Behind the News of Corry Area Town Happenings
Local items note Betty Smith leaving Corry Public Schools for Batavia, a North Center Street business move in spring, a minister planning a Christ Church booklet, and various city notes. Reports mention a gas tank mishap near Findley Lake, educational board tensions, the Tiffany property sale pause, Salvation Army improvements, a Harrisburg trip accident, and local plans from insurance, sports, and lifestyle scenes.
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Betty Smith
Corry
Batavia, N
North Center Street
Offican
Findley Lake
H. Ray Harris
New United Brethren
Christchurch
Board of Education
Atlantic Refining Company
Tiffany
Center
Pleasant
Jack Sullivan
Salvation Army Citadel
Frank J. Liltle
Harrisburg
Blaine Kingard
Beaverdam
Blackstone
Jack Paulson
City calls for action after county court drunk driving failures
Editorial questions county and city cooperation in drunken driving prosecutions after two recent cases ended without conviction. It urges the City Council to investigate lax evidence gathering, prosecution policy, and potential reforms including stricter fines and jail terms to deter offenders on public streets.
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Otter
Eris County
Miller
Irvin Cobb Reflects on Acting in Pepper Film Set
Hollywood report notes Irvin Cobb completing his first year in motion pictures while working on Pepper with Jane Withers. Cobb jokes he never was an actor and prefers writing and reading newspapers between scenes. He compares acting on set to football, admits fatigue, and jokes about trophies and facial work.
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Hollywood
Irvin Cobb
Pepper
Jane Withers
Larze
Hiwulc Ebgar
Linnie
Walter Ens
June Withers
Tel
Ava
Roosevelt's Chautauqua address stirs Corry crowd
The piece recalls President Roosevelt’s stand against war as echoed in his Chautauqua remarks. Donald V. Hock, Allentown attorney, pleads for preservation of American youth and manhood in City Park. The audience includes both parties, with praise for Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps and NYA.
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Roosevelt
Weriter
Donald V. Hock
Allentown
City of
Corry
America
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Youth Administration
United States
Fiode
White House
Opearl Foor
Rich Ake
Patin
Wall Street
DuPoyta
Hearsts
Biggest forest project in York County highlighted
Pennsylvania's Scenic and Historic Commission notes the York County reforestation effort by The York Water Company. The project claims the largest evergreen restoration, with hundreds of thousands of trees planted, creating vast reserves around York Water Company reservoirs. The effort aims to protect and conserve water resources, linking York to Baltimore via restored woodlands and sustained forest growth.
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United States
York County
York Water Company
Aurrounisel i
Wait
Popure
Stort Butlherns
Rontadliv
Yorks
Battimora
Paris Millinery Trends Favor High Crowns and Turbans
Paris fashions show a shift toward exaggerated high crowns in full millinery with updated guillinet shapes. Turbans rise in popularity with peaked crowns or Russian flair, sports felts gain tall pleated crowns, and fur trims and bird plumes define fall hats. Multicolor leather bands and quills decorate sports hats as high crowns replace flat versions.
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Paris
Astmalehan
United States
One-Minute Test Answers and Scribbled Hints
The text lists initials U 8 TR representing the Soviet Union and questions on Gulf of Mexico border states and Norway’s capital. It contains garbled hints about etiquette and a horoscope, plus stray phrases and misspelled place names, suggesting a low-quality clipped page with disjointed trivia.
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Soviet Union
Gulf of Mexico
Norway
Twenty Years Ago in Journal Files September 19 1916
City council received several complaints on Pleasant street paying assessments while sitting as the board of appeals. A petition signed by 47 horse owners and firms sought a twelve foot wide brick Pavement on South Center street for safer horse drawn traffic. Carly and Son won permission to build a new garage on East South street. An auto crash involving Dr G Bennett damaged a parked Cohen brothers car but no injuries. NyBons Corset Co won a patent rights suit against the Dean brothers. Rev Dr H C Shaw left for a conference at Clarion. Mr and Mrs Martin Brew returned from Buffalo trip.
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Cours of Appeals
Board of Commissioners
Carly and Son
East South Street
Star Signals September Birth Almanac and Odd Notes
Fragmented star signs and dates mixed with nonsensical phrases. Mentions November December 193? year 1857 1880 and 19386. Includes advice against rash action and references to a property sale 435000 dollars and a film star Gollach Moore with unrelated travel and titles counts. The text is garbled and reads like a torn astrology and ad column.
Dog Food Canning Boosts Farmers and Markets
Farmers benefit from the rise of canned dog food as manufacturers expand in the United States. With over 125 firms involved, prices for livestock rise. Horse meat declines in use, replaced by packing-house by products, driving a multi‑million dollar industry forward.
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Tharrieburg
Sel
United States
Governor Woodring Defends Kansas Budget Record
Acting Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, speaking in Portland, Maine, recalls balancing Kansas budget during Hoover era without closing schools. He contrasts 1935 cuts and 8,000 students unable to finish term with alleged prudent federal aid and criticizes Republican opponent for opposing Roosevelt relief policies. He warns of global war tensions and lauds Roosevelt leadership and economic security.
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Kansas
Harry H. Woodring
Portland
Maine
United States
Hoover
Natal
W.T. Marichany
Tai
Iis
Europe
Chamber of Commerce
The
White House
Roosevelt
Avery
Ria
Erie airport project to finish by January
ERI Sept 18 A tour of airports under construction in the Erie WBA territory found progress strong in Meadville Warren and Oil City with completion expected by January 1 Supervising engineer Henry P Amthor announced on return from inspection Plans for an airport at Clarion Pa have been submitted for approval to Harrisburg and Washington CROSSING FATALITIES GOT. Washington official figures show highway rail crossing fatalities down about one third in 1995 from 1928 levels per the Association of American Railroads
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Erie
Harrisburg
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Desert village Thapah hit by sudden rain sweep
In western Utah the small settlement of Thapah, located amid the desert, was nearly washed away by unexpected rainfall that hardened the landscape and disrupted daily life. Local residents reported swift weather changes that affected trails and opportunities for farming in the arid region.
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Tooele
Utah
Thapah
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Cohen Brothers
NyBons Corset Company
Dean Brothers
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Juahity Cash Stores
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