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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
5
A jumble of community briefs, funeral notices, club announcements and stray ads. Items include church and lodge gatherings, a relief for a lost article, a funeral service details, weathered notices, a horseplay of small items, and local crime and accident notes with names like Nell Waters and Catherine Docker. The page sketches civic life in a small town with frequent references to streets, families, and local organizations.
Fragmentary text mentions instruction, names, addresses, and a public notice style with references to a Mrs Alma Spencer and a shopper context. Reading is hindered by garbled phrases and misread characters, but some proper nouns and locations hint at a community notice or event listing without clear details or outcomes.
Former post office worker John T Brew surprised by a banquet held at the Row House for his retirement and long service. About 50 post office employees gathered to honor him as Joseph Hanley and the post office officials praised his work and character.
A slaughter house belonging to Andrew Toom at Tule Center near Bellefontaine was dynamited. No casualties reported.
For sale or request read as nine room furnished cottage near Hindley Lake. Listing mentions Mrs HA Donn and French Crook NY. Adiross names appear garbled. Wording requests furnished room with bath and pits to contact Voters. Standard Sersw County is referenced but unclear.
Notice states the Public Library will open Monday afternoons and evenings and Saturday afternoons and evenings beginning Monday July 2 and continuing through September. Regular hours apply on other days.
Readable portions describe the Department of Agriculture enforcing penalties after diseased meat was found in multiple counties. An agent purchased tainted meat for five dollars and authorities confiscated the lot to prevent sale to the public, with officials in Washington and Westmorland counties investigating and warning meat preparers and sellers.
An incident near Venango describes a man bitten by a copperhead while picking wild strawberries. He was treated at a local hospital after the strike on his finger and hand. The injured man, Mr Smith, was en route to Belington for further care.
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