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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1947
Page
4
The piece outlines insects and arachnids that spread disease, noting bedbugs do not transmit illness while lice, ticks, spiders, mosquitoes, tsetse flies, deer flies, and mites carry various infections. It advocates cleanliness to control houseflies and reduce disease exposure from filth and garbage.
A charge of transporting liquor in violation of the prohibition law was preferred against an Erie man when arrested driving a Nash car on Columbus avenue containing five kegs of beer. Also noted: golf pro George Gurney to join Gerry Country Club. a birth and funeral notices. Ben F. Starr enters City Council race. a second language proverb note about Chinese education.
The article notes diminished celebration of Orangemen’s Day as many Protestant Irish emigrants left Northern Ireland, citing the 1940 census showing about 106000 natives of Northern Ireland in the United States. It recounts the 1691 Aughrim victory over James II and the Williamite succession, with references to Cromwell, the Boyne, and the 1688 landing of William of Orange.
In Mayville, jurors began selection for the first degree assault trial of Donald E. Bentley, 36, of Sturges street, with Judge Hugh V. Bodine presiding. Bentley, arrested April 21 after Paul Phillips, a 28 year old taxi driver, reported being shot, received treatment and was released from Jamestown General Hospital. Police say the defendant cited alleged attention to his wife as motive.
A reader’s quiz asks about Plato and the Apology on the afterlife, a recent Washington State special election result, two foods of the Greek gods, NMU, Irish rural fuel, the E boat naval vessel, armadillo anatomy, a corrected sentence, Alaska’s long river, and the British amateur golf champion at Camus... not enough readable facts to confirm specifics.
Fragmentary account notes the Society of Srmge established in northern Ireland in 1795 as England fought France. The text references plans involving James and a journey back to France during the period.
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