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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1950
Page
2
Basketball action reported for Wednesday night at 8 30 at State Armory with the Corry Legion Rockets facing Harbor Creek. Also noted are local notices from Jamestown and Brocton areas including appointments, arrests, labor disruptions, and a car for sale with various regional references.
Firemen from Bradford and Limestone battled flames at a newly drilled well one mile north of Limestone. Gas from a pocket near the 800 foot mark ignited by a forge blast set off dynamite sticks. Oil flowed and caught fire, ash and foam moved in with drilling tools, bull wheels, and equipment destroyed.
Emergency call limits at Corry Hospital and a list of recent admissions and discharges from local residents. Includes notes on state police, duty at the Harrisburg Farm Show, and several scattered community items such as restaurant ads, court verdict in a 1949 auto accident, a Home Grown Stores association meeting, Crawford County Park and Fair Association leadership, local business notices, a jury draw for February term, church event details, and a New York property trespass sign note.
In Meadville a jury ruled in favor of M. B. Hodges of R. D. G. Meadville, denying Patrick E. Big Bins of Sharpsville a damage suit after three hours of deliberation in the January court term. The decision states Hodges was not negligent in the Route 8 accident near Meadville in 1946. The report also notes community notices and local happenings, including dog licenses and a hospital discharge.
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