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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1936
Page
7
Readable fragments recount Columbus High School events from a Friday meeting. Essays reference Gulliver's Travels and political topics. debates with North East and Youngsville noted. student columns and class mock plays feature seniors juniors and teachers. local chatter about skating dam antics and daily school life.
The Erie Real Estate Board joined the Erie Improvement League in calling for a one mill reduction in the 1981 county tax rate. Representatives urged the commission to cut taxes at Tuesday hearing, warning that a one mill cut could leave a deficit over 11,000 by year end. A mass meeting at the courthouse was planned for Tuesday night to push the proposal, with officials to set the new rate at Wednesday’s regular session.
Mas 40 Floyn Steiner of Smethport fell from a telegraph pole about 12 feet near Mt. Jewell and was injured. He suffered fractures to his neck and arm. He was taken to Summit Hospital by ambulance. Steiner had worked 20 years with Bell Telephone. He had been in Smethport four years, relocating from Dubois.
Dizzy or backache sufferers urged to cleanse kidneys with Thompson's Barosma Tablets. The ad claims Barosma stimulates the system and aids elimination for the kidneys and bladder. Golden-Lax Tablets are recommended as a laxative to use with Barosma. 250 at drug stores.
Enrollment figures from Works Progress Administration adult education programs show over two hundred students benefiting in Corry with five teachers managing classes. The page lists subjects including dramatics, business, music, Americanization, and public forum, with totals across the county for Americanization, nursery school, parental education, and workers education.
Eight year old Alexander Scarfo was struck by a car while stepping from curb near Byoul street and Notin Brogg. He suffered a skull fracture and critical injuries, transported to County General Hospital in serious condition. Pedestrian Kenneth Geist, 9, witnessed the accident and aided bystanders at the scene.
District Attorney Mortimer E. Graham indicated he will seek a Superior Court ruling to decide if marble machines fall within gambling device definitions. The case centers on whether machines indirectly enable gambling, with Judge Kitts’s interpretation guiding possible appeals. An electric device advertised as an electric spiller appears in Santa Cruz, signaling industry changes as the machine age progresses.
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