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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1938
Page
7
A fragment from a historical page mentions numbers and codes likely tied to measurements or cataloging. The readable bits list 190 167 149 157 alongside partial identifiers, but no clear event, person, or place is established for a fuller card.
A dense list of Corry churches with addresses and service times includes Saint Elizabeth's Roman Catholic Church at 26 West Pleasant Street with masses and catechism, First Presbyterian, Lutheran, Nazarene, Evangelical and other faiths offering weekly services, catechism, and special events. The Salvation Army, Christian and Missionary Alliance, and Episco p al, Methodist, and Baptist congregations are noted with meeting times, Sunday schools, and revival plans.
Evening services start at 7 45 with a ten minute chimes prelude followed by singing and preaching by Rev and Mrs Luce. A children's service was held today at 2. Attendance efforts focus on Sunday school at 9 30 and the 11 o'clock service. An evangelistic service closes the day.
Corryite will sail for Africa as church programs and ceremonies unfold across the Northwest. Sherri, Ivan Clymer, and Rev Hichind Miley attend a meeting at a New York Baptist church while plans progress for a November gathering led by Margare and Marcella Aqughters. The gathering will feature Rev Max Harvey and other local clergy in a community effort tied to agricultural aid.
Members of the Warren Church of Christ will present a program at Beaverdam Methodist Church Tuesday evening October 25 at 8 oclock. Mrs Bit Jacobson directs the Warren Mixed Chorus with Mrs Daring Silke music. Featured solos and selections include works by Bach and several anthems performed by the choir and soloists including Mrs Johan Hoigt, Lindquist, Hyswel Tamplebery and Clement Wolestner. The program also includes Prayer of Thanksgiving and Let Heaven and Adore Thee among others. Proceeds support church offerings and local benevolence.
A large barn and outbuildings were destroyed by a blaze in rural county, with livestock stories noted as lost and machinery, four outbuildings and a hay barn also damaged. Firefighters battled the flames as wind aided spread, but cattle were reported saved. Investigating officials from the local fire department and county authorities are reviewing the scene.
A historical notice describes increases in rural electric service and rates, detailing higher charges in the Tarri shurg region. It cites percent changes in rates, a multiple year period, and the involvement of electric commissions. It notes miles of lines contracted and total costs, with figures around 22 to 87 percent and a total cost near $11,990,000.
garbled OCR notes reference a badge No 22 and bandits in Pasadena. mentions a death of three Janips pathawt beet Bhol to death in past 10 years and a policeman with a date May 22. unclear names and details.
A garbled report references San Quentin prisoners and a fictional or misread discussion of mathematics and engineering. It mentions saving trees and a Sacramento or California setting, with unclear names and actions. The readable fragments suggest a Bay Area or state context but lack clear facts, dates, or outcomes.
During the era of the under ground railway the Delsons who ran a station were prominent figures. They were influential citizens who broke no laws beyond aiding fugitives to freedom.
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