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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1927
Page
5
Coming Monday and Tuesday the tempestuous Pola debuts in Barbed Wire, a play by the author of The Woman Thou Gavest Me and The Christian. Previous Negri dramas pale beside this production.
Turmished to Journal details fluctuating stock prices from Atlantic Refining to Bethlehem Steel and GM rivals. Notable entries include Chrysler, Continental Motors, Studebaker, US Steel, Reading, Seaboard, Northern Pacific, and unions, with mixed gains and declines across energy, steel, and transportation equities. A dense ledger of corporate tickers, figures, and minor quotes concludes with a fragmentary note on Lone Star and regional rail names.
Fragmentary passage notes that birds sing near trees and warble, often near the female's nest. It mentions conflicts when another bird intrudes and that struggles between the birds are precipitated.
Numerous residents visit friends in the city then plan journeys home or to study, with many names and places noted. Twombly, Nywilde of Lakewood, Morrow, Humphrey, Bachorner, McCabe, Cordwall, Cornwell, King, Holmbeck, Reynolds, Willams, Haight, Willams, Plate, Besley, Slattery, and others appear across Erie and nearby towns as holidays close.
United Press reports about the start of 1928 tag sales for New York and New Jersey motor vehicle owners. About 990,000 sets issued already with 1,265,000 more from last year. Office delivery windows closed at noon as applicants lined up three blocks long in rain. Scalpers runners and others sold spots in line despite state patrol efforts to curb abuses.
A new motor code sets right of way rules and strict speed limits. Drivers must observe 15 mile per hour zones near school houses when children are at recess or entering or leaving, and 20 mile per hour limits in business and residential districts where signs show four inch high letters. The act creates a uniform traffic regulation system modeled after the Hoover code.
Washington December 31 Henry W Blackmer an oil official tied to the Wrance case for three years will not appear for the $100,000 contempt citation hearing. His attorney L Siddons asked to postpone the contempt argument set for January 6, delaying it to February. Also notes: Dr and Mrs J R Eliott travel to Erie for an overnight party and Mrs Mary Stickney of Spring Greek visits in the city and Buffalo before returning home.
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