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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1912
Page
2
Ninety Denver dentists joined a dispensary fund contributing one dollar monthly for poor city children. Each member also pledged to donate half a day monthly of professional services to the charity.
Frank Say reports his Center Street shop was broken into by burglars using a rear window entry. Thieves took watches, revolvers, rings, razors and about $2.50 from the cash register, leaving the safe intact. They exited via the rear door as a patrolman saw no one nearby about two in the morning.
South Scranton residents protest a mine order alleged to threaten underground stability. Superintendent Tobey, of the Lackawanna coal company, defends operations while property owners form a fund and consider a tax day campaign to contest the plan.
Dry goods clothing shoe dealers racket stores paper and paint shops have signed an agreement to close Wednesday afternoons for the remaining July and August period. The move affects several business sectors and aims to provide a uniform half day intermission during the summer season.
A Moy Seagia meeting last evening decided to locate the camp two miles south of Clymer on Brokenstraw Creek. The site offers bathing, camping space, and a nearby field for a ball ground. Telephone access via nearby pine, with Rev Woodward as chaperone guiding about fifteen scouts beginning Monday.
The N. T. Club, a social group of about a dozen high school girls, plans a ten day trip to Sherman’s Bay on Chautauqua Lake. The party includes Murray, Lyons, Young, Wells Mackies, Hogwang, Wilcox, Whit Healy, Weaver Hoenes Drought Cal kins and Zerry of Elkins W. Va. Chaperones are Misses McKinney and Sarah Breene, with additional supervision expected, promising a well organized excursion by the club.
July 1 report from Wispor states Benjamin Hellande, 28, is dying at Hamet hospital after being shot five times. Mrs Lucretia Corgiull, 25, mother of three, is jailed charged with the shooting. Police say she rushed from the street with a baby, claiming Hellande had bothered her and was a frequent caller at the Corgiull home.
The Erie Times reports Pennsylvania railroad interests have gained control of the Edinboro Trolley line linking Cambridge Springs. Plans include through service from Erie to Meadville and a Meadville Titusville line, creating a connected system to reduce delays and improve connections for Crawford county travelers. The Edinboro segment has long offered strong service, while earlier connections at Cambridge Springs caused transfers and uncertain connections between Cambridge Springs and Meadville.
Meadville July 19 A stone mason Ar tue Gtlndred recalled placing wedges between stones during an old building repair to block a historic jail escape. The tale emerged as workers today removed parts of the old structure revealing how the past concealment was done and progress moves to clear evidence before a new extension begins.
In Lorain County a Nickel Plate excursion train derailed on a trestle over Kiesman Creek killing 19 year old Anthony Anthony, son of Charles and Mary Anthony of 1525 Walnut Street, and injuring 22 year old Henry Neumer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neumer of 2125 Myrtle Street. Both were traveling from Conneaut to Chicago on a two week vacation when the wreck occurred.
Cambridge Springs News reports Pennsylvania Central railroad has a switch at Cambridge for holding cars of wheel and ties for the new extension to the resort. General Manager W J Smith has 20 to 30 men at work with several hundred rails and other materials ready. Crews to expand as rails arrive, targeting rapid progress from Tryonville toward Meadyike, with completion hoped by early November.
A new scouting trend urges Boy Scouts to study road construction and highway systems. Led by James I Went chief scout executive, with cooperation from the agriculture department and the Good Roads group, the program aims to develop observation, practical knowledge, and public highway appreciation. Merit badges are planned to recognize advanced training in the movement.
The readable fragments describe a women’s issue or aid matter but lack clear action, names, places, or dates, leaving only vague references to welfare and hardship. The item appears as a damaged newspaper snippet with insufficient details to determine the exact notice.
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