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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1939
Page
2
Kane prepares for a large Firemen's Day celebration on September 27 with plans for a full week parade. Frank Marasco, general chair, says invitations were issued and bands responded. The event may rival other fire departments with marching bands and drum corps.
City and Vicinity column reports errands and updates from Corry area. Emergency appendectomies at Corry Hospital for James O'Brien and Miss Phyllis Estes. Hospital stays, lodge picnic at Findley Lake, repairs, auto and road news, local crime, and civic notices from Ridgway to Jamestown with brief itemized happenings.
Death of W. T. Dawson, longtime Corry resident and businessman, follows a life spanning from Sherman Minnesota to Corry. He co founded a retail grocery later merging into a wholesale firm, served four terms on the City Council, and left a wife, daughter, grandchildren, nieces, and a nephew. Funeral services are scheduled from the Davison funeral home Wednesday at 2:20 PM with interment in Pine Grove cemetery.
A savage two fisted battle at Forbes Field last night featured Sammy Angott, formerly of Washington Pennsylvania now based in Louisville Kentucky, overcoming Billy Marquart of Chicago in a standout featherweight clash. Freddie Apostol, the middleweight champion, beat Glenn Lee the Nebraska Wildcat in the main event. Angott, ranked second contender for Lou Albers lightweight title, sought a meeting with Ambers and avenged an earlier defeat by Marquart when they were featherweights.
An old advertisement touts Thompson's Borsoma Tablets as a cure for aches and bad feelings with promises of restoring good health. It claims the product aids kidney function and blood purification, suggesting consumption with Golden Lax Tablets for constipation and overall wellness.
Fragmentary notes mention autos and a Riviera firm with references to parts like tables and belts. The text hints at shipping or trade near a sea shore but lacks clear names, dates, or concrete actions to confirm a specific event.
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