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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1929
Page
3
A terse sports brief reports a team overpowering Phil in a decisive game. The narrative notes a strong hitting performance and a clear outcome for the matchup, with emphasis on the dominant offense and final score line.
A discussion notes that eight women sit in Congress and forecasts long-term gains for women in politics while cautioning that practical political domination is unlikely due to duties and male participation. It also covers a forthcoming international sea safety code from a London conference emphasizing lifeboats, wireless, signaling, fog signals, and port inspections to enforce safety standards.
Among notables this month Columbia University awarded honorary degrees, including Carlo Guillermo Dayila, Ambassador of Chile, who received the Doctor of Laws. Commentary notes his diplomatic heroism and the first diplomatic dinner he hosted, highlighting precedence arrangements and his place in memory.
Bank records indicate a substantial decline in deposits within Federal Reserve member banks, totaling about $2,000 (90,000) during the test year. Analysts query where the vast funds attributed to prosperity have moved and why additional deposits have not offset the withdrawals, prompting questions about the drift of capital and the state of the financial system.
Questions cover when and by whom the Capitol cornerstone was laid, how many Stradivari violins survive, why rouge got its name, the duty exemption for foods bought abroad, the native state of most early presidents, and biblical and scientific prompts.
The text describes water entering a tank at 80 gallons per hour and leaving at 85 gallons per hour. Dimensions are given as 12 feet by 8 feet by 6 feet. It asks how many hours until the tank is empty, with scattered solution notes and a list of unrelated numbers.
An assortment of local notices from 1905, including attendance records for Grant Pettit, engine shipments to Los Angeles, building repainting preparations, street improvements at Senter and Washington, Erie boxing results, job moves, a fire at Corry Upholstering, senior class antics at the High School, a piano installation at the Phoenix hotel, and commencement activities with Helen Weoley delivering the valedictory.
Depositors have drawn their money to use in stock speculation or for others borrowing from them. New deposits have fallen short as many people speculate with their money instead of placing it in the bank.
Stoneboro June 1 A high school commencement night tragedy as John Kelly aged around ten is fatally injured when struck by a Grove City driver Mrs John Hogue. The boy walked with cousins and youths along the Sandy Lake Mercer road after the exercises. The accident occurred near an electric depot on the opposite side of the road. The Kelly youth apparently did not notice the approaching car and darted into its path.
Four people were injured in a three-car crash near Jamestown at noon yesterday. Theodore Cowing of Van de Wong led a line toward Jamestown when the first car stopped, causing a collision with Thomas Jason and then with John H. Prather Jr. and Eric Nygren. Nygren, Prather and Mrs Clarinda Jackson were hospitalized with injuries. Another pedestrian was struck on Like Wood road by Fritz Vettel but escaped injury.
Warren June 10 Peter Haytes of Walnut street was missing since Thursday afternoon. He was found safe and well in Erie yesterday and will be returned home. An alert had been broadcast from Station WLBW Oil City and officials noted his health had been poor.
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania last night a car carrying Jaine 40 and George Halle 21 of Clarksville plunged and overturned on a road near Jefferson. Halle was killed, the three female companions escaped injury. It was Greene county’s first fatal auto accident of the current summer season.
United Press reports June 10 that England’s Home Office confiscated Norah James’s Sleeveless Errand for decadence but praises its forceful storytelling. The piece notes other works tied to censorship and satire, including Salt Water Tatty by Captain Triplett’s daughter and a forthcoming Young Mrs. Greeley by Boots Wyte Kington, with publication by Putnam’s and Doubleday-Doran respectively.
A catalog of popular fiction and general books with authors and prices. Notable items include Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin at $2.50, Dodaworth by Sinclair Lewie at $2.50, The Cradle of Abe Deep by Joan Lowell at $2.50, and Henry the Eighth by Franck Hackett at $8.00, among others.
The excerpt discusses Tarkington as a leading American writer and notes Southern prints and gossip influence on publicity. Mentions Ruth Raphael of Hargret and Lorna Moon exchanges about new printings. Indicates a continuation on page seven.
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