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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1928
Page
6
Plans to manufacture powdered milk at Spring Creek are proposed, with local residents Maurice Porter and Harry Lemons visiting relatives. Community notices describe WCTU activities, social events, and visits among Corry and Jamestown residents, including tea gatherings and weekend trips.
Jamestown reports a fresh swindle where a dignified stranger posed as a company officer to hire a manager in a city project. He demanded a $300 cash up front, later collecting $200 more and departing with an envelope believed to hold the funds. The incident follows a prior $940 scam involving four businessmen. Local notices include community events, church plays, and social updates.
Mrs. Lena Burdick returns home from Westfeld after a visit. Locals attend a 50th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Crosby with about 100 guests from Town Line Panama and nearby areas. Rev Mulvin gives $65 in gifts. 45 cards and telegrams arrive. Activities include a hobby contest display with prize winners Laverne Sechrist and others. Bear Lake pupils win four prizes in Warren event.
United Press reports a 1928 WEAF program pairing soprano Elizabeth Rethberg with baritone Ben De Louche at 9 15 PM in a concert hook up. Capitol Theatre and WAZ present hourlong features, WIZ lists 9 15 PM actors fund benefit, WOR notes Cathedral Hour at 1 PM with a solemn broadcast.
A public record cites a civil suit seeking 930,750 for injuries from a car crash near Ripley. Allee F. Davis requests 510,000 and Frank B. Davis 56,750 while Josephine Smith suffers severe brain injury and multiple fractures.
The Art Department of the Corry Woman's Club runs a contest for school pupils to create posters and soup models for display at the club meeting on April. top entries win prizes but three awards were withheld. Mrs Harold Brown visited yesterday and drove in by car.
George B Hoover secured court permission to depose former Interior Secretary Albert B Fall for Sinclair oil conspiracy trial set to start in April. Justice Jennings Bailey ordered M B Hall to take Fall's deposition at his El Paso home next Thursday. The event marks a new procedural step and draws attention in local business displays.
SPARTANSBURG March 23 A parlor recital by Mrs Ralph W Webb at Main Street home on Saturday afternoon delighted attendees with readings from Arthur Foote and musical selections. She shared personal notes while guests praised the event. Visitors included Mrs Holt McCray of Elgin and families from nearby towns. Myrna Thomson of Los Angeles was noted for a new permanent job at Thomas Edison Junior High.
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