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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1931
Page
3
Corry Pa section lists publisher and advertising rates. Notes publisher National Advertising Representative Fred Kimball Inc. in New York and Chicago Chamber of Commerce address. Describes mail terms and price per year, carrier, and per copy.
Dr. Emlyn Jones reports in 1930 Pennsylvania accident statistics that motor vehicle crashes killed 2424 people, with airplanes showing only sixteen deaths. Other causes include 435 drownings, 440 railroad fatalities, 1766 deaths from falls, 519 burns, 95 fires, 41 carbon monoxide deaths, 164 firearm fatalities, 82 froze to death, and 13 lightning deaths, urging extreme caution in daily life.
Thousands of dollars will be distributed by Corry banks over the next days as Christmas savings checks go to hundreds of club members. The flow is expected to stimulate local business, relieve debts, and fund deferred purchases while also bolstering savings accounts for a rainy day.
The Adlist Company announced the 1982 Corry Union City Directory will be ready for distribution Monday December 7th. A limited number of copies are printed and unsubscribed readers should arrange for purchase soon after sales begin. Salesmen handle the first week of selling. the firm promises the volume contains updated city information and aims for minimal errors.
Jamestown announces the resignation of Superintendent Fletcher after 39 years with the district. The resignation takes effect August 1, 1992, ending 13 years as superintendent and 20 years as Jamestown High School principal. He will be 70 at retirement as the board eyed a new three year term for his successor. A separate report notes an unidentified man was fatally struck by a railroad train near Hawking station, Swissgate.
A long time Erie County resident and Civil War veteran, Dee Peter Lensehen, known as a court crier, suffered a sharp pain after visiting his son Nicholas Lena chen at 3331 Penn Street. He died after an afternoon private service was held and will be interred at Lakeside cemetery Thursday.
Radio Pictures presents the light comedy Caught Plaster ed at the Rex starring Bert Whugler and Robert Woodlsey with Dorothy Lee. Douglas MacLean wrote the original story and supervised the production after returning from retirement, following earlier success with Crack ed Nuts.
An old promotional text touts Carter’s Little Liver Pills as a remedy to “wake up your liver bile” without calomel. It ridicules harsh tonics, praises gentle vegetable extracts, and urges readers to ask for Carter’s Liver Pills, noting a 25 cent price and red label.
An advertisement promotes Fasteeth powder to keep dentures firm and comfortable with no gummy taste. It claims to prevent slipping, freshens breath, and is available at Keister's Drug Store or from your local druggist. Ady-11.
Five institutions share in the estate of George LaVarn Prack a Erie furniture dealer who died November 24 at his home 448 West Tom street. His will probated Wednesday in the county court of Roy Howell register of wills. The will provides $500 to Odd Fellows Meadville $2000 to Methodist Smithville Center $1000 to City Mission Brie $1000 to First Methodist Episcopal Church Birle and $500 to Infants Home. The remainder of the estate to relatives most surviving in New York state.
Mayville December 3 The Board of Supervisors settled the armory site after approving a resolution by Supervisor El Herman Mignusom of Jamestown. A contract to purchase the Robertson-Bentley site at Front Street and Hall and Almy Avenues near the West Street bridge was set at 40,500, rescinding a prior motion of 44,000 for a different site from Victor Robertson.
Invitations go out next week for a Hotel Curry reunion on December 25 with the 1920 to 1927 High school classes. Miss Alice Messenger chairs arrangements with committees for music, invitations, decorations, entertainment, and a 9:30 to 12:30 dancing party at JuniLee High School. Florence Lindquist leads decorations. event aims to be a top entry in the holiday Alumni series despite weathered school ties.
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