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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1910
Page
7
New York postmasters met at the Republican Club in Manhattan to discuss troubles with hiring rural carriers. Upstate officials criticized the current system, arguing for reforms to reduce favoritism and improve efficiency in route assignments.
The fragment describes a misfire or error with a cannon named Mest. One man held it with both hands while another fired it. The scene implies an experimental or testing moment with a dangerous device.
In St Louis the gambler Pat Sheedy, known as the king of gim blers, sits in a hotel corridor with a friend. Strange attendees and quick chatter lead toward a small poker game with promises of simple stakes and easy gig. The room party eyes Sheedy as a seasoned sport.
A garbled OCR passage recalls a poker game with players named Sheedy and Blwedy. The text includes references to hands, betting speed, and a long distance telephone call, ending with a cryptic remark about a past event and a departure.
Ruth Amon Wheeler's death is the focus as Albert Wolter faces trial. The mother fainted during identification while prosecutors describe a grisly sequence of outraging, strangling, and burning. Testimony details the victim’s sisters, the crime scene, and the defendant's reactions.
English town names often derive from old settlement camps and Latin roots. Names ending in es ie or center reflect camp origins, with endings like istr a and by linked to era terms and fortifications.
Central location two blocks from the Post Office at 40129 E Plennant St offers a ten room house on a 70 by 100 foot lot with rear storage building and dry cement cellar. Other listings include 189 Second Avenue two blocks from the Post Office with modern improvements and easy terms, and a 100 acre farm three miles east of Columbus with good buildings and water, inquire Miss Art W. Smith Carry Pa Bell 214.
Classifieds and quirky items mix with campus notes in this readable slice: a employment ad and a stray patient joke sit beside a Pitt mining trip notice led by Prof. G C Haldeman.
Several small job ads appear with names and locations including 123 Park Street asking for a reliable homemaker. Other listings note a cook position at a hotel and various personal notices from Columbus and Uniontown, with unrelated historical notes interspersed.
By Telegraphers employed on the Delaware and Hudson line Albany April a message from Vicw President Pierson of the Brotherhood of Railway Telegraphers to the St. Louis head states the men have voted virtually to strike if the company does not grant a wage increase. The Fraternal order and other unions support the stance. It is expected the ground arrears will notify the company today of the vote outcome and demand the original terms, though a compromise may be possible.
A fragmented account describes a naturalist observing wasp behavior and reactions to disturbance. The prose hints at a scene where a witness, Novy, notes reactions, while the author discusses temper and curiosity with minimal disturbance.
A mother and child share a simple scene about a fruitcake Jimmy made for his teacher. The teacher’s reaction is described as kind, with a grin and a compliment from the mother. Henry notes the teacher slept at a school that day.
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