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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1912
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR hints at a local event or person with uncertain details. The text references a power, lash, and gentle Fean in a unclear scene, but specifics, names, and actions remain unreadable for full factual summarization.
A collage of real estate notices and sales offers from Corry Pa area listings. Properties include eight room houses with cellars and water, lots 50 by 120 and 80 by 100, prices around 85000 and 81200, and multiple smaller homes with various improvements. Also ads for store buildings, farms, and rental opportunities plus plumbing gas water details. Organizations mentioned include J R Powell Real Estate and Brown Brothers Company Rochester NY with agents calling for inquiries.
Classified notices show male workers sought by Men Company in Union City and young men invited to learn cutting trade at NuBone Corset Co. and upholstery work at U. S. Chair Soule. These recruitment notices reflect early 20th century labor ads targeting young applicants for apprenticeship positions.
Multiple rental ads listing furnished and unfurnished rooms in various locations. Inquiries directed to Mrs. H M Rounds, Bracken Bros, Chace, Cohen’s Dry Goods, and others. Items include eight room houses, small houses, and suites with baths, hot and cold water, and board options. Some entries indicate move dates such as October 1st or April 1st.
Doubleday Page Company advertises a vacancy in the subscription department for an intelligent person with good address. Work is pleasant permanent and lucrative with no books or insurance to sell. Apply with full particulars to P W M care of Doubleday Page Company Garden City NY 4tf
Lost pocketbook contains chain and ring. Reward offered. Report to journal office. Items advertised include boys suits girls dresses underwear infant clothing and general sewing needs. Located at 44 N 1st Ave.
George Henderson, the local heavyweight, edged Smarting Cy Flynn in a rough bout at the Academy of Music. Few welterweights showed form as Henderson bested Flynn amid a sparse crowd while other matches on the card drew little interest. A wrestling match between Toe Wilson and Young Farmer Burns closed the program in brisk fashion.
Michael J. Smith the janitor at the Olean post office was arraigned by United States Commissioner Whipple after confessing to rifling the mail sacks. He was committed to the county jail in Little Valley in default of $1000 bail and may remain until the next Federal Court term in Buffalo starting November 12. Donald G. Wormer works to secure bail as Smith provided no further confessions beyond an affidavit sworn before Postmaster Mudward Troy of Olean.
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