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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1940
Page
8
News brief compiles local events and forecasts including Corry's big Harvest Sale opening tomorrow, possible extra holidays for Cory schoolchildren, and a forthcoming special school holiday. Governor James hints at a draft registration push while weather remains unusually cool through Thursday then warms toward the weekend.
In Erie on Sept 25 the distribution of Harriet W Reed’s $408000 estate will be debated at Orphans Court before Judge J Orin White. Harrison Reed seeks half the estate while Carl M Reed’s family seeks full distribution. The suit follows Reed’s 1901 will and the 1940 death of Carl Reed, with Charles M Warner as sole surviving executor. Proceedings begin at 9 04 am Thursday.
The Mixer family gathered for their annual reunion Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fish home in Cambridge Springs. Attendees from Corry included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Ebert Mixer, Mrs. Ann Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gates, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Milley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cook, and Charles Mixer of Cambridge Springs. A delicious dinner followed by visiting. next reunion planned at Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Achiller’s home.
In Milton Pennsylvania an elderly hardware merchant was killed and his daughter and a son wounded when an estranged couple, James Bickford and Patience Bickford, argued custody. Police say James Bickford was detained for investigation after the shooting at a Milton tourist camp.
Organization Day program at Hotel Carry features eight hundred feet of film from We big First Army maneuvers near Lisbon. About two hundred feet in color show the Roosevelt and Governor James review. Company A invites civic leaders, business people, and former World War veterans to attend Thursday evening. members will participate. Burial for Mrs Emma Schaub held at Pine Grove cemetery with clergy Rev Wagner officiating. mourners included many local officers and out of town guests.
Erie city council bought a 1000 gallon triple combination pumper from Peter Puyol & Cons for 9895 dollars, paying cash and securing a 5 percent discount. The move ends more than three months of bickering as directors blocked larger purchases. Fire Underwriters Association aided the recommendation after urging by Marin. Fourth set of twins born in Tolleson, the fourth such birth in three years, to Mrs Willi J Merryman, mother of 14. Two prior twin sets died on September 23.
Harrisburg in August saw 254 cases inspected by the Egg Inspection Service, over 10 percent of cars, per John H. Light, secretary of agriculture. Despite very warm weather, 25 percent of wagons in Harrisburg graded extras, compared with 31 percent in Pittsburgh, with the balance in the western district pending.
Markets report slow produce demand with multiple apple varieties prices listed by region. Potatoes and onions show steady movement while New Jersey cobblers and Idaho burbanks are cited. Buffalo livestock offers hogs, cattle, and sheep trading with varied cash prices. New York egg market notes mixed color eggs and price ranges. Wall Street section summarizes stock activity and notable declines amid war news, listing American Car, Chrysler, General Electric, General Motors, Westinghouse and others with price quirks and trading tone.
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