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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1939
Page
3
Tomorrow marks Washington's birthday and a Pennsylvania legal holiday with banks gas offices liquor stores employment offices and post offices closed. Ash Wednesday observances include ashes at St Elizabeth's and St Thomas' churches while Lloyds term refers to a 1934 equipment trust payout.
Erie county Pomona Grange hosts meeting with National Master Li J Tudor and National Legislative Representative Pred Brenkman in a session led by L H Moulton. The event, backing Erie Manufacturers Association and Erie Chamber of Commerce, invites Grange officers across northwestern Pennsylvania and nearby Ohio New York. Brenkman will speak Thursday at the Boston store dining room with a past masters gathering to follow.
A fable about a mule refusing to move while carrying sugar, then one day finding the burden melted away, followed by a note on false relief from medicines. It uses a testimonial from Nelson Simons of Franklin, Pa, praising World's Tonic for chronic constipation and related pains. The ad urges readers to try World’s Tonic, sold at Kelster’s Cut Rite and other drug stores.
A major personnel shakeup is expected March 1 as the Erie County relief board and related agencies prepare to replace Democrats with Republicans. The changes will affect the county highway department and hint at upcoming appointments to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home board and the State Park and Harbor Commission. Officials say public assistance staff will be named soon to address relief needs, while other local posts await further deliberation.
John Mann aged 75 died Sunday at home in Pleasantville. Survived by wife Alice and several children and grandchildren. three brothers and other relatives. Funeral set for 2:30 PM Friday with Masonic rites and local clergy officiating. interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Erie.
Mrs Anna Merriam died Monday afternoon at Corey hospital after a brief illness. She was 4 years widowed, lived on West Pleasant Street, and was the widow of Frank B. Merriam who died July 27, 1934. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 PM from her home, with burial at Pine Cemetery. The family requests memorials to the church.
An old cautionary ad praises SimCura tablets for piles. It mentions a rapid relief claim and lists a mix of names and places suggesting a regional distribution by druggists. The language is fragmented but centers on a remedy product and its use.
Memorial services were held Monday afternoon at 2 at the Brookendseabine Chapel next to Pinter Honey. Attendees included numerous former pupils of Professor Wilson and local officials. A separate report notes a bank robbery in St James Park and a pattern of criminal activity tied to the area, with no injuries reported.
Bindakrews author of It Can’t Happen Here faced a public meeting disruption as storm troopers complained about Misa Thompson’s laughter. Police escorted her out then readmitted after learning she reported the event. She argued public meetings protect free speech Nazis today may restrict tomorrow.
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