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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1917
Page
3
A serious railroad wreck occurred east of Kan near Bentley causing two trains to derail yesterday afternoon. About ten cars loaded with iron ore were wrecked, with heavy damage to the locomotives and track. Police and railway officials reported no injuries though service was disrupted for hours as crews cleared debris and inspected the scene.
Sheffield May 11 The Inter for OW and Gas Co closed two leases totaling $100,000. They purchase 1 500 acres with immediate possession near Brockathii and contain 600 acres producing about 40 wells daily. The other lease covers 1 000 acres with 60 wells daily.
Local items report Mrs Mae Donwht and family visits and engagements in Columbus. Mrs Guorah Parker and Mrs Clymer guests visit, a birthday celebration for Master Emmett Parker, and a stockholders meeting for Barmera Hall Association. A town theft incident is noted with Mrs Lamarona Carrier among visitors and a gypsy raid incident nearby.
The Pine Grove Cemetery Association announces its annual stockholders meeting at 8 o'clock on Monday May 14. Elections will be held to elect 5 directors to serve for one year. Secretarial note by D S Rowm urges members to attend.
The local electric company urges reliable service and fair handling of customers. It emphasizes that business needs more than grabbing orders and profit, stressing the value of friendly, helpful customer aid amid rising coal prices and power costs.
Charlew Lombardo pleads guilty in Supreme Court to murder in the second degree for the April stabbing death of Giovanni Giovanni in Jamestown. Judge Bissell imposes an indeterminate Auburn prison term with a stated range up to life. Lombardo’s family and nine children were noted.
Sherif f George De Forest chased two men linked to a string of Northwestern Pennsylvania robberies. They struck two Warren dental offices during a busy evening near the Strathers Hotel fire, stealing gold teeth and valuables worth over 500 dollars from Dr W C DeForest and Dr Charles Reese. Police withheld names, two strangers were under surveillance, and the suspects left the city later that afternoon.
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