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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1930
Page
3
Publication details and postal information for the Cory Evening Journal outline mailing terms and advertising rate inquiries. The piece lists publisher and representatives, rate per year by mail and per copy by carrier, with address credits and locations in New York Chicago and Pittsburgh.
The Chinese Eastern Railway status is restored after a Soviet Manchurian agreement. Prisoners will be freed and guards disarmed as Moscow and Nanjing plan talks in Moscow on January 25 to settle remaining questions. The shift comes as Chiang Kai Shek’s Nationalist forces gain ground and Kellogg pact gains prestige. Moral sanctions grow in driving peace.
Prof Albert A Michelson stresses amusement over seriousness for happiness while pursuing big science. Texas aims to spend 850 million dollars on public construction in 1920, seeking federal highway aid and dollar-for-dollar matching. The message urges balanced spending and avoidance of extravagance as the new year approaches.
Language quiz style page listing five questions on grammar pronunciation and vocabulary. Includes errors in sentence usage, word mis-spellings, synonyms, and a riddle about a word learned through daily use. Also provides corrected answers to yesterday's exercises with brief explanations.
Question prompts include explorers reaching the North Pole the heaviest fluid the reason hibernating animals survive winter the most valuable musical instruments three countries with black leaders and other items. It also includes references to a St. Louis financier compliments and silk production notes.
A geometry note states area 96 with diagonal 16 in a rhombus, asks for the perimeter. It defines a rhombus and describes the perimeter as the figure’s outer boundary. The accompanying explanations reference a sequence of arithmetic steps and square roots.
Public works funding is framed as a wise use of resources that will yield rich dividends of service in future years. It is described as an immediate stimulus to national industry and trade, with emphasis on honest and efficient spending.
County records show 1929 marriage licenses rose to 1,498 from 1,438 in 1928, an increase of 60. Leap Year typically brings a drop, with past years showing varied totals: 1927 had 1,455, 1926 1,461, 1925 1,414. June is usually the peak month, and residents from many states obtained licenses at the Erie bureau during the year.
Inspector Jas Garvin, wounded in the head and chest but not gravely, directed police from his hospital bed in the morning as surgeons attended to 11 year old Lois Bartlett, struck by four bullets intended for him. Garvin led the manhunt for the gunmen while hospital staff treated the injured.
DuBois, Jan 2. Automatic Voting Machine Corp wins first PA contract for six machines at about $7,000. Commissioned by Clearfield County, the move follows a November 1929 referendum approving mechanical ballots. DuBois voters will use the machines in the Spring primary as other county communities watch outcomes.
A fragment notes that Cannet asserts nine leans offense to fit a kite or throw stones in an English town. It states it is illegal to carry fireworks or move a cask, and to carry a ladder along a footway. The text reads as a legal or social caution about public safety and road use.
January notes in North Center street area mention National Guard officers sharing special license plates for 1920s jars and a reminder that dog licenses must be secured by January 15. Other items report removal of Christmas decorations, building permits across 40 municipalities, Ford car updates, and a live caterpillar finding. A series of local notices cover politics, entertainment, and a traffic incident near North Center street with a child frightened but unharmed.
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