Town Notes and Daily Dramas in Corry Memoir
A collage of quirky town items from Corry, detailing whispers about insurance settlements, local personalities, and hospital stays. Notes on city finances, a birthday, a broken neck recovery, travel plans, and nearby civic happenings color a snapshot of daily life and small-town gossip.
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Board of
Ducation
Frank Waltera
Irvine
Joe Bazin
Eriele Jitte Warren
Thirry Pattizens
Bare Parker
Jack Lusey
Thelma A. King
Judy Rynd
Guery Hospital
Duniain
Buffalo
Lakes
California
George Ainley
Peon Hill
Findley Dale
John W. Lambing
Main Sind Center
Mary Clavie
Mott Street
Mary Clark
Matt Pirent
Relief Probe Continues in Erie County
HRI reports further arrests possible as District Attorney Mortimer I. Graham and aides expand a probe into relief chiselings centered at Erie County Emergency Relief Board headquarters. The investigation, which led to three arrests for defrauding relief by forging signatures on orders, remains ongoing with no DA staff connection to the commissary.
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HRI
Mae
Lach
Star
Commissary
District Attorney
J. M. Pais
East 6Th Street
Jesale West
East Lth
June West
Commonwealth
Paull
47 CANDIDATES FILE FOR MCKEAN COUNTY RACE
Aug. 16 in Smethport, McKean County, 47 candidates filed petitions for thirteen county offices. Thirty seek Republican nominations, seventeen seek Democratic nominations. Only three reside in Kane. A separate brief reports a sea lion drowned in a bathtub in Tillamook, Oregon.
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Mckean
Cane
Byrouzd
McKean County
Smethport
Puesday
Kane
Cave Makes Farmer Rich in Galena Minnesota
Wally Powell pooled his four acre farm in Galena after discovering a cave on the land. Since then tourists pay his mortgage and he expanded his holdings to 1,600 acres.
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Galena
Wally Powell
Wally
New Fishing Laws Update From Harrisburg Officials
Harrisburg officials announce minor changes in the Fish Code after legislative passage and the governor’s signature. Bills extend eel chute lines on the North Branch Susquehanna, adjust boat license timing, modify creel limits, require county treasurers to report license sales, permit firearm carrying for hunters and fishers, and align Delaware River fishing rights with New York. Other measures empower the Fish Commission to close streams, set nursery waters, and define bait fish while outlining penalties.
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Harrisburg
Aug
Tee Commission
Earle
North Branch
Susquehanna River
Pittston
Duryea
Department of Mines
Bellef
Public Works
Department of Revenue
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
New Yor
The
Fish Commission
Warren Boro Sets Speed Trap In Aug Notice
Warren Boro reports 75 arrests for speeding over two days as police and highway patrol operate multiple one eighth mile traps. Drivers exceeding 43 mph were fined 10 dollars plus 2.60 costs. a car reached 69 mph. Four officers with stopwatches verify speeds using a department chart showing miles per second to compute mph.
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Highway Department
All-Bran praised by Elmira couple for constipation cure
An enthusiastic letter from Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Pope of Elmira New York extols All-Bran as a remedy for lifelong constipation. They switched to this Kellogg product three months ago and report no need for laxatives since, praising its bulk, vitamin content, and safety compared to patent medicines.
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Mrs. L. F. Pope
Maple Ave
Elmira
N.Y
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Legislative amendments outline naturalization and permits
The bill details for foreign-born residents to present naturalization papers before a fishing license, outlines duplicate certificates or affidavits if originals are lost, and allows replacements for lost certificates or buttons. Non-residents may obtain permits to hunt beasts for three days at 1.50 dollars. The bill sets a twelve year age limit for non-residents and takes effect September 1.
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Lake Erie
List Changes in School Heads in This State
Harrisburg Aug 16 announces fourteen changes in Pennsylvania district and county superintendencies by Dr. Lester I. Ade. Newly elected superintendents assume charge September in Harrisburg Lebanon Windber McKeesport Beaver Falls Ridgway Collingdale Etna borough Etown Bourg Oakmont Yeaston and other districts.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lester I. Ade
Robert A. Abernethy
Lebanon
M. H. Thoman
John W. Hedge
Windber
Joseph L. Hackenburg
Steelton
Charles
8. Davis
W. Lee Gilmore
Oakmont
Lawrence County
Charles E. Hershey
Yeacton
W F W and families plan picnic Sunday
Members of the A W Thompson Post No 264 Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary and Junior Corps plan a joint picnic at Popes Grove on Sunday August 18. Members should meet at Wey W Hime by 10 a m. Transportation committee asks members with cars to arrive early to arrange conveyance to the grove.
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A. W. Thompson
Pope's Grove-in
Wey W. Hime
Grove
WPA to Complete County Program Delayed by Cost Flags
County WPA program will be completed tomorrow but officials express doubt about major work. Bernard Cochran, WPA supervisor in the Exile district, reports a preliminary survey shows only small projects are propased due to material costs, while county commissioners remain cautious.
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Bernard Cochran
Court rules on Canadian funding of American life policies
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that life insurance policies sold by American companies to Canadians must be paid in Canadian funds when due. The decision was handed down in a case involving the State Life Insurance Company of Indianapolis.
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Ottawa
Cnt
Supreme Court of Canada
Indianapolis
Jersey Shore Schools Supervising Principal Named County Superintendent
Merly supervising principal of Jersey Shore Schools has been named county superintendent in Lycoming County, effective August 1, succeeding George A. Ferrell who retired. William G. Burkett, formerly assistant county superintendent in Washington County, was returned as GF on August 1 succeeding Stuart E. Murphy who resigned.
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Merly
Jersey Shore Schools
Lycoming County
George A. Ferrell
William G. Burkett
Washington County
Stuart E. Murphy
County Setup Approval Now Sought For WPA Projects
Erin August reports city and county officials await word from Harrisburg on WPA project approvals. Bernard Cochran district director and staff were called to Harrisburg to push the program with the aim of starting work by September 1. The plan could employ hundreds of men and add WPA payroll later. city officials prepare an ordinance to fund the first $275,000 streetcar rail removal project.
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Erin
Yoo
Brie
Bernard Cochran
Harrisburg
Ity
County
Sea of
WPA
Cochan
Thomas Mehaffey
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Center Street
Wig
Blaine Kincaid
Oval Blackstane
Works Progress Administration
Corry
Guy E King
Erie
Will Rogers
Willey Post
Sherif Detl Darling
Findley Lake
Elstt
Williams
Gatheshg Co Piltsgurgn Ininsurance
Torek
Jay Bee
Stames and Antler Hotel
Isteays
Imperia
Antler Atrunturea
Erie County
Erie Commissary
Tue Jokaway
Ore
Bull Dallas
Elton H. Blair
Warren Boro
Boro
Warren
Kellogg's
Hamburg
Chuck Roast
Fancy Erie CO
Mwoist
Atlantic & Pacific
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Admiral Hotel
Cool Cape May
New Jersey
lHotel
Daniel Ahern
W.F.W
Pope's Grove
C. Christensen Motors
N. Center St
Coleman Gasoline
Pann
GUIG
Mmiane
Ars
Keister’s
Alka-Seltzer
Deans
Lax
Bellans
Keister
Corry’s Modern Drug Store
Ohio
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