PARKING SPACE AND FARMS IN AMERICAN LIFE
A Corry Journal page excerpt discusses Sears parking in Cleveland as a model for merchants, argues urban parking affects retail success, and quotes a Lincoln 1859 Milwaukee speech warning against large farms. It comments on modern farming efficiency and the shift to smaller acreages with intensive fertilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Cleveland
California
Kansas City
Chicago Loop
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Milwaukee
Taken From Journal Files February 17 1908
Erie capitalists plan to buy and farm land at Cambridge Springs including a hotel and build a race course turning the hotel into a modern clubhouse. Gas explosion on Liberty Street damages property and injures Mrs Paulson. Mrs Catherine Higgins dies at 74 after grip attack. husband reported ill. Tomorrow is election day as qualified voters go to the polls. John Ryan dies at his home on West Washington Street. John Hammond returns to Ludlow to work for GE Heath Lumber. Frank Gack departs for Hagerstown to become foreman at an upholstery factory. Guy Parker returns from Syracuse after a heating course.
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Ttia
Erie Capitaliste
Camlridge Springs
Catherine Higgins
Hatchstreet
Game of Correct English by W. L. Gordon
A compact listing of archaic English exercises and reader prompts. It presents six items on sentence correctness, pronunciation, spelling, synonyms, word usage, and pronunciation guidance, with examples and incomplete fragments.
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W. L. Gordon
Cost to chrome walls and ceiling of a room
Calculation in a periodical puzzle asks for the cost to cover walls and ceiling of a 14 by 20 by 12 foot room at 20 cents per square yard. Subtracts a strange sequence from 600, adds 80 70 and 24, then divides by 1000.
V. F. W. Dancing Party Attracts Fifty Couples
The Veterans of Foreign Wars home hosted a well attended dancing party last evening with supper. Over fifty couples enjoyed the event and music was supplied by Kramer’s orchestra. Organizers plan another party and supper soon.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kramer
Big Earnings Report Mark Industrial Wealth Rise
United Press reports 1927 earnings show General Motors and the Pennsylvania Railroad surpassing profit records with net income totaling 285 million dollars. Industry turnover hit 1.26 billion dollars. 104,577 automobiles were sold, about one per 80 residents.
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United Press
New York
America
Prios
General Motors
Pennsylvania Railroad
Motors
United States Steel
Future
United States
County Acts Today on Hospital Project
Thoradiy County commissioners consider building a tuberculosis hospital at an estimated cost of 300,000. A Medical Society committee proposed the plan and will bring it to the regular meeting. Joseph Hogan, chairman, supports a hospital on the poor farm but the committee opposes that location to avoid stigma.
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County
Brin
Thoradiy
Medical Society
Joseph Hogan
Con Mittée
Unaware of Son's Death Shocks Mercer Woman
Mrs Janie McColl 18 feints in jail after coroner tells her her son Lawrence 4 was slain in a Mine No 5 schoolhouse. Coroner Win McGrath says she was in a trance and slashed a butcher knife across the boy's throat. Jury finds possible mental condition and recommends a commission to determine her mental state.
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Mercer, Pa
Janie McColl
Colinky
Lawrence
Mine No. 5
Win. McGrath
Afrs. McCotl
Series Slayer Gets Maximum Sentence in Erie Case
Howard Sisson, a Black man, was found guilty of second degree murder in Erie. Judge William J. Hirt sentenced him to a $200 fine and 10 to 20 years in the Western Penitentiary. Defense attorney Robert J. Firman urged leniency while noting the jury’s verdict. The judge stated the crime deserved first degree murder and criticized the jury’s generosity. Miss Thelma O’Neill traveled to Erie for a day’s visit.
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Erie
Howard Sisson
Wiliam Jt. Hirt
Robert J. Firman
Hirt
Look and Learn Quiz Questions From Old Paper
A fragmented set of trivia items includes questions on whaling tonnage, the Leviathan, four leading wheat producing nations, a Protestant reformer translating the Bible into German, the smallest republic in South America, the origin of beeswax trim, plus scattered references to a 1936 June 30 report by the HW S Comptroller of Currency. The legible bits mention Denmark, New Orleans, and Nash family relations.
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South America
Denmark
HW. S. Comptroller of
Currenty
Nash
Wire
New Orleans
Stock prices crash across market in late-day slide
Stock market prices fell sharply today in New York on persistent selling. United States Steel and General Motors dragged by large losses as bears pressed down favored shares, pushing many over $80 per share toward the close.
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United Press
NEW York
United States Steel
General Motors
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Corry Evening Journal
South Street
Corry
A.D. Golegrove
Arthur Colegrove
National Advertising Representative
Fred , Inc
W. 46Th St
Witten
S. Paulson
Liberty Street
Stacey He, Bilren
Bridgeton, Ny J
John Ryan
W. Washington Street
John Hammond
Ludlow
GE. Heaith Lumber
Prank Gack
Hagerstown
Guy Parker
Syracuse
Ater
Midi Pen Beauer
R.t
Swain Potts
J. 4
Stetjouse
Elmer Wetble
Bulit
Son
Davison Funeral Home
N.center ST
Tous
Soho
Authoritiaa Daclere
Serie Slayer
Thelma O'Nell
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
Cretonne
Percale
Frank C. Cuapmy & Sons
North Center Street
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