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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1928
Page
3
A Pennsylvania maple syrup report shows 167000 gallons produced from 556 trees per bush, with 67000 pounds of sugar. Farmers earned about 2.21 dollars per gallon of syrup and 30.5 cents per pound of sugar, despite a peculiar season with warm March weather and early spoilage.
Charles Dambrowski 18 of 222 Driggs Avenue Brooklyn, son of A B Dombrowski, a florist and undertaker, was arrested Monday afternoon by Chief Jack Alewander and officers after admitting burglaries at a Wesleyville gasoline station and a Librero Cionco store. A room search found $25, 27 varied coins, and a cigar. He confessed to break ins and said he would return for more loot Saturday night. His father, in New York, rushed to Wesleyville upon word of the arrest. Justice K R Morison reported the boy settled the two cases out of court and he was returned to his father. They left for home Tuesday morning.
Dr John A H Keith, superintendent of public instruction, notes art instruction more than doubled in six years from 1922. About 350 to 400 art teachers and supervisors existed then. today records show substantial growth with eight rural county supervisors and 24 districts served. He cites improved student and parent interest, better homes, more ornate products, architecture, and communities as evidence. Wales county cited as a model of progress and landscaping improvements accompany student pride.
Answers to yesterday's questions include: the Tiger of France known as Robert the..? The three classifications of taste are sweet sour salty and bitter. Harmful to rotten is mold or rot. Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe inspired by sailor adventures of Robinson Crusoe. American city protecting levee around it is New Orleans.
A readable fragment from a linguistic column listing questions on grammar pronunciation and usage. It presents several prompts such as correcting sentences and choosing proper forms, with a mix of misspellings and word-choice tasks.
Smith and Jones earned seventy five dollars for painting a building. Smith works six dollars per day and Jones four dollars per day. Determine fair share by equating daily value. Compute total days and allocate proportionally to each.
Mary Wolsy librarian at Warren Public Library reports a burglary at her North Warren home. Entry by breaking a front door lock allowed thieves to steal a string of pearls, a five dollar bill, Mrs Lott’s purse, and a valued brooch among jewelry and silverware. Police notified after several days.
The widow or surviving spouse of Civil War veterans may receive a $40 monthly pension under the May 2 1928 act. The increase begins June 4 1928 for those aged 75, with notices and payments scheduled through July 4 1928, affecting about 99 000 widows and 179 000 pensioners nationwide.
Twenty years ago the Corry Mutual Fire Insurance company was organized last night with J S Ligubing as president P Rogers Jr as vice president and W H Marsh as secretary and treasurer The Weekly Spectrum at North Dakota Agricultural College features a portrait of Miss Catherine Ghillis domestic science professor at the college Miss Childs daughter of Mrs Ella M Childs of this city The Methodist church hosted a Yinnumi alumni gathering with Dr James W Chase as president Miss Elizabeth Kinley as vice president B Babbit as secretary and D Mycrett Lonch as treasurer Lucile Lave visited Grand Valley with her brother John Love W A Johns leaves for a few days
Mr and Mrs R P Dawson and daughter Mary left for Orchard Lake this morning to attend the graduation of their son Richard from Michigan Military Academy. Also traveling were Mr Honey Durtin and Mea, William Custer and daughter Moasle, to Union City for Sunday visit. Henry Grajeer and John T Colegrove of Shefherd report a nursing and a very bad injury to the left eye.
Scranton report says one man is dead and another dying after a derailment style shooting at Lackawanna Railroad works. Thomas Zych shot Harry Gallagher then killed himself in the incident that occurred at work in Scranton Pennsylvania yesterday. Gallagher is hospitalized in critical condition.
A 1860 Concord Township county fair bill was found by Buzene Weby in Spartansburg. It lists rules, badge access for a man wife and all children under 21, ten cent tickets for others, and features a plowing match and a musical program by G A Hubbard. May district births and deaths totaled 63 and 32, with 40 births and 7 deaths in Ol City.
Dairymen forming by the thousands attend the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association annual meeting in Rochester on Thursday June 21. Frank Harvey represents the local church, with more than 3,000 milk producers from New York's Silk Shed and surrounding regions present. Delegates from twenty thousand dairymen across New York state and parts of New Jersey Pennsylvania Vermont Massachusetts and Connecticut gather to hear resolutions, reports from GW Slocum and other leaders, and an address by William Hirth of Columbia Missouri on industry progress and preservation efforts.
A contract for a new theatre on East Pine Street and Central Avenue in Oil City calls for a $250,000 structure with the Latonia Theatre design. The building will seat about 1,684, with 120 loge and 150 balcony seats, to host road shows and vaudeville acts. Groundbreaking is slated for the coming week. The piece also notes the Missouri Farmers' Association as a backdrop to broader farm relief efforts and upcoming Dairymen's League events led by Vera McCrea.
H Layney of Bele discovered at his shop that thieves had stolen his 40 pound sack and some valuable papers shortly after opening. Police were informed that there was little money and few papers left, with no obvious motive or extent of loss.
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