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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
2
A New York fiscal supervisor warns that ready to eat foods like dried fruit coffee sugar and breakfast products are packed short of the stated weight across many brands. He urges a return to honesty in packaging and cites historical examples of underweight measures to prompt reform nationwide.
In Tioneata Pennsylvania on May 17 a preliminary survey for the Nebraska and Northern railway shows 7 850 feet of distance staked for the line with seven and a half miles of right of way to be prepared and rails laid within three months D Collins of the Nebraska Kimbermin finances the project while Forest County interest centers on rights of way and damages with owners Opposition arose to the original location near Him street prompting a route shift to follow the Buck canal of Monduta Creek leading to eventual board approvals and construction progress plans.
A fragmentary item notes a Friday night music event in Rebelton with Maberty's orchestra led by L Trimble. The text is incomplete but implies a socially light gathering featuring a late dance and trolley transport.
Erle May 18 reports convict Callens found guilty of second degree murder for the February events in a gambling room on Gorman Street near Fourth. Jury deliberated briefly before verdict. Callens tearful upon learning fate. Sentencing ranges five to twenty years with solitary confinement and hard labor, judge to determine mercy at next appearance.
Harrisburg Pa May 17 The school code passed the house and senate and now goes to the Governor for approval Key points include compulsory medical inspection in second class districts and optional in third and fourth, parental presence when requested, fewer directors in fourth districts, and changes to book replacement timing April 1 to August 1 Independent districts abolished with court petition for reconstitution.
Several hatpin incidents raise danger concerns. A man received facial scratches from a protruding pin while a girl wore one three inches long. Cleveland enacts $50 fines for hats projecting beyond the crown and police will enforce it.
The Corry furniture plant adds a modern acetylene welding unit to join brass and other metals quickly and permanently. An expert demonstrates outside the main building as orders surge and production expands across departments.
Special to Journal Bro Pa May 18 Judge Walling this morning sentenced Callens to the Western Penitentiary for 2 years and 6 months for second degree murder after a verdict of guilty. The defendant claimed self defense but was convicted on the lesser murder charge.
Three deaths from heat prostration were recorded in Pittsburg as the maximum reached 88 degrees. The Weather Bureau predicts 90 degrees tomorrow with showers likely continuing.
Judge Walling imposed penitentiary terms on three young women Jennie Strickland Maebelle Anderson and Maria Mook and on Mrs R Delia Custard for thefts in Erie Cleveland and Pittsburgh The four lawyers failed to secure lighter bonds or probation while the defendants blamed each other for leading the crimes and the judge emphasized punishment as reform.
Richard W. Cornwall a Cranesville railroad telegraph operator was released on his own bond of 300 to appear in court on a felonious knife assault charge at a near Albion railroad station. The DA noted witnesses and additional cases including thefts by two girls and several juvenile arrests, with mothers summoned to court.
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