Corry Evening Journal highlights and society notes
A collage of items from the Corry Evening Journal includes machine music claims from New York, Chinese purification actions around 2000 arrests and 400 executions, a tale of a wealthy man and his long wearing shoes, and an Ohio man planning to ride a skyrocket to Venus in February, with skepticism about feasibility and safety.
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China
Ganton
Robespierre
Robert Condit
Venus
CAME OF CORRECT ENGLISH By W L Gordon
Quiz style literacy page listing multiple choice and spelling questions from a historical column. It includes prompts on correct English usage, pronunciation, mispelled words, and vocabulary with sample answers and exercises.
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W. L. Gordon
Shipping policy and the U S merchant marine
A 1920s discussion notes that the government owns about 800 commercial ships with 200+ engaged in industry and private operators handling many passenger liners. It argues for a replacement program to modernize the fleet, increase ships built yearly, and expand American shipyards to maintain maritime strength and support export crops and national defense.
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Washton
Fen
Dow
Shippine Board
Ucrappadl
Ala
pHyate
Rchant Marine
Congres
Shipping Board Merchant Marine Service
Atlantc
The
Shipping Board
Jones Dill Deotarinjs & Gay
Pssrins
Senator Jones
Snline
Streau- Tate
United States
A Problem a Day Soap Packing Question
A puzzle asks how many soap cakes fit in a box measuring 2 feet by 1 foot by 1 foot. Each cake is 12 inches long by 2 inches wide by 1.5 inches thick. Converting all to inches, compute volume and packing factors to find a total count. The provided answer notes 402.08 tons, with an explanation using inches and feet conversions and a final division by 2000 to convert pounds to tons.
Twenty Years Ago From the Journal Files 1907
The report recalls the February 11 1907 entries including burials of Albert Damon and Jane Satterlee near West Spring Creek, wild theories about a Brit murder, a trolley line reopening through drifts to Columbus, an ice harvest near Columbus, a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Orris Caster, a box car fire injuring an Italian, Don Maelenzie of the Arlington Hotel Gil City visiting, and Rev C S Woodward with Federal Whittlesey traveling to Philadelphia for a missionary convention.
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Albert Damon
Slater
Jane Satterlee
West Spring Creek
Man suffers leg fracture scare in Kane fall
KANP February 11 John Martinson 45 of 408 Maple Street injured a left leg in a fall on an icy Flic Avenue pavement Wednesday evening. He was taken to a local physician who after examination reported no fracture.
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KANP
John Martinson
Maple Street
Kane
Martinson
Delay Hearing On Deputy Case In WHE County
Erie February 1. Arguments in the case of Thomas G. Stertelt sheriff of WHE county against the Exle salary board will be delayed about three weeks due to Judge Uriah Rowsitar leaving for Hot Laprmgo Arizona. City stenographers were unavailable for transcription causing the postponement. It was delayed from its April 4 date. It is probable arguments will not occur until the judge returns.
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Erie
Thomas G. Stertelt
Whe County
Exle
Uriah P. Rowsitar
Arie
Wna
Suit Filed Over Fatal Jamestown Crash
Axel Moberg of 107 Chautauqua avenue seeks 25000 damages for his wife Edith Moberg’s death after a car collision caused by Frank Van Every. Charles Van Every, real estate agent and father, is named in the civil action served on him. Frank Van Every, 20, was fined 300 dollars and nine months in jail for fleeing the scene.
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Jamestown
Axel Moberg
Chautauqua Avenue
Edith
Franke van Every
Charles van Every
van Every
Michael D. Lombardo
van Hyery
Carlson and
Look and Learn 4 Yesterday's Questions Answers
The brief lists several quiz answers including Santos Brazil Henry Morton Stanley motion pictures Havvalian Islands and George TI in the context of a question set from Look and Learn 4.
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John the Baptist
Santos
Brazil
Henry Morton Stanley
Havvalian Islands
George TI
Funeral services for Mrs Clifford Bailey held at Pine Grove
Funeral services for Mrs Clifford Bailey, who died Tuesday at Warren General Hospital, were conducted Friday afternoon by Rev W E Bartlett at the M B Church Maple Avenue. Interment followed in Pine Grove Cemetery with bearers William Plog Leon Ploss Walter Kinney Hhiéters McCray Ralph Sperry and I H Van Tassel.
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Clifford Bailey
Warren General Hospital
George Kinney
Maple Avenue
W. E. Bartlett
M. B Church
Pine Grove
William Plog
Leon Ploss
Walter Kinney
Hhiéters McCray
Ralph Sperry
van Tassel
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Corry Evening Journal
South Street
Corry
A.D. Colegrove
Arthur Colegrove
Isi
Purstaber
Frod Kimball, Inc
W. Abb St
New York Tribune
Chicago
New Yorker
Hawaiian Islands
Ransom
Yigoroun
Nation’s Capitol
Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Nheld
Anip
Bourraf
Life
Comma
Des ‘Moines
John W. Lambing
Park PI
Columbus
Don Maelenzie
Arlington Hotel
Gil City
City
Woodward
Federal Whittlesey
Philadelphia
W. H. Merrick
W. South Sq
Chapin’s
Frank C. Crap & Sons
North Center Street
Mrs. Bailey
England
Axe
Robert Collins
London
Collins
Fiscus
Brookville
Alexanderg” Company Funeral Directors
N.centre ST. Corry, PA
Carry Credit Exchange
A. W. Covell
Mr. Covell
Better Service Garage
Wm. J. van Vleet
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