This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1941
Page
2
City and Vicinity column lists grocery specials at Wilcox Grocery with delivery, calls a military draft notice for Wayne W Blenkley Jr, and notes Joseph Reisenman’s appearance before Washington hearings. Also reports Lyceum numbers, a bicycle accident injuring Warren English, a rummage sale near the fire barn, curtain ads from Lanston’s, and local health and church notices.
Miss Susan Mats of Shippenville, one of Clankton County’s oldest residents and a pioneer schoolteacher in Clarion County, died at 93. Services were held Monday at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church. she taught in a log cabin room and earned $16 monthly in her early days. She was the last surviving member of a family of seven siblings.
Homes Crayford nine of Ros alith near Ol City moved from the Children's Hospital at Pittsburgh to his home after a bout of fifaitile paralysis years ago. He has fully recovered with no lasting effects. Elmer Bowen and Meade A Milford suffered slight facial burns and minor damage in a fire at Wolf's Head Oil Refining Co plant in Reno Monday night.
A 21 year old University of Michigan dental student from Millyville was found guilty by a county court jury of second degree grand larceny for participating in the theft of three calves from Robert L. Scott's farm near Villanova on August 16, 1909. Sentencing is set for next Monday. Nearby, George Jones and son Ray, returning from a Lake Erie trip, were rescued after spending 18 hours afloat when their motor failed and coast guard crews brought them ashore. Local civic notices include a senior high school faculty wives picnic at Mead Park and church society meetings at St Paul’s Lutheran, with hostesses named. Dolores Bileske of Fredonia was named Grape Queen for the Chantagane County Concord Grape Festival to be held in Tredonin. Twenty-seven Crawford Countians joined the U.S. Army as the nation readies for the draft. A locomotive derailment near Youngstown injured two Erie rail workers, while Frank Maynard was killed in a tractor accident on West River Road in Allegany. Rebekah Helping Hand Club meeting postponed to October 2, with hosts listed. Concord Community Club invites attendees to bring cake. The Pennsylvania District Kiwanis International convention continues in Pittsburgh at the William Penn Hotel.
In Coalinga California a house fire killed four people and severely burned two others who were in the frame dwelling at oil lands north of Liste. State Patrolman Jide Tarkington reported the fire destroyed a home occupied by the Men and Gentry families while they slept and the cause remained unknown.
Kenneth Houck 41, former Bellefonte orchestra leader, held for further hearing on murder charge in Pittsburgh Rose Haber slaying. No testimony at arraignment. Det. Monaghan seeks more investigation. Houck claims alibi in Bellefonte. Investigator found inconsistencies. case tied to prior assaults on women in Clinton County.
Michigan Governor Murray D Van Wagoner warned that the nation faces economic chaos within three months unless winless civilian labor and materials priorities are granted to areas able to participate in the defense effort. Speaking to a Special House committee on national defense migration, he said production quotas and defense priorities threaten small businesses and the poor, with homes and welfare problems worsening as communities lose resources to defense needs.
Elevators at Grand Coulee Dam will allow visitors to descend into the dam's foundation 981 feet below the Columbia River's normal level.
A chaotic listing outlines NBC CBS and MBS airings with hosts Johnny Presents Horice Heldt Hap Hasard Bob Hope Returns and more. It notes additional segments including interviews with Nellie Revell and Stella Unger, and racing from Bobont Park, with ongoing daily time slots and morning to late night blocks.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor reached Miami by air today to start a six week tour of the United States and Canada. Thousands of Miamians welcomed them at the airport where officials and embassy representatives received them for an overnight stay at Bayfront hotel before continuing to Washington. The Duke plans to discuss promoting tourism to Nassau and the Bahama Islands.
Lycoming County including Jersey Shore and Picture Rocks ordered school closures today after recording its second polio death in two days. The measure covers most eastern and central counties to prevent the disease from spreading to more than 460 Pennsylvanians. The action occurred without state health department guidance. In Paris Occupied France, Sept 23, German authorities ordered air raid precautions and packed newspaper boxes with warnings about explosive incendiary and gas bombs, with details about the RAP operation still undisclosed.
Berlin reports that Pilot Officer William D. Geiger of the RAF American Eagle squadron, shot down over German occupied territory, was rescued by Germans in a rubber boat and taken to Boulogne. The exchange included details about American Sgt. William Henry Wichols from California captured in a German prison camp.
New York Sept 33 Prilh Getler an injured violinist in a tragic accident over a year ago is reported fully restored and will begin a concert tour in 17 American cities next January February and March.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.