Golden Rule Day sale and public auction noted
Easter timing shifts and 1988 sales dip are reported as department stores see a 20 percent week decline. Police respond to a window peeper and vehicle incident on North Centurtreet while residents face youth disturbances. Northern lights thrill Corry, and March PA business improves 9 percent per State College survey. Dodge City at Rex draws crowds and repeats.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Business Survey
Pennsylvania State College
Kane Webbs
Formal Opening of Columbus Inn at Calumins
The Columbus Inn at Calumins, formerly John Carroll's place, will formally open on Wednesday evening April 26 under new owner Michel Drobneck. He has completed extensive improvements, added better facilities, and will host a special fish fry to mark the opening. the public is invited.
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Columbus Tnn
John Carroll's Place
Calumins
Michel
Drobneck
Trobneck
The
Death of Corry Resident Guy W Webster at 80
Guy W Webster died in Corry on Saturday after 1 pm from pneumonia. Born August 17 1858 in Rockdale township Crawford County, he lived most of his life there and in Corry since 1915. He was predeceased by his wife on June 12 1923. Surviving daughters include Lizzie Jones Emily Laneworthy Susin Tamartis Myrtle Gibson Iva Webster and Maurice Porter. sons Ernest Frank Wesley Robert Milford Harold Elmer Webster and others. Grandchildren numbered twenty nine and more.
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Deeth
Corry
Guy W. Webster
Rockdale Township
Crawford County
Mx. Webster
Lizzie Jones
Emmit Laneworthy
Sherman
Susin Tamartis
Orange
Myrtle Gibson
Ohio
Iva Webster
Eric
Maurice Porter
Siven Sors
Ernest
Dinhato
Frank
Meadville
Wesley
Cambridge Springs
Robert
Mayyilley Milford
Harold
Elmer Webster
Younestown
Phil
Willis Warns County Finances Are Low
Willis warned on April 24 that the county finances are shaky with a balance around 1,000 and payments due. He cited 34,000 taken from the general fund and warned that Harrisburg delays in tax refunds and a 200,000 loan due August 15 threaten cash flow. The county may have to withhold paying bills until funds arrive.
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Controler
General Fund
Willis
Ehunty
Harrisburg
County Coffirs
Rede decorating of Motel Corry Lobby Begin
Work started today on redecorating the lobby of Hotel Corry as part of a broader improvement program. The article notes attendees including John Webster of Cambridge and Mrs Kabir Myers of Hyvletown, with funeral services for a relative to be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at 863 North Center Street and burial at Pint Grave cemetery.
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Corry
Passaveral Sauntha
Dren
John Webster
Cambridge Ings
Kabir Myers
Hyvletown
North Center Street
Costly Hospital Operation Highlighted in Corry
The piece details immense per-minute and hourly operating costs of 291 Pennsylvania hospitals, totaling millions in investment and describing nonoperating funding through community investment. It notes May 15 National Memorial Day open inspection of Corry hospitals for the public.
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Pennsylvania
Hospitala
Winty
Une
Crum Rail
Snaut
Tagine
Corry
Elty Anil
Mispronounced Cork Port Name Highlights Queenstown History
The excerpt notes the port of Cork in Ireland, once mispronounced as Cobb or Kobe, while correctly called Queenstown. It describes Queenstown as the principal embarkation point for visitors to the British Isles and mentions its historical naming.
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Cobh
Cork
Ireland
British Isles
Queenstown
Tormey
Nine Ships Still Locked in Ice Off Lake Erie
Nine vessels remained trapped in the northern Lake Erie ice field as winds failed to rise. Observers reported the field stretching from Barcelona near Dunkirk to Point Abino off the Canadian shore. From the U S Coast Guard base, seven of the nine ships were immobilized, described as being bound on all sides by ice. The steamer B C Pope steamed into Buffalo harbor as navigational opening appeared uncertain.
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Bupwalu
Erie
Barcalona
Dunkirk
Point Abino
Caraditn
U. 5
B.C. Pope
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Melvin Amy
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Lynford Chage
West South Street
East Trying
Wright
Shannon
A. 8
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Thorugh
F Seat Mebride
Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League
Arthur H. James
West Pleasant Street
Bowen's Bridge
Alton Nichols
Spring Street
Po-lice
Bear Lake
Meg
Ross Mead
Wallsburg
Royal
Waterfont
W. Irwin
W. C. Nugey
Arcuckle
Safety Bureau
Dodge City
Errol Flynn
Rex Theater
Col. Lindbergh
U. S
Charles Lindbergh
Wright Field
Waylon
United States
George TH. Brett
Army Oir Corps
Columbus
Michael Drobneck
Fotel Corry
Orchard Park
Phillips
Mayfair High Park
Hershey
Jersey
SC Bane
Ako
Spring Lake
Ins
Royal Manor
Kraft American Loaf
Tare
Chapin & Sons
Sterling
Sterling Milk, Inc
Peach Street
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