Memories of Corry Citizens Shops and Streets Full of Life
A reminiscence recalling Corry’s past bustle with names of local shops artisans and families. It lists the Star Garage Peters furniture store Cameron block touring vendors and scenes from West South Street to North Center Street including schools theatres livery stables and fairs. It evokes old outdoor theatres trolley days and community landmarks with many specific local names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Ponve
Cin Wagen
Star Garage
Chauangue
Thomas Dempsey
Ghep
West South Street
Paddy Kane
A. R. Morgan
A. and
North Center Street
Jack Higgins
Cameron Block
Asher Davis
Powell Wagon Shop
Decker's
Rocky Bottom
First Mill
McCray
Bowen's
The
Willows
Tom “Timosh' Sullivan
Bracken
Billy Brinker
Third Avenue
Ed Sainls
South Street
Tom Courteen
Star Theatre
Tony Rezélle
Patton and Mead
Boston
Charley Bracken
Pleasant Street
Charles Cowles
Jim McBride
Stennett
Martin Ressler
Aero Supply
Bi Duffy
Fairview Bulldogs
Pindley Lake
Mate Gallup
Tralian
Table Salt May Assist In Cancer Fight
Berkeley, Calif marks a potential breakthrough as Professor Mest C Lawrence reports salt can become therapeutic salt radium through bombardment with high voltage beams. Using an atom gun, ordinary table salt is transformed into heavy sodium emitting powerful rays that may treat cancer for short periods, offering a cheaper alternative to mined radium.
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Berkeley
Cal
Lawrence
Corry Man Reports Gold Mining Booms in Yukon
Corry resident Mr Clark, after two weeks at Mayo Clinic enroute home, notes unprecedented Yukon activity. He has visited the Klondike thirty six years and praises steamship and railroad improvements. Notables seen include Hon George Black, speaker of Canada's House of Commons, Ottawa. Clark reports Noah Timmins of Hellinger mine interest in Yukon quartz mining, signaling sustained growth in gold and silver mining.
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Clark
Klondike
George Black
House of Commons
Ottawa
Glark
Noah Timmins
Hellinger
Ontario
Yukon
Burns San Cura Ointment Heals Pains and Sores
San Cura Ointment advertised as fast acting relief for burns cuts and bruises. It claims to soothe itching bleeding and sores and promises refunds if not satisfied. Sold in boxes and bottles at druggists for 60 cents.
272 Deer Killed in 6-Mile Stretch in Three Years
SELURFONTH Pa Nov 19 since 1981 the six mile highway between Philipsburg and Sandy Ridge has been a deer slaughterhouse. Elmer Pillin keeper of Rush township game refuge says 272 deer have been killed by autos. No human casualties. Most deaths occur in evening or dawn as deer cross to clover fields opposite the refuge. Authorities will clear underbrush and seed land to create deer pasture and sixty unemployed men were put to work clearing the area.
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Selurfonth
Philipsburg
Sandy Ridge
Allegheny Mountain
Elmer Pillin
Rush Township
Pillings
State Game Commission
Surrender at Erie After Fatal Shooting
Erie, Nov 19 Paul Bassham, alleged slayer of William Robinson, 86, surrendered at police headquarters after admitting the murder followed an argument at the Bassham home. Robinson was shot in the neck during a drunken party dispute at 945 p.m. Saturday. Police held Bassham, 28, alias Paul Black, for investigation as witnesses were questioned and motive remained unclear.
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Erie
Paul Bassham
William Robinson
Robinson
Baseham
William ‘Robinson
17Th Street
Its
Lea Anna Bassham
14Th Street
Paul Black
16Th Street
Rowinson
15Th
Parade
Bassham
True German Christianity Said to Defeat Nazi Regime
Pittsburgh November 19. Dr. Ralph Hutchinson president of Washington and Jefferson College argued that True German Christianity is the only means to defeat the Nazi regime. He labeled the Nazis antiethical to Christ's teachings and urged that Jews and Germany can be rescued by the forceful application of Christianity latent in Germany. He spoke at a luncheon of temple groups.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph ©. Hutchinson
Washington & Jefferson College
Germany
Hutchigan
Conference of Temple Groups
Hutchison
Health and diabetes risk among Jewish people
A fragment from Literary Digest notes higher susceptibility to diabetes obesity and nervous disorders among Jewish people compared with whites. The text is garbled but suggests health disparities in a historical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuys
Father and Son Die After Home Fire Blast
Harold S. Smith and his five year old son Demar perished from burns after oil in a kitchen stove can exploded and set their Rome near Emporium home ablaze. Mrs Smith survived, sent to hospital in St Marys, condition reported as fair though improving. The blaze began when Mr Smith poured oil on the fire, causing a flash that engulfed the dwelling and forced a burial in Emporium.
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Ridgway
Harold S. Smith
Demar
Rome
Emporium
Noo
Kent Memorial Hospital
St. Marys
Washington solicitor held for false pretense and impersonating officer
E Edwards of Washington DC was arrested by Ridgway police after posing as a state inspector and offering free beer to the Giardino Beer Garden. He pleaded guilty to false pretense and impersonating an officer before Justice C L Park. Confined in Bike County Jail in default of $400 bail awaiting next term. Edwards advertised as Howard Smohundra, stayed at Ridgway hotel, in town ten days. Two teachers flagged his magazine subscriptions leading to the arrest.
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Ridgway
E. Edwards
Washington
D. C
Justice of the Peace C. L. Park
Edwards
Bike County
Ridgway Hotel
Howard ‘Smohundra
Pittsburgh
Giardino Beer Garden
Turkey Two Necks and a Dream Dislocation Tale
A bizarre dream involving a two necked turkey hatched near Nebraska City unsettled Prancea Hunt. She woke with a dislocated neck after a nightmare, and a doctor confirmed a displaced vertebra.
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Nebraska City
Prancea Hunt
Two Bucks In Grim Fight Near Port Allegany
Nov 18 Kane reports opening buck season above all else sparks sightings and fatalities. A McKean county farm describes two bucks locking horns in a daylight meadow near Comes Creek, spectators few yet impressed. The battle lasts an hour with both deer bleeding as one is finally exhausted and retreats, the other victorious then vanishes to recuperate or seek more combat.
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Kaine
Eason
Kane
McKean
Bue Strang
Comes Creek
Port Allegany
Ballyhoo
Madison Square Garden
Crater Lake Visitors Top Hundred Thousand Mark
Crater Lake National Park reports over 100000 visitors this vacation season, beating last year's turnout by about 10000. In Salt Lake City Utah a fire department praise note commends inmate helpers after a garage blaze where prisoners assisted in firefighting efforts.
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Crater Lake
Aif
Salt Lake City
Utah
Overdose of Morphine Fatal to Woman in Baie
In Baie on November 12 at St. Vincent Hospital died Anna Gruszka, 42, of 720 Pennsylvania Ave, after an overdose of morphine given by her husband Walter Gruszita. A doctor’s misread order led to injections every 40 minutes instead of two hours, prompting hospital care and use of a fire department inhalator. Coroner Stroble ruled the death accidental and it was listed on the city health report. She was buried Friday.
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Baie
Usband
Anna Gruska
Pennsylvana Ave
St. Vincent + hospital
Walter Gruszita
Fire Department
W. G., Stroble
Youth Held on Liquor Charge in Prohibition Raid
Jeff Giulianelli nineteen was found guilty by a jury of possessing 850 gallons of moonshine and aiding in its manufacture. Anthony Trunzo, arrested with Giulianelli on October 8, pleaded guilty during the trial and faces sentencing. Prohibition agents raided 1419 Ras 19th Street. the operator Wick Anderson escaped.
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ERS
Jeff Guilianelli
Nick Anderson
Willam
Hirt
Anthony Trunzo
Guilianelli
Ras 19Th Street
T. G. Patchen
Wick Anderson
Adlerika promises clearer skin and bowel cleanse
An advertisement claims Adlerika clears the bowels of poisonous wastes to improve complexion. It promotes a single dose remedy and notes Kelster's Cut Rate Drug Store as the seller.
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Kelster
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Ervin Manley
Corry
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Charley Pain
Claude Porter
Corry Leader
Howard Potts
C. P
Northop
Spring Street
Jake Levy
Vielin
Lippman
Michael
Main
Spring
Roy Cady
First Avenue
McCray and Stearny
Corry Building and Loan Company
Walter L. Peake
Spiesman
Jacob Franz
Breene Sisters
Elks
Durham
Sue Williams
Corry High
Jim Hassett
Oneida
Pedigo
Bill Blair
Ferndale
Barlow Hardware Company
Messenger
Astra House
BTN
West Coast
Eita Kett
Keith
BY Paul Robinson
Paul Bassman
Hold
Turkey
America
Wards
Ly Plu
Cord. Eakers
Carry
Member
Federal Reserve System
Riversides
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