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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1919
Page
6
A jumble of classified sale ads and rental notices appears. Items include FOR SALE automobila piano, Studebaker cylinder, uprights, new player pianos, phonographs, and various household goods. Also listed are buildings for removal, rental rooms, and farm stock with prices and contact hints. Names and addresses are scattered, reflecting a busy late 19th or early 20th century urban classifieds page.
Classified rental notices describe furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in multiple locations. Listings mention four rooms, rooms with bath, proximity to streets and stores, and inquiries at posted addresses. Some entries include partial names and street references, with varying legibility.
Fragmentary notice describes a lawn mower service item with unclear phrasing and several garbled names. The readable bits indicate a sale or guarantee action followed by stray identifiers. Further details are unreadable in the OCR fragment.
Audits Hux 70 Route a Gor 1 au POR SALE Mew 81 Steinke er sie Pail a EA Sail. Ayel
Corporal Thomas E. O'Shea of M. G. Co, 107th Infantry, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry near Ly Catelet France on September 20, 1928. He and comrades moved from a shell hole under heavy enemy fire to aid their line, was mortally wounded while aiding others, and died soon after in Summit, New Jersey.
Private Frank Gaffney of Company G 108th Infantry earned the Distinguished Service Cross for conspicuous gallantry near Konssoy Meines on September 29 1918. He advanced alone after his squad fell, destroyed an enemy machine gun position, killed the crew captured the gun bombed others and held the position until reinforcements arrived, with eighty prisoners taken. His home is Lockport New York.
John J. Farrell of Company B, 354th Infantry reports Private Burrell, now deceased, was decorated for gallantry near Renin ville on November 1, 1918. Burrell left his squad to charge the enemy with a machine gun, drew fire, and enabled the advance before succumbing to wounds.
Preparations for a giant 260 by 116 foot screen to honor the Methodist Centenary in Columbus from June 20 to July 1. A special lantern will project images from a steel three sided structure with four story building foundations. Estimated cost eight thousand dollars.
Columbia University professor in charge of exhibits and scenery for the Methodist Centenary Celebration in Columbus from June 20 to July 13. Plans include a world exhibit with domestic and foreign pieces, arranged to be appropriate and effective, following prior shows in Boston Chicago Baltimore and Providence. The figure has designed exhibits for past international venues and has studied and worked abroad.
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