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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal published daily except Sunday in Corry Pennsylvania. Arthur Colegrove listed as publisher with Colegroves as printer. Advertising representative Nations Advertising, Kimball Inc Chicago New York Tribune Tower building. Mail price appears as 36.00 per year. Carrier price three cents per copy and fifteen cents per week.
A 1920s discussion notes a shift from realism to romance in theater and fiction. Adventure stories and musical comedies with romantic settings grow popular while postwar disillusion fades. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is credited as a driver of renewed romance.
A public interest grows in phonograph records to treasure voices alongside photos. Yet choosing content is hard as families weigh what to say and worry about natural expression and fitting memorable phrases for posterity.
A compact puzzle item listing questions on grammar spelling and pronunciation from a period column. It presents several word and sentence corrections and fills in missing letters, with an answers section referencing yesterday’s exercises. The tone mirrors a reader puzzle page of a 20th century newspaper.
A fragmented OCR item lists questions about history science and geography with unclear phrasing and stray terms. It mentions Lincoln era war, circle circumference, a sports term, forest resources rankings, and figures like Thomas R. Marshall, but specifics are unreadable.
The text discusses a special congressional session and public spending. It notes authorized appropriations exceeding half a billion and actual appropriations over 190 million, totaling about one and a half billion involved in legislative issues. It argues large totals are acceptable if money is not wasted and sees the recess as ongoing.
Fragmentary text references Mr Alonn Laineford as a figure among men and seems to discuss wealth or status in a school or youth context. The passage is garbled and lacks clear events or entities to form a full summary.
Last evening the Corry Guy Chap ten Order of Buster Shir observed their annual June festival in their hall. The program featured a pink rose color theme, dignitaries from the organization, and a pleasing ceremony under DPMS Bess Mecrck. Hosts Mrs. Matr old Randell and committee served a supper for guests including Miss Emily Heluherler and Mrs. Allen schigatdy.
In Indianapolis a fatal air crash during Lindbergh tribute events claimed James A. Perry 44 president of the Indianapolis Baseball Association. The planned dinner and welcome committee functions were canceled after Perry's death in the disaster at the airport.
A vast fire devastated a desert mining town in Randburg, Gall Jung, causing millions in damage. The blaze destroyed 24 buildings along the main thoroughfare as residents, about 1,200, struggled to bring it under control before dynamite helped quell the flames.
The State Highway Department outlined plans to extend the Perry Highway north from Mercer to Clarks Mills and toward Meadville. District Engineer D C Frame said two route options remain under consideration as residents from Meadville Crayford and Shenley Joyville input is sought. No decision has been made on the final alignment.
Report details a missing child case connected to Pittsburgh and Berwood West Virginia. Authorities traced the boy to a possible identity, with Valentine W. and H. Merrick among those questioned as investigators pursued leads.
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