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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1937
Page
8
A damaged pirate sub was located on the ocean floor near Cartagena Spain. The crew remains alive but cannot surface. A separate item reports a 10-year-old Bellevue boy, Bertram Newell, surviving a severe abdominal injury from a dynamite accident weeks earlier as doctors marvel at his recovery.
Two Exile county youths were injured when a speeding Dodge sedan left Route 8 at Perr Hill and struck a parked truck, then pushed the vehicle ten yards. Monet Les, 20, and Albert Baugier, 20, of Mill Village, suffered head injuries and bruises and were treated at Titusville Hospital. A truck passenger, Mervin Van Camp, 22, of Guys Mills, sustained serious injuries, with another occupant lightly hurt. The crash damaged a home on South Main Street. Police cite excessive speed and note brakes locked for 280 yards.
A clinic for pre school age children will be held tomorrow afternoon at the American Legion home on North Center street. A local physician assisted by Mrs Ora Harper will examine the children and invite parents to bring their offspring for a thorough checkup.
Sparta residents prepare for the annual Community Fair opening Thursday and running through Saturday. Entries accepted all day Thursday until 7 p.m. cattle eligible for free transport within eight miles. Friday events include youth and adult races, doll parade, and a 2 p.m. schedule. Saturday features needle race, butter prizes, mush ball toss, and a big parade. Community activities include birthdays, lodge gatherings, church dedications, and local visits as residents share news from Sparta and surrounding areas.
A collage of visits and guests fills the Erie area as families host relatives from Meadville Cumberland and Erie. Trips include Wesley Smith house sale preparations and occupancy plans. Church notes mention M E and Baptist events with midweek services and choir rehearsals.
United Press reports that within 48 hours of Pittsburgh's second iron lung purchase the respirator aided eight year old Elaine Zellers of Belle Vernon Pa. at the Children's Hospital Elaine's condition improved after being placed in the iron lung yesterday under the care of Dr William Petty the resident physician in charge
A vintage ad claims mysterious pains come from clogged kidneys and promotes Thompson's Barosma Compound Tablets as a remedy. It urges readers to demand the product at drug stores, noting a low price and quick relief.
A fragmented clipping reports an incident involving Sharvick and a person or entity named Mason. The text is garbled, but indicates a shooting event and refers to a quantity “12 lemon” and possible abbreviations or names. Further readable details are unreadable.
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