Death by own action blamed on spring creek troubles
Corry Evening Journal notes a death attributed to home troubles in Spring Creek, recalling old Corry items from 1880. It mentions a July 6 1880 Evening Press edition, funeral notices, attendees at a congression al convention, post office duties of Maggie Kern, Fourth of July celebrations, races, speeches, and a city financial snapshot with real estate valued at 982 637 dollars and debt near 160 000 dollars, plus local advertisers and hotels.
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West Pleasant Street
Corry
Tvening
Menno
Colegrove
Wilson
Veterans of Foreign Wars celebrate eighth anniversary
The Lieut Archie W Thompson Post VFW marks its eighth founding anniversary with a big birthday party this evening featuring an entertainment program and luncheon. Also: radio highlights for the week and local notices including a coroner review of an accidental death, corporate leadership rumors denied, and community events in Corry Pennsylvania.
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Archie W. ‘Thompson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jnuit
Third Alarm Grand Feature At Grand Theatre
The Tiffany special feature The Third Alarm presents firemen as heroes through Emilie John Soh's story, directed by Emory Johnson and recorded by RCA Photophous vehicles. The tale portrays a fireman's sacrifice and life risking courage, emphasizing the value of life amid deadly blazes.
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Bureau of Motor Flats
Highway Department
Parguoxica
Monster Poe
Tiffany
Grand Theatre
Emilie John- Soh
Emory Johnson
RCA
Youth slain as bandits rout in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on March 16 an 18yearold youth, Michael Susko of Pittsburgh, was killed during a botched robbery of the Penn Barbecue on Library Road. Three accomplices fled. one wounded, one car used for escape. Proprietor Louis Passerello said the cash register with $500 had been taken weeks earlier. Employee Louis Micco fired during the break in, wounding Susko.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
New Penn
Library Road
Here
Arichael Susko
Susko
Louis Passerello
Alex Passerello
Louis Micco
Micco
Passerella
City Council Meeting Canceled. Next Session Set for April 6
City officials announce that tonight’s City Council meeting is called off marking a third consecutive month with business moved to a single session. The next meeting is scheduled for April 6 as plans proceed for the city boys’ bird-hunting contest organized by Harry Spicer of the Boys' Work committee and secretary O. M. Hongst with a forthcoming announcement.
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Harry Spicer
Boys' Work Committee
O. M. Hongst
Internal Pile Remedy Hem-roid by Dr J Leonhardt
A history ad claims heaps are caused by bad blood and weak circulation in hemorrhoidal veins and promote Hem-Roid as an internal cure. It asserts 1000 patients treated with 960 recoveries and sells Hem-Roid Tablets through Kelster’s Drug Store to end pile misery.
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Leonhardt
Kelster
Arch Whitman Slashes Throat in Home There
Despondent over domestic troubles Archie Whitman 47 a Spring Creek blacksmith died by self inflicted throat slashing with a straight razor at his home. Neighbor Fred Brown found the body in the living room and alerted authorities. Coroner Ed Lowrey said Whitman was standing when he cut, blood drying from the stove heat. He left a wife Mrs. Lillian Whitman and children Lloyd Charles Edna May at home and Irene Anderson of Corry.
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Archie Whitman
Spring Creek
Alexander & Company
Fred Brown
Wieman
Brown
Whitman
Ed. Lowrey
Theman
Warren
Lowrey
Alexander ScCompany
Lillian Whitman
Lloyd
Charles
Edna
May Whitman
Irene Anderson
Corry
Quiz man for fire claiming two lives
Police questioned Charles Mountz as a possible arsonist in a fire that killed William Nugent, 8, and Thomas Nugent, 4, in a Reading two family house. Three siblings survived serious burns, while the Traynor family hosting a drinking party faced police inquiries after the blaze.
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Tae ‘Reading
Charles Mountz
William Nugent
Thomas
Ishale
William Traynor
Traynors
Mouitz
Weather reports from British Air Ministry offices
Weather reports now issued from the meteorological office of the British air ministry are based on information supplied by nearly 600 air stations in Europe and western Russia.
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Meteorological Office
British Air Ministry
Burope
Russia
Loot Recovery and Five Youths Held Over Weekend
Police reported recovery of about 100 dollars in loot and 12.60 stolen from Sorry Public Library as five local youths face parole hearings. Two arrests Friday night and two more Saturday evening tied to thefts from automobiles and half a dozen stores. Authorities blame lack of home discipline and urge parental cooperation in supervising youths to curb delinquency.
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Spolice
C. B. Porter
Sta. Ond
Sbe
Batdorf On Trial For Killing Of Cripple
Eugene Batdorf one of three men indicted for murder in the slaying of crippled Charles Hammon a 22 year old gasoline station attendant during an attempted robbery in Pittsburgh last September 20 Batdorf and George C Skidmore and Henry White alias Lecillino face trial Skidmore and White are not yet apprehended Leonard J Skidmore and Frederick Dutton charged as accessories also go on trial today
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Winey Ores
Pittsburgh
Mar
Eugene Batdorf
Batdorf
George C. Skidmore
Henry White
Lecillino
Charles Hammon
Skidmore
White
Leonard J. Skidmore
George
Frederick Dutton
Brothers go on trial for single murder
Leo v Brothers faces trial in Chicago for the murder of Alfred J Lingle a Tribune reporter. The opening session featured a dispute over state witnesses with Tyrell V Krum seeking names of out of city witnesses. Brothers greeted his mother and sister through jail bars and showed her photographs of his past service and jobs.
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William E. Hallberg
United Press
Chicago
Leo v. Brothers
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Joseph Sabath
Tyrell V. Krum
St. Louis
Lingle
Rose Jessen
Wsther Dick
Rotation of New England forests yields mixed timber
The passage notes that in New England, after conifer harvests like spruce or pine, the regrowth tends to be deciduous species such as maple or birch. It emphasizes a regular rotation pattern between wood types in the region.
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New England
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Corry Evening Journal
OLD Corry Evening Press
S. A. Davenport
W. W. Reed
J. P. Vincent
W. R. Barr
Gen. BB. McCreary
W. J. Cleveland
P. Metcalf
L. S. Norton
Joseph R. Sterrett
FE. Graser
Erle
LF. Watson
O. H. Hunter
P. R. Grah
J. F. Mackey
Gililien
Venango
Maggie Kern
Bradford
Joe “Alderman
Henry Porter
Distin
Dougan
Nate Clark
Chas
McConnell
Willie Lewis
C. Bowman
Patsy Keleher
Exchange Hotel
Frank H. Hill
Cleveland
J. Harris
van Campen Bros
Main Street
J. B. Davis
G. H. Sperry
Main
Spring Streets
L. M. West & Sons
First Avenue
George Blair
Edwin H. Diver
Hopkins and Chamberlain
S.R. Breed
Nomeopath
Spring
Pleasant Streets
Hoyt
Giovanni Martinelli
Arthur Proyer
William J. Cosgrave
Irish Free State
Dublin
Jol McCormack
Oxford-Cambridge
Ted Lewis
Walter Damrosch
F. Lowrey
Warren County
New York Central Railroad
Patrick Crowley
F. 5. Williamson
Chicago, Burlington Aind Quincy Railroad
Crawley
New York State
Roosevelt Highway
Viciny
Kane
Mt. Jewett
Corey
First Ward
Wind Prance
St. Teresa's
Union City
France
Ben F. Kraffert
Cracle ‘Titusville
Kraffert
Pinehurst
Tin Whistle Club
North Center Street
Clearfield
E. M. Driscoll
St. Joseph's Church
Oil City
Erie Catholic
Walter Driscoll
Florida
James M, English, Esq
Erie
Rotary Club
Ireland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Arch Whitman
Mihi Viium
Center Street
Brothers
Marks
Model Dairy Co
Penna. Ave
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