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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1939
Page
5
An OCR read yields a fragmented recipe with references to soup ingredients and preparations. It mentions potatoes pimento and various seasonings, aiming at a hearty cold weather serving. The text includes garbled notes on timing, temperatures, and methods, with several likely ingredient names and quantities blurred.
A garbled OCR of local items lists names of residents attending funerals, visits, and social events. Mentions Lena Thurston of Lemon Street, Clifford R. Jourdet, Arctica Region of Vain City representatives, Mrs. Milon Brown in Corry, and various residents from Union City, Erie, Cleveland, Titusville, and Grove Street visiting or traveling for familial or social reasons.
The regular monthly meeting of the Presbyterian church Ladies Aid Society was held Friday afternoon in the church parlors. President Mia I W Bickers led the business, Miss Latty Bimsteel read a New Year poem, and birthdays for M Fisher and John A Williamson were celebrated. A larger dinner followed at 4 o'clock with twenty two members and two visitors attending. The centerpiece featured four bouquets of flowers. The dinner committee included Mrs George Keele Mrs HL B MacLees Mrs Williamson and Miss Margaret MacDonald.
Mr. and Mrs Lloyd VanGuilder of Grand Valley Pa announce the engagement of their daughter Frances Elizabeth to Burl Van Guiliey of this city. No wedding date has been set.
Fourteen guests attended a birthday party at Mereomer’s home for daughter Mary Jon yesterday afternoon. Games were played and a further party feast followed with gifts given to the guest of honor by named attendees including Jorel Foster Maxine Beeharl Shisha Beckwith Mary Jo Hansen Eric Smith Phyllis Patt erson Patty ceilpbell Princes Marina Dowta Price and others.
Miss Adele Trimble will celebrate her 80th birthday at the home of Mrs. S. W. Brooks in Pleasant Township. Though confined to her bed, her keen mind and pleasant nature are enjoyed by friends who may call at a convenient time on Monday.
The body of Leonard Franz Prong of presumed home will be taken Monday morning to St Elizabeths Church for a service at twelve oclock. Rev. Gaal L Aleit will officiate followed by interment in the Bruny family cemetery.
Unclear text reports a meeting of the Erie County American Legion committee discussing unemployment and the emergency unit. Attendees include legionnaires from multiple towns such as Waterford, Wesleyville, Girard, Meadville, and Conneaut Lake with county and district officers named.
Fragmentary text describes peaks in the Himalaya with reference to elevations and named terms. The readable portion mentions an 24,003 foot figure and compares several peaks, but lacks clear attribution or coherent event.
Union City reports the death of Gall Evora Grice who died at Corry Hospital after a fall while climbing a ladder on Main Street. He had been ill prior to the accident and was taken to the hospital where he succumbed this morning. The body was later moved to the Glenn funeral home in Union City.
Fragmented text describes wind swept prairie chaos and a mangled note about a school, with garbled names and misplaced phrases. It references an unnamed person’s actions under clothing and suggests disorder in a rural setting. The readable parts imply confusion and incomplete reporting of local events.
An old advertisement touts Thompson's Barosma Compound Tablets claiming to cleanse the kidneys and eliminate body aches and bladder troubles. It urges readers to “accept no substitutes” and to purchase the product at their local drug store.
A written note extols macaroni as a good mixer fitting into many foods. It presents two recipes Macaroni Mousse and Macaroni a la Creme with ingredients like elbow macaroni milk bread crumbs pimiento cheese onions celery tomato and bacon. Both are designed as economical single dish meals with detailed steps and baking directions.
Jan 14 report from Pittsburgh markets shows steady demand and prices on many fruits and vegetables with notable items including apples, cabbage, potatoes, and white beans. dairy and poultry markets mixed with steady to higher prices on several items. overall activity reflects a robust wholesale trading day with multiple named varietals and regional suppliers. Key entries reference New York Baldwins apples, Kings, MacIntosh, Wealthies, Staymans, West Virginia, Jersey, Florida shipments, and assorted crates and sacks. cattle, hogs, and poultry prices listed alongside butter and egg price movements.
Harrisburg January 14 The long delayed self survey begun last year by the State Council of Education to aid in maintaining the commonwealths higher educational standards is nearing completion. The effort involves seven accredited degree granting colleges as part of a broader push to raise academic standards across the state.
The article traces rice cultivation in India linked to Divina and cites a mythic timeline to the twenty eighth century B C. It mentions Emperor Shen Nung holding rights to plant a special rice variety and four other blunted by primes of his tame fly in a historical narrative.
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