Corry newspaper masthead and advertising details
The fragment shows a Corry Pennsylvania newspaper masthead with names and offices for Colestove Calegrove Publisher Sample Managing Editor Advertising Representative Red Kimball Inc addresses in New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It notes postal handling and AP news use rights, plus subscription and carrier rates, advertising deadlines, and display rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rereen Dally
Seatae Boalt Street
Corry
Ee D. Colestove
Calegrove
Wational
RED Kimball, Inc
Lexington Avenue
New York
Michigan Square
Chicago
Mortgage & Bond
Detroit
Chamber of Com
Pittsburgh
Weightman
Philadelphia
Associated Press
AP Pews
Mall
Leap Year Origins And Calendar Reforms Through History
The article traces Leap Day February 29 from ancient and medieval customs. It notes laws in Scotland and France enforcing wedding pressures, later legalized traditions in Florence and Genoa, and explains the Julius Caesar origin of a 365 day year with a four year leap correction later refined by Pope Gregory XII in 1582.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Florence
Genoa
Julius Caesar
Gregory XII
World Calendar aims to fix leap year and year alignment
Augustus Caesar era notes miscalculation of the solar year by 365 days plus 5 hours and 48 minutes. Gregory refined to skip leap years in 3 of every 400, creating common and leap years, while the World Calendar proposes four 81 day quarters with leap day shifted to June 31 and December 31 proposed as World Holidays. The World Calendar Association seeks UN approval amid mixed member reactions from 1949 poll results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Caesar
Caesar
Gregory
World Calendar Association
United Nations
$350000 Damage Suit Filed Against UMW
Charles Minton of Norton Va former UMW field representative filed a $350000 damage suit in Wise Va claiming he was fired after refusing to kill two coal mine operators C P Fugate and Harry L Turner owners of Gladeville Coal Co The suit accuses Tony Boyle agent extraordinary for the union and a personal agent of John L Bewis of ordering the killings as part of an unsuccessful UMW plan to organize small truck mines in Wise County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
WISE
United Mines Workers Union
Charles Minton
Norton
Minton
Tony Boyle
John L. Bewis
C. P. Fugate
Harry L. Turner
Nonunion
Gladeville Goal Company
Wise County
Twenty Years Ago Notes from the Corry Journal
Heavy demands for used clothing prompt a Corry Belief Fund appeal as supply runs low. The Hotel Corry changes leadership with G A Wallace leaving for Warren to head the Carver House, replaced by L Shoemaker. American Legion reports show local post aid helping men off the dole return to work, while baby bonds are expected to be issued through banks in northwestern Pennsylvania. Clarence Madison welcomes a son, Clarence Jr., at Best South Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
G. A. Wallace
Comy
American Legion
Campaied
Lloyd Stowe
Giobn—Lly
Horn
Aid
Clarence Madison
Clarence, Jr
Best South Street
Trivia Quiz from a 1917 Classified Page
A garbled list of trivia questions and statements from an early 20th century classified section. Items include questions about Turin Thay motor works, oboe as instrument, Winter Palace storming date, Old Bailey location, Andorra mountains, python constriction, Pluto discovery, Vinegar Joe general, Eskimo conveyances, Maeterlinck nationality, and notes on bond sales and Libyan population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Averance
Turin
Thay
Winter Palace
Petrograd
Russia
Burland
Old Bailey
France
Spain
Republic of Andorra
Burma
Maurice Maeterlinck
Seven plead guilty in county court in Erie
Seven guilty pleas were entered before Judge Burton F. Lauh in county court. Sentences included one to two years in the Allegheny County Workhouse for thefts from North East stores. Clarence Lloyd and Garl Eugene Raines admitted stealing a power saw and two drills valued at 133, with Lloyd citing home-town trouble and alcohol. Others faced six months to two years or probation for malicious mischief and burglary, with loot totaling 176 from Fairview High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny County
Erie
Burton F. Lauh
Jarceny
Bya North East
Clarence Lloyd
Garl Eugene Raines
Minden
W. Va
Western Auto
Wayne Hardware Co
Sid Lloyd
Ait
Laub
Alex Wolosayn
Eile
Allegheny Bounty
Walter Allen White
Zip
Evans
White
Emil J. Sobuache
Fairview
John A. Ackerman
Eric
Maurles Hi
Godfrey
Fairview High School
Merton J. Bingham
R. D
North East
Elton G. Bingham
North Bast
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Bonebrake Seminary
Dayton, Ohio
D. H. Gilliatt
United Brethren
Talen
Banks of
I. 2
Libya
Milion
IUL
Manila
Nye
Al's
Atoll
ST Ea
Miami
Maine
Brir
Horace Andresen
Mr. Andresen
The
National Bank of Corry
the National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chevrolet
Studebaker
Thomas Motors
of Corry, Inc
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