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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1929
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR from an Indianapolis area building note mentions a crowd count and an event at a structure. Details are garbled, with no clear names, dates, or outcomes discernible for a fuller summary.
An item notes Thomas Edison and Midigon progressing toward rubber from weeds, with Florida trip hints of successful lab work. If proven, the United States may gain a domestic, abundant rubber supply, surpassing current commercial sources and boosting national industry prospects.
James J. Dayla, secretary of labor, envisions a future where urban and rural living converge. He predicts growth of cities into the countryside with elevated roads, day travel on superhighways, and homes in the country for workers, all featuring parks, air, gardens, and recreation. He calls the dream bright if progress continues.
Domestic buyers notice cheaper coffee per pound and by the cup as Brazil’s failed price stabilization causes a large drop in world markets. The piece cites similar collapses in rubber and other commodities, noting that supply and demand remain the ultimate force beyond government or corporate control. Consumer costs ease amid natural market forces.
A look back at items from December 16 1909 includes Jamey Turnett named warden of Erie county jail Joan Ward dies after a stroke at home in West Washington Street, a basement smudge near Babbitt's drugstore briefly feared and quickly extinguished Miss Mary Porter hosts a card party at her West Pleasant Street home with sixteen youths A telegram from Paon New Mexico reports the death of D F Dempsey formerly of Corry Work begins on a Titusville to Corry railroad route Directors of Citizens National Bank declare regular dividend of 1 4 percent and a ten percent dividend payable December 24 A baby boy arrives at the Kennedy home on Buick Street Gilbert Dunham travels to Bear Lake for work on a house.
Answers to Saturdays exercises appear in a jumble of questions and keys. The page lists items on grammar spelling pronunciation and vocabulary with corrected forms and proof of learning. It reads like a practice worksheet from a language class with prompts and solutions for common language concerns.
At Jamestown four youths are held on first degree robbery and carrying a pistol without a permit. Sam Sardi, brother of one suspect, was sentenced to Auburn prison for two to five years. Bail set at 19,000 each. They allegedly held up Albin Johnson, age four, in an alley between Taylor and Harrison. Police captured the quartet after a gun and Johnson’s pocketbook were recovered.
A historical puzzle asks: a man born in 1845 and his wife born in 1869 have an oldest son. the gum of their ages at the son’s birth equals three times the husband’s age in 1800. Determine the son's age in 1899. The solution hints multiply 7 minus 2 by 8 minus 7, add 2 1/2 and 4 1/2, and divide 45 by 8.
The reader asks about the Seven Seas, a non-specific term for sea regions. a president who did not claim a church membership. Earth's orbital period. a term used by American Patriots for anti-independence Americans. and the Dark Ages, plus a note on a Charleston pair Kris Kringle and St. Nicholas, with scattered brief answers referencing Elizabeth and South America.
United Press reports on current best sellers and literary criticism. Theodore Dreiser’s A Gallery of Women tops the list with fifteen portraits. critiques question its realism. Anthony Berkeley’s The Poisoned Chocolates Case praised as a standout crime read. Biographies of Benjamin Franklin receive renewed attention, notably Bernard Jay’s The Apostle of Modern Times. Florence McClinchy’s Joe Pete profiles Ojibway life in Michigan. Wilbur Whitehead’s Winning Bridge offered as a practical guide. Also notes on Dr. George A. Dorsey’s 40,000-mile trip.
A list of top selling books with authors and publishers includes A Gallery of Women by Pheolore Dreiser Livertht at $5.00 and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich M. Remarque at $2.50, plus entries for Hudson River Bracketed, A Farewell to Arms, The Specialist, Caught Short, New Worlds to Conquer, Twelve Against the Gods, and The Art of Thinking with various prices and publishers.
Poet turns novelist and his Dewer Rides is the third selection of Paper Books. Burnham Garter is appointed secretary to Harry Guggenheim. George Mitchell, Sergeant Giggles, praises a curious habit of asking for a nickel for coffee. A Random House edition of Candida with Rockwell Kent illustrations is December choice. Katharine Anthony Queen Elizabeth column notes cancellation.
The piece notes Boyden Sparkes completed a Hetty Green biography to be released in April. It also quotes Eégar Wallaee praising American travel and the country’s handling of a stuck maniet Upheaval, commenting on courage and humor amid distress.
Assure funds for Erie harbor protection move advances with help from State Park and Harbor Commission member James Thompson. Mil ton W. Shreve told Thompson that Major General Lydd Brown, chief of engineers, authorized orders to proceed with further protective work at Erie Harbor.
Jesse De Voge of Front Street West Penn Power narrowly escaped death Saturday morning at a Ridgway substation during revamping work. He suffered burns to the legs chest and head and was hospitalized in fair condition. A separate note mentions the Taler City Symphony Orchestra from Titusville and Franklin performing a concert at Franklin High School Sunday afternoon.
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