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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1929

Page

3

Jury Unable to Fix Blame in Thompson Motorcycle Death

A coroner's jury, convened by Coroner Daniél Hunley, failed to reach a verdict on the death of Stuart Thompson, 21, who died May 1 after his motorcycle struck a highway post at West Ridge and Grubb roads. Frederick Sherwood testified the car that overtook the motorcycle may have caused Thompson to leave the road, while Sherwood escaped injury and said the car occupants seemed intent on pursuing him.

Rie Daniél Hunley Stuart Thompson Thompson West Ridge Grubb Frederick Sherwood Union City

Twenty Years Ago May 22 1909 In Corry

A 1909 reminiscence recalls the Bons OF Vitenius meeting lug exp fing at the GA and a busy Circus Day as W. C. U. Tides served over 150 people. Jamestown and Corry figures appear with Major Wilcox and officers of the One 16th Regiment meeting. Miss Mary Wanter to sing at the Baptist church tomorrow night. W. R. Taylor attended the local dancing party.

Vitenius Hull W. CP. U. Tides Mary Wanter

Funeral for Garret Hurley Held at Beleverdam Home

Funeral services for Garret Hurley were held yesterday at the Beleverdam home with Pastor Hugh P. Smock officiating. The rites drew many relatives and friends while Corry Lodge members oversaw grave ceremonies at Hedverdig Cemetery. Bearers included J Babbitt, J H Wright, C Geiger, F Gilbertson, W M Young, and C M Howard.

Garret Hunley Holl Jn Beleverdam Hugh P. d. Smock United Brethren Church Corry Lodge Fy & A. Mi Hedverdig

Bandit given 108 years for steel holdup in Erie

Mike Ezbicki 26, a noted bandit, sentenced to four to eight years in Western Penitentiary after pleading guilty to taking part in a Trust von Steel Co. robbery more than two years ago. The incident occurred near McKean Pa where a truck struck him as he stooped, the driver Harvey More, 38, Edinboro Pa, fled the scene. Ezbicki remained hospitalized at St Vincent's with head injuries.

Erie Ezbicki Mike Ezbicki Western Erle County Court William Trusvon Steel Co AL St Vincent's Hospital Monlay Harvey Moré Edinboro McKean

Misrepresented Tales Spark Reader Backlash Over Truth in Adventure Books

Critics argue readers demand clarity about fact and fiction in adventure narratives. Authors like Lowell and Wright are cited where overzealous advertising misleads, blending truth with fiction and provoking criticism of publishers for sensationalized claims.

Lowell Bool Xene Wright Orient Duma

Homeless Children and the Need for Family Homes

Grace Abbott chief of the Children's Bureau argues most children benefit from a real home. She notes foster homes and adopting into family settings reduce asylum reliance. When relatives cannot provide care, placing children with approved strangers is preferable to institutional living, but a family home remains the ideal.

Grace Abbott Children's Bureau

Education boom fuels crowded schools and night classes

Public high school attendance rose from 815000 in 1910 to 757000 in 1926 while over 1,000,000 students are in junior high schools. About 50 percent of high school graduates now pursue higher learning, and adults eagerly enroll in night courses offered by public and private institutions.

U. S Bureau of Education AipUs Ratis

Game of Correct English by W L Gordon

A garbled OCR style page presents a quiz on English usage with questions on sentence correction, pronunciation, and spelling. It lists answers from yesterday and notes an informal reception at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish parish hall Thursday from 4 to 6 for Rev. and Mrs. Lyle Ults of Greenville Pa, former rector candidate.

Emmanuel Episcopal Parish Dad Lyle Ults Gréenville

Oil City Grocery Store Burglary Report

Oil City police investigate a burglary at a West To street grocery, dated around Monday night to yesterday morning. About $20.84 in cash and $30 in tobacco and cigars were stolen. entry was through the front door with a broken glass token and tobacco plugs found in a back yard nearby.

Oil City Anno & Ch

Quiz Answers and Capsule Questions

The prompt lists a set of trivia prompts and potential answers alongside a few clues. It appears to mix questions about wheat producing states, a title for a British official, animal facts, a geographical capital, and various political terms. The likely answers embedded are: two leading wheat states Iowa and Minnesota. Protector of the Commonwealth in England is Oliver Cromwell. largest mammal is the blue whale. capital of Austria is Vienna. and additional items referencing Henry VIII, the ostrich, Bolivia and Paraguay, and filibusterings Lutheran.

England Austria Bolivia Paraguay

Hebicki Arrests Linked by Cage Incident and Disappearance

Hebicki was arrested yesterday along with Addie Zetinski Angelo Mikolajeyk and Steve Rebick. Brother Mike disappeared just before the cage incident, was not captured until January in Cattaraugus, New York, and later returned here.

Hebicki Addie Zetinski Angelo Mikolajeyk Steve Rebick Mike Wista Voine Io Tor ‘Rial Cataret N Y

Problem solving prompt reads like old land math puzzle

The text presents a fragmented word problem about owning a portion of land and selling parts, followed by an answer claim of $225 for yesterday and an attempt at explanation. It includes mis-typed operations and symbols, indicating an arithmetic puzzle with steps such as multiplying, dividing, and subtracting to reach a result.

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