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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1912
Page
7
An unclear OCR passage hints at a town scene with illness and local figures. Names, places, and events are garbled, but references to a fever, a town, and possible officials suggest a local news snapshot. No coherent dates or outcomes are recoverable.
A jumble of rental notices and classified ads offering rooms houses and goods for sale. Entries include eight room houses on Smith Street a room with water and garden on Center and Whites streets and rental requests for furnished rooms at 162 Main Street 127 Gould Street and 46 Went Col Ave. Also ads for sale of a piano a wagon and various furniture items plus an auction notice from J Ben Jantin and W T Powers set for Thursday October 5.
For sale a two year old registered boar inquire Nelson Drake R D 8 Corry PA phone 146 R 4. Also listed is a good moving mare weighing about 1000 pounds standard bred city broke and sound. Contact Dr MH Christie for details. Lost item finder request not readable in full.
Property ad offers several homes with modern amenities and terms. Includes a large cemented basement house near Park Avenue with hot water heat, a four bedroom near North Gen tor, and a five room two bath on Concord Street. Prices range from $2,000 to $4,200 with various lot sizes and water access.
Varied sale notices describe property on Kysox street and Congress Street with multiple building types and acres. Other items mention stores, homes, and land in Corry and surrounding areas offered by agents and individuals with addresses and contact hints.
Classified notice offering positions for a nursemaid housework and a dining room girl with good wages. Mentions Brown Brothers Company Rochester New York and national corporation factory at the Nations Corwat with young women sought for various tasks.
Doubleday Page & Company seeks a qualified person for a permanent position in their subscription department. Applicant should supply writing ability and punctuation, with an emphasis on accuracy and discretion. Gordon City, New dit.
Fragmented ad items offer jobs and services including housework, engineering, tote and medical treatments. Notices promise cash for help at Twice Street Inquiries and Hay Rest Caro Youngwrilla, with refunds if not satisfied and references to various names and locations.
Fragmentary notice seeks workers at Corry Chair Company with mentions of young men and immediate employment opportunities. Readable details are limited but indicate urgent hiring and unspecified roles.
Beverly Massachusetts September 30 President Taft received a telegram from Otto F Stifel of St Louis announcing that Governor Herbert S Hadley of Missouri one of seven governors who joined the round robin would support the regular Republican ticket in the campaign. Hadley previously backed Taft but shifted to Roosevelt after Roosevelt announced his candidacy.
A mix of court sentences, labor unrest looming in New England mills, and numerous tragic accidents dominates Sunday papers. Reports include sentences for a number of individuals, a looming textile strike in Lawrence, and fatalities in army aviation and aviation accidents.
Tonight and Saturday the Library Theater presents Talking Pictures with Baroness Blanc and her Wig company in a novelty show. The program includes lectures on talking pictures and nine first class vaudeville acts. Admission for adults and children is listed at nine cents, with a lower rate for children.
The athletic event, promoted as one of the citys best, will feature performances by Billy Grietity and Frank Justrén with Luther McCarthy. A large crowd is expected as townspeople gather around the venue for the Monday show and related events.
In Gary on September 40 a groundbreaking operation will graft skin from a crippled newsboy to a burn patient. William Magh will lose a leg to supply skin for Mina Smith, whose injury endangers her life. Surgeons plan to graft skin from Hugh to Mina before amputating Magh's leg below the knee.
Philadelphia readers report a court case where John Fae Inois of Logan Street must keep his 12 year old wife in school until age 19 or face jail. Magistrate Hoyle fined the father 14 dollars plus costs after he sought to avoid school attendance by presenting a marriage certificate.
A fatal fire in Quincy Illinois killed Charles Pfansehmidt and his wife and their 12 year old child while Blanche Pfansehmidt aged 18 and Miss Kuma Kempen a 19 year old schoolteacher boarding there survived. The blaze destroyed the dwelling and investigators stated the flames appeared to have started in a fence area nearby. Ray Pfiteghmidt, the sole surviving son, was away at the time.
Chiaxo Septi accuses Alice Murphy a bride of months of leaving Stu fits Wiko to MUieako after a quarrel over rent and money. Murphy returns home as a friend testifies she was never well off. The defamation claim follows amid allegations of erly conduct.
President Taft argues prosperity sustains urban renewal and wage stability. He links rising industrial activity, bank deposits, and transport growth to full employment and higher pay for American workers, warning that Democratic protection shifts could hurt manufacturing and wage earners.
Colonel Horstelt completes a cross country tour covering 10000 miles. He will appeal for Progressive authority to voters in 27 states. October stops include Ann Arbor and Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New England, and a final rally in New York. A campaign committee investigation follows October 4.
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