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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1926
Page
5
Amherst lightweight Matt Silverman will not accept a $5,000 offer to box as a professional. His father says Matt will not forsake a boxing career regardless of financial inducement. The promoter Lew Ray forwarded the proposal and the offer was paid today.
The appropriations committee reported an appropriation bill carrying $784 for the State Justice Commerce and other departments for the west fiscal year. Miss Leona St. Clais traveled to Warren for the overnight visit with friends as the bill seeks $2233.408 in extra funds.
Personal notices record Mrs. C G Reiber visiting Meadville with aunt Mrs Clute of Caoneaut Pa. Attorney Blaine Kincaid returns from Erie. Various family members travel to attend funerals, services, and reunions in Meadville Bradford Warren Erie and surrounding areas.
United Press reports the Susquehanna River flood affecting Columbia and nearby boroughs on February 26. Ice jam threats raised water levels to around 16 feet, with several streets and portions of the Pennsylvania Railroad infrastructure inundated.
Mrs Albert Coons and George Turner were arrested by Patrolman Ruppersburger on disorderly conduct charges. They received ten days in the city jail after a hearing before Port Porter. fines were unpaid and default sent them to jail. The husband of the woman had pressed the complaint amid alleged force proceedings.
A powerful storm battered the Gulf Coast into the Mississippi Valley causing extensive property damage and multiple deaths. The path left trees uprooted roofs damaged and farmers hard hit as towns counted losses and continued cleanup efforts amid freezing tempera tures.
Readable fragments show diverse firms including Bethlehem Steel General Motors Studebaker and Union Pacific among others facing varied closing notes. Several oil and rubber companies listed such as Pure Oil Shell and Goodyear appear mixed with railroad names like Canadian Pacific Missouri Pacific and Reading.
Fragmentary text lists a jumble of apparently misread market names, firms, and individuals, with scattered references to rye cheese butter dairy and states. No coherent event or outcome is discernible.
A narrator reports a physician promoting a single dose May's Veaderh as a cure for long standing stomach liver and digestive ailments. The text claims one dose removes certain pains and improves multiple conditions with endorsements by J. D. Condra and others.
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