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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1931
Page
3
A review of Stuart Chase's Mexico A Study of Two Americas contrasts a traditional village economy with modern American life. It argues Mexicans find happiness in sufficiency and communal leisure, while Americans chase progress, mass production, and engineered entertainment, suggesting decentralization and small-scale living as a counterpoint.
A reader reports a square with center to corner distance nine yards? The problem asks for area and perimeter. The provided solution notes addends and multiplications but lacks clear steps. the solution references yesterday’s answer of 648 miles and an arithmetic method.
A retrospective column recalls events from August 28 1914. Frank E McLean heads the Democratic county committee after a vote of 35 to 22. Paul Peck survived a crash at Conneaut Lake with minor injuries. A $17 000 fire destroyed O A Peters store in Coch fant. The Library Theatre secured The Traveling Salesman for Thursday. Mrs Reedy's Bear Lake home was struck by a Sunday attack. a dog died and windows broke. Corry teachers attended a county institute in Erie and Misses Bonstee Amidon Kinley Swann Isaacson Ranney Lynch Van Tassel McKinney McKinney McCabe Morrell ONeil Neylon, and F M Cole left for New York for a wedding.
The column presents daily vocabulary guidance and spelling tips. It notes misused phrases and common mispronunciations, highlights difficult words like soliloquy and trespass, and urges readers to master one word daily to expand vocabulary.
In Harrisburg on August 28 H D Allebach and John Hy Light were re appointed to the state farm products show commission by Governor Pinchot. The commission oversees the annual state farm products show in Harrisburg.
The Ridgway area reports Ripley Town Clerk charged up to five dollars for marriage licenses, well above the two dollar limit. A July inquiry to the Department of Health denied any authorization for excess fees, as John Parker, 78, was killed nearby by a New York Central switch engine while walking on tracks.
Mrs. Amma Waters, 77, of 67 West High Street Union City, died this morning at Bo'cloale at Ye Corry hospital after a stay since August 21. She lived with her sister Mrs. Abbie Still. survivor single. Body moved to Union City by Undertaker Crowe.
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