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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1931

Page

3

Trade Publication Ad Rates Note Corry Pa Edition

Fragmentary OCR shows advertising rates and publisher details for a Chicago Tribune era listing. Names Fred Kimball and multiple city addresses appear with postal terms and pricing for mail and carrier delivery.

EE Wolegrove.v Tional Advertising, Representativ Fred Kimball, Inc 46Th St New Yorke Tribune Chicago Chamber of Com Pittsburgh Corry

The Man for the Place

Governor elect Pinchot names Samuel S. Lewis as Secretary of Highways. The choice signals Grun dy influence in the incoming administration and meets broad approval for Lewis's highway expertise and record as State Treasurer.

Philadelphia Public Ledger Pinchot Samuel S. Lewis Lewis Grundy Department of Highways Pennsylvania Highway Department Commonwealth

Race equality and the pace of social progress

Prof B A Ross of the University of Wisconsin warns that in 25 years the question of racial superiority may be academic as backward races advance rapidly Primitive man could cease to exist. He cites long human evolution and diverged racial groups while urging a shift toward reading and shared tables. Legislative housecleaning is urged as states and Congress face obsolete laws. repeal and revision could improve governance.

B. A. Ross University of Wisconsin United States Congress

Parsimonious Lesson Misused Words From a Language Column

W L Gordon notes common word errors and mispronunciations in daily English. He contrasts parsimonious with prodigal and urges careful spelling such as secession with three i's, not sess.

W. L. Gordon Bacon

A Problem A Day Rectangular Field

A Problem A Day asks for the perimeter around a 25 by 36 rod rectangle. It also notes a second question about a square field whose area is 64 times greater. The provided text also presents unrelated arithmetic notes and an answer line with mixed fractions.

Meena Ag

Twenty Years Ago From the Journal Files

A settlement of notes on Corry area events from January 7, 1914 includes a freight car bunkhouse fire on Erie lines with an Italian worker rescued, W C Powell displaying a speed cutter, Mrs. Allen Smith's birthday surprise, Mrs H G Leslie's ninety third birthday in Chautauqua, furrier James Drought receiving fox skins, John Rogers and Leon Satterlee to Jamestown for Western Electric business, Mia Theobald Flittner and daughters heading to Stark Florida, Miss Emma Gail visiting old school friends, Miss Gail noted as a long time Corry teacher, along with Cash Hammonds visiting Clymer for Roberts store business.

Emma Gail Corry J. H. Bennett Gail Tea Er Rainboro

LOOK AND LEARN 4 Answers From Yesterday

Answers cover topics from a quiz column including which national park is largest, a bequest funding widows of ex-presidents and its first beneficiary, the gaseous form of water, two landlocked western hemisphere countries, and the book seen as Dickens' autobiography. The reply notes a location in Northampton Massachusetts and Amsterdam as a point of reference, with color hint of reddish brown.

Charles Dickens Northampton Mass Amsterdam Holland

Quaero Club Resumes After Holiday Recess

Miss Nellie Wight hosted the Quaero Club at her West Frederick Street home for the first post holiday meeting. Members discussed current events and read Madame Schumann Heink. A brief business hour followed. Next Tuesday evening Mrs. Cora G. Smith will give a travel talk at Mrs. J. H. Wrights home about her European trip last summer.

Nellie Wight West Frederick Street Quaero Club Madame Schumann Heink Cora G. Smith J. H. Wright West Smith Street

Fragmented Western Pennsylvania items and local notices

A long paragraph covers weather warnings for western Pennsylvania and civic efforts in Titusville to ban fireworks, with petitions from the Titusville Woman's Club. It also notes a speech by Miss Sarah Morrow on radio, fire calls in Clymer, Nash Motors earnings, road survey work between Warren and Titusville, stock market mood, Verdun medal mention, auto price cuts, theater postponement, Kiwanis meeting, and hospital board schedule, followed by a report of a fatal car crash near Canonsburg involving Mrs. Taylor and her husband with casualties likely.

Titusville

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