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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1930
Page
3
W L Gordon presents a compact guide on misused words and mispronunciations. The note highlights tio, mesmeric, and frivolous usages with example sentences and pronunciation tips to expand vocabulary and correct common mistakes.
United Press reports the Federal Reserve Board summary notes continued demand downturn into January 1930. Steel operations rose modestly in early January but remained well below 1928 levels. crude oil output fell, and building contracts declined especially in residential and commercial sectors. Department store sales slumped as most industries faced larger seasonal declines, with food and auto sectors showing smaller changes. Currency returns after Christmas let banks cut aggregate indebtedness to the Fed, the lowest in two years.
Twenty one school board members and spouses attended a well arranged dinner at the Prnchow House. Guests included Suprintendent FS Dewey and Mr J J Sheen with wives, plus Marcus Wolfe and others. Decorations in red and white complemented a featured Tun er Figg theme with student helpers assisting.
Reports to the Pacific Coast Surgical Association warn of a potential cancer cure using an extract from the sub renal gland cortex tested on mistiy cancer patients by Dr. Walter B. Coffey and Dr. John B. Humber. They urge caution awaiting fuller proof while noting remarkable observed effects. A second piece analyzes divorce causes, blaming excessive ego and self centeredness for marital breakdown, with quotes from a writer and references to Bibert Hubbard. Also noted is the transfer of Lloyd Flick and Joni Gidders to Wester penitentiary after Venango county murder convictions.
Yesterday's quiz answers cover a book, Von Zeppelin, presidential consent, molten volcanic ejecta that hardens, and Wellington. The responses include names like Becuty Haw and foreign phrases, plus a note on the Milky Way and a river meaning beautiful river.
A laborer agreed to work for 160 dollars and a number of cords of wood per year. After seven and a half months he received 88 dollars and the wood. Determine the wood value per cord. The solution relies on proportional earnings between cash and wood portions.
The passage notes Charles Evans Hughes being acclaimed as president for a brief period in 1916 before Wilson’s victory by 48 electoral votes. It highlights Hughes as the only person to resign from the Supreme Court to run for president and later return as Chief Justice, and traces his career from New York investigations in 1905 to governorship in 1907 and diplomacy roles, including secretary of state and a move toward the Permanent Court of International Justice.
In Pittsburgh on Web 14 the second trial of men accused of being members of McKeesport rum ring is expected to rest in U S court late today with jury deliberations likely before night. Judge F M Gibson presided as defendants faced charges while Charles Friedman labeled king of McKeesport bootleggers and Harry Markoss acted as chief government witness. Mayor Lyle of McKeesport was expected to testify for the defense later today, supporting former McKeesport police now on trial.
Miss Frances G. Pickens daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Pielwis Sauger Town Pa married Kenneth Alfred Smith at a Saturday ceremony officiated by Rev Grey Boyer. Pickens a former teacher in Corry Consoled School and lived here ten years ago. The couple reside in Avon Pa where Smith teaches at an area high school.
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