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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1929
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal prints a public appeal by World League Against Alcohol's general secretary Emphatically arguing against drunken driving and alcohol’s societal harm. The piece stresses that even moderate drinking impairs judgment and could endanger others in modern machinery and transportation contexts.
President Hoover supports further tax cuts on earned incomes arguing many wage earners and professionals rely on themselves for capital and deserve social justice. He notes hardships for dependents like widows and pensioners but says the general principle is sound though practical application remains in question.
Reprint of 1409 journal notes recounting a spring day with weather details. Mention of Dairymen's disclosing Cam Shaple property on Third Avenue and plans to hire a creamery in May. Local churches criticized for actions and a wind storm damaging the electric light plant with about $50 in damage noted. A shipment from Jersey City arrives for a wartime picnic explosives firm.
Question style review with mis-spellings asks four items on fronting building, revolutionary general Mad Anthony, bate of New Orleans, mountain that forms border between France and Spain and author of Old Black Joe, plus a labor leader and science note about ultraviolet light from sunshine.
Exercises test spelling and word choice with garbled prompts. It asks for correct forms of misused terms and proper usage in daily speech, presenting a series of scrambled phrases and mislabeled items for practice.
The item lists various names and locales including Norge Works Titusville Gunsfelvedere and Buffalo creek, with mentions of Miss Inex Meensker the soprano soloist and Tule Dilton en route to Cleveland. It notes Walter Kmey buying a fish pole, Harry Paulaens returning from Jamestown and Tom Glolin in serious condition. Frank Kinley visits Shelly and Hugh Lord, a Meanville attorney, discussing a new manufacturing plant in Low ne.
A reader presents a arithmetic puzzle about converting bushels to pounds and barrels. It asks how many barrels of four would 16 bushels produce after miller grinding fees. The brief notes the answer to yesterday and shows a long ratio-based calculation, then ends with a remark on costly government undertakings and relief limits.
A missionary pageant titled The Two Masters will be presented at the First Baptist Church in Warren by the World Wide Guild of Sherman’s Baptist Church. Led by Rev CH Phee and Sherman pastor, the event features High School girls and draws outside attention. The public is invited to attend at 7 45 PM. Snow and travel disruptions reported elsewhere, with Warren escaping the main storm.
A busy day at the rummage sale on South Center Street featured a buyer purchasing an item his wife had donated. Oil City brokers report steady growth and recent improvements. Atlantic Refining raises tank wagon and service station gasoline prices by one cent per gallon in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Cold weather is welcomed by fruit growers to minimize losses from potential late frosts. Rotary International gears up for its May 6 Erie district conference with plans to host over 1,000 visiting Rotarians. Pennsylvania trout season opens next Monday amid optimistic forecasts for early streams. News ends with mention of bad news for local youngsters.
Reported chatter across May 2 suggests Downie Brothers may be involved in theft schemes as markets stay unsettled and traders move cautiously. Duquesne Hays were seen near Mayville. two individuals fled from an area near a home. Pandemic of rising attendance concerns disrupts schooling while fund prospects loom.
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