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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1930
Page
3
Published daily except Sunday at West South Street Corry Pa the ad notice lists national advertising representative Fred Kimball Inc with addresses New York Chicago and Pittsburgh. Rates shown include by mail five dollars per year three cents per copy and fifteen cents per week.
The New York state industrial commissioner warns nationwide about home work swindlers who mail cheap materials for advance payments and vanish. Police and federal agencies should watch for such schemes and citizens should report circulars to local authorities. The piece also notes complex U S Russia ties with American firms aiding Soviet industrialization and potential future competition in world markets.
Lippman, a prominent Corry dry goods merchant and longtime resident on Main Street, died Saturday afternoon after a prolonged illness. Also noted: Meadville population reaches 12 780, up 2 489 or 24 18 percent. Barlow Hardware sheds damaged by heavy snow. Cory High Royal team to face Salamanca tonight. birth of baby daughter to Mr and Mrs Harry Stone in Meadville. Mrs Earl and son Harry spent Christmas in Columbus. I W Athérly of Chicago visiting relatives on Pleasant Street.
A playful brain teaser asks if a five percent taller person walked around the earth at the equator how far would the head travel compared with the feet. The answer is seven inches with a terse arithmetic explanation.
The article reviews Pluto's discovery in 1930 by Lowell Observatory and explains Eros the near Earth asteroid. It notes plans to measure Earth–Eros distance via international observations from Perkins Observatory and others. The piece links Kepler's laws to modern distance calculations and mentions Comet-like planetoids and a return from Union City.
Jamestown officials report Otto's Restaurant at 15 Hast Second Street was gutted by fire that started in a ventilator flue above a kitchen range. Damage estimated at $5,000 by Fire Chief C. J. Beatty. Fire melted the vent pipe and grease ignited, spreading flames through the kitchen while workers fled.
DeLand Florida December 26 Johnny J Jones 56 once a Pennsylvania coal miner’s helper rose to lead a widely known American circus He died Christmas morning of a heart attack at home He is survived by his widow and son Johnny Jenkins Jones Jr The show employed two special trains and about 100 wagons touring the United States and Canada annually
United Press reports seven people killed and at least 15 injured in Christmas season car wrecks across Western Pennsylvania. Fatal crashes occurred in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties, including Greensburg and New Kensington, with victims named Nesbit Opsitnick Nico Baleski Varreck Watkins and suspects Melvin Carter and Robert Ray under police arrest.
Daily Lessons in English presents guidance on misused words pronunciations and spelling. It defines rendition as an actor's representing interpretation or performance and offers a classified want ad for young calves with a contact phone.
Morro Castle location not stated. The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth was Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Fool's gold refers to the ocean perch. The native Indians belong to the Ispan race. Gibraltar rises under Spain. Alexander Hamilton is listed as item five.
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