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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1952
Page
2
James Mendon of Sanford near Grand Valley died at his home at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral will be held at his late home Saturday afternoon with interment in Sanford Cemetery. Also notes community events and local notices including sales and elections.
The report lists adoptions and notices including residents admitted or addressed on River Lake and Union county roads, a city speed enforcement in Brussels Street arresting 34 violators at 45 to 66 mph, a weekly Friday night gathering at Columbus Fire Barn, and a Pennsylvania Bell Telephone hearing in Harrisburg about an $82 million rate increase, with 42 000 applications estimated and 130 000 peak in 1945, plus a Western Auto sign offering keys duplicated for 25 cents.
Mabel Shoppe advertises a summer sale while a July 4 shooting case ties up Mendville police. Tolliver, shot near a restaurant, is reported in good condition at Spencer Hospital. Hugene Hicks faces charges. Also reports on a club floor show and an Ashtabula arrest.
A 58 year old M F Dinty Moore, son of a league farmer, built a fireproof hotel in Montgomery Alabama, funding it with nickels saved since childhood. He recounts starting with 15 cents at age eight, then investing to buy a pocketbook, and later expanding into hotel ownership after carpentry and trucking incidents. The piece covers Moore’s labor, background, and motive to provide lodging in a city with few decent places to sleep.
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