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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1923
Page
4
The page records varied items from City and Vicinity including a crowded scene with a fireless carnival-like event, employment ads for tool makers at Willys Overland Co, and notes on sporting dogs and local auctions. It also mentions tax notices, theater listings, and upcoming town meetings, reflecting a bustling mid century community page.
Local ad lists an apprentice position at a downtown Hat Shoppe, with brief notices of events and notices around town. It mentions a New York Symphony Orchestra concert led by Walter Damrosch at Arena in Erie and several upcoming community happenings with dates and places.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a city tax notice with references to overdue penalties after March 1, street addresses, and names obscured by errors. The garbled lines mention property, tax collection, and delinquency actions but lack coherent details of figures, dates, or responsible officials.
Stanley Nichols, a well known young man, has purchased the fire and oil insurance business of Wile Tittn Duke and takes over management this morning. Nichols will maintain offices in the Harn building with Theo P. Wile Kiatns assisting as he builds the enterprise. Duke built an extensive agency during his leadership.
The Supreme Court refused to stay the Leavenworth imprisonment of Murphy for involvement in a mail truck robbery. He begins his federal sentence while prosecutors consider reversing the trial location. The case centers on the Dearborn Street railroad station incident and related mail violations. Murphy faces ongoing appeals and potential trial relocation decisions.
W. Sherwood Simmons, a Civil War veteran and longtime resident, died at Corry Hospital after a brief illness following an appendectomy. He was 76, survived by his wife, four sons, one daughter, several grandchildren, and a great grand daughter. Funeral services will be held at his son Guy Simmons’s home, 1320 Spring Street, Wednesday at 2:00 PM with burial in Pine Grove cemetery.
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