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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1931
Page
8
Harrisburg August 1 Commissioner Benjamin G Byron urged automobile dealers to back stricter safety laws and stronger enforcement. He argued dealers can promote safety, educate the public, and set an example, noting accidents, deaths, and large economic losses from motor vehicle crashes.
A violent storm struck Jamestown area around 7 am injuring no people but destroying two barns. One barn housed horses on Hanford avenue owned by Robert H. Jackson. neighbor Daniel OConnell rescued two horses and a pony before animals were harmed.
The weather bureau predicts cooler temperatures and lower humidity today after yesterday’s 94 degree heat. Thunder showers are forecast, with heavy rains reported in the Allegheny valley and Johnstown measuring 2.48 inches and Franklin .76 inches. City streets flood and traffic is disrupted.
Jack Kid Berg of England defends his world junior welterweight title against Jimmy McNamara of New York in a ten round bout at Queensboro stadium on Tuesday night.
BRIB Aug 8 Captain of Traffic Gary Rose reports from Harrisburg that a motorist involved in three crashes and deemed incompetent will lose driving rights for an indefinite period. The highway department is tightening scrutiny with no police aid, revoking licenses for repeated negligence.
Martha Munsee widow of W W Munsee died at 237 East South street Corry Sunday evening at 7 15 aged 69 born in Amity township Hire county resident of Corry forty years member of Ladies Auxiliary VFW survived by three sons Ralph Harry Arleigh four sisters three grandchildren and one great grandchild body to Davison Funeral home burial at Pine Grove cemetery funeral Wednesday at 2 30 Interment Pine Grove cemetery. Also titled: FARMER personal crisis reports Titusville Aug Clarence Mack farmer 48 found hanging on his Toland farm by berry pickers estranged from wife had not been seen three weeks.
A Clymer Woman sustains a hip injury in a fall. Leon Legters, a Clymer Telephone lineman, returns to work after over three months disabled by a knee injury from unloading a carload of wire. The town hosts visitors from Lafayette Indiana and Rawlin Hill while residents travel for vacations and reunions.
The text notes visits by Mrs J B Patterson and Miss Myrtle Puller plus Mrs Riva Crowell of Trle at the McCray-Johnson home. It mentions Prof Dana M King moving to Huison Falls with wife and job, and Pittsburgh pair George Campbell visiting their daughter Mrs Chris Christensen for the weekend. Edward Wallace suffered injuries after a fall while ascending steps.
Nine members of the Antony Blaha family from West View were stricken by ptomaine poisoning at a reunion in North Park. They included Edward 21, Mirnne 19, Marie 17, Billy 12, Betty June 10, Robert 6, Raymond 4, Thomas 2, and father Blaha. Mrs Blaha escaped. cause undetermined. About 20 relatives with own lunches were not affected.
Spitzer ambulance assisted in transporting Mrs Gabriel to Corry hospital amid widespread sympathy for her serious affliction. Mrs Arnold Wiggers remains homebound on North Street due to an abscessed leg condition.
Herbert Donahue, 64, a prominent McKean County farmer and tax collector, was severely injured when his right foot was crushed in a grain threshing machine on August Friday. He was working on Mike Zhoynsith’s farm two miles west of McKean when a clogged rye cylinder caused the accident. His son Fenton and neighbors freed him and brought him to care, and doctors amputated the injured foot.
Funeral services for John Myers longtime city resident were held Saturday at 2:30 PM at his late home 17 Main Street. Rev Frank A Wimner of First Methodist Episcopal Church conducted the service with many relatives and friends present. Interment followed at Pine Grove cemetery with bearers Andrew Paulyon Charles Kinley Thomas Green Charles Fraber Will Heath and Fred Weavers. Out-of-town mourners included Mr and Mrs Charles Kleeberg and Mr and Mrs Henry Goebrig of Buffalo and Mrs Lynn Gordon of Columbus.
The readable portions outline a local public notice involving a trunk, a state or city context, and a relayer. Specifics are missing, but the fragment hints at official action or scheduling with a likely public effect.
OCR fragment references a shooting incident or export item with unclear details and missing context. No names, dates, or locations are readable. Further readable material needed to produce a complete summary.
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