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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
5
The fragmentary text presents a brief note about a northern state event with scattered references and unclear details. Names, dates, or places are not clearly legible, leaving the exact subject and outcome indeterminate.
A long list of residents and visitors, including Walter Sperry of Sherman and Bishop Eastman, spend time in the city and with friends. Travelers from Titusville, Warren, Rockmere, and Dallas are noted along with local hosts and upcoming tax deadlines and races at the end of the piece.
The article reports a theft at the Weaver residence on the Park Street area around midnight. A man was seen in the pantry by sleeping household members on the second floor and fled after the alarm was raised. police found no one on arrival.
Washington May 21 The cost of the impending European war is described as immense beyond reckoning with estimates varying. Some say daily Union military expenses could reach 1 000 000 for 500 000 men, while others suggest annual per man costs around 1000, pushing total yearly costs toward 40 to 50 billion dollars. The figures rely on broad assumptions about conscription, agriculture, and trade disruption.
Reports from El Paso indicate a growing rift between Francisco Villa and Venustiano Carranza. Villa rejects peace terms and threatens to oppose recognition of Carranza, who is marching troops toward Mexico City as generals relocate south. Ammunition smuggling and large medical supply orders signal intensifying war readiness.
The funeral of the Page infant was held at two o'clock at the home of the parents east of Columbus. The child died Wednesday after scalding from hot water. The parents are well known locally and the remains will be brought to Wiselty for burial in Ping Grove Cemetery.
Charles Brigham, longtime Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive engineer, will retire August 1 and enter pension. He began with the long service on the Ol Greek railroad at Corry, later became engineer on the Pittsburgh to Buffalo division, and served as foreman on the Allegheny Valley line before transfer to Ol City yards.
An old ad copy touts Putnam's Extractor as a cure for corns and foot troubles. It claims quick relief and painless removal with a device marketed by Thomas Downey's. The prose emphasizes ease of use and reliability for various corn conditions.
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