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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1929
Page
3
A corry Pa daily notes a railroad stock boom and argues rail investments offer steadier value than other sectors. It contrasts bullish market frenzy with practical, timekeeping use of mail planes by farmers, suggesting clocks by planes may supplant dinner bells in rural life, while warning against overreliance on mechanization.
Jury member notes a new American home type blending textures from many styles. Homes emphasize large living rooms, compact efficient kitchens, basements for use, airy recreation rooms with fireplaces, and heat from modern sheathing that avoids gas and soot. Builders seek comfort and window space, with architects harmonizing frames to user needs.
Items from July 26 1909 include a report on the French monoplane height flight over the English Channel and a hotel fire near a trolley line that injured no one. Other notes mention local tree trimming work, a radiator shipment from Milwaukee, Lake Assembly opening, and people traveling to Youngstown and Baltimore for medical and Salvation Army duties.
A fragmented OCR style query about correct English usage asks about pronunciation of indig no ny and misspelled words in a lesson titled Came of Correct English by W L Gordon. The item presents garbled questions and requires clarification of spelling and usage.
Jammstown July 26 report on multiple trials in Western Court before Judge Hazel. Gharle Slowart sentenced after guilty harboring rolls, attorney Alexander Taylor to appeal. Ranard J Huster pleads guilty to postal money orders, sent to Atlanta for a year and a day. Joseph Saluki pleads guilty to escorting liens, sentenced to prison. Several others sentenced, deportation for many. details indicate a roundup of defendants with varied charges and jail terms.
Answers reference yesterday's quiz with scattered names and places. Hernando de Soto is cited as a Spaniard explorer. The text mentions mountains and ranges like the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada. Multiple garbled terms appear including naval yard and a misspelled location.
A user asks for the volume of a frustulum with bagel diameters 18 and 10 inches and altitude 16 inches. The text also contains garbled steps and additions, offering instructions rather than a clear solution.
Hundreds attend Dairy League meeting in Lake Pleasant to hear Fred Sexutier. Tunnel J. Owkely named supreme commander of the Muclenhees. New trustees elected. bail set for Alton Munsee after jail escape. Local thefts, a large fish prize, school visits, and flight news flavor a busy Corry scene with traffic, taxes, and bridge construction notes.
United Press reports Jona Dewey Seevers, 39, of Cleveland, on trial in Lawrence County, pleading self defense after admitting he shot and killed his wife Stella Seavers, 98, and her companion Catherine Rogers, 40, during a quarrel on the Youngstown New Castle road. He says the shooting was to save his life as his wife allegedly tried to shoot him. Walter Rogers, 10, son of Mrs Rogers, was wounded in the shoulder but likely to recover.
A quirky Dolwolt News item notes an unusual spelling bee that drew a crowd with curious twists. Participants attempted tricky words, testing memory and quick thinking as spectators whispered and buzzed.
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