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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1928
Page
3
Disjointed OCR text references a pursuit or chase and a court or official action. Mentions a person named Switl, a colloquial description of an incident, and a reference to age and an arrest or legal proceeding. Details are unclear due to garbled transcription.
A discussion on applying chemistry to farming to reduce waste and boost profits. The American Chemical Society funds Institute of Chemistry research to improve seed selection, pest control, and fertilizer use, aiming to convert byproducts into profits and ease agricultural depression.
Fragmentary OCR recalls a mythic origin of Heart wine linking emotion and memory. Centuries past scholars debated whether the heart stored feelings or memory, with varied explanations about its role in guiding taste and emotion.
Journal notes from July 30, 1908 recount a night raid on the Phoenix hotel stealing nine dressed chickens for guests at races. A daylight streetcar robbery netted cash, with one culprit captured. Local dignitaries and visitors, including Mayor Liebel and Sheriff Cogswell, attended races amid heat and crowds.
Six men in five days lay 160000 bricks. To lay 80000 bricks in eight days at ten hours per day requires fewer or more workers. The provided lines mix a problem with a stray geometric calculation and garbled steps about slopes and roof lengths, offering no clear final worker count.
Answers to Saturday's exercises appear in a clipped educational column. It includes questions on pronunciation spelling and usage, with examples like It is ten minutes to one and the word advertisement. The page also references proper word choice and conversation usage in a casual quiz format.
The questions cite John Quincy Adams as a Virginian who became president and Princeton president, ask primary colors Great Britain and China, request the earth's equal tore, identify a Great Lake, and name Samuel W. Clemens as discoverer of the eray with Mt Blane in the Pretich Alps as location.
Fragmentary text discusses the prefix pan as meaning all in Greek usage and applies it to Pan American concepts. Mentions early republics, the New World, and a conference context, with unclear references to sources like a magazine. The passage mixes linguistic notes with geopolitical hints about embracing all Americas.
Columbus reports no morning church services on August 5 and 12 while Sunday School meets at 11 A M. The annual picnic is set for Conadobta Lake with details tied to local events including a horse runaway incident on East Main. The Men’s Club and various civic notes fill the day’s community items.
A large crowd from this city attended Saturday’s dance at Lakesview pavilion Findleys Lake. The evening featured a tug of war between Johnny Martins orchestra from the city and a Jamestown group, with the crowd giving the win to Martins after a lively contest.
Two arrests were made Saturday evening by police for drunkenness one near the carnival grounds and another at the steel yard. Investigators found no molesta tion against the carnival incident, only intoxication and disorderly conduct. Fines were collected at today’s hearings and the offender will be kept under surveillance as plans for the Rex Amateur Night grow, with new features promised for August 8.
Puritan settlers were often armed for protection though many justified the practice as necessary to guard against dangers. They faced prohibitions on firing in churches and kept weapons to deter threats such as wolves and unrest, reflecting a period when self defense intersected with religious life.
A Marmgn car driven by P. G. Billberg sustained heavy damage when it was struck by a Maxwell driven by Charles Haner of Chestnut street. Billberg was backing from a drive on his son Orrin Hinberg’s property on Hast Smith street when Homer’s car hit the left rear fender. Initial talk of prosecution faded as the matter remained between the two owners before Alderman Porter.
Franklin records a 41 degree low, the coldest in weeks after days in the 80s and a 75 degree high yesterday. Allegheny River stage stood at 1.6 feet, the lowest for the season.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablety or McCoy's Coo Liver Of Tablets with a bold claim that a real man must look like a real man. It offers a guarantee: if after purchasing four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes there is no at least five pound gain and improvement, the druggist will refund the price. The product is sold by N. F. Ames Co or any drug store in America.
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