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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
3
The piece reviews immense growth in Federal wealth and bank deposits since 1927, noting a fortyfold rise in deposits and a continent’s value in money if liquid. It contrasts inflation of wealth with Kipling’s warning about imperial pride, urging humility lest we forget.
A British first lord of the admiralty urged restraint in criticizing naval size and urged calmer Atlantic dialogue on disarmament. He warned scaremongers hinder rational agreement while hopeful talks point to a future Golden Age of peace inspired by cultural and scientific progress.
Answers to yesterday's questions include Rome as the contraction source in goodbye, standard U S rail gauge of 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in, first white crossers being descendants of explorers, a state adjacent to the Mississippi noted for peanut growing, wild geese flying at high speeds, and balsa wood as a common lightweight material.
A corner lot 40 feet by 160 feet is given. A concrete sidewalk 5 feet wide is to be built in front of it and along one side. At 280 per square foot, determine the total cost. Also notes yesterday’s problem about diving age 12 times 13.6 for reference.
A garbled OCR excerpt presents exercises from Game of Correct English by W. L. Gordon. It includes questions on sentence errors, pronunciation, misspelled words, missing-letter synonyms, and usage prompts with corrupted text and unclear examples.
Harrisburg February 7. Republican state leaders meet in the executive mansion to discuss a revised draft of the revenue department measure. This second conference follows prior hostility to parts of the original bill. Participants include Joseph R. Grundy William K. Melton State Chairman Edward Martin and Deputy Attorney General Schnader. Governor Fisher says further revisions will be considered.
A garbled, broken text fragment offers scattered lines about self culture and personal improvement. It muddles ideas on willpower, praise of inner reward, and a dubious term Coondise of Pools called Pomorrave, with stray references to Minaparhette and a nonsensical score.
Martin Jensen completed a solo endurance flight from Roosevelt Field in Green Wash, but a fuel shortage forced an early landing at Mitchell Field. He had flown over 17 hours in cold rain, attempting to beat the 35 hour mark set by Royal Thomas, before fuel depletion halted the attempt.
New York February 7 rockefeller interests claim a solid hold on a majority of proxies for Standard Oil Co of Indiana as W Stewart vs Rockefeller efforts clash over chairmanship. Aldrich Rockefeller Jr and William Aberts lead the proxy drive amid weeks of effort with a stockholders meeting set for March 7 at Whiling Indiana.
The text describes a planned underseas tunnel project near Mersey River with reference to a large underwater conduit, a distant tower at Livernooh, and negotiations over brief conditions, though the details are garbled and uncertain.
In Warren on February 6 the Ele Chib hosted a staged police raid as a prank on about 150 local businessmen. Sheriff H H Jefferson and District Attorney LeRoy Edy joined a realistic dragnet, sparking embarrassment before committee members revealed it as a joke.
In Washington in February counsel for Harry P Sinclair Henry Mason Day William J Burns and W Sherman Burns argued over contempt of court charges tied to jury tampering in the Wall Sinclair trial. Sentences were left to rack up six months for Sinclair four months for Day sixteen days for William Burns and a one thousand dollar fine for W Sherman Burns.
Much interest centers on a display of 150 master works from French Flemish English Dutch Spanish German and American schools at the Junior High School on February 20 27 and 28. Reproductions in original colors depict famous landscapes portraits and genre scenes. The exhibit aims to bring school study to life with works that reflect a wide range of generations and styles.
A fragmented New York Evening Post excerpt discusses crowd behavior on urban streets and hints at social trends influencing pedestrian vitality. The garbled text mentions street corners and implied measures of liveliness, reflecting a quirky, speculative snapshot of city life.
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