Local notes of visits and travel in Corry area
A long list of personal visits and travel notes across Corry and nearby towns. Mentions Harold Jewell, Thoms Ragon, Mist Annis Gray, J.B. Page, Erie, Union City, Jamestown, Meadville, Titusville, Kane, Dunkirk, and many residents visiting relatives, attending events, or going on trips to Buffalo, Jamestown, and across the region. Also notes hospital training exercises and a birth twin daughters to the Hawley family. Various local residents are cited with brief movements and gatherings through the period around the Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ows Banks
Union
Harold Jewell
Celoron
Thoms Ragon
Mist Annis Gray
Selender
J.B. Page
Erie
Neill Mefnnes
Rvineton
Walter Huss
Lake
Prank and Son
Union City
Claude Rhodes
Frank Geiger
Cirmount
Meadville
W. M. Schawfenberger
City
Ann Thomipson
Titusville
Ethel Yricks
Jamestown
J. J. Shannon
Youngsville
Corry
Stafford
Roy
Mrs. Sutton
Kane
Ciy
May O'Neil
Jett
Chanitauain
Master Walls Gordon
Salem
Hix
Mra Leo Gordon
O'Brien
Dunkirk
J. W. Winewall
Pottstown
Kate Viellor
Minima Howgard
Buffalo Anay
Bell Fambing
Hazald Wilwon
John Unseen
Miss Earth One
George P. Chase
Cooke Avenue
Jamestown Post
West Main Street
Gorm
Roy Keitz
H. H. Bight
East Main Street
Turnville
Ellen Hammond
Watts Plats
Olay
Bret Wilson
Page
Spring Creek
George Birney
OM City
H. R. Robinson
Greenlee
Ashatabule
Miy Howard
Warren
Vivien Johson
Florence
Marlon Doane
Doane
Wheelock
Coty Hospital
Appearance Not Deceptive Hospital Banter
A quip from the Houston Post about hospital care surfaces in which a patient jokes about frequent baths, remarking that patients sometimes receive baths more often than once a year. The exchange reflects light humor on hospital experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Post
Invention of the Inxy Pointsman and a Wire Signal
A historical note recounts an early signalman in 1816 who linked two stations with a wire to avoid walking between signals. He sat in his hut delivering nightly signals, was discovered, admonished, and promoted. A London chronicle excerpt adds a quirky anecdote about a bus conductor and a hesitant question about directions and a hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Finlay
London
Hangel
Severn
Hines
Munch
Bos
Hotle
Fragmented OCR Patch Highlights Cultural Missteps and Daily Life
A scrambled digest from a historical page covers a range of topics. It references a boat incident, a boy and three feathers, and a polite exchange about future care. It also discusses Japanese Buddhist terms, imitation in art, and a Buddhist canon, plus hotel workers and valet culture. The text includes opinions on Native American stereotypes and a May issue note about poetic phrases versus calendar time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Maneiald
William Winter
Muunsfield
Toland
Wad
Heaven
Wall Paper Borders Only For Quick Clearance
From our stock we closed out last spring a large selection of borders. To make room for other goods we offer them now at reduced prices.
Five Cents A Double Roll Sample Books Offer
An ad invites readers to browse sample books at a store offering paper and room brightenings. It promotes an opportunity to match up papers and possibly find something to freshen up a room.
Fragmented reminiscence on duty and marriage codes
A damaged piece recalls old social norms, focusing on widowers, loyalty, and a woman's role in family and work. It laments male fault, urges virtue, and questions financial burden in domestic life within a harsh social tone. The text hints at regret, guidance, and gender expectations in a historical context.
Children's Saying Snippets From A Busy School Day
A potpourri of humorous misreadings and child speak from a school scene. Tales include Willie’s quips about grown up life and dust, Marlon’s auntie’s candy, a toothless animal riddle, and a Sabbath mishap. Lecturer notes and student mispronunciations color the charming chaos.
Caught in a French Man’s Business Inquiries
A Frenchman visits an American businessman’s home and is met with evasive replies about the master’s whereabouts. On successive mornings he asks and receives replies that the master is not down yet, or not up, then makes a cryptic remark about the "mikator" being set to neither up nor down as his visit continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Vuleta
New York Sun
Fragmentary Dialogue in Odd Text
A garbled excerpt shows characters speaking in distorted phrasing about intellect and motherhood, with interrupted dialogue and nonsensical exchanges. The readable parts hint at a comic or surreal interaction lacking clear context or narrative coherence.
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UNO & Chapman
Bierman Ging
Bennett
Eva Blatchley
Pile
Alice Ward
Irvington
Mr. Heywang
George Heywang
Harry Hart
Tie
Mark Gray
Glyndon
R. F. Livermore
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Barberton Ohio
Chris. Hawley
Hatch Street
A. Ketcham
Open Meadows
Glaudia Brown and
Isabell Rickers
Famestown Journal
Elue Carrier
Fart Jackson
Sorrioy Wail
Howe
W. H. Coleman
Meeesport
Hity Gordon
Lakes
Joln Kobistes
Wayne Towner
Julya
van Alderson
George Hotter
Frances Mosher
Drs. Greenlee
R. D. Woolworth
J. Ralph Cox
Mabel
J. J. Cox
Spring Street
Findlay
Ohio
Cory
Sanane
Amuseu Theater
Princess Theater
Troy
Acivision
Thomas Downey
Prescription Drugglat
Lyric Theater
Lariamaman
Moronte Lawrence Inn
California
Vpausty
Tie Wike
Aingle Inck
Optician
D. Padoll
Apeciatist
Optometrin Ajax
North Center Street
Babbitt’s
Rexall Store
P.S
Oldifane Tonehoy
Alba Rady
Guily
Pablone
Halgli
Little Johnny
Little Obny
Naman
Mr. Flysel
Folly
Halike
Aline
Ahly Mus
Mamle
Willie
Marlon
New England
Ain Sall
Johany
Gaya
Adres
Chlidten
Hitleiri
Myna
Praeerlert
Piatved
Fearon
Ramarieer
Thala Ongy
Horney Phor
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