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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1926

Page

8

Sheriff ends deputy sheriff commissions in Erie with courtesy cards

Sheriff Thomas G. Sterrett announces that deputy sheriff commissions will be replaced by courtesy cards issued to law officers, watchmen, and others only when bonds are posted. The move aims to curb misuse of commissions and mirrors police department practice, with emergency troops and farms affected.

Erie Thomas G. Sterrett Ile Miles B. Ritts Sherif Starrett Sterrett Sheriff Sterrett Sherrett

Unclear OCR: Costume Sorveuieins to SoreaNLS Passengers

Fragmentary text mentions passengers, Teo de Julie, SoS Deashorn, and an inferred transit or incident. Details are missing, making precise reporting impossible.

Ory Soreanls

Cider Farm owner given twenty month workhouse term

Herman Kurcher proprietor of the cider farm east of Breschtown received a twenty month workhouse sentence plus a $500 fine for bootlegging in Meadville. The judge continued to crack down on prohibition violators in Crawford County.

Crawford County Prather Meadville Crawford Herman Kurcher Breschtown Kurcher Henry Haemer

Penn State Runner Wins 18th TC ALA AJA Cross Country

Bill Gox of Penn State won the 18th annual TC ALA AJA six mile cross country championship at Van Courtland Park with a 30 04 record setting time. The victory earned Penn State its first team title in the event’s history.

New York Bill Gox Penn State van Courtland Park

Market to ease Sesqui loss at Philadelphia expo

Plans to convert the auditorium of the SesquiCentennial exposition into a large market. Exhibitors from foreign and domestic, with buyers admitted at 25 cents per person. P. J. Frieseman departed for Mexico for a business visit.

Philadelphia

Authors Club Meeting Receives Mixed Attendance

A small crowd attended the Authors Club weekly meeting in the Library. With Mrs Mary Whittlesey absent, Miss Glenni Grant led the session featuring routine work and an engaging program. Miss Wilma Rich read a paper on Life and Times of Sappho and Mrs Emma Dean read Hymn to Aphrodite, prepared by Mrs Whittlesey.

Authors Club Mary Whitvlesey Glenni Grant Sappho Wilma Rich Aphrodite Mary Whittlesey Emma Dean

Catholic Diocese Offers Orphanage to Ku Klux Klan

Harrisburg November 21 Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg offers Sylvan Heights Orphanage to the Ku Klux Klan to house two girls left homeless after the Klan’s orphanage burned. Forty six children from the fire scene are now at the Harrisburg Children's Home. Klan officials weighing the offer. Lost book of pictures. finder asked to return to 1002 Brook Street.

Y United Harrisburg Sylvan Heights Klan Harrisburch Brook St. Une

Fingerprint expert contests Stevens prints at murder trial

James D. Taylor a fingerprint expert testifying for the defense declares prints presented by the state were not Willie Stevens marks found on the Reverend Edward Whegler’s body. Drummond and other witnesses tied to the state faced challenge as Taylor questioned the identification methods and the handling of the evidence in Somerville.

United Press Somerville Niay James D. Taylor Navi Department Willie Stevens Edward Whegler Ia Stevens A. J. Druammond Taylor Drummond Simpson McCarter

Patrolman Severely Injured in Train Collision

Pittsburg November 2 An unidentified man with both legs severed at the knees was found at a Pennsylvania crossing on the South Side. Patrolman Joseph Holland, 28, was taken to a hospital in critical condition as details of the accident remained unclear while he remained unconscious.

Joseph Holland Pennsylvania Crossing Holland Hias

Underworld Feud Blamed for Florida Woman’s Death

Bethlehem authorities report Helen Boland of Jacksonville, Florida, slain in her hotel room Sunday night by gunfire amid an underworld feud. Her body lies unclaimed in a local morgue as three men remain at large after the raid on the White Owl Inn near here.

Bethlehem Helen Boland Jacksonville Fla

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