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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1940
Page
5
Fragmented text presents a garbled scene with mentions of a bar, a person named Heckman, a beach, and vague references to relatives and school tuition. No coherent events or dates emerge. The illegible OCR prevents identifying a definite person, place, or outcome to summarize.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Trevor and a life story with books and Hill. No clear event, date, or full names to form a coherent summary.
Meade Minnigerode’s The Terror of Peru is critiqued as an odd, oblique narrative about Jules, a ship captain, with a gay yet sometimes confusing tone. Wings Over the Americas by Alice Rogers Hager is praised for historical detail and aviation perspective. Pamela Hansford Johnson’s To PAY For My Possessing is discussed as a dense, character-driven romance set in vivid backgrounds. The American Presidency by Harold J. Laski is commended for timely analysis of executive leadership and democratic direction. Time Exposure by William Henry Jackson is celebrated as a memoir of a prolific photographer and traveler spanning two centuries. The Last of the Bandit Raiders by Matt Warner and Murray E. King is noted for its raw western lore and preserved language.
Engagement announced by Mr. and Mrs. James H. Tallman for Vivian Emma Tallman and John Rhinehart Piety son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fiet of Sherman. Wedding planned this month. Daily item notes travel and visits of local residents across Ohio and New York, with multiple society notices.
Mr and Mrs Raspy S Hill were honored on their twenty third wedding anniversary at a surprise party at their home in Corry R D 5. The occasion was also Mr Hills birthday. Friends and relatives were in attendance from Erie Venango Columbus and Clymer.
Nearly 120 relatives and friends gathered at the Elgin Methodist Church basement for a reception honoring Mr and Mrs Howard Ladd, newlyweds who wed July 23. Ms Ladd is former Dollise Triscuit, daughter of Harold and Dollie Triscuit of Cory Rd. Mr Ladd is son of Charles and Mrs Ladd of Elgin. Supper was served at 10 and many gifts were received.
The J J Andrews Relief Corps No 49 held a Thursday meeting at the Masonic Hall with 13 members and 1 visitor Mrs Etta Johnson. They planned a birthday campfire dinner for August 8 at the home of Mrs Harry Kimmy and invited junior corps members to attend. Refreshments followed the meeting.
Forty members and two guests enjoyed a picnic yesterday at the summer home of Mrs. William Mash on Chautauqua Lake. A tureen dinner was served at 1 PM and the afternoon featured swimming, Chinese checkers, bouquet and visiting.
Beauty host Ruth Crawford linked with Atlantic City pageant duties as visiting contestants prepare for the Miss America crown at the New Jersey resort in September. A garbled 1830 voting and slavery note appears, along with a fragment about Minnesota sword etymology from Indigenous terms meaning sky colored water.
Bradley Band led by Will Bradley and his orchestra will perform at Rainbow Gardens Walldmeer Park Monday evening. Ray McKinley, famed as the boy with the drum, headlines the show with the Bradley group, noted among better new bands and poised for a big hit at the amusement park pavilion.
A quirky note describes breaking breakfast monotony with toasted rikin or cinnamon breds served plain or with butter. It suggests slicing leftover cinnamon rolls into thin pieces, toasting them, and offering forks for sticky sections, while children are prone to clumsy eating and pale, dull eyes in counterfeit pills.
Minnesota Highway department tests cast-iron pavement blocks four-fifths of a mile long on a concrete base with binding material. The project aims to prove durability and speed capabilities for future road surfaces. The article also notes the wahoo fish with a unique backbone lattice that limits bending.
A old time fruit coffee cake style dessert for Sunday breakfasts or tea. Uses fresh fruit such as peaches apples pears and plums with a sugar top and butter dot. Prepare dough with flour salt baking powder shortening milk and eggs then bake in a square pan with arranged fruit and brown sugar topping.
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