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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1928
Page
7
Readable phrases describe a sports moment involving a game, a police stop, and a player referenced as a hero. Other details are garbled, with multiple names and places missing or corrupted. The fragment lacks a clear outcome or identifiable entities to fully define.
Titusville officials seek to align with other municipalities in pushing to divert part of highway funds. The move aims to let cities receive a portion of motor fuel tax revenue, currently allocated to the state Department of Highways, to cover street improvements and traffic costs. Local leaders plan lobbying, with Robert Garland of Abe Pitlabaseghety council coordinating efforts to persuade lawmakers.
Rev F D Smock announces Sunday services at 10 AM and 2 PM at Wayne Valley A M E Zion Church. Dinner served with Ladies Aid assisting. attendees bring food. Free will offering to support church. Miss Lorna Koplin of Cleveland arrived. visiting Miss Thurzn Bly.
Kane July 18 Depers owners intensify precautions after theft of several hundred dollars of merchandise from Sims Brothers store in Wilcox. Police traced burglars fleeing toward Kane after using a side street near the Pennsylvanian rail station. Metsger Wright store burglary earlier that Sunday yielded no loot. Evidence suggests car parked 245 to 220, with robbers passing between store and car keys.
London July 18 United Press reports Dr James B Murphy of the Rockefeller Institute outlined a cancer theory at a conference asserting the disease is caused by fermentation within the body rather than a living virus. He contrasted his view with Gye Barnard’s prior claim of a cancer virus, noting experiments with filtered extracts that produced tumors in chickens without any living virus remaining.
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon reached Paris from America on July 18 and traveled by car to Dinard accompanied by his brother and other family members. The French Finance Ministry reported Mellon had no formal meetings scheduled there.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reduced rates by 25 percent on shipments of fresh grapes from the Chautauqua and Erie belts to eastern points. The ruling found existing charges from New York and Pennsylvania counties as unreasonable and aimed to curb competition with California grapes. The new rates take effect September 1, lowering charges from second to about sixty percent of first class.
Beaverdam notes detail a July 17 gathering at Mrs Pred Doolittie's near Wattshirg with eighty attendees, proceeds from the A. B. Lanies Aid, and several out of town visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cook and Mrs. Louisa Fields. It lists many local households hosting or visiting, plus a birth aboard the Carbaugh family and a Union City minister's visit.
Ten people died when a passenger train collided with a freight train at Gronier near Warsaw. Passenger cars were demolished in the wreck, with details limited to the incident and location.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference refining college course content at Noa High School with scattered city mentions including Birmingham and Mobile. The legible items mention a hat band and ear drum imagery, but lack coherent events or dates.
Comic strip caption reveals Etta Kett Barney tricks Etta L in a humorous quilting exchange. Characters use playful slang as mischief unfolds over a fabric trade. The scene suggests a light hearted sequence typical of the strip’s recurring rivalries.
Mrs Anna McDionu attended Union City church on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Doc Cummings of Covey visited their mother Mrs Flora Follett. A J Fisk and son Gerald of Wattsburg joined Floyd Dougherty family for Sunday evening. Ray Bradley traveled to Pittsburgh to visit daughter Mrs Gr Willmarth and others for about two weeks. Various relatives including Mr and Mrs Eben Chillée and Mrs Bessie Carbaugh spent the weekend nearby Union City. Several local residents attended gatherings and visits across Meadville Corry and Union City area.
A garbled ad style note touts a stock market reporter as relief for investors. It claims expert investment counsel will reduce the burden of selecting securities and promises to prepare readers to protect capital through informed decisions.
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