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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1916
Page
8
Step by step instructions describe assembling a girdle style garment with front and back sections, perforation marks, notches, tucks, and darts. It covers attaching sleeves, setting in arms, placing gores, shaping the front and back panels, and finishing edges. The note mentions a historic pattern catalog and a price from RF pattern sources.
The Corry officer of Erie Prohibitionists held the annual county convention at the court house. A new county platform was adopted, reports were received, and an executive committee chosen. The ledger shows county expenditures and pledges for the upcoming campaign, with no action on legislative or other offices.
Corry Garage announces refinishing services for automobile and Ford cylinders. Cylinders are reground and fitted with new pistons complete for ten dollars and fifty cents.
Hanover residents report a fatal shooting at a home where 16 year old Jicha Dirlor died after a handgun fired by a man named Miller. A girl accompanying them is in critical condition. Miller, a regular visitor, had long pursued the girl and tensions grew over the prior year. Police arrived and the motive remains unclear.
New York railroad worker Newhirk, a well known figure among city rail crews, was crushed between two coupling cars at about eight o clock. He died at St Vincent’s Hospital shortly after, leaving a few relatives. An investigation will be held Monday evening at Burton’s undertakers.
Grover Bowes, formerly of Erie, was killed in Urishville Ohio while working on the railroad. Police report says fatal injury occurred yesterday. uncle John O Connell and other relatives in Erie have been notified as investigators seek details of the accident. Bowes left Erie for Ohio about five years ago.
A dented health advisory urges drinking hot water every morning with a spoonful of a preparation to purge indigestible matter from the stomach and bowels. It claims cleansing the alimentary tract improves complexion and alleviates headaches and other ailments. Dr D Padoli of Corry Pa endorses the regimen as a natural toning remedy to purify the blood and boost general well being.
Dalrymple heir case ties 25 year old Dalrymple to Port Allegheny family. Police say Chicago man Keith Dalrymple, aged 25, was found and later identified as a son sought for a forged check arrest in Wis. Authorities note estate valued at 400000 to be listed to next of kin.
A disrupted rail bridge near Erie blocks the Erie to New York freight line. Officials report a four car derailment caused by a structural fault, halting traffic and prompting an emergency inspection. No injuries reported as crews begin temporary repairs.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local notice or brief. Readable names suggest a person and a place involved in an event or appointment. Details are unclear, but the item appears to be a civic or community notice bearing a single notable name and location.
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