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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1927
Page
3
Civic message lauds local banks and savings, urges residents to spend at home this Christmas season. Encourages thrift, reinvestment in Corry businesses, factories, and community betterment. Calls for "trade at home" to keep money local and support growth and employment.
The Journal announces a new in tertype ideal face chosen to ease reader eyes. It promises a blacker, larger, more legible letter and easier reading without strain as eye specialists approve. The note ends with a light quip about Christmas shopping and a hypothetical council.
Answers to Saturday's Questions list Rudyard Kipling as the author and Rheims as a city, with the largest known plant not stated, a statue gift uncertain, and camel differences noted. The fragment mentions U S presidents dying on the same day and other items but lacks full details.
A Berlin hotel claims to be the world’s only juvenile only lodging for children visiting the city on summer tours. A high class lodging is offered with meals provided at seven cents for lunch or dinner.
Will Rogers tours Mexico with President Calles and Ambassador Morrow and praises irrigation projects. He notes a dam and plant irrigating 200000 acres with three such plants planned and over 150 American engineers at work, urging Americans to view Mexico as striving for higher living standards.
A group of Native Americans protests perceived bias in American history, arguing that wars with whites were provoked by provocation and takings. They claim scalping was learned from white traders, cite the Battle of Wounded Knee, and accuse settlers of mass killings. They criticize white figures and call for fairer treatment of indigenous history.
President Coolidge in his message to Congress highlights new stance on farm relief naval armaments and Muscle Shoals. He pushes agriculture support via market development and farm cooperatives, urges controlled deficits, and calls for stronger naval power while refraining from costly direct propping.
Waktin rec 141 Jones of North Warren was reelected president of the Warren County Agricultural Association at the annual Board of Directors meeting held at the Court House Saturday afternoon. Plans for the 1928 exposition to be held next September were approved, ending rumors the county mail might be abandoned. H M Beshlin was elected vice president along with W J Taylor secretary RE Wald treasurer and Adison White auditor.
Obituary notes JM Donoghue of Marion found dead in bed this morning. Local union officers elected at Judge No. 356 International Brotherhood of Machinists meeting last evening. Community updates include a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. C H Geiger, and Mabel Stennett returning from Jamestown visit. Baptists report a successful bazaar despite bad weather, raising about 45 dollars.
A reading from a column promoting daily ten minute practice in English mastery. It asks readers to identify errors in sentences, choose correct pronunciations, and fill in missing letters for synonyms. It includes examples and answers for prior exercises.
A math problem asks how many towels can be made from 7 yards given towels are 80 inches long after hems. An unusual answer given is 12 percent for Saturday’s problem. The explanation includes multiplying 5000 by 40, adding 500, and dividing by the difference from 740. A social note reports Mr and Mrs Roy Mather and Mr and Mrs V Kestler with children visiting Seed to Jamestown yesterday and spending the day.
Congress grapples with investigations as tax reform and election probes lag behind key Senate and House actions. Reed committee faces Mexican documents and subpoenas amid State Department pushback while Ware and Vare campaigns seek investigations into election spending and integrity. Senate tackles farm relief and flood control.
Andrew Burg aged 67 of Westlins died after a fall at his home. He was found at the foot of the stairs and died at Kane Summit hospital after a coma lasting from 1:20 Saturday morning. Coroner H. Clay Heffner deemed a brain blood clot the likely cause. Burg lived alone. body taken to O. G. Brown funeral parlors. L J Bartlett of Weatline and Miss Mary Buck provided details.
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