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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1928

Page

3

Traffic ordinance praised for through street rules enforcement

Corry city police arrested about a dozen motorists Saturday for violations of the new through street provisions. Officials favored a $1 fine with warnings, aiming to educate drivers rather than impose heavy penalties, and expected fines to rise only with flagrancy. The mayor urged cooperation to ensure smooth implementation of the motor code and safer streets citywide.

Polle de Police Department Tila

Problem of the drover and cat tle pricing

A drover shipped a fairload of cattle and offered them for sale at an advance of 2556 on the cost. With dull market, he sold them for 1451 less than his asking price and gained 170 on the road. The puzzle asks for the selling price of the cattle and includes an arithmetic explanation involving fractions and a final note about $16,400 representing a quarter.

Opening of the fishing and baseball seasons amid rain and chatter

Amid variable weather anglers flock to trout streams as the trout season begins. sportsmen anticipate big catches. The piece also notes debates about advertising in newspapers and reflects on community life in early spring. A sudden death brings local sorrow to the Rich family of West Smith Street.

Ailiet Little Crook Vo Ma Gmail State Fish Commission Trask Walton Presa FM. Rich and West Smlith Street Little Valley Reformer Ma J. Alebe

Dark Horse May Trot At Both Conventions

Washington dispatch analyzes the race for the 1944 presidential nomination. It notes possible dark horse candidates from both parties, the split among supporters, and the likelihood of a tie in conventions. The piece weighs which governors or senators could surge and the impact of regional blocs on delegate counts.

Dark Horse

Game of Correct English by W. L. Gordon

A fragment from a learning column presents questions on pronunciation spelling and word choice. It lists miswritten terms like hauteur and Shakespeare and offers exercises with answers referencing correct usage and daily speech implications.

W. L. Gordon

Twenty Years Ago From the Journal Files Apr 16 1008

A. B. Johnson and John Miderkio fished Blue Eye, catching 27 and 24 trout respectively. Weather turned cold for April with ground froze hard, and an unseasonable chill lingered. Mrs Patterson rented her Mott Street house to Mr George, new electric plant proprietor, as Dr Woodward and Mr Lindsley returned from Erie Presbytery meeting in Ol City. Bessie Perkine visited Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Prof Wilson heads to Atlantic City this evening. Kinley and Whitnesey fished Blue Eye for speckled trout. A. D. Hoss bought the Bate man farm near Stranahan’s Corners. John Sheely Sr. returned from Daytona after five months away.

Finlly Wo Patterson Mott Street

Answers to Saturday's Questions from Look and Learn 4

The quiz lists: 1. the president famed for literary style protection, 2. the language with widest distribution, 3. origin of the term honey jan, 4. the gate city of the west, 5. the prophet message or mews, Sicily, Tennyson, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and France in relation to motion pictures.

West Sicily Tennyson Woman's Christian Yemperance Union France

Congress in Session Debates Naval Budget and Coal Probe

United Press reports Senate resumes debate on the naval appropriation bill while the Interstate Commerce Committee continues its coal investigation. House conduct centers on small bills via unanimous consent calendar as Agriculture panel reviews the Vinson bill regulating goods.

United Press Senate Interstate Commerce Committee HOUSE Agriculture

Peters Adventures The Wide Awake Nestlings

Peters Adventures follows Hen and the young birds as dawn approaches. Father Swift wakes the brood and urges them to stay awake to witness sunrise while contemplating future hunts and responsibilities. The scene blends whimsy with a quiet moral about growing up and seizing morning moments.

Nieves Vnio Vo Lee Ry Gil Mathnr Swift

United States and Central America a critical view

William P. Ferguson argues Central America is largely backward and unstable, with a few exceptions like El Salvador and Costa Rica due to American investment. He recounts the Nicaragua crisis, U.S. Marines’ role, and Coolidge mediation, urging a lawful election and recognition while warning against imperial overreach and domestic criticism.

William P. F Ferguson Franklin News-Herald America Central America Spain Thla Guatemala Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Aed Washington Pennsylvania Coolidge United States Iment Marinea

Former Warren Man Knighted by Danish King

M P Moller of Hagerstown a Warren native and brother of Mrs Tracy Greenlund and Mrs J R Bairstow has been named Knight of Danneberg by the King of Denmark for chivalry and merit. The honor is the Danish government’s highest. Moller left Denmark 56 years ago, lived in Warren Greencastle and Hagerstown, and built the world’s largest organ factory. Miss Helen Mills returned to Kane after visiting her parents here over the weekend.

Warren M. P. Boller Hagerstown Tracy Greenlund J. R Bairstow Denmark Danneberg Moller America Greencastle Helen Mills Kane C. L. Mills

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