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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1931
Page
3
A mid 1920s style column marks a quarter century since the motor car transformed life. It notes Gary’s growth from hills and swamps to a city of 100,000, Chicago’s expansion, and the shift from country roads to paved urban streets while predicting continued improvements and traffic changes.
A Labor Department briefing notes about some 500 Russians held on illegal entry or crimes, with debates over deportation and political offenses, while an investor outlines a diversified plan using a million dollars in stocks real estate and commodities, stressing safe storage and future gains.
A. Raymond Mullens of London joins Charles H. Henderson’s publishing unit in town. Miss Bernice Bracken hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Geraldine Taylor of Jamestown, soon to wed Jewel Mount. The Curtis-Hard party sails from Liverpool on August 22 aboard the S S Ivernia, due in Boston August 20. Engineer Clark buys a new home at Gold and Smith. A Third ward resident chased by fear searches for police at 10:30 after suspect shots rumored. police find no harm. Dick Marshall of Philadelphia, new U of P Freshman end, visits Lon Jourdet and Sidney Bilston.
California is home to the greatest arc of national forests while Peter walked on water. A corporation may be formed by three persons at minimum. The Panama Canal is hailed as America’s most spectacular achievement. The diamond is the hardest mineral, only scratchable by itself.
Tips on proper pronunciation and spelling errors. Highlights mispronunciations like Christen and words such as sole versus soul. Emphasizes mastering one word daily and using it three times to claim ownership.
Jorie Aug 22 Fourteen year old Thomas Coffey of 8 Rosendale avenue was seriously injured Thursday night when a pile of timber at Walker lumber yard on Seventh Street and the PRR tracks collapsed. He was taken to Hamet hospital with a fractured skull and rescued by passing motorists after becoming buried beneath boards.
Investigation into cereal grain types concludes the grain named eephoma is not wheat but a grain sorghum. It traces origins to Oklahoma and notes current plantings in surrounding areas including Kansas and Texas.
Mayville, Aug. 22 Sidney Hall, 45, of Railroad Avenue, committed suicide at 2:80 am Friday in his home by hanging himself in the cellar bar. The body was found yesterday morning. Coroner Crandall said it was suicide. Hall, who had a wife and three children, had been drinking heavily and his family left the house Thursday night. He used electric wire fastened to a floor joist. The body was taken to N. F. Morton funeral home. Surviving are wife Mrs Flossie Barment Hall and three children Donald, Jack and Ola.
A fragment suggests De Quincey and Tuglish classified literature as a ttera shine of Snowledee and the Vlerauire af power, signaling a debated view of literary power and perception.
In New York Aug 22 a major shift sees Katharine Cornell and Guthrie McClintic leasing the Belasco as producer and director. Frances Larrimore stars in Behrman’s Brief Moment. McClintic will present Post War dramas and comedies including Noel Coward and Cohan works, with many productions planned at the Belasco and other theaters this fall.
A dated schoolroom teaser asks TJ Smith to find profit on selling six eighths of an article for four dollars its cost. The problem’s phrasing asks for percentage gain, but the excerpt also includes yesterday’s answer 2400 and an unrelated instruction to divide 125664 by 84445, take a square root, and multiply 20 by 20 by 6.
Erie County school news shows approx 82 teachers to be employed this fall, a 20 percent rise, with many districts opening Aug 31 while some towns delay start until Sept 1. A full Institute of Erie County teachers will meet Oct 5 at Bainbora Normal School, featuring national education leaders. Adjutant Toplis to Kane and Warren praised local support and Times.
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