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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1912
Page
2
Corry residents await the first annual report of the postal savings bank at the local post office. Officials indicate the city branch shows strong growth and broad participation among children and youth in saving small sums. The report, due Friday or Saturday, will outline deposits and other interesting facts.
Jamestown reports Tom Long, Birmingham born and trained with toe Clark, is billed as undefeated in over 400 matches. He arrives with a Letter of Introduction from Ironpot and has engagements lined with Gon Albright in Corry on Monday and Dynamito Jordan in Salamanca on August 21.
Sheffield fans learn neutral umpire Mr. Hawley of Kane will officiate next Saturday’s clash between Warren and Sheffield in the league series. Warren’s lineup includes the Weaver brothers in the battery, with strong local support and interest in the match.
Notice states the office will be closed from August 1 to August 10 under supervision of Curtis. The alert appears in a historical 1915 publication and includes reference to a date range and responsible party. The fragment confirms a temporary business disruption.
A man named Kenyon shot his wife and infant at the Lafayette Hotel in Pittsburgh then killed himself. Authorities found the bodies after a report of gunfire. the couple had recently registered from Selinsgrove and planned to leave for Alabama. The baby died shortly after, while the mother survived briefly.
G Youngs, superintendent of highways in Erie county, visited the city to supervise repair work on the road from the city line past the fish hatchery. The state will pave later, taking over care, and fill low spots and improve the roadbed. The project aims to level the Carey to Erie route and connect with the Heliver Dam road, easing current bills and road conditions.
Armaments have been completed for a Monday night wrestling match at Library Theater. Tom Long of Birmingham Alabama will face Con Albright in a Southern middleweight clash to decide who is better. Albright’s weight class expected to bring extra speed and skill in the bout. Long was in the city today and impressed officials.
Norrisburg Aug 14 The county court made permanent the order appointing The dore A Lamb of Tile as receiver of the Union Telephone Co of that city. The company operates in Fire Crawford Mercer and other counties and an application to transfer the receivership proceedings to Federal Courts is pending.
A state commission agent reports no blight in Concord or Wayne counties after inspections. Keefe of State College notes limited findings in Warren or Crawford counties and urges cautious use of nursery stock to prevent spread. The commission pursues further studies while warning communities of potential dangers and the need for healthy plant material.
Crawford County will share in state road upgrades under a highway department plan. J M Bigelow announces bids for reconstructing a 17 000 linear foot roadway from Hicke rn el to Springboro widening and paving with asphalt. Work will match other sections and aim for solid pavement, extending across the county.
At a meeting in the Hirst National Bank board room William Muir was unanimously elected president to succeed the late Charles Wetmore Jamieson. Muir, largely based in Titusville, will lead the bank while maintaining extensive business interests in Warren.
The Northwestern Association Pennsylvania Department G Ay Hy to hold its annual reunion at Xavier? Lake on August 20 1912. The business meeting to start at 1 pm in the pavilion the main event in the auditorium at 2 pm. Department Commander and state officials expected. Women’s Relief Corps to meet at 8 pm in Hotel Connaught parlors.
Findley Lake anglers report a unusually strong season with many large catches including an eight pound fish. locals say more visitors enjoy the Kerr at Findley this year than in a decade as 개선 paving on the direct road to the resort initially worried officials but a detour via Gayter Hill and Durkeyville offers a good route.
Otto Bennett Kelly, a prominent Tionesta banker and business figure who contributed to Foxendale county development, died at his home this afternoon after a period of ill health. A complication of modern illnesses was listed as the cause.
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