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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1911
Page
2
A windstorm struck the Robbinson Brothers circus in Union City as crowds entered the main tent. Pole collapses caused injuries and three women fainted from fright. Side walls were damaged but the show resumed later in the afternoon.
The Salvation Army held its annual Fourth of July outing at Coolegrave's Grove with Captain Smith promoting the event. Wagons carried attendees in a festive start to a day of games and amusements praised as the best Army picnic in Corry. The closing tribute honored the late Tom Nugent at his Ridge Street home with Rev Father Tracy officiating. Relatives came from out of town including Alberstedt and Nugent families from Hele Mulon City and Mulon City.
Notice that the partnership known as Perkins Bros. is dissolved by mutual consent. J Byron Perkins will continue the business and settle the late firm accounts. Dated Courtly, Pa July 5, 1941.
We thank our neighbors and friends for their floral offerings and for the many notes of kindness shown after the loss of our father. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Jon. Mover and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Paul, Wm. Brownlee.
This afternoon Willie Shuss, son of Mr and Mrs Walter A Shuss, was lighting a mortar when a tilower pot exploded. He suffered severe burns to his hand and was taken for treatment.
State Police announce a meeting scheduled for July 10 with attendance required for officers and staff. The order emphasizes compliance and notes supervision by Captain in charge.
Meadville in western Pennsylvania will receive an armory funded by a 425000 share of a 2000000 appropriation approved by the State Legislature this session for armory construction. Harrisburg dispatch notes that four communities in the Capitol District are nearing securing new armories from the 3000000 allocated for two years. York Pottsville Meadville Bradford are among those offering, with June start dates for allocations and construction to follow.
Morgantown West Virginia July 5 Mrs John Prothroe is dead from terrifie burns suffered two weeks ago last Friday She was a former member of Rhondda Glen club of South Wales and a noted singer She came to Morgantown with the Choir about two years ago John Froth ee heard her sing and soon their wedding followed Mr Prothros is a well known employee of the Subranton plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company
London Kentucky July by John R Horeing an attorney son of the late Congressman Vincent Goreing was stabbed below the heart and seriously wounded at Manchester Kentucky by D W White former judge of the county The stabbing arose from a dispute over a suit Horeing filed on behalf of Timmon Harcourt of Chillicothe Ohio Boreing and his client visited White’s residence to discuss the case and a quarrel followed.
At a Fourth of July family reunion in Allentown Mr and Mrs Tugman Schadt presented each of their seven children and their spouses with deeds to houses valued around twenty thousand dollars in total. The retired wholesale grocer urged patience industry and obedience to God in his address to the families.
The fragment describes the earliest English letter to Sir John Pelham dated March 2 1389, noting Latin predominance before Edward III and the shift to English in written correspondence during his era. It also mentions festive dishes, a Christmas board, and random clippings about performers and a brass trombone player.
Fragmentary OCR lists names including Horace Hanky J.C. Kepler DP McMurren Charles Roell and Charles McKay with scattered adverbal terms dated May 5, 1021, suggesting a column of advertised or unclaimed letters and correspondent initials in an old newspaper notice.
Last evening reports circulated that Francia Slattery of Elk and W Wayne Stevet was terribly burned by a firecracker and lost sight in one eye. Later notes said the boy’s condition improved. he was able to be about his home with no serious results expected.
Peter McMahon was hit by a streetcar near the old brick yard road, losing a hand. He was found unconscious beside the track, carried to Jerry Hospital after the eastbound trolley stopped, and received medical aid.
The ad touts Parisian Sage as a guaranteed remedy for dandruff and hair loss, claiming a two week cure with a money back guarantee. It cites Dr Lagerbund and N. F Ames & Co as distributors, includes a testimonial from Mrs. John Stoner and mentions global forests to fill space.
A detailed description outlines a gable roof extending over a broad porch with dormers and a cornice supported by trickets, featuring a two story white enamel front and birch interior. The 40 by 32 foot house offers heating and plumbing excluded, priced at 1000 dollars, with a complete presentation package for 25 dollars from editor Glenn L. Salton.
The text describes early Roman laws in the so called twelve tables created by the Decemviri around 350 BCE. It notes a revision of earlier laws with some new provisions said to have been imported from Greece by three commissioners sent to Athens. The completed code was engraved on twelve ivory or bronze tablets and publicly displayed.
The piece traces coffee's rise after 1052 as fashionable in London, its decline after a decade, and a 1003 backlash led by ministers who mock and condemn the beverage as a moral threat. By Charles II, coffee houses were widespread in villages, showing the fashion cycle and public sentiment.
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