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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
4
A fragmentary report hints at a nighttime event titled Lost Gold Spectacle featuring spectacle acts and audience intrigue. Details are unclear but suggest a local amusement venue presenting a curious show with adventurous themes.
Sealed proposals will be recaled by the City of Corry until 8 p.m. on Monday April 15. Bids cover concrete work and repair projects including a dowel, Msonre concrete with Marner and Abbe, and layout changes. Proposals must include a certified check of twenty five dollars payable to the City Treasurer and be addressed to the City Clerk. The city reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
The undersigned offers at public sale at Spencer farm about one mile from Spring Creek on Garland road. Sale Thursday April 11 at 10 am. Items include mares, gelding, colts, livestock, tools, farm equipment and household goods. Terms: cash with 2 percent discount for cash, 1x months’ notes with approved paper. lunch at noon. Auctioneer J. Matters, V. & Powers.
Notice that Wald an late is not properly appointed executor. Claims against the estate must be presented to Harry W. Jewell as executor and to attorney Kon F. Bivith for payment. Deadline/ date not clearly legible but states to contact the executor and attorney.
The City of Corry Pennsylvania invites sealed proposals by April 15 1918 for one gasoline or oil burning motor tractor and for stone cement and brick sidewalk construction and reconstruction. Bids must include complete specifications and a certified check of 100 dollars. The council reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Postal department orders discontinue certain magazines for soldiers and sailors. Unstated stations and magazines affected, with guidance on mailing copies that fail forwarding requirements.
Dunkirk April Patrick Daley a crossing watchman at Deir Street New York Central was struck by a fast eastbound passenger train while warning crowds. He died at Brooks Memorial Hospital. He was 61, survived by his wife one son and three daughters.
An advertisement from Starr Granite & Marble Works at 140 Maple Ave, Gorry, Pa, billing efficiency and labor-saving equipment. It notes rising costs of labor and materials and promises modest price advances while highlighting improved power and availability to meet current conditions.
Wanted wantre wanted as kinds of second hand goods. Root Bros 108 West Main Street. Tap72 wanted a stock company seeks to engage the services of a good live solicitor for the delivery of automobile and insured awbility. A good position for the right man Address X car Journal.
A Pitman New Jersey woman aged 79 reports Vinol revived her strength and appetite after a weak condition. Her daughter bought the tonic and she says two bottles improved her night sleep and overall health. The advertisement urges feeble readers to try Vinol, claiming broad local availability through druggists.
Mrs. Margaret Chapin of Meadville received word her eldest son Private Curran Joseph Chapin was killed on the Western front March 22. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1910 and served with Company X Pennsylvania in Camp Hancock Georgia before his death at age 25.
Ambiguous OCR text describes a school meeting at Conneaut Lake with students and teachers named and noted actions. The fragment mentions a German drop or defeat and references a teacher Ms Mioere Gar A, a principal, and various unclear events from a meeting in the year.
Community notes from Spring Creek detail weekly activity, residents at Gary Guy Hospital, Red Cross garment work hampered by material shortages, and the move of Walter DeJean to town to take a P R R position. Also mentions Mrs. Donalson improving and Rev. Troy visiting Cory and local shoppers in Corry.
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