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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1927
Page
3
Fragmented text presents a 19th to 20th century advertising voice arguing for plain durable furniture over ornate styles. It contrasts wall coverings and fabrics with simple, affordable domestic comforts, urging practical substitution and mid century living room ideals amid distracted garbled lines.
A fragmented discussion condemns roadside solicitors and hitchhikers as a social menace. It argues drivers, especially on busy highways, should ignore solicitations and notes a rise in idleness and vagrancy among youth. The piece links this to broader public safety concerns and urges firm measures.
An odd fragment discusses poetry and music figures with garbled names and questions about composers, performers, and a public wedding notice mentioning Margaret Bretherton and Roy Hjelfidman in Akron Ohio with bride Miss Margaret Moreland.
A garbled 1907 journal excerpt recalls school events, local addresses, and residents. Notes mention John Laibing’s house on Smith Street, Mary Bivene, and a trial tied to a high court, plus visitors Alderman Po Chunthortain and L. Mathisen.
Miss Armely Pranchina a 26 year old resident of Foote Avenue Jamestown was injured about the chest and arms when a heavy truck ran away and struck her on the Foote Avenue sidewalk around 6 PM She was taken to the city hospital where doctors reported her condition as serious At the scene witnesses said the truck veered off and struck her near Shine Street Police arrested two men aged 21 and 25 on related charges following the incident
Erie county officials announced a state plan to build nearly eight miles of new roads at an estimated cost around 1.2 million dollars. The projects include routes on Ashby, Lake, West Ridge and Kearsarge Waterford roads plus completing a link to Lawrence Park, with traffic routing benefits toward downtown Erie.
A fragmented radio schedule lists programs and performers across stations WEAF WPG KDKA WSAL WBAL and others. Entries include Capitol Theatre program at 6 20 pm Eastern William Simmons baritone Julia Claussen contralto and the Twilight Hour of Man with various times and stations. The notices read as a half garbled listing of 1940s era radio entertainment.
The Cleveland and Buffalo Transit company announced a new daily freight and passenger link between Erie and Buffalo via Cleveland. Officials visited Erie Mayor Williams to finalize plans, with boats alternating stops and space for automobiles. Warren post office workers push for summer half-holiday Saturdays.
Jones Kowalski a one year old boy of Suttonall Pittsfield township was drowned near the dam at Garland mill Friday. He slipped on boards at the dam breach while with his grandfather Jacob Kichleski and older brother Sunley. Rescue efforts continued until dark with Chief M Wideben Captain George Haehn and Fred Dusen among those assisting. The child survived by his parents two brothers and a sister. This marks the second drowning at the mill race once used for seventy years with a prior drowning thirty years ago at a nearby site.
Jamestown officials refused a Ku Klux Klan proposal to enter a propaganda float in the Centennial Parade. The Executive Committee of the Centennial Commission voted to deny permission, citing that parade entrants cannot discriminate by race creed or color. A representative from the state organization and other officials attended the meeting to oppose the plan.
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