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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1950
Page
3
A garbled fragment hints at a wager or bet involving a bulldog and a raised amount of 15 units. The text is unclear on participants, location, and outcome, offering only a partial sense of a challenge or stunt. Further readable context is needed to clarify names and specifics.
The Cribbs Home building committee plans a May 17 meeting in Erie to restudy designs for a new Meadville two story home to serve at least 120 residents with a chapel and infirmary. Current plans face higher labor and material costs, delaying bids.
The Southern Railway strike expanded to the St Louis and Appalachian divisions amid peace offers. Workers face idle time and thousands more in mining, timber, auto plants feel layoffs. A major food distributor warned of $300,000 of perishables stranded. California citrus shippers fear disruption of the orange crop moving via Santa Fe.
A May 18 recap highlights Mrs. Joe Skeps’s farewell party hosted by the Rebekah lodge at the Arnink home with gifts, prizes, and a handkerchief shower. guests include Miss Carrie Skeps, Mrs. Loren Uppermin, Mrs. Edward Fisherman, and many locals. Various church groups, dinners, and meetings are listed, including the Plus Wira Class quilting, W. G. T. O. gathering, and a Clymer Business Men’s Club Tuesday session featuring the Buyber Shop Quartet. Activities cover Mother's Day programs, youth events, and локal civic group gatherings with multiple attendees and hosts noted.
Dr Karl M Houser medical professor at the University of Pennsylvania says anti histamine drugs cannot live up to claims in widespread advertising. He spoke at the opening of a three day meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in Bedford Pa More than 300 eye ear nose and throat specialists attended. At tomorrow's closing session Dr Jay G Linn of Pittsburgh will be installed as president succeeding Dr Daniel Destio of Pittsburgh.
A grand jury will decide if negligence caused the death of St. Francis Hospital patient John H. McQueey 63 of Port Jervis. He died on the operating table during stomach ulcer surgery after carbon dioxide was drawn from a cylinder labeled oxygen. Authorities say the hospital was not at fault.
A speech extols the "Magic Circle" as a hub within 500 miles of 56 million potential customers, outlining vast markets and transportation lines. It calls for developing materials industries, manufacturing finished goods from raw inputs, and expanding employment and capital to fuel a national economic growth plan. Readers are invited to write Bryan Dunn, president of the Magic Circle Education Foundation, for questions.
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