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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1911
Page
7
A summary of a proposed public school code outlining attendance responsibilities for parents and guardians, exemptions for older youths, employment certificates, and reporting requirements for employers. The act imposes penalties for violations and directs the District Superintendent to enforce provisions.
A Jamestown furniture factory fire damaged the Poolsu Furniture Company on River Great Morty last night. Firefighters saved the main building after a fierce effort. damage is estimated near 25000 dollars with several workers hurt.
Warren Pa reports a lineman identified as Hamer died after an accident involving a street railway line and a live wire. He reportedly fell from a pole while descending from a mud wrapped with piers, the overhead line already energized and a body left entangled. Police and company workers investigated the scene, with authorities awaiting further details on the incident.
Auction style classified notices list farm goods and livestock for sale including Wyandotte cockerels and yearling heifer calves. Also items for trade and requests for solicitors to take orders for furniture in Erie area, with contact details and locations such as Union, Frederick Street, and Spring Creek.
Classified clippings show multiple small ads. A piako offered for exchange at 113 Molt St Corry Pa likely misread. Also listings for sale at 8 W Congress St and 17 W Congress St with furnace large garden chicken house. Numerous rent notices appear for homes on Pleasant St Wayne St Union Phone and Columbua Ave. Church services listed at Winst Baptist Church corner of W Pleasant and Second Ave with morning service at 11 Bible school 12 15 Endeavor 6 30 and evening 7 30.
Real estate for sale includes 12 room house with modern improvements in Union City and 26 acres of land in Bigin Boro with apple trees and maple trees. Also listings mention 26,009 acres near Corry Pa with railroad access and coal tracts. First Presbyterian Church Center and Pleasant Street in Ray. H. Woodward pastor with morning service at 11, Sunday school at 10:15, evening service at 7:30. Morning theme Life's Fundamental Problem and evening Two Talents. Senior Sunday topics planned. Also notices of rent for furnished rooms on Went Main Street.
Social notices and rental ads appear including Christian Science meetings Sundays at 11 and Wednesdays at 6, room rentals at multiple addresses, a candidate announcement for County Treasurer, and various church notices. Also listings for furnished rooms, barn rental, and public notices from The Evening Journal.
The Corry Journal ad lists numerous real estate offerings from the Robert Patterson Agency and G. R. Powell Real Estate. Properties include houses, barns, and farms on Liberty Street Chiron Street South Center Street West Main Street Mott Street Maple Avenue First Avenue and more. Prices range from 800 to 6000 dollars with leases and rentals noted. Numerous farms and building lots are described with land sizes and utilities, plus rental and sale details for commercial and residential properties.
The article notes that taxes unpaid before the meat day of October incur a 6 percent penalty under a new school law. It claims the school board agrees on strict enforcement and that taxpayers will govern themselves accordingly. D. B. Rowe is named as secretary.
A cluttered list details numerous for sale and rent properties along main streets and avenues. Entries include houses, farms, lots, barns, and outbuildings with prices ranging from modest sums to several thousand dollars, plus a few rental notices and development sites. Strong entities include Wayne Street properties, Park Place lots, Franklin Street pump factory site, and Sherman Panama corridor proximity.
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