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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1924
Page
4
An Erie area roundup details Easter promotions at Downey Drug and Burkhardt's Shop plus a flood of minor notices. Items include fashion at Costello Millinery and W. J. Wilcox East Main street deliveries, horseracing and local crime watch notes, a vandalism and missing-person tidbits, and assorted ads for seeds, ham sales, and housing lots.
A jumble of items from Erie and Port Allegany: hats featured at Ella Millinery 115 Concord Street. W F W Minstrels rehearse at noon and 3. A man salvaged a $20 bill swept into Oil Creek near the Oil Bridge, aided by J L Irwin of 710 Baye Second Street. Bargain ads urge Easter underwear in silk blends from Waller Tailor Center Street. Port Allegany youths James Springer and Glenn Hershey passed preliminary tests for the State Highway Patrol and will train in Hershey, Pa, likely stationed there for months.
Philadelphia authorities permit amateur baseball and other games tomorrow within five blocks of churches to avoid church protests and police interference. The move follows a compromise between clergy opposition and supporters of Sunday sports. The report also notes local notices and ads for taxis, seeds, and various goods amid a flood of fragmented community items.
Ralph Strassburger, Republican National Convention hopeful and Norristown publisher, was arrested for speeding in Coatesville after a poll address. He, along with Lieut. Gov. McClain, was en route to Norristown when taken into custody.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions state, county, and coast references with unclear names. It alludes to an event involving a death and a ride, with scattered place names and partial dates, but specifics are unreadable.
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