Corry notes from 1883 murder inquiry and local civic items
The Journal received an inquiry from Mrs. H. B. Shelton about a murder in Corry on July 4, 1883. Details are scarce. she seeks obituary material or parental names for the slain man, Jacob Wright, reportedly killed by a 14 year old Ansyl Johnson with an ax. The surrounding column also reports on local business, education, and social notes in Corry and nearby areas.
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Corry
H. B. Shelton
Shelton
Seattle
Wash
Journal
Waterhouse
Las Vegas
Eagle Pencil Company
New York City
Fonuding
Girl Scouts
John Zamborik
Columbs
Pennsylvania
Billy
Coletta McCaintock
Alpha Pst Omega
Fisher Auditorium
Indiana State Teachers College
Clair A. Johnson
Spring Street
Fort Dix
N. J
Iaser
Here
Union City
Reconsideration of drastic retrenchment plan at school board meet
Twenty years ago notes from March 14 1938 recount a special board of education session voting to prepare an alternate retrenchment program for 1933-34. Supt Ralph Dewey will draft the plan and a Sept 5 meeting will discuss it. Harley Drake joins police night shift amid floods from hillslope runoff causing street damage. Cory Barbers Association hosts first social at Lamons Barber Shop with 12 members. Rogs Miead president Ivan Smith secretary-treasurer.
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Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Pennsylvania
Corry
Hope College
Holla
Mich
Eugene Stoddard
B.D. Corry
Board of Education
Ralph 8. Dewey
Dewey
Guy Council
Cory Barbers’ Association
Lamons
Nanied
Rogs Miead
Ivan Smith
Installment buying booms near 1929 levels in 1953
The article notes a rapid rise in consumer installment credit through early 1953, reaching about 8.7 percent of personal income in 1952 and 24 percent higher in January 1953 than a year earlier. It cites FRB Regulation W history and ongoing credit control shifts affecting auto and durable goods sales. It highlights wages, debt positions, and liquidity remaining strong relative to prewar norms.
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Federal Reserve Board
FRB
U.S. Department of Commerce
Congress
Department of Commerce
O Eposits
United States Security
Tate
Fragmented quiz style note on memory and questions
A garbled prompt mixing questions about IQ scoring and memory with fragmented clues and OCR errors. It mentions December fogs abroad, Norse gods, Daniel Parke Custis and George Washington, Delaware, a right angled triangle, Midsummer Night's, and Hippolyta, with references to answers placed on a classified page.
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I. Q
Pama
Daniel Parke Custis
George Washington
Arez
Delaware
Bippolyta
Tie Union
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights on WBE
Tonight at 10:00 Tootsie Hipper leads the lineup followed by Kids and Co at 10:30 and Space Patrol at 14:00. Smilin Ed at :30 and Wild Bill at 1:00 share the afternoon slate with Your Schools and Victory At Sea at 2:00. Aldrich Family at :30, Hopalong Gassi at 2:00, Date With Jud at 3:30, This Is Your 1 at :00, News Weather at 11:00 and Final Sports at 11:10 close the day with Tilm Playhouse at 20:15.
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WBE
Tonigh
Kids and Co
Space Patrol U
Aldrich Family
Jud
This
Tilm Playhouse
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Vermont
J.kee
Milton Nicks
Joseph Sherwood
Spartansburg
Emmett Riehart
Department of Public Instruction
Allegheny College At
Meadville
Carrlex
Roger Jackman
R. D
Corr
Anc
Philippine Republic
Amazon
Harley Drake
Prospect, Street
Polles Department
Seneca Street
NASH
R. E
Buck" Cross
Wattsburg - Erie
Hannel
Niederriter Co
Sundat Christopher
Joan
Red Skelton
Sothern
TV Playhouse
the Doster
Montgomery
Marshall Sherwood
Kinley
Insurance Agency
Odin Gas Range
Philco Refrigerator
Philco
Norge Refrigerator
Hamilton
Tiedarriter
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