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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1928
Page
7
An unclear report describes a misplayed conversion attempt during a recent game, with penalties and confusion surrounding the play. No clear names or locations are legible, but the incident affected scoring and momentum for the home team.
A mine dynamite blast at Nightway Curve killed Madden, a 33 year old worker from Titusenite. He attempted to relight a fuse after it failed while inspecting the charge. The accident occurred as he sheltered behind rock to avoid debris. the blast fatally injured him, with his father and wife among those notified.
A man aged six or seven years old was killed when a tree toppled on East Otton Street near Wilby Avenue. Rescuers found the boy near a child’s residence with injuries and reported no further survivors in the family. The incident state police cautioned bystanders as investigators examined the scene for causes.
The monthly county report prepared by Harvey Wittis lists a January balance of 140,351 dollars. It records expenditures for road reconstruction and notes overall financial activity across the county budget including crime and personnel costs.
City of Corry approves a comprehensive traffic and parking ordinance regulating vehicle definitions stops and through streets, enumerating through streets parking rules and penalties for violations. The measure details stop rules at intersections limited parking and parallel and forty five degree parking, plus penalties up to 25 dollars and jail time for nonpayment, approved February 6, 1938.
A period newspaper page shows mixed classified ads and public notices. It lists merchandise needs and sales, job inquiries, and bills for bids on road machinery and crawler tractors with delivery terms and payment details, plus city bid procedures and dates.
Fragmentary OCR style text with stray letters, lacking clear subjects or events. No identifiable persons organizations places dates or concrete facts present for a coherent news item or summary.
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