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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1930
Page
3
Dr William John Cooper, federal education commissioner, forecasts a distant future where machines automate work and learning elevates standards. He envisions near immunity to tolls, universal schooling, heightened living standards, and a transformed public life by 2080 with leisure in arts and intellect, yet cautions on emotion replacing intellect in public affairs.
Shanghai tries to reform after a judge suspends a ten year sentence on emigration, angering locals who call the city a penal colony. A reform movement targets gambling where racing thrives, backed by different concessions. Foreigners profit through charity while Chinese officials note money loss. Obstacles to reform persist due to entrenched interests and cross foreign influence.
In the city a holiday window scene with aeroplane effect. Alderman J Barker seeks county commissioner nomination in Republican primaries. P and E pay car runs monthly. citizens buy Christmas gifts. Mrs M Hazel buys land at Concord and South, to build next spring. A baby daughter born to Mr and Mrs G C Gonton. Dennis Shier, railroad employee, seriously injured by an engine in Erie yards. Embert Wellman visits Erie friends. Olin W Bracken returns from University of Pennsylvania for holidays.
W L Gordon outlines common usage errors and mispronunciations and urges readers to grow vocabulary. Today's focus is paramour defined as a lover illicitly engaged or replacing a spouse, with a Macaulay quote illustrating the term.
Answers list yesterday included John Hancock as the Tiger of France and Lake Huron as the largest Great Lakes state, with 23 800 square miles. It cites Antares as the giant star and Elinor Glyn as the author. It also notes the number four for the shamrock leaves and a question about laws preventing a US president from resigning.
Hunters statewide wrap up a successful deer season with reports of about 250 deer killed in Warren County. Game Warden Elmer Nelson notes higher totals than last year, with 4 or 5 deputies still filing reports. Meat from the animals was distributed to charitable institutions. Announced noon Tuesday, the Grape Belt National Bank merges into the National Bank of Westfield, effective today, approved by the Comptroller of the Currency.
A brain teaser describes a worm starting at page 1 of Volume 1 and tunneling to page 100, asking how many complete volumes it traverses. The excerpt includes an unfinished sale notice at 317 Clinton Street in Jamestown, listing furnished rooming house offerings.
Quaero Glib's annual Christmas party was hosted Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Clyde Wilcox's home on N Center street. Members heard Christmas customs, a brief history of the Christmas Tree Drive of Southern California, excerpts on Santa Claus and Christmas devotion, and enjoyed a lively guessing game. The event included a dinner and a decorated tree, with gifts distributed by the hostess group amid festive merriment. Mr and Mrs John Madison and daughter Jennie will relocate to Orson.
Four women from Mt Jewett and Hazelhurst were bound over to the next term of McKean county court after hearings before Judge Stenger in Kane. They were alleged to have been caught shoplifting in local stores.
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