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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1928
Page
3
The fragment shows the Corry Evening Journal masthead with address notes West South Street Corry Pa and publisher details. It lists advertising representation Reding and address in New York Chicago and Pittsburgh and indicates postage and mail rates with typos. rates are stated as 500 per year and three cents per copy with carrier delivery and application for further details.
Ambassador Morrow left Mexico City for a quiet southern Mexico tour where he was welcomed as a friend of the people. Public honors greeted him everywhere, with the Stars and Stripes revered in Indian villages as evidence of growing goodwill. The article notes the genuine sentiment cannot be bought.
A ten year old boy in Brooklyn who never spoke was enticed into an airplane and strapped in for shock therapy. The pilot performed stunts while the family, including none of the child's relatives, watched. The treatment nearly killed him and failed to help, risking lasting nervous damage according to a physician. The piece cautions that nerve shocks require careful use as reactions vary greatly.
The article notes a smaller immigrant inflow than pre war years with a net increase of 226,000, down from 284,000 in 1927. Canada led arrivals with 79,000 followed by Mexico 69,000 Germany 45,000 Ireland 38,000 England 33,000 Scotland 23,000 Italy and Scandinavia 18,000 each and France 17,000. Mexicans may slip across borders. they aid labor supply yet pose assimilation and local racial issues, with no large Mexican pool to threaten national stability.
A fragmentary page presents a puzzle titled Game of Correct English by W L Gordon. It lists questions on phrases and pronunciation with scattered misspellings and incomplete answers, including prompts about the correct pause pronunciation and vocabulary. The text shows misprints, malformed words, and partial solutions from yesterday's exercises.
A clipped page notes Corry Mills on West Washington by A W Merricks and praises a new industry. It mentions the old Gaston Block on West Main Street being torn down as part of a city improvement. Also previews booster baseball on Saturday with a Pittsburg team, and a fair day racing event between Herbert Emerson and Paul Dowe.
English temperance figures show Plymouth as the soberest seaport town while Norwich records the highest inebriety. The data, cited from recent convition statistics, suggest a shift toward a late Victorian era of alcohol use and civilization decline.
In a puzzle style prompt the reader identifies sources and names. It mentions Look and Learn, the fountain of youth, Dickens characters, and a maxim about looking before acting. It lists Patrick Henry, Mrs Awme Mill Bloower, a color sequence, Emanuel, Greenwich Village, and a mention of youth and eggs in a riddle context.
The piece notes that debts can burden a family after death or disability and outlines an Equitable Life of Iowa plan promising to take care of financial obligations when such contingencies arise, safeguarding dependents.
Aug 23 report from the quarterly constables meeting in Ol City. Constable Med Hotchkiss of Pleasantville was questioned by District Attorney Goodwit about liquor conditions. Judge Parker noted borough complaints of alcohol violations and directed investigation with County Detective Benny.
A math problem asks how much carpet 27 inches wide covers a room 15 feet by 22 feet with a pattern spaced every 18 inches. The answer references converting minutes to seconds and dividing 84 by 60 and 8 by 7-12, then inverting a fraction and multiplying to revive fractional minutes to seconds.
Mrs. B M Debner of Pryburg Clarion County injured in a Frostown collision. A Forest County dentist, unnamed, forced his fingers into her throat and removed swallowed teeth to rescue her as she gasped in agony. Mrs Vert McKissick suffered a fractured arm. Vern McKissick and Harry Himes were also involved. Miss Della Debner, daughter of an injured woman, was summoned to the bedside.
Jamestown Aug 28 The City Council overrode Mayor Lars Garson veto on a resolution to send Parks Superintendent Andrew Broberg to a national park superintendents convention in Los Angeles California with city funds. The measure passed 11 to 1 after debate and the mayor said funds were insufficient. The council also amended a traffic ordinance to allow left and right turns on green at signals unless posted otherwise.
An unsigned fragment notes The Young Ace and a figure nicknamed Little Willy proposing a whimsical plan to alter the world. The line mentions “salt a half a dozen pasteboard pines” and “living info papa” in a playful, surreal context.
In a Current Comment letter from Clymer New York, E B Caplish argues that faulty culvert design and obstructive highway features cause deadly accidents. He urges state and municipal road departments to replace monumentlike culverts with safer winged forms, widen shoulders, and remove posts and poles, claiming many injuries stem from inadequate clearances and unnecessary obstructions.
Clarence Wood of Parade street was badly shaken when he fell from the rear of a wagon while hauling barrels from Lee's grocery on North Main. The horse started abruptly, throwing him to the ground. Cooper and Crowe's ambulance took him home. Doctors say bones are broken but he is badly shaken.
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