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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1928
Page
3
Readable fragments note a numeric code and location like 86001. The text presents unclear acronyms and numbers without full context or identifiable events or persons. No definite action, organization, or date is discernible from the fragment.
A garbled OCR text block lists monetary figures and codes interspersed with stray words. It references amounts such as 4,008 48 4370 and 12,000.00, includes terms like Auditors and security hoard, and ends with unsure phrases.
The Corry Evening Journal discusses teachers and boards of education examining commercial advertising in schools. It cites examples like The Story of Steel and The Romance of Time and questions the influence of corporations on youth. The piece argues for limits and proper channels to prevent propaganda and commercial silencing of education.
A leading business commentator notes the season favors rapid auto production and slow steel, with building holding at modest highs. Overall, the economy is spotty yet resilient, two main fears loom: politics affecting business and stock declines, but optimism or pessimism may shape outcomes more than markets.
A reader asks the cost to produce 100 bolts, given a unit cost. the earlier note and explanation mention a 40 foot measurement and a calculation involving 60, 0, and 90. The fragmentary text describes a price per bolt and a method to scale to one hundred bolts.
Twenty years ago from the journal files July 1908 recounts Corry baseball in Falconer a new wagon delivery for John Nantes and his horse in harness. Local boating on Lake Columbus from the park and a bishop conferring confirmation for eighty at St Thomas church. A fire at McMahon and Blair’s grocery caused little damage. Various locals travel for business and visits. A London police chief byng of Vimy is praised for wartime command and police authority.
Arthur Whitcomb a 97 year old bartender at Lindsey's Tavern west of Westminster faced a bail denial after being arrested Monday for shooting William Frame a 20 year old former Academy High player at 081 W 24th street. Frame's condition was fair and expected to improve pending recovery. The incident followed an argument and Whitcomb claimed the gun discharged accidentally.
Answers to yesterday's questions reveal presiding officers and topics. Amphibian or plant for Q1. Cyrus McCormick for Q2. Spartans for Q3. Hamlet for Q4. Germany for Q5. The note asserts a free country and optional journal ads.
A readable fragment presents a set of English language questions and answers. It asks about correct phrasing such as not using back after retreating, the pronunciation of water, misspelled words among options, completing letter sequences for synonyms of firm, and choosing proper word usage in analogies. The text includes yesterday's answers like pronounce fist as met and lists several word choices.
Windsor Ontario July 10 provincial authorities seized beer and liquor valued at more than 5 million dollars in two major export warehouses on the border. The action appears to be the first in a series aimed at seizing all export storage facilities.
Erie July 11 W L Morrison superintendent of the State Parkind Harbor Commission may act against Peninsula police chief Harry Behr after a Tuesday morning conference with P J Grant. Behr faces charges of injuring his wife Catherine Behr and impairing prisoner Robert McCall. Both victims are hospitalized. Mrs Behr has glass in one eye and was admitted July 1 following an alleged beating.
Kane July 11 reports say dogs have been running deer and killing sheep in Kane vicinity. State Agent John L. Cliff found more than a dozen sheep killed near here in the past month. Damages paid by the State Department of Agriculture totaled 11720. Prosecutions for unlicensed dogs exceed eight hundred. dogs running sheep or deer will be shot on sight. The investigation, aided by a state game protector, continues as officials seek to curb livestock losses.
A fragmented note argues honesty is essential, claiming there is no policy that guarantees truthfulness. The text hints at personal stance on honesty as a guiding principle.
Relph Broad of West Springfield Pa jumped the bandit who attacked bus driver Jay Stearns on a Cleveland to Erle route. Bandit Georges Archbold 25 of Shaker Heights arrested for assault with intent to rob. arraigned in Girard and pleaded not guilty.
Uniontown Pa July 11 two youths Jas Adey and Harry Hickle were arrested after robbing four motorists along mountain roads. Victims Mrs Ethel Cook Miss Mary Bryson Jay Gibson and Dick Toontz were robbed of jewelry and money and forced to walk barefoot through mountain brush. Loot found in a log cabin. Suspects claim they were driven to holdups by drinking canned heat.
Erie police halted a white slave ring spanning Buffalo Erie and Cleveland after a raid on a Cleveland rooming house. Two Erie girls aged 11 and 17 fled before officers arrived while a suspect Howard South 25 and another man were held. A 20 year old Buffalo woman stabbed the captive Smith during the raid.
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