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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1930
Page
3
A compact lesson from W L Gordon on daily word use and pronunciation starts with common misuses and mispronunciations. It defines decorum as propriety of manner and conduct, noting the need to observe laws of decency and decorum in speech and behavior.
Yesterday at 5 p.m. at St. Thomas Church Miss Rose Crowe married Martin J. Brey. Attendants were Miss Margaret Crowe and P. J. Crowe. The McInnes Steel plant is busy keeping up with orders as new machinery is added. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Van Vieck will settle in Union City where he bought an interest in the Universal Ghar Company.
Franklin district authorities report the Blair gang from Slab Furnace is being captured, with only Clyd Blair at large. Warrants for larceny, forged checks, and liquor tuning are prepared as police and county officers pursue him. Notable detainees include Clarence Blair and others held on theft and forgery charges, with health and living conditions at the Slab Furnace hideout noted.
Sunday schedule presents WEAF NBC network shows at 9 30 EST Dutch Masters Minstrels at 10 EST Ship of Memory on WA NBC list Paramount Panic Hour on WABU CBS and WEAF NBC Lucky Strike Hour aired EST time slots cover Dutch Masters Minstrels Ship of Memory Paramount Panic Hour and Lucky Strike Hour with networks noted.
Ire nce Franklin Smith longtime railway executive and golf administrator, senior vice president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway and president of the Southern Golf Association, died at home in Nashville. Born 1848 in Chautauqua County New York he helped organize southern golf and led Belle Meade and Nashville Golf clubs. Mineral services today. burial in Louisville Sunday. He was brother of late Milton H. Smith former president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Warren, Feb. 8. The King of Hoboes visited Warren marking the event with a signal never bestowed before. Lagarowitz of Brooklyn, 24, recently elected king by a Minneapolis conclave on September 1, 1927, has traveled 375,185 miles to date and visited every country except Russia. His pockets held razor, toothbrush, talcum, and city keys from six mayors.
The essay reviews the Ash Wednesday cider clause as a drys wets compromise but doubts formal acceptance. it notes threats to bootleggers and potential spread of home brewing. It also discusses business cycle theory by Babson and Lawrence, urging production alignment to demand and smoother distribution. It concludes with a call for better jailers, arguing improved prison staff is essential for reform and public safety.
Major Clyde D. Wilcox of Corry, commander of the Third battalion of the 16th Regiment, conducted the preliminary inspection of Company in their armory at Cooperstown Saturday night.
Jerome R Graves C I Henderson and Charles Lilly attended a Monroe Lilly Manufacturing Co meeting on N Center Street. A plumber thawing a water pipe in the Dr J R Pope and J H Davis Son office building started a fire which was quickly extinguished with little damage.
Youth voices urge shorter sermons and prayers that are direct and meaningful. They want better music, more thoughtful scripture reading, and a genuinely worshipful atmosphere. They call for sympathetic guidance from adult leaders to make services more effective for worshippers.
The piece notes Clarence Hun gerford Mackay as president of the Postal Telegraph Cable Co and father in law of Try Ing Berlin, highlighting his civic ties and a Kentucky Lincoln farm donation. It cites a Hempstead sermon warning prosperity as a menace to America and argues history shows civilizations fall when wealth erodes justice and virtue.
A merchant blends coffee priced at 47 1-44, 20c, 80e and 37 1-26 4 pound per unit in equal quantities and sells the blend for 406 4 pound. Determine his percentage profit from the mixed sale.
Answers list yesterday’s queries and corrects: 1 The Man Nobody Knows author is Bruce Barton. 2 William of Normandy invaded England and became king. 3 The court trying impeachment officers is the Senate. 4 The biblical woman is Potiphar’s wife who caused Joseph’s imprisonment. 5 Great Lakes water is fresh. The Monumental City refers to Baltimore.
Jamestown reports the death of Rev Jules Gore Willmus Mauritzson a prominent Lutheran and dean of Augustana College Rock Island ill killed Thursday afternoon in Rock Island He is survived by his widow Mrs Maria Thorson Mauritzson two daughters Miss Tyra Mauritzson Lincoln Junior High faculty Miss Anna Mauritzson Jamestown High school faculty a daughter Mrs Henry Arp of Moline a daughter Gunhild and a son Anders at home He had visited Jamestown several times and addressed the Augustana College club as supervisor of the Swedish language department at Augustana College Rock Island
Amanda Lawson, longtime Concord township resident, died at her Corry RD 1 home at 6 30 last evening after a stroke. Survived by three daughters G A Johnston Oakland Calif A G Swanson Corry RD1 and D D Ball Cambridge Springs one sister Mrs John Johnson Chicago and two brothers Frank and Gust a Lindstrom in Sweden. Funeral Monday at 2 pm from the sale home with interment in Rose Hill cemetery Spartansburg.
Erie boards back Allegheny river lake canal plan to reach the Great Lakes, following Pittsburgh pressure and a Washington conference. The meeting highlighted a shift from the Ohio river route to the Allegheny option, despite prior engineers’ views, as proponents push for a slack-water link to Oil City and beyond.
The Senior class of Lae Columbus High plans a chicken supper on Thursday evening February 13 in the Columbus Community Center from 6:20 to 7 o clock. Mrs. R M Hamilton leads the kitchen with senior girls assisting, the senior class runs the dining room, a delightful menu is promised, and proceeds will fund the class trip to Washington.
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