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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1925
Page
1
A new water rate schedule imposes higher monthly payments on Corry and surrounding households starting July 1. The plan adds thousands of dollars in yearly water costs for city residents and hits home consumers hardest in the upcoming billing cycle.
The city faces a sharp water rate increase aimed at households while large users and municipal fire protection charges stay steady. Monthly billing replaces quarterly, with expected adds for heavy domestic use, while manufacturers see limited changes and high volume users face steep jumps in cost. Memorial Day services by Veterans of Foreign Wars set for City Park, with parade participation by schools, scouts, and civic groups led by editor John Persson.
Ladies Auxiliary to the 1st Lent AW Thompson Post entertained Post members and guests from the recent Minstrel Show at Eastern Star Hall. Charles P. Keating presided. Rev Bartlett, Captain Brown and others spoke on patriotism and remembrance. Musical numbers by Burkhardt trio and Harmony Four followed by dancing.
A May 29 grand jury charged 20 furniture manufacturers with price fixing and production curtailment to keep high prices. It named refrigerator and chair makers plus several dining room furniture firms, with about 263 firms initially implicated and many executives charged.
Residents of Corry rally behind Mayor and City Commission to challenge an against the burden of a new water rate increase. Despite company claims the rate is lower than peers, locals cite higher charges than nearby towns and warn of future hikes ahead of the municipal election. The community awaits decisive measures to curb costs for households and wage earners.
An inquest into a wreck near Binghamton found no responsibility assigned. Three people died when an eastbound passenger train derailed after colliding with a parallel freight train. Witnesses described damaged signals and rails, with the cause undetermined.
The Young People's Branch of W.C.T.U. met yesterday at the home of Mrs. K. Sitters after noon. Mrs. Sylvia Ripley Rennis, state financial secretary, spoke and supervised a program with talk on organizing a Corry branch. The work aims to educate and train youths to be good American citizens. Mrs. Wesley Aldort traveled to Buffalo to visit friends over Memorial Day.
Rescue workers remove thirty bodies from the Wateling mine shaft, with hopes fading for the remaining miners trapped by the Wedm explosion. Officials fear no survivors amid the cave in, as authorities announce near certainty of fatalities.
State's Attorney Robert B. Prowsetidae began a search for fresh evidence in the Willa D. Shepherd case. Detectives questioned suspects while Crowe refused to reveal list of names until suspects are in custody. A new bribery lead emerged from questioning James Kells as Nell Ryan of Warren plans to visit Memorial Day with her sister Katherine Ryan.
Radio listings reveal New York 8 PM Rast Time Billie Jones and Ernest Harv on KLX Oakland 8 PM PLM Pacific Standard KLX. Toronto 8 30 PM Rasten Daylight concert featuring WGR Buffalo PM Rast Daylight Victor Herbert opera and Memoria Day OWOX. Eastern Daylight WGY Booth Tarkington Tweedie production.
Special to The Journal Erie May 20 two men died when their Curtiss monoplane crashed into a hillside three thousand feet above Lake Erie. Pilot Captain Sullivan and his brother were the sole occupants. both perished, the wreckage found late evening after the craft failed to answer signals.
Members of the Bosndal Education will meet tonight to consider actions at the library building regarding the 1924 taxes and a settlement with Tax Collector MH Gordon. The board plans to discuss proposals and may act on warrants and notices as the senior class preparations and graduation issues are reviewed.
Mayor Alexanilen promotes advancing clocks for daylight saving this summer, while many workers and plants oppose the change. Factories and businesses weigh adjusted hours as Monday dawns, with some already planning to stay on standard time despite the proposal.
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