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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1929
Page
3
Dr. Wille M. Horton of Oberlin College urges meditation as a key to conscious character development at a meeting on child training. He warns that rapid schedules and constant stimuli from radio and modern inventions crowd out thoughtful selection and true enjoyment, calling for deliberate restraint in using conveniences.
The winter plague, though light, has been serious in immediate effects and in sequelae. Victims and friends unite in sympathy, repeat relapses, and discuss symptoms at parties. The flu acts as a rare social bond, drawing people together as conversations center on illness and recovery.
The passage lists questions about pronunciation spelling and missing letters from synonyms and phrases. It asks for the correct pronunciation of Adonis, identifies mispelled words such as Annoint annuity annoyance, and requests usage in daily conversation. It also includes a garbled set of phrases and yesterday's exercise answers with unclear, error filled lines.
A reader presents a word problem about speed and distance. The text shows a calculation attempt with inches and squares and a final answer noted as 86 square inches. The writing is fragmented and garbled, reducing clarity of the original question and steps.
A Treasury and postal funding plan backed by Secretary Mellon and Postmaster General New proposes 571 projects across western Pennsylvania towns. Altoona and New Castle receive sizable allocations while others like Warren Greenville and Brookville gain funds for new post offices, bells, and renovations. Several cities await further Congress review before final approval.
A fragmentary page presents quiz items asking: who was the first president of the Continental Congress, the attitude of high clouds, an animal carrying its young in a pouch, which is farther south Florida or Texas, and the most common men. It also lists items referencing Calvert as a seaport of western India, Florence Nightingale with Germany, Austria and Italy, and Yellowstone Park with an acre.
Pittsburgh February 28 The trial of the South Side conspiracy ring was expected to end today in Federal court announced by Assistant District Attorney R. H. Smith. A witness testified that girls were given to Lieutenants John M. Vandall and John Joyce, and later said Vandall received $10 as a Christmas gift, amid references to his supposed geniality and eloquence despite the harmful charges.
Alfred P. Beck reports from Warrington that preparations for President elect Herbert Hoover's inauguration are far advanced. The ceremony will be extensively recorded with cameras, stills, movies, and sound records, promising a comprehensive visual and written chronicle of the event.
S.S.S. has claimed to relieve rheumatic pains for over a century and cites letters of gratitude. A Southern Railway worker from Noxtville Tenn credits six bottles with ending years of rheumatism, clearing a waking eruption and improving appetite.
A special radio hookup will provide detailed descriptions of the ceremonies to every region. Airships and airplanes will be dispatched to secure quick action and transmit the picture story of the inaugural to journalists worldwide.
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