includes trap shooting, meat pasting, actual fishing contests, and field day events over four days with two cups and end prizes for trap, and prizes for the heaviest bass, heaviest bass string, heaviest Susquehanna salmon, and heaviest pickerel tank.
Warren June 27 Justice of the Peace Wheeler George J Wilbert was given a hearing this noon on the charge of adultery. The case links to a murder trial and an earlier exposure by defense lawyers. The complaint rests on a confession Wilbert made in court and notes his remarriage in Warren after leaving Halmed. He was held under $100 bond for trial on September 24.
Readable fragments describe Vitagraph program headlined by Maurice Costello and two others at the Amunton, plus an Atlantic Carnival event at Franklin Field near the University of Pennsylvania. Excursion fares to Pennsylvania hotels and excursions offered July 4 to 6 with cross‑stations travel. Names listed include Mrs. A. J. Doyle and others.
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