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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1924
Page
8
A long list of classified ads and notices about sale items pets and services includes houses for sale and rent cows tuberculin tested stock and baby carriages. Lost items include a motor trick chain and wedding ring with owner contact. Embedded are farm animals and goods ads plus requests for embroidery work and bids for school repairs.
The village of Westfield faced a string of mysterious fires blamed on arson. William Ippolito, dubbed Wild Bill, was indicted in May as the suspected fire-setter after Chief Larson and state detectives tied footprints and fires to a single suspect. Property losses exceeded $200,000 with several major blazes, including a barn and a depot fire, heightening fear before the trial.
An advertisement touts San Cura Ointment as a universal healer for sores cuts burns and bruises with a money back guarantee. It claims rapid pain relief and lists uses for eczema fever sores boils frost bite and sunburn with jars priced at 90 and 66 cents and promotes San Cura Soap for skin care.
Benja fis Rathbun alias Clyde Wilson of Lake road was arrested May 9 by Deputy Sheriff Fox and Sheriff Taylor for forging checks. He confessed to burglary and authorities found destroyed items in his house while searching. Rathburn jailed in Mayville awaiting trial. Sheriff Taylor issued a warrant for his son Roach for moving chattels under mortgage fraud.
The Erie school board voted to cut about 100000 from the current budget to meet needs. Departments and supplies face reductions while assurances were given that essential operations remain funded. The plan aims to trim the budget without affecting student services or salaries.
Fragments indicate committees will convene at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to review and complete work on the budget. Dr Mods and Dr TWolges are referenced in treatment reports as events unfold with slight improvement noted. a session aims to probe minds and appointments next Tuesday.
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