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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1911
Page
8
R G Lindsley and Son Model Pharmacy at 3 First Avenue Corry Pa advertises hot water bottles as essential in sickness and a comfort in health. The copy claims the bottles are worth the price, offered with satisfaction warranted and touted as a good value.
Cambridge Springs Pa February 46 Knights of Columbus and families marched to St Anthony’s Church with a body from the Hotel Yonadhim for an offering to the St Andrew’s Church building fund. An evening concert in the hotel lobby closed the outing as many guests departed on trains, setting a new order record with at least two thousand attendees over the week.
John Kleiner, a 34 year old Austrian born American machinist, was taken into custody after authorities traced the manufacturing of a bomb in Lebanon Pennsylvania. A state expert at Harrisburg will examine the device contents and Kleiners status as a prisoner remains under official custody until the expert report.
A crowded listing of names and travels appears with many residents visiting Corry, Warren, and surrounding towns. Individuals like Allan Smith, J. Sy Jobus, and Mrs. Potts are noted visiting, returning, or planning trips to New York, Warren, Olean, and Wheeling. The item reads as a snapshot of daily movement and social calls across the region.
Cottage prayer meetings preparatory to the Walon Evangelistic service are advertised for multiple wards. Details list locations such as Mrs Banks on Maalsoni Street and Dr Greenies Maple Avenue with pastors and denominations leading each session. Additional gatherings occur at 24 Delaware Street and 40 East South Street with teachers named for each ward. The notices invite all ward members to attend these weekly meetings.
On February 27 in Irwin Pennsylvania John Smith aged 16 son of Jamen Smith proprietor of a general store at Westmoreland two miles east of Irwin was probably fatally burned when a keg of powder exploded in the cellar. He went to fetch powder for a customer and is believed to have dropped a wetted match into the explosive. The building was wrecked and caught fire. Smith was unconscious when rescued. The logs show he remains unconscious.
Edna Wambugh and Elizabeth Franey both seventeen planned to end their lives in the Central police station last night. Information reached police and thwarted the attempt as authorities investigated the article details and circumstances surrounding the youths.
A blaze in the drying room at F. D. Williams & Co. in Richmond, Virginia destroyed the building and machinery, damaged adjacent properties, and an estimated loan of 200000 to 260000 is noted. Four people were killed or injured in the incident.
A garbled OCR snippet lists partial items about a mill, a young person, a 39 an eight foot reference, a purchase by Bi gMbITrestor, and vague notes about a representative office hour. Other fragments mention a house, a box number, and Bon quire with no clear context or complete details.
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