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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
3
A damaged OCR page shows scattered classified items from Knowlton and Wright. Mentions a corset factory gate hiring for young women and a cider delivery at Modow Brook Farm with a 20 percent note.
West's on Saturday hosted a local baseball event amid scattered reports. A farewell party for Miss Lottie McKinney was held at Pleasant Street for her upcoming attendance at Bantuan Business College. The Cowboy's Sweetheart company arrived on the Erie train, drawing attention as the cowboy band made its street debut and library theater appearance.
The text shows errands and ads for salé bargains at Wright's and Knowltons, soap offers, and a tax deadline set for September 1 1912. It also contains garbled reports of local sports, shipping, and a vehicle crash near Kenllus Summit with a hospital transfer and a brother of H H Letelein involved.
The Sherwool Simmons farm at Columbus sells to Mr Currier who owns an adjoining property. Findlay residents celebrate the THON Anniversary of Colonel Findlay with a week of events and a Saturday finale. Allen Town notes mention Prof Allen’s teaching career and a nearby strawberry season. The Chautauqua Farm setivol reports a successful first year near Overladk. Weather lore predicts continued rain after St Swithin's Day.
Jamestown N Y, 12 year old Jamestown resident Magill fell from a trestle over the Jamestown street railway near Beechwood while walking home from Lakewood with 11 year old Arthur Thore. Magill is hospitalized with brain concussion and was unconscious. Thore assisted, alerted nearby residents, and Magill was sent by street car to hospital with his father notified.
Warren officials confronted a traveling salesman presenting a device named pinehead said to encourage gambling. A council member insisted an ordinance bans such devices and warned it will not be tolerated. The salesman left for Clarendon to pursue sales in local shops.
A fragmentary writing hints at tensions over foreign alliances and national loyalty, naming a man as controversial in Washington and criticizing a Mrs. Highupp-Somé as un-American. The source conveys public suspicion and calls for caution against mixing foreign ties.
A collage of film titles and actors including Florence Lawrence in The Players and a Western themed dreamer tale. The listing hints at a Saturday program featuring youth romance and frontier action with varied genres.
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