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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1928
Page
5
Inland areas faced grave damage after a severe storm devastated towns across Puerto Rico. Officials report hundreds of deaths and thousands left homeless as utilities fail and emergency committees mobilize. Red Cross and aid from Greensburg residents arrive amid widespread destruction to infrastructure and plantations.
Personal mentions detail residents and visitors from Leeper and nearby towns making short trips to Buffalo Canada and Erie. Names include Mrs and Mrs Jack Brigham and daughters Sally Ann and Jean, Cat Nelson of Jamestown, Eva Hepler nursing at Corry hospital, Miss Katherine Smutz visiting relatives, and Harry Chapman of Dunkirk among others. Several business visits noted with cities such as Jamestown Erie Titusville and Boston.
New York stays on edge as fringe of a West Indies hurricane nears. Wind eased but gusts up to 60 miles per hour at Sandy Hook and 70 at sea. Fisherman Frank Ingersoll reports loss of his cabin and family from his vessel wreck near Atlantic City. J Andrew Hughes, 76, Cape May real estate dealer, dies after a hose hijack incident as trees topple before his home.
In Baltimore Maryland on September 21 United Press reports prisoners at the state penitentiary quieted after 26 hours of rioting. They had demanded an open hearing on alleged cruelty by penitentiary heads. Warden Brady expected no further trouble. Col. Stuart Dahllings of the State Welfare Board may rule today. Teargas was used yesterday to separate demonstrators from other prisoners.
Fragmented OCR shows a market close list with railway line names and car makers. It mentions General Motors Continental Motors Hupmobile Packard Overland and several railroads such as Chicago and Northwestern Great Northern Union Pacific and Southern lines. The text is garbled but indicates a closing market snapshot with transport stocks and names.
A garbled OCR extract lists numerous company names and products across sectors including steel, sugar, chemicals, energy, and entertainment. Prominent terms reference Respille Steel, US Steel, American Wanlen Armour, Cuba sugar, Puerto Rico sugar, Westinghouse, Paramount, Pittsburgh, Loews Theatre, and Indiana references, all jumbled with ratios and partial figures.
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