This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1940
Page
7
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a bank, a deer, a city refuge, and a warden. It includes scattered names and places such as Manhattan, Nebraska, and Georgia, with unclear actions and outcomes. The readable items point to a local incident or note rather than a full event.
Corry and vicinity sportsmen collect and stock food for small game, while Corry High athletes and a local lineup watch amateur championships at Kane. Reports note Olson's Original Terrible Swedes visiting, plus gun league success, Antler Bowling League changes, and upcoming doubles tournament at Recreation Alleys with nineteen signed competitors.
Aluminum as architectural metal blends decorative sheen with structural strength, enabling bold forms and lightweight construction. Architects embrace its versatility for façades, frames, and intricate details, pushing modern design toward resilient, versatile occurrences.
Corry High School Beavers edged Girard 19 to 14 in Erie County Class A action. Pat Greene led with 8 points, Chuck Williams added 5, while McCoy and Daggett each scored 5 for Corry. Shollenberger and Daggett contributed early scores for Girard.
New York. January 20. Thirty one New York Yankee contracts, totaling more than 300000 dollars, are in the mail to players. President Ed Bartow disclosed only one cut, while Lefty Gomez and stars like Joe DiMaggio are expected to receive raises. Names cited include Charlie Keller Joe Gordon Atley DeKald Martin Russo and Rube Danlezen.
New York Yankees president Ed Barrow will be awarded a plaque for meritorious service to baseball over many years at a New York ceremony in late February. The event is noted by baseball writers and reported by The New York Journal.
Glenn Ownningnam world indoor mile record holder eyes first win of the season at eight furlongs in a handicap, facing nine opponents at the Grover Cleveland Osceola Club games. The race, at the Seventh Regiment Armory, lists Dig Beerali as a top challenger while weather delays Junior High basketball in Youngsville.
United Press reports from San Francisco that Will Goggin of San Bruno, unemployed, won his way into the San Francisco match play open quarterfinals. Goggin defeated Lawson Little of Los Angeles and Clayton Heamer of Linville, N.C., and will face Byron Nelson of Toledo, Ohio, in the next round. The Nelson-Gosein match also appears on the quarterfinal card with Dick Metz, the defending champion.
Durham North Carolina January 20 1926 President W C Bramham of the National Association of Professional Minor Baseball Leagues returned working agreements of 10 clubs to the St Louis Cardinals upon request of Branch Rickey vice president Aliskey requested the agreements until some points in Commissioner Landis seven warning were clarified He did not say the agreements would be canceled but indicated some such action might be taken
Heavyweight clash delayed from Monday to Thursday next week as promoter Brian McDonald announces the postponement. Oak Park's Underton Smith, New York's Graig Wood, Ed Oliver of New York, Long Island's Jimmy Hines, and Houston's Jimmy Demaret are listed among participants in the event tied to Luslek's Galland Open.
The Pan American games committee of the AAU began planning a Pan American Olympic meeting in the United States for July. Judge Pekeen T. Mahoney of New York heads the committee, which met at the New York Athletic Club, as cities vie to host the event and Philadelphia and Los Angeles pledge strong backing.
Red Rolfe the third baseman known as Red asks a substantial raise from the reported $15,000 he earned in 1989 and warns there may be some trouble in securing a new deal.
Eddie Mead will fly to Los Angeles Thursday to resolve disputes between the California Athletic Commission and welterweight champion Henry Armstrong. The California ring body threatened to suspend both manager and fighter unless Armstrong proceeds with a scheduled bout against Defering Garcia on February 22 in Los Angeles. The champion withdrew last Sunday claiming sponsor Hollywood American Legion post refused to allow Black fighters at Hollywood Stadium. Also reported are basketball results: Bucknell 58 Dickinson 37. Kansas State 32 Nebraska 25. Utah 47 Wyoming 33. Stanford 39 California 32. Colorado 68 Dew 39. Washington 39 Oregon 9. Duquesne 49 Wooster 40. Waynesburg 67 Fairmont 41. Grove Ohio 32 in its bid for Pan-American window games in February 1941.
Corry High reserves overwhelmed Girard High seconds 48 to 17 in a Reserve League game before the varsity clash at Girard. Paw Wroer scored 17 for Beaver, while Mfc Clure'e led Girard with 5 points as Corry built a solid opening lead and never trailed.
New York Jan 20 Parker Hall a rookie guard from the University of Mississippi was named the National Football League's most valuable player for 1939 by the Professional Football Writers Association of America He will receive the second annual Joe F Cammi memorial award established to honor the league's founder Mel Hein Giants center won the first award The Phalany five will lead Jamestown tonight to meet Coli Pahy HE quintet in the Armory Aly at 8 o'clock
A compact ad lists multiple patent medicines and groceries including Pertussin, Najol, Diapepsin, Absorbine, and Cascara tabs. Household items like Trusses and liver tonics, cosmetics, and a full Parke-Davis vitamin line are shown alongside a complete Page & Shaw Candies and cigars section. Prices are provided for many items, with emphasis on low-town pricing.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.