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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1935
Page
5
J. S. Babbitt visited his father T. Babbitt and left for Wellsboro and points in the east. The note hints he may have used a finger nail in a death by his own action.
Four mushroom towns near the Fort Peck dam site on the Missouri River were wrecked by tornado and flood. Two cloudbursts left early yesterday and in twelve hours the villages Midway Park Grove New Deal and Wheeler were virtually destroyed. About 100 injured and hundreds homeless. Two unidentified dead and 200 families fled to higher ground as rising waters dropped quickly.
Mrs Charlotte Tiewis Lewis aged about 60 died at home about 9 30 this morning after a period of ill health She is survived by her husband a son James Lewis and a daughter Miss Hele Lewis A nurse at Genesee Hospital Rochester Funeral will be held at the late home Thursday at 2 30 p m then burial in Waterloo New York Rev Gilbert L Boyd Presbyterian pastor will officiate
The 28th Farnham family reunion took place Saturday July 6 1885 at Oecard Beach North East Pennsylvania with W C Wilson and family. About fifty five members attended a picnic dinner then a business meeting where Pred Wilson was re elected president Laverne Price vice president Gertrude Decker secretary treasurer Marguerite Wilson sang Face to Face with Jesus Mrs Hinima Price recited Landing of the Pilgrims Rev James Wilson spoke and it was voted to meet next year at the same place on the last Saturday in June. Boating bathing and visiting filled the day.
Herbert Wright aged four son of Mr and Mrs George N Wright of Chicago was playing with fireworks at a Findley Lake resort when a device exploded injuring his hand. He received medical attention and no serious results are expected.
Trading was active with heavy volume as many issues reached year high marks. Closing prices include American Can 140, American Locomotive unknown, Bethlehem Steel 804g, General Motors, Standard Oil and other major names in a broad market retreat.
Readable fragments show multiple business names and services including banks, electric stores, and publishing firms in a coastal region. The text lists Seers Bay and New York Stock Exchange references and mentions various companies such as Arkandas Gag-eas, Gun & Electric, and Lone-Star Gago West Pub Sery.
State board of pardons announced the assignment of newly appointed junior field agents to the Pittsburgh office of the Department of Justice. Walter Espy Anderson Mile Olver A. Brower Cheswick Joseph T. Bell George F. Schmitt Charles Ward Walter C. Rainey Pittsburgh sworn in yesterday and will begin work July 22 after training. Salary $2,040 a year.
The body of Miss Vera May Taylor of Driftwood Pennsylvania, who died at Emporium Saturday evening, was brought to Corry for funeral services this afternoon at 2 oclock in the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Gilbert Boyd officiating. Interment followed in Pine Grove cemetery. Attendees from out of town included Mr and Mrs A B Taylor Bina Taylor Theodore Taylor Miss Jewell Micke Glen Schoolmaster Mrs Edward Hogue and Mrs James Wilson of Driftwood. The report notes the North East fruit packing industry and TM Mcintosh's strawberry packing nearby, as well as berry shipments from Collins New York.
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