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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1911
Page
2
Birmingham city laws commissioner urges police to curb illegal dens and gambling. He warns officers to act with badges visible and enforce the law nationwide. The note highlights broad enforcement efforts amid a surge of automobiles across the United States.
The Pittsburg Gazette Times marks its one hundred twenty sixth year since its founding by John Sea in 1786. A week of July 24 to 29 features souvenir issues reviewing 126 years under the paper with topics from building to transportation steel banking foods electricity and education. Writers are preparing articles to chronicle the paper’s history with historic chronologies and special subjects.
W D Rowe offers fine potted tomato plants in five varieties and early cabbage and cauliflower, peppers, pansies, asters, and sweet alyssum. Also selling thrifty high class plants at reasonable prices at 61h 3 Wayne Street near the streetcar line and grocery gate.
A colored feature and an ocean picture headline the program tonight. The first showcases vibrant color film effects while the second depicts a perilous mid ocean wreck. Admission details and showtimes unavailable in the fragment.
An exhibit of manual training democratic science and drawing by public school pupils will be shown in the High School this week with reproductions of great masterpieces by Horace Turner Company of Boston. Open to the public Wednesday evening with admission 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for pupils. proceeds fund art purchases and decor.
Rumor confirms sale of the Meadville Cambridge trolley line to Northwestern Tall Way Company. New York buyers to take over July first and begin rejuvenation of the system planned by Mendville traction interests. The move aims to unify management and address power supply for Meadville Cambridge Inc under merged ownership.
After lengthy talks the Corry Gaveball team will host Decoration Day games at the Fair grounds, the diamond cleaned and set for play. Decisions on where the remainder of the season will be staged—Washington treat grounds or at the Fair grounds—are not yet final.
Mrs Sarah Harrington died Sunday morning at Corry Hospital after several weeks of illness at age 7 years Her funeral services were held at 4740 from Alexander Co undertakers with Rev Wallach officiating Interment in Ping Grove cemetery She came to Corry from Rudeway Pa over 45 years ago and was active in the Baptist church She was well known in the county for her work with the lottery organization She is survived by brother Clarence Dunn Polk and sister Miss Etta Dunn Corry geography note appears.
A Manitoba blizzard blankets Harrowford and nearby Northwaiters' Mani toba with five inches of snow. Residents report heavy travel disruption and accumulations across the region as crews work to clear roads.
Lake Shore depot at Westfield was burglarized by May 26. Detectives identify alleged thieves who broke into a car and removed valuable goods. Officers recovered merchandise including silver, knives, forks, and upholstery items in a nearby parcel. Madame Bla declared purchasing the items. No arrests have been made at this time.
In Kittanning Pennsylvania on May 25 a blaze gut the livery stable of W. Jewart of Sagamore. Three boys Bart Jewart 12 Tosae Jowart 10 Hog Planigan 14 perished. Fire discovered at 4 am. twelve horses also burned.
A fragmentary public notice from Corry Pa describes a carrier pigeon with identifying markings and an appeal by O. W. Glare for its safe return. The author condemns owners who relocate birds to distant locations, seeking a humane home where the bird can roam free without cruelty. A plea is issued for the owner to offer verification or compensation to secure the bird’s welfare.
Unclear text describes Lima Peru May 29 reports on elections with mentions of 10,000 voters in Lima and 100 voting. Scattered phrases reference rioters at a Feruvian consulate in Laulque Chile and a club named Morsly Existing, with garbled dialogue about Adelphia Saquiver.
Farmers report dogs killing and biting multiple sheep on Russell area farms this spring. Owners threaten to shoot dogs to stop further losses as past incidents of livestock injuries have been noted.
Sunday morning Dan Alexander found large tacks and nails across the pavement at Main and Center streets, likely placed to puncture wheels. The deliberate nature suggests harsh penalties under law and a strong rebuke to the act.
Washington reports the Post Office Department has turned a surplus for the first time in nearly 80 years. Postmaster General Hushead says the department will meet expenses from current revenue, with a projected $1,000,000 surplus this year. President Taft calls this a major achievement, noting a deficit wipeout anticipated within two years.
A ten dollar reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of any person damaging or interfering with street lighting wiring in the bandstand park area near Columbus, in reference to electric lights. The notice emphasizes safety and enforcement.
Attorney Clarence Darrow heads east on Wednesday to pursue further inquiry in Indiana Ohio and Chicago relating to the McNamara brothers dynamite plots case He will confer with the wounded son and discuss potential evidence with Andrew Gallagher and Leo M Rappaport aiding the International Workers Organization.
In the Brooklyn Lite snippet Katcher questions why a woman is in a crouched second position while Hocker suggests she may be preparing to move soon. The brief appears as an informal dialogue or caption style exchange.
In Lith City May 2 William Petersen, 28, of Lith, was found fatally struck near railway tracks. Police report he left home earlier that morning with two companions, John Peterson and his wife, and three sisters are mourning the loss.
A fragmented archival note surveys failed efforts around a contested topic. Names, places, and dates are unclear due to scan quality, but the fragment hints at a causal debate and historical context without detailing outcomes or participants.
An old advertisement promotes internal medicine for piles. It claims external treatments fail and offers Dr Leobard Hem-Rold tablets as a guaranteed cure. Sold by N TF, Ames & Co., and druggists at $1 per box. mentions Dr Atution B, Byltato.
Indications point to a week of moderate temperatures across the country with warmer Florida and the Gulf states. Expect unsettled conditions and showers in the lower Mississippi Valley and the Middle Mississippi Valley as a front moves northward into the lake region and eastern states during the first part of the week.
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