Just a Parasrak Just a Parasrak Show
A brief note describes a Parasrak show with a playful tone and a hint of chill in the air. The event centers on performances and audience energy, capturing a quirky, informal vibe through local cultural coverage.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1934
Page
8
A brief note describes a Parasrak show with a playful tone and a hint of chill in the air. The event centers on performances and audience energy, capturing a quirky, informal vibe through local cultural coverage.
United Press reports a novel charcoal based fuel system promising one tenth the cost of ordinary gasoline. A small stove-like unit on a car rear uses smoldering charcoal with steam to power the engine, potentially transforming war and civilian transport with tested ranges up to 500 kilometres without refuel.
Erie February 20 Pennsylvania needs a sensible practical usable local government organization from the county down, said Attorney General William S Schnader at the Erie County Bar association banquet. He urged bar members across the state to tackle the vast task of reform noting 6,611 political subdivisions statewide, Philadelphia alone with 20 percent of the population has nine units for 217,000 people while the rest of the state has 5,602 units for 138 people each. He did not comment on state politics, though he is a potential governor candidate.
65 year old Oliver Witmer of 604 Third Street Oil City was seriously injured Friday night at his residence when a coal shuttle tripped him. He suffered two fractured ribs and a punctured lung after falling onto a protruding gas pipe while lighting a coal stove. He is in Oil City Hospital in serious condition.
Note changes in local auto distributing agencies. W. W. Waterhowe takes Plymouth and DeSoto Chrysler products and Diamond T trucks agency. First models expected on display soon. Two Waterhouse staff move to Thomas Motor Company to handle Chevrolet cars and trucks. Marjorie Sweet and Robert Bachomer transfer as employees at Clinton Street agency. Announcement also mentions John Stanton’s long association with the field.
Aneuron Franklin reports Feb 26 as Russell A. Graham, 13, and his mother and brothers witnessed the burial of his father Alonza A. Graham, 86, in Wel, after an argument over the radio led the son to stab his parent. Sheriff Beatty custody details, and the boy’s remorseful statements described a tense scene. Burial services occurred at a Doldcle church and Townline Church, with Rev. EL Sehulta presiding.
Stomach trouble often eased by sipping water and a morning dose of Adherika to cleanse the stomach and bowels. This column notes water substitute for meals and promotes a product from Keister's Cut Rate Drug store.
An advertising claim states that Lucky Strike cigarettes use only center leaves from tobacco plants. It argues center leaves are milder and fetch higher prices while top leaves are underdeveloped and harsh, bottom leaves coarse and sandy. The ad emphasizes the toasting process for throat protection and better taste.
Direct from the Peete Opera House Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time over the NBC Hed and Blue networks Lucky Strike presents the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York in the complete opera Lucia di Lammermoor.
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