Fire and film blaze at Rex Theatre and local notices
Twenty years ago residents reported a theater fire at Rex Theatre when a reel of Gini burst into flames in the projection booth and damaged the machine head. The issue also mentions annual reports from Hand-Woven Fibre Furniture Co and anticipated growth at Corry’s new industry. Additional items cover community nursing service shifts, local berry harvests, city council finance limits on fire truck purchases, and historical notes on Coolidge era politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Theatre
Fibre Furniture Co
West Bend Street
Corry items mix golf news plans and local notes
In Corry this week Jack MacInnes joins a select golfing fraternity after a long drive at Green Valley. Local postal delays exceed Christmas volumes as parcel mail swells to beat rate hikes. Archaeology interest rises around Corry Barth Circle near the State Fish Hatchery. An expectant mother delivers in a speeding car two miles south of Spartansburg. Clifford V. Jones moves to Spring Valley New York to become assistant superintendent of schools. Dick Lindsley earns a naval promotion while at Annapolis. Ice industry changes loom as Crystal Ice and Co ceases operations. Notes on local faith, heritage and a fragile chestnut branch reach through the Rambler column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Pennsylvania
Corry Barth
Havng
Spartansburg
Clifford V. Jones
Spring Valley
N. Y
New York City
University of Pittsburgh
Jones
Columbia University
John Rossbacher
Dick Lindsley
Carrylte
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Post Graduate School
Annapolis
Naval Reserve
Lindsley
Navy
Frank Bielawski
Crystal Ice
Hart—S
Love
Earl Love
A. Zalmenk
Bill Shamburg
Pennsylvania Game News
Cory
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association
Jordan Cole
Brokenstraw
Franklin Federated Church
Franklin
Mass
Cole
Columbus
Massachusetts Church
Joe Hassett
Hydetown
How's Your I Q 1 and a Quiz Memory Check
A quirky quiz asks ten questions with scoring: Genius for all correct, Superior at seven, Excellent at six, Good at five or six, Average at four, Fair at three, Poor below three. It hints at memory gains and directs to Classified Page for answers.
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Josuef Green
Scandals and the Next Election In U.S. History
The passage reviews how scandal affected U S political fortunes linking Grant Coolidge and Hayes. It notes Grant’s resilience in 1872 aided by Liberal Republicans backing Greeley, yet his second term faced Panic of 1873 Whiskey Ring and salary grab. It cites shifts in Senate and House control and Coolidge’s fortuitous position after Harding revelations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Grant
Coolidge
Uion
Alabama
Todds
Lincoln
Santo Domingo
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Stan— ‘Wood
Senate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ris
Corry
Erie County Health and Anti-Tuberculosis Association
State
M. Moore
Carter Hill
Moore
Firemen’s Relief Association
First Ward
Harding
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Charles Denby
Harry M. Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
Forbes
Miller
Daugherty
G Coolldge
John W. Davis
Davis
U. S. Army
Fort George Meade
Philadelphia, Inquirer
Jack MacInnes
Green Valley Country Club
MacTnnes
Venanga County
Jack Tinson
New Mexico
Erie, Crawford, and
Mercer County
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
National Bank
Val Cencarik
Robert Sullivan
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary
Bracker-Keating
Robert Bracken
William Moir
James Ehpll
Frank Rensmo
Youngsville
Matt Stormes
St. Marys
Union City
Nuroy Yeuchak
Widmann and Teah Drug Chain
Carl Gifford
Ed~ Bar Stevens
Aviary
Constabulary
Marmyat
United Nations Organization
Byron Price
Georgia
Joint
Charles Dickens
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Rudyard Kipling
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samuel L. Clemens
U.S. Defense
Citizens National Bank OF Corry
Emerson
Emerson Model
Davis Radio
Life Insurance
Farm Bureau
Guy W. Bennink
Center St
Corry, Pa
Stahl Jewelerses
Agli
Loblaw
Vralus
Miter
Betty Hartford
Burmil's
Topp
Smart Women’s Shop
North Center Street
Nis
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