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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1911
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR reads Gray's Balsam The Guaranteed Cough Cure touting relief for coughs and sore throats. Text is garbled and difficult to parse but implies a patent remedy’s claims of soothing irritation loosening phlegm.
Thanksgiving event listings and society notices include meetings of the N C G with Str C H Geiger, a wine trading note, a 2:20 PM gathering with Mrs Frew, and a call for members to bring materials. Also listed are the Boys Agricultural club exhibit in Reading with $2,000 in prizes, funeral notices for Mrs Joseph Moyer and Dr Roswell C Surwell, a Corry High School girls athletic benefit, a couple's wedding in Jamestown, and various local ads and announcements.
Local notices report Burkhardt's Art Shop stocking a full range of china painters supplies for enthusiasts. The postmaster at Thiloite has been notified of a postal appointment. a photographer aims to attract customers with improved portraits. Hunters near Rideway bag three bears, two young and one large, weighing about 0 pounds. A Cobham Warren Co. hunting party notes a doe carcass left to rot, urging game wardens to act. Bake Sale by St Thomas Church Altar Society raises 126 dollars and 80 cents, a new record despite prior hopes.
Irvine November 2 Special Clifford Miller Irvine High School manager reports a broken hand in a basketball practice affecting the team. Ralph Mead substituted. the injury leaves the school short on a center as repeated injuries hit top players.
Parts of the death notice for Trekensan Gardner of the PORR recount a fatal wreck in Buffalo yards where a relief train was struck by a locomotive. Gardner was crushed under a caboose and body of a brake-man, with joint funeral details mentioning Frederick Rose and Louise Annis as witnesses in Waterford, celebratory notes on the couple’s life, a large crowd, and a reception after. The report ends with unrelated remarks about Russia and fish.
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