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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1914
Page
7
In a rough Saturday court outing, Woodrow Lin claimed the trophy as Miller Chad trailed behind. The event featured Lake Miller and Lin pushing ahead to secure the top honor while rivals regrouped.
Arthur Walker armed with two automatic revolvers shot two women in front of his shack near Red Hawk while quarrel with wife years earlier. Ella Bradley and another woman sustained critical injuries before Walker fled after firing five shots. One bullet struck the other woman as she stood in the doorway, while two bullets hit the wife. Walker later disappeared.
In Warren on August 16 a burglary at Robert Pungkey’s home yielded three old watches valued at 50, 15, and cash totaling nearly $400. Police reports say a thief forced a lower floor window while the family slept, but nothing else was taken.
A noted specialist links dark rings under the eyes to clogged kidneys and weakened organs from high meat intake and little outdoor exercise. He advises evaporated mineral water in powder form taken after waking to improve complexion, eyes, and overall health, and promotes Laxa-Urio as the remedy.
A city man named Robert Wilnam, aged several years, was brought to a hospital after a cap exploded while playing with amateurs on a planed device aboard a Kennerdell bound train on a Friday evening. Doctors amputated the thumb of the right hand and two fingers at the second joint. Another man, a foreman for Kelley Construction, was badly injured by earth and later a 12 year old boy was shot in the face, billet going through his lip and nose.
The clumsy OCR compiles diverse items: a dubious investment pitch for a cumulative preferred stock at five percent, a Paris Parisian car seizure story with Mme Gaby Pennilye, and a wartime report claiming Bandits killed though details are tangled. Also included are ads seeking workers and a mixed notice about a watch.
Several items advertise used autos including a 1912 Overland in unknown condition offered by Phong Bell and a six cylinder Studebaker housing car shown as demonstrator for immediate sale at W. E. Morrison. Also offers a gent’s coaster wheel with new parts, a PHQSON sale inquiry via Mrs Leah Howard, and a Shumtl and Pony for sale described as well broken, gentle, four years old with tack included.
Notice of application to the Governor on September 7 1914 to incorporate Home Power Co of Union Township Erie County Pennsylvania under an act of 1874 for supplying light and power by electricity to the public. Names listed include Bred B Hom W Milward Oliver and Chas J Rushlah with solicitors Brooks and English. Also notes a Mrs Stephen H Otarle RFD Corry Pa notification.
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