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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1911
Page
6
An advertisement for Roxiford Fabric offering a fine cloth thatch paper with corny ruled or plain options suitable for display in a 9m box. The copy promises value and affordable pricing, but exact price details are incomplete or missing.
In sickness a hot water bottle is a necessity and in health a comfort. The Dain Reader from axl R. G LINDSLEY & SON Model Pharmacy at 23 First Avenue Corry Pa touts affordable bottles. Warranted to give satisfaction and as good as money can buy.
A stream of short notes records residents and visitors in Corry and nearby areas. Individuals travel to Warren, Jamestown, Buffalo, and New York for business and social visits while others report on local errands, hospital stays, and upcoming plans. Names include Allan Smith, George Heyway, O. Y. Smith, Miss Kyki, Miss Mandeville, and Mrs. Foley among many.
Camabride Pennsylvania Bath hosted a Knights of Columbus outing with 2000 attendees and 4 new records. After a church procession from the Hotel Vanadian to St Anthony's, offerings supported the St Andrew's charity. Guests returned to the hotel for a warm reception as winter weather ended and trains departed.
The Union Cottage Prayer Meetings for the Second, Fourth and other wards are set for this week at multiple homes including 7345 Lowe, 220 Delaware, 808 Hawt South, and West Frederick streets. Pastor Rankin, M. fi, Pastor Wallace, and Pastor Woodward lead the gatherings with Baptist and Presbyterian groups invited. Wednesday events also noted.
A jumble of 19th century snippets covers naming schemes for ships and toy lines, discussions of white star line boats, and a poet novel draft tale. It also mentions Congress Spring Park in Saratoga and state purchase plans worth 40000, plus notes on William Le Queux and Lewis Morriy revealing writing habits and a London Chronicle reference.
A major blaze began in the drying room of F. D. Williand & Co in Richmond Virginia destroying the building and all machinery and stock. Loss estimated between 200000 and 250000 with 50 persons killed or injured. Nearby tracks on a bridge near an American copper mine collapsed into a ravine leaving casualties.
Community theater notes show Amuse U Theater presenting Slyter Heauti Southern Drama With Sequos in Florida. A hint of walled drama and chembtey victures unfolds, drawing local curiosity about upcoming performances and cast.
John Kleiner, an 88 year old Austrian machinist, native of Aratria, was captured by state authorities in Lebanon as investigators probe a bomb making case. An expert examination will determine details. Kleiner is detained at the county jail awaiting report from a Pittsburgh expert.
In Irwin Pennsylvania on February 27 a keg of powder exploded in a cellar of a dwelling two miles east of Trewin. A 16 year old boy, John Smith, son of James Smith a grocer in Westmoreland City, was badly burned and likely fatally harmed. The building was wrecked and he was rescued unconscious from the ruins.
Police learned girl prisoners aged 17 intended to harm themselves in a jail cell at Central police station. They were overheard by a fellow inmate in an adjoining cell who alerted Captain Cleary, who confiscated items the pair had planned to use.
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