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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1927
Page
8
The Odd Fellows announce a Halloween party in the Se OT Qhall Thursday evening October. Plans promise the biggest and best ever by the Old Feltoys and Retiekuhs of the city. Music by Livle Wiloos and his Melody Bows, round and square dancing, games, fortune telling, and masquerading with prizes for best and most original masks.
Ridgway soldiers Leon Carlson Albert Johnson and James Sato returned home after attending the American Legion Convention. They toured Italy and Monte Carlo before Paris. The Paris parade was the greatest ever seen in the French capital and soldiers guarded the line every five yards.
Erie police hunt a thief who robbed a hotel room of Mes Adna Willard on East 1th street, stealing a diamond ring worth 250 dollars, a 25 dollar lapis necklace, and a 25 dollar amethyst pendant from a dresser drawer while the occupant was briefly away. The total loot valued at 300 dollars includes four diamonds set in the ring. Investigators pursue leads and review hotel records.
Indiana defeated Minnesota 14 to 1 and aimed to test Notre Dame as a strong nonconference foe. Notre Dame hoped to counter with a passing attack led by Page’s Woosters, seeking a decisive road test against Indiana in Bloomington.
Athens reports Greek and Yugoslav authorities ordered a Greek official, holidaying in Greece, to return to Belgrade next week amid talks over frontier issues. Border tensions prompt announcements and planned negotiations on Balkan frontiers.
Readable notices list morning and evening services across multiple churches. Presby terian, United Brethren, St Pauls Lutheran, Salvation Army, Pentecostal Assembly, First Baptist, Christian Science, First Methodist, All iance Church. Each includes Sunday School times, sermon topics, and youth activities. strangers welcome.
October 21 report details a dinner meeting scheduled at Hotel Samuels on Thursday November 1 to discuss securing a state appropriation to purchase land and maintain a Chautauqua County game preserve. Representatives from Walton League chapters and local clubs will attend. The program includes a 1:30 PM Young People's meeting and an evening service at the church on the corner. Francis Tyging departed for Pittsburgh for a visit with friends.
A 1927 United Press listing highlights radio programs for Sunday evening. Giuseppe De Led and aritone with orchestra perform, followed by Colten’s Radio Band on WEAF, Cap id Theatre Program, Dr Parkes Cudman’s Conference on WHA, and Columbia Programs on WOR.
Darrel Dutton, 16, of Wrights, detained as a slayer of his father, fainted twice at his father’s funeral at the United Brethren church in Wrights. He collapsed at the family home shortly before services, then again during the ceremony, attributed to severe strain as officers say he has faced the fatal incident since Monday.
A quarry blast at the Pennsylvania Glass Sand Company near Lewistown. 300,000 tons of smelide were detonated with 80,000 pensils of dynamite in an operation that halted mainline traffic and highway patrols within sight of the blast. No heavy vehicles were on the road as the dynamite was placed.
Dientonne Coster and Lieutenant Joseph le Bria, famed aviators, discuss a bold Lima to New York crossing via the Andes to Valparaiso and beyond. They aim to fly east to New York after completing the South American leg, seeking official permission to proceed.
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