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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1913
Page
7
Fragmentary text describes various local items including health notices, a will, arrivals, police mentions, and town names. The garbled lines mention Millsville and Jotnwull with scattered figures and places, offering no clear cohesive event or outcome.
A young man seeking a room at Mrs Mary McCrowry’s home 321 West Twentieth Avenue stole a water heater and Mrs Word Chamonds ring after paying for the room. Police were alerted and detectives assigned. Captain Welsh warned residents to be wary of strangers renting rooms and to practice vigilance in housekeeping.
A historical piece discusses X rays used in diagnosing various ailments, listing internal tumors and chronic diseases. It extols Dr. Homer Herivel’s facility in Tut, NY and promotes radiography as a cure, naming treatments, products, and alleged medical breakthroughs.
In the court of Common Pleas of Green County a master is appointed to take testimony in the case Meeker v Green. The master will attend at King and Kincaid law offices in the city on June 28, 1911 at 10 o clock to take testimony. The respondent may appear and be heard.
Wanted a young girl for light daytime work for a few weeks at 312 Concord Street Canby. Also a second notice seeks a girl to pick stray berries for Mrs. W. I. Ewor in BR 1h 5. A third brief ad asks for a dishwasher at 3t Jumies, 2ou.
The fifty second annual commencement at Edinboro State Normal School began with a Sunday sermon by Rev. Rogers Sarnes of the Divinity of Erie. Alumni events, class day, and a senior play followed as diplomas were presented by Principal Baker with remarks on a vigorous year's work and prospects for state ownership and expanded manual training.
An explosion at a Western Pennsylvania Elks celebration in Shadewood near Ligionier killed Albert Kirnot, 64, of Pittsburgh, and injured about a dozen others. Kirnot and others reportedly loaded a three inch pipe with dynamite and powder, causing severe injuries to his back and head. several fragments struck attendees, though no additional fatalities were reported. The event drew forty one lodges of the Elks from western Pennsylvania.
Young men wanted to learn moulder's trade with wages from 1.75 to higher wages at H Page Holler Co Meadville Pa. Also needed furnace operatives and house heating laborers at The Wm Page Roller Co Meadville Pa. Painters and carpenters sought with steady work and good wages. Continental Rubber Works in Brice Pa seeks men married preferred for steady work and advancement. Duquesne Contracting Co seeks rough carpenters mule drivers and laborers for Penn Railroad near Concord.
Classified notices advertised piano phonograph records and numerous real estate offerings. Ads list Henderson Piano Co at 116 North Center Street Corry Pa for sale of upright piano and large stock of music, and a sale on March 1st at five cents a copy. Other entries promote houses farms and rental terms with local contact details and prices.
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