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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1924
Page
3
A 1920 discovery and English translation of Christopher Columbus notes on Indians. He praises their language and generosity while noting less warlike tribes. later history shows betrayal and dispossession during colonization and Christianization.
Missouri enforces a blue sky statute requiring securities dealers and salesmen to obtain permits from the state finance department. Observers praise the law for protecting investors and preventing fraudulent deals, noting it benefits legitimate brokers despite occasional injustices.
Executors announce letters testamentary issued for Julius M Smith of Corry Erie County Pennsylvania. Minnie May Alexander is named executrix and creditors and heirs are urged to present claims or debts promptly to Kincaid and Kincaid Corry Pa.
May fourth postal card received in this city mentions a trip to Los Angeles for the Grand Canyon of Arizona and visits to New Mexico Indians. Electric railway man Rayon arrives. May McKinney and Chapa Dunham attend Epworth League convention. Baltimore student John Killer returns home from the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The Interstate Commerce Commission notes 2208 deaths and 634 injuries at American road grade crossings last year and projects 2800 deaths and 8000 injuries this year. It urges rapid elimination of dangerous crossings as funds allow to improve safety and reduce property damage from collisions.
Pan Germanist leader Count von Reventlow denounces women entering public life claiming German women taste politics and dream of domination. He opposes them ousting men as governors while noting the need for women to claim rights amid hardship and male mistreatment. A rental ad appears for a light-housekeeping room at 128 West Pleasant Street.
Raymond Stull a former resident of Smethport shot and killed his estranged wife in Richmond after a dispute triggered by a planned divorce. Mrs Stull was briefly detained but acquitted. the former motor mechanic lived on Measured Street, Smethport, with his wife prior to separation.
May 10 announcement by Citizens' Traction Company states an application will be made to the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania for a certificate to extend the Reno to Oil City and Rouseville route. The change would require a street car to bus transfer at Reno and cut travel time by about 15 minutes.
A man confessed to breaking into the Olympic claim parlors on Fraley Street last Sunday night and stealing about $5. He was held for court on a breaking and entering charge after a Friday forenoon hearing before Justice Emile Stenger.
Erie May 10 developments indicate a missing man is buried on the Erie poor farm. The article recalls a wife’s remonstrance over drinking and expenditures and notes the buried man had little to leave and no known survivors. The remains were interred on the county farm after being taken in charge by William W. McLeod.
Help wanted notices describe newly papered light housekeeping rooms with bath and private entrance. Also a request for a lady cook and a kindly bond tid con idler position. Contact details include a street reference and a phone number hint.
The annual meeting of the Pine Grove Cemetery Association will be held at the office of Manager J Alexander at 80 Welco k in the evening of Monday May 12. Original stockholders and all owners of lots in the eastern section are members and urged to attend for proper maintenance and care. Rowe secretary.
Detective Jack Mirport is charged with the murder of James Hisaa in Pita Largh hiewoek after appearing before a federal grand jury. The case reveals evidence tied to Tony Spettir, now in custody at the county jail in Sanus Feyrd, with links to a Kishequir robbery.
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