09 Sep 1912
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1912
Page
1
The article notes few parents open accounts for children, but such accounts grow over years and aid education or business startups. It emphasizes teaching savings habits early and retaining parental control until the child reaches adulthood. Accounts offer 4 percent semi annual compound interest on interest accounts.
Harry Spencer, son of Mr and Mrs George Spencer of Wright Street, died at Corry Hospital after being struck near the Washington Street crossing by a passing freight train. His funeral plans include services Tuesday at 3 PM at the family home and burial in Pine Grove cemetery.
Rev. J. W. Wilcon, a venerable minister 04 years in the city, sustained a head cut when a partition lowered as he stepped onto the floor during Sunday service at Ube Methodist. He received medical care. the injury proved less serious than first feared and he is recovering.
The Rev. Livefe Jaws, pastor of the Lutheran church in Germantown, was burned to death beside his child as a wrecked car caught fire. August Pauling of Germantown died later from injuries. two children and Mr. Grofe perished or were injured as rescuers fought flames after the steering failed and the car plunged from a bridge.
An auto owner from New Haven died and his wife was fatally injured when their fifty horsepower machine tipped over after a curve east of Fonda. The dash and wheel broke apart as the car veered, leaving both occupants dead or near death. The wreck occurred near Amsterdam, with scant readable details remaining about the cylinder or the mortuary delay.
The South Willinmapore borough council in Williamaport Pennsylvania formed committees to inspect the Hagerman Run dam after a feared repeat of a previous disaster. The dam is described as undermined and deemed unable to bear the load.
Two motorcyclists die and several spectators are killed or seriously injured at the Vailsburg stadium motordrome when Addie Nusha known as the Texas Cyclone leaves the track at 90 miles an hour. His machine strikes bleachers injuring dozens as Johnny Albright dies from his injuries. Spectators flood the track, some trampled or fainting, as ambulances rush to Newark police headquarters and the German hospital.
Paris reports three people killed on opening day of Gray Haute Saone aviation meeting. A monoplane crashed into a crowd injuring four serious and another dying at the scene. Eyewitnesses described a panic as the crowd failed to clear.
In Princeton a man named Gordon White, father of Inta White, tied to the Walter Johnson lynching, was arrested in Charleston on a murder warrant. Authorities say more suspects from the mob will be arrested as evidence suggests Johnson may be innocent of the crime.
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