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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1929
Page
3
The notice lists publishing details for the Corry Evening Journal including address lines for Arthur Colegrove and national advertising representatives PROD Kimball Inc. It notes rates by mail and carrier, with locations in New York Chicago Pittsburgh and a post office entry in Corry Pennsylvania.
A mixed excerpt covers language drills on pronunciation and spelling, plus a column praising President Hoover for limiting publicity seekers at the White House. It notes attempts to steer readers toward proper English usage and discusses historical efforts to substitute wines and mild drinks for whisky. The piece cites Jefferson's era and American temperance ideas.
General Jaci Coxey, famed as a mass procession leader during Grover Cleveland’s 1894 Coxey Army, will be principal speaker at the Harvest Home in Jackson Center Mercer County today. Armog 4000 miles, Spanish-American War, Lincoln, and woman suffrage themes appear in the fragmented questions and notes surrounding the event.
A Williamstown Institute of Politics lecturer cites divergent forecasts from fascism to communism and apocalyptic outcomes, then jokes that combining opposing theories yields a safer middle ground. The quip frames the clash of ideas as a political weather vane.
A 1908 clipping reports Edwin Sceamling, a farmer near Columbus, fatally injured after falling from a measfolding device. It also notes an Amusement Palace sale at the Traction Building, a Water Company meeting on Corry and Columbus trolley affairs, Bell Telephone linking with Wattsburg Independent Co, Miss Germnide and Atte Tritt visiting Seattle via Yellowstone and returning through Arizona and California, Hazel's Niagara trip, and Mark Gray and children outing at Bingley Lake.
A historical puzzle asks how many posts and feet apart are needed to fence in a land section. It references yesterday's totals 298000 square feet and 697600 square units with a convoluted arithmetic explanation involving 640 4 and 226 and resulting in 409600, illustrating puzzle style.
A chipped stream of notices from Bear Lake and nearby towns records Hawkins family reunions, cross and rice gatherings, and social visits. Attendees span Panama, Jamestown, Sherman, Westfield, and Erie areas, with officers elected for the year and invites for a 1930 descendant gathering. Multiple names and places appear, reflecting a busy community calendar.
A lengthy listing of services across churches in the area. Methodist First Church proposes 5 AM Sunday service with minister A. Wimer and Ralph S. Dewey as superintendent. Advent Christian and Christian Science churches, Alliance Church, United Brethren, Lutherans, Baptists, Pentecostals, and Emmanual Episcopal each provide morning and evening worship times, sermons, and special music. Notable speakers include Benjamin D. Tibbetts later in evangelistic meetings. local families and residents are invited to attend.
Walter Decker to sing a special musical solo during the regular morning service at Emmanuel Episcopal Church located at 114 M St. The church invites the community to attend the service and meetings. Pred and Lloyd Vanderhoot, who left Titusville recently, have been arrested in Terre Haute Indiana on forgery and bad check charges.
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