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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1928
Page
3
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A pair of wrestlers married in a small ceremony after a local bout. Family, teammates, and club officials attended, celebrating a union amid the sport’s gritty routine and community support.
A fragmented OCR item references West tick events and a program involving dents. Details are unclear, but the snippets indicate scheduling or notices tied to West Tick activities, with limited readable context and no concrete figures.
The Corry Journal notes population growth from 105,710,000 in 1920 toward 123,284,000 in 1930, highlighting real estate as a leading industry. It discusses immigration, census projections, and the value of rising numbers, then describes a Metropolitan Opera Company tour to Cleveland with air travel for Detroit patrons and a 400 mile performance radius.
State laws banning fight film showings prompt theaters to demand repeal while arguing federal action blocks interstate transport. Critics say if fights are legal in adjacent states, films should travel too, urging a federal states’ cooperation on the issue. Geologists flag vast coal reserves across Wyoming Colorado Montana and the Dakotas, with trillions of tons untapped, signaling abundant fuel for centuries.
Washington report notes Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut decorates his Capitol office with large propaganda cartoons from China. He says the pieces, purchased after a China trip, depict imperialist cruelty and resemble Russian style.
A fragmented OCR passage discusses English language mastery and exercises. It criticizes errors in a sample sentence and lists misspellings and pronunciation tasks. The text references satirical notes on pronunciation, word forms, and cultural figures, with scattered examples of misused phrases and political commentary.
A Problem a Day reports a price change from 8.5 to 81.7 cents per pound over two years. The solution implies a percent increase by scaling 8.5 by 4 and dividing by 100, yielding an implied method.
Harding School hosts a February 7 meeting with a program including songs, recitations by five girls and five boys, instrumental and vocal solos, and readings by Mrs. James Nichols and other members. Audience invited to attend.
A Jackson man narrowly escaped when his wagon with three passengers collided with a switch engine at Center street crossing. Lafayette Curtis, uncle of Virgil Curtis, died at Columbus aged 83. Gans Nelson fight planned at Continuous Theatre. Warren to play Corry in basketball at Messenger Theatre Saturday. Major Wheelock to inspect Company A Friday. Mr Woolard’s sleigh team ran away after a snow bank near the street railway. Clayton Theatre on First Avenue closed. equipment sent to Sherman. Walter Pettengill to Buffalo for banquet. A Thomas buys Tracy drawing business and will continue it.
Spring Crighe Grange held its regular meeting January 28 with Master Lulu Whaley presiding. Nine officers attended and secretary installation occurred, delayed by illness. Subscriptions to the National Grange Monthly were approved at a special price. Next meeting set for February 11 with Lincoln and Roosevelt birthday themed readings and talks on fortifiers and economical seed purchases.
David Long, worker for Central Pennsylvania Lumber Co., lies in Kane Summit Hospital with serious injuries to his left arm from a log handling accident at a hillside camp near Highland. A clamp tongs device struck him as a large hemlock log was hoisted, tearing muscles and ligaments.
The recount began in the Senate office building with 30 workers organized by a privileges and elections sub committee to count ballots at 2 p.m. The Reed primary investigation and Philadelphia county records were also opened for review, delayed briefly by organizational setup and heating system failures.
Charles Phenicie was killed when he stepped into a moving propeller of a Weeks Aircraft plane forced down near Sharon. Pilot C B Chamberlin and officials Hilton Weeks and Russell Kasche were aboard as the Milwaukee bound craft prepared to resume its flight from New York. The coroner ruled accidental death.
Edward Martin, Auditor General of Pennsylvania, formally seeks the Republican nomination for State Treasurer from Washington on February 6. A veteran and attorney, Martin cites a record of efficient government and economic policy and notes his long service in public life, the National Guard, and WWII as a decorated officer.
In Chicago Heights on February 6 a murder theory surfaced regarding four year old Beverly Hein, found dead at her parents home with burns. Parents Edgar and Mrs Hein suspect a marauder set the body ablaze to hide the crime. The child's body was found in the kitchen. dress and petticoat missing. exhumation planned.
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