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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1936
Page
7
Judge William J. Hirt issues a permanent injunction restraining Girard from proceeding with a municipal lighting plant contract with Pairbanks Morse Co of Cleveland. He finds specifications faulty for not inviting open competition and notes apparent overzealous sales activity.
Budget summaries for Third Class Cities are being prepared under Secretary Thomas A. Logue and will be ready for distribution in two to three weeks. The tabulations show appropriations and anticipated revenues for the current year. For sale Thayer baby carriage inquire Frank Say 3ts
Harrisburg August 6 records from the Tourist Bureau show a revived auto touring boom in Pennsylvania. Secretary Warren Van Dyke notes over 400 requests for maps and touring info in April and May and predicts a strong season ahead.
Heavy rainfall lasting nearly four hours drenched Corry and most of northwestern Pennsylvania. The downpour, the heaviest since July 1935, totaled about two inches and brought cooler temperatures. Observers forecast more rain and unsettled skies, while state road bureaus report extensive map distributions and ongoing detours and oiling practices to minimize traveler disruption.
Report indicates private investigators were hired to wine and dine women workers at Philco Radio and Television in Cary to lure them into compromising situations for stealing commercial and trade secrets.
Report notes cholera epidemic halting a May 1850 Ohio constitutional convention in Columbus. Also included is a 1936 Pennsylvania estate notice from the Orphans Court of Breitung about executor Lee R. Howard seeking a private sale of real estate in Wayne Township.
Reverend J. Base of Titusville Pennsylvania praises Thompson's Barasma capsules for kidney and bladder relief and suggests they aid stomach and liver. The ad promotes Thompson's Barasma tablets, Golden-Lax for liver and bowels, with a 25 cent price at dime stores.
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