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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1947
Page
8
County agricultural agent warns cold snap may threaten fruit and crop yields. Officials report record low temperatures and describe frost damage risks to sour cherries and other fruit, urging growers to spray protective measures and burn brush piles to reduce frost injury.
Mrs Alice Hunt a Warren Valley house wife missing since April was found in Norfolk Virginia and taken to a Williamsburg mental hospital for observation She wandered city streets while visiting relatives in Richmond and was last seen at a Washington railway terminal Her husband is caretaker for the Marconi Building in Warren.
Stocks edged forward at noon led by limited advances as traders digested mixed signals. Many issues drifted lower while a few notable names such as American Can and General Motors showed resilience amid fluctuating volume and a modest late pullback. utility and railroad shares also influenced the session. Sixty four million wooden poles are in use today for power and telephone lines, a typical ratio of poles per mile varies by utility.
A dense page lists classified ads for odd jobs including window washing and light carpentry with a telephone contact, plus numerous farm and livestock sales in Pennsylvania. It includes dairy cattle auctions, saddle horse sales, public livestock markets, and several real estate and dissolution notices from Corry and surrounding towns.
A note lists a lost and found pair of children’s glasses near South and Summer streets Sunday night. Local service ads for Sto lectrical Service and Repair, Corry Watch Shop, Merritt Appliance, and Sorenson’s Clock Repair appear with contact numbers. Also an ad seeks a part time girl and a single man for farm work with phone details.
Answers to quiz questions printed on the page mark an eighty fifth birthday of a federal bureau. Names include Episcopalian, Brooklyn Dodgers, Major General Lewis B. Hutshey, Dominion of Australia and the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand and the Union at South Africa. Date May 12 1975 appears with a cryptic designation Gilitas.
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