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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1931
Page
6
Stanford Hose Company firemen plan the 45th annual Thanksgiving ball at the State Armory on Wednesday evening November 25. Committees work on arrangements for the dance with the usual advance ticket sale and a community appeal for support. The event features music and is among the largest dancing parties, with no concert this year.
Joan Crawford headlines the Rex Theatre feature This Modern Age with Pauline Tred erick Neil Hamilton Monroe Owsley and Hobart Bosworth. The Mildred Cram adaptation from Girls Together, directed by Nicholas Grinde, marks Crawford's return to her famed lively persona after straight parts.
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle vegetable extract remedy to "wake up your liver bile" and claim it clears bile, with warnings about calomel and encouraging readers to ask for the Carter's brand on a red label.
Dominick Mancuso aged 38 of 428 West Eleventh Street was found guilty by a jury in Erie County Court of attempted blackmail against Prof. J. David Loqu er, palm ist of 2719 Peach Street, threatening death to obtain $1,000. Sentencing set for 10 a.m. Thursday by Judge Marion D. Patterson. Defense argued Mancuso acted under others’ influence. two other men not arrested.
Warren November 12 a Warren borough and county wealth office employee Mrs Schmeh was arrested Tuesday night by state highway patrol on the Warren Jamestown Road for driving a car while intoxicated and possessing liquor. She was released on her own recognizance to appear in December court after patrol reports complaints of zigzagging on the highway.
An advertisement pitches Kruschen Salts as a pleasant, safe method to shed fat in a month while boosting energy and health. It urges weighing daily, using an 85 cent bottle for four weeks, cutting pastry, salty meats, potatoes, butter, cream, and sugar, then rechecking weight to prove results. The copy promises improved skin, activity, ambition, and mental sharpness with leading druggists selling the product nationwide.
Warren, Nov. 12 Funeral services for Frank Brazell of Pittafield township, aged 74, found dead by hanging in his barn near Wrightsville Tuesday evening. Coroner Ed Lowrey ruled death by self act. Born in Sweden October 1857, he came to the U S at 18 and married Mary C. Hagle in 1881. Survived by daughters Miss Rose Brazell Jamestown N Y Mrs Claris Lottsville and sons William Meadvill Gilbert Akron and Melvin at home. He was a member of the Swedish Lutheran Church at Wrightsville.
Friday evening Sherrici’s fellows sponsor a dancing party in Masonic Hall from 9 to 12. The Troubadors will supply music for the occasion and a large crowd is expected. Koppel Tiffany assists with arrangements.
Funeral services were held at 2 o clock this afternoon at the late home 212 Concord street for Mrs C M Terry a well known Corry resident with Rev William Hall pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church in charge. Interment followed the rites. Relatives neighbors and friends attended and many towers were sent to the home.
In Pine Grove cemetery bearers include F D MuckKensis C A Myers William Hazel Harold Armitage Anery Spicer and Kenneth Rice of Erie. Officers and directors of the Corry Branch of the Needlework Guild will be at the Corry Relief offices in the Municipal Building Tuesday Thursday and Saturday mornings to gather garments. Send any missing articles at this time.
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