The Russian Renaissance and World War Book News
The Corry Journal notes a Russian social and industrial renaissance influenced by Peter the Great and modern methods. It comments on war books' impact on readers and the disarmament debate, then discusses Five Days a Week and atheism in Russia as they relate to industrialization and religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Green
American Federation of Labor
Tige
Green
Society of Militant Atheists
Kiss
Govermment
National Atheistic Congress
Bigger Aircraft Exhibitions Grow in Size and Appeal
The International Aircraft Exposition at St Louis in February drew strong crowds and was deemed a tremendous success. Detroit’s third annual all American aircraft show in April surpassed it with over 100 planes in a purpose built hangar. Amply amphibians and flying boats drew interest, signaling more use of the Great Lakes as a flying route. The flying age is coming on apace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Detroit
Aveage
Great Lakes
Quiet wedding and moose hall reception noted in 1910 item
Twenty years ago a quiet wedding united Edith Weber and Theodore Fox at St Elizabeths church with Rev J A Kunts officiating. The Loyal Order of Moose held a gleaming reception in the Payne building while a hydetown freight train incident disrupted a Titunville pair’s trolley return. A Spring Creek revival urged happiness through balanced living and simple health tips from a Congregational minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Elizabeth's Church
Edith Weber
Theodore. Fox
Brockport, Pa
J. A. Kunts
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Payne Building
Titunville
Hydetown
Hyderows
Bas Main Street paving makes progress with early finish likely
Weather-friendly spell aids Bas Main Street pavement work as crews push toward early completion. Ellert Hubbard will address the Library theatre on The March of the Centuries April 22. Local notices include pneumonia illness for L. C. Matteson and moves of J. M. Nelson to Corry and union with son G. B. Nelson the undertaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bas Main Street
Ellert Hubbard
Library
J. M. Nelson
Conneaut Lake
Corry
G. B. Nelson
Undertaker
Future taxes and the call for peaceful budgeting
U S Commissioner of Internal Revenue Robert H. Lucas argues that as wars fade further into the past the income tax will shrink. He predicts after any future war the tax will so dominate today that people may feel they never paid one. He urges spending time and money on the sentimental cause of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Lucas
U. S
A Problem a Day: Article Cost and Gain Calculation
A problem asks for the cost of an article sold with an advance of 209, but if cost were 10 percent lower and sold for $8 less the gain would be 130 percent. The solution notes involve unit conversions, squaring, and multiplying large numbers, and present a formula H. P. equals pressure times length times area times revolutions divided by 33,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P
Daily Lessons in English by W L Gordon
A compact reading notes common English usage errors and pronunciation tips. It highlights correct forms like wish I were at home, explains words such as edification, and urges daily vocabulary growth through a single target word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Who Is He George Eastman and the Kodak Pioneer
Portrait of George Eastman the Kodak founder described as the man who made America picture conscious yet avoids the camera. The article notes his poverty fears, vast fortune, secret 17 million MIT gift, estimated 60 million donated to charities, birth July 12 1854 Waterville Maine, never married, seven photos of his mother, and plans to give 500 000 cameras to children turning twelve this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eastman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Waterville
Warren Man Candidacy Draws Interest in Corry
The candidacy of Burgess L. Chapman of Warren for the State Senate excites Corry voters though they cannot participate in Warren county contests. Chapman’s home-rule platform gains support across Warren district with promises to localize sewage, favor road building and farmer aid, and advocate workmen’s compensation and unemployment programs. He seeks reform in tax and revenue policies, opposing new taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess L. E. Chapman
Warren
State Senate
Corry
Warren County
Chapman
Columbus
Spring Cheek
Ireal
L. B. Chapman
Harrisburg
Taft appointment date and key facts
The item asks when Taft became chief justice, defines paprika, asks legality of mutilating coins, recalls Goliath’s height, and locates the world’s most powerful radio station. Answers cited include Columbia University, 925 to 75 silver alloy, George Bernard Shaw, nine feet, and a note on half and step sisters’ parental relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
U. S. Supreme
Man Vanishes After Illness in Jamestown
Police in Jamestown searched the Lie Chadakoin River banks and nearby areas for Ludwig Gustafson a 43 year old Alliance Furniture employee who disappeared from his Bowen street home after leaving Thursday night. He was ill and weak and may have taken his own life officials fear he despondent and without shoes. The search continued through Friday with no clues found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Lie Chadakoin
Ludwig Gustafson
Bowen Street
Gustafson
Alliance Furniture Company
Poli¢s
Forty Voting Machines Awarded to Philadelphia firm
Jamestown April 22 announcement by Russell F. Griffen of the Automatic Voting Machine Corporation says a contract for forty machines was awarded after hours. The cost is about 47000. Twenty machines have 360 spaces for candidates, twenty have 540 spaces to test which size fits best for Philadelphia’s Spring primary on May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Jamestown
Russell F. Griffen
Automatic Voting Machine Corporation
Tere
Youth Held for Connecticut Holdups
Detroit reporter state two holdups confessed by John Smeden 22 from Watertown Conn. Police will bring him back and stop at Pittston Pa where he said he hid 5000 dollars in a bank safety deposit box as part of his share in the robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Detroit
Mich
John Smeden
Watertown
Conn
Smeden
Pittston, Pa
Schmelzer Salary Fixed At 2500 Per Year
April 12 salary action for Capt Edward Schmelzer former city councilman named superintendent of county buildings set at 2500. Salary board members debated 2400 2600 with Allan MacLean proposing 2400 and Joseph F Rogan pushing 2600. The motion for 2500 was adopted on a second from Allan MacLean.
Warren Youth Harmed in Plant Accident
Warren April 12 Seth Samt burg 22 of 106 Irvine Street maimed on the right hand at Deluxe Metal Furniture Company plant in the west end He operated a punch press and doctors amputated the middle finger at the first joint and removed the lip of the fourth finger at the nail of the small finger He was taken to hospital and last evening returned home from the hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Seth Samtburg
Irvine Street
Deluxe Metal Furniture Company
West End
Ais
Also Mentioned on This Page
Corry Evening Journal
South Street
Colegrove
Arthur Golegrove
Fred Kimball, Inc
W. 46Th St
New York
Chicago
Russia
Europe
America
Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
Russian Empire
Moscow
Frankeness
Harry Hanses
Journal
L. C. Matteson
Frank L. Matteson
Pittsburgh
J. R. Graves
Lavalliere
Zoe Wilcox
Bernie
Howards
Spring Creek
Todeylin
Anbotus
Reeves
Alda
Tessens
Eae Coe
Senate
Connecticut
Brownell Shoe Store
Featuring
Blondes
Goodyear
Corry’s Factory Shoe Store
Brownell Shoe Co
North Center
Corry, Pa
Rinchesior
E. E. Guignon
Schmelzer
Superior Dry Cleaning Company
Root’s Furniture Store
Kirschy
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
Center St
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