Civic Improvement Society urged by Corry women
The civic improvement movement in Corry seeks hearty community support from local women. The group would aid the Chamber of Commerce and other civic bodies, acting as an advisory auxiliary to improve sanitary conditions, street cleanliness, and home surroundings. Citizens have shown approval and offered help, while authorities are urged to enforce littering laws. Buffalo News reports.
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Chamber of Commerce
Corry
Crtisens
Pittsburg Strike Persists Quietly Over Heeter Retention
Pittsburg pupils continued their protest against superintendent Heeter with a quiet, effective demonstration. About 40,000 students failed to appear at 102 scattered schools as petitions opened, signaling strong sentiment in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
I. Heeter
Councils Committee Visits Erie to Inspect Arc Lamps
City councilmen Ream Rieker Dawson Sessle and City Engineer Dickson toured Erie to study arc lamp types under consideration for the new city lighting contract. Waltz from the Electric Light Co accompanied them. They planned a plant visit at General Electric. They will return home this evening.
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Ream Rieker
Dawson
Sessle
Wnh
Dickson
Waltz
Erie
Erle
General Electric Company
Panama Canal to Open January First, 1914
Washington April 21 Colonel Jorge W Goethals in charge of the Panama canal is designated January 1 1914 as the day upon which the canal will be open to navigation Dispatches to this effect were received by Secretary of War Garrison He announced the decision to award Captain Amundsen and his ship the honor of making the first passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the new waterway
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Washington
Jorge. W. Goethals
Panama Canal
War Garrison
Garrison
Amundsen
Atlantic
Pacific
To Aid Finleyville Sufferers Introduced in Harrisburg
Representative Keegan of Fayette introduced a resolution in the House proposing a 5000 appropriation to aid the Finleyville mine disaster sufferers. The House also moved a second reading on the white slave investigation resolution and defeated a bill allowing visitors to gaming rooms to be arrested.
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Uniten Trese
Harrisburg
Keegan
Fayette
Pinleyville
Three Girls Drown in Ferry Accident at Troy Dam
Three young girls drowned when a small ferry capsized at the dam in Troy New York. Four men on board escaped as the vessel flipped over the structure during an apparent mishap on April 24. Local authorities investigated the incident and named the dam as the accident site.
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Troy
N.Y
New School Plans Adopted After Board Meeting
A special Board of Education meeting approved plans and specifications for a Concord Street school addition and repairs after review by Mount and Son Architects and the State Board of Education. The board authorized bidding for construction to be completed by September 19, 1913, with bids due by an announced deadline.
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Board of Education
Mount and Son
State Board of Education
Warrisburg
Concord Stréet
Mount
Harlaws
Amdon
Bnt
Concord Treat
A.B. Mount & Son
D, S, Rowe
Sec'y
Proposals for Concord School Addition Sealed
Sealed proposals from Corry School District Corry Va for erection of an addition to Concord School in Corry Ward First and repairs to the present building. Plans by A P Mount Son Architects Corry Pa. Bids to be placed in two envelopes with labeled outer and inner seals. Open May 7 1923 at 9 PM at the High School building Corry Pa. District reserves right to reject all bids. Harry Auer president.
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Corry
Concord
First Ward
A. P. Mount & Son
Corry Pa
Congord
D. S. Rowe
Erie
Corry Water Works Invites Inspection of Reservoir
The Corry Water Supply Co has finished cleaning and repairing the large reservoir on the hill southwest of the city and plans to refill it tonight or tomorrow. Officials doctors and the public are invited to inspect the reservoir during the reopening period and observe water levels as it refills.
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Corry Water Supply Co. Han
Daughters of Isabella Host Progressive Card Party Night
Daughters of Isabella held a progressive card party at Maccabees Hall with about sixty guests. Five Hundred was played. Mme Josephine St Clair won the ladies prize and Mr Charles Keating the gentlemen’s prize. Music accompanied the games and a luncheon followed. The party continued past midnight with additional entertainment.
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Maccabes Hall
Isabella
Mme Josephine St.Clair
Charles Keating
Automobile Auction At Brown Garage On North Gen ter Street
A crowd gathered at the Brown Garage on North Gen ter Street for an automobile auction. About fifteen cars were lined up for display and sale with Charles Butts of Erie serving as auctioneer. Butts announced his candidacy for county sheriff during the event.
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Brown Garage
North Genter Street
Charles Butts
Erie
Butts
Charles Moore
Moore
Cars from nearby towns offered at sensational sale
Several more cars incoming from Walon ity and Mayville plus a few others. About thirty cars are expected to be disposed of at the sale which may reveal the missing father’s whereabouts. Miss Kinney travels to investigate and expects information within a week or two. The disappearance story has been republished widely in out of town papers.
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Walonity
Mayville
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Baltimore
Buffalo News
Finleyville
Padoll
Qorry
Concord St. Annex
Harry “Auer
D. OF I
Progressive Card Party
Stein-Bloch
Stein- Bloch
SAM Jacobson & Company
ONE Price Clothiers
A. H. Kinney
The
Barlow Hardware Co
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