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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1938
Page
5
A cabin monoplane collided during an attempted emergency landing killing two New York men. Herbert Freese, 22, of Reedport, N Y, died shortly after at Boston hospital. Salvatore Marina, 40, of New York City, perished minutes later. The aircraft circled an athletic field where a football practice was underway under automobile headlights.
A brief catalog item notes a 50c Lord Baltimore Linen Bond Writing Portfolio and a 39c Cascade Vellum option. The listing emphasizes paper goods likely for writing and archival use with low price points. The compact entry reflects a retail micro catalog style from a period newspaper.
Orrin M Hilibiye was in Erie and North Girard as a business visitor yesterday. Mrs. Clarefice Wallace of West Pleasant Street left for Cleveland for examination at Dr Gelles clinic. Mrs Mary Brigham returns from Titusville where she visited her uncle Phillip Wagner who is ill. Several others listed travel for Ford showings and social events in Jamestown and Erie. Local hospital patients improving and many residents attending meetings and family visits across nearby cities.
Full military honors were accorded John H. McCray a Civil War veteran who died Sunday after a prolonged illness. Rev J J Knapp conducted services at his son Clayton McCray s home in Corry township. Interment followed at Melorey cemetery with bearers and color guards from Veterans of Foreign Wars, Company A led by Corporal Winfield Williams. Relatives from Ohio, Cleveland, Union City and nearby areas attended.
An old notice promotes Thompson's Barosma Compound Tablets to treat mysterious pains and backaches by cleansing and stimulating the kidneys. It urges readers to demand genuine tablets, priced 50 cents, at drug stores.
Catholic leaders in Corry propose changes to marriage rules across the nation. A draft plan would allow some mixed marriages outside churches and permit ceremonies in homes or hotels, with morning services and communion. The Bishop William Turner notes some changes already occur in certain places, while stricter rules may remain in effect for church-access unions.
Pittsburgh market notes show wide swings with apples steady and dairy and livestock mixed. Hogs priced around 7.25 down, cattle and veal steady to higher, beef and veal values nudging, grain and dairy prices quoted across regional outputs, with New York stock trading activity cited alongside local price levels.
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