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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1927
Page
3
In Cory Pennsylvania the post office rate notice appears alongside a discussion of Bernard Shaw and dialect diversity. The piece argues there is no fixed standard of correctness in language, only shifting usage and varying manners as judged by common practice and good taste.
The country shows a lower birth rate and higher death rate last year with births at 20.0 per deaths 12.1, a worrisome gap. Causes include influenza and population migration from rural to urban areas. Experts foresee continued mortality decline but birth rate drop may persist.
A pasted 1907 item notes Darling and Sons installing a Pino in Main Street theatre. A Erie license issued to Fred Sullivan and Blanche O Neil. Mentions The Life of Davia Boone, Findley Lake storage fire, Webb Werks family home, and college student updates. Some garbled text remains.
A fragmented list of questions and answers about authors and works. Highlights include Poe as author of The Gold Bug, Bryant for The Portrait of a Lady and The Tragic Muse, and Whittier as a referenced poet, with various mismatched names and garbled phrasing throughout.
Mrs Wary Roberts attended the Inncheon gathering at the home of Mrs Edward Hawkins in Corne. Miss Elizabeth Rogers, a high school English teacher in Porta Riva, will spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs John Rogers. Mr and Mrs John Rogers announce the engagement of their daughter Floragnee Elizabeth to Mr Francia Malion Hillman of Washington DC.
Transit timetable fragment shows Eris Union City Waterford departures from Corry in morning and afternoon, with values 130 and 1300, fare $100, times 9:00 6:00 11:00, Erie departures at 6115 120 and 380, 5:20 9:90, Weekdays only, plus garbled notes.
The crew, led by Byrd with Porter Adams and Harold Rineads, readied the ambitious Paris flight. Engines roared as the trio of propellers spun, instruments calibrated, and barograph sealed. Byrd, fatigued yet determined, praised the team and honored pilot Toya Bennett, injured in a prior mishap, while noting the heavy America-its weight likely limits distance.
Colonel Charles Lindbergh departed Mitchell Field at 10:45 a.m. for St Louis in an army plane. Major Thomas J Lanphier accompanied him in a second pursuit plane. The pair planned a refueling stop in Columbus, Ohio en route.
The annual gala day of the Readers club was held Tuesday at the Whittlesey cottage in Shady Side Findley Lake. About twenty five members and guests visited for dinner, stories, readings by Mrs. King, singing, and needlework. Guests from nearby areas included Mrs. Minnie Spear Miss Alma Wales and Mrs Glenn Vance with Mrs Mary Vance Phelps Mrs Cora Crippen and Mrs Eli Barlow arriving by car. The day featured pleasant hospitality and companionship appreciated by all attendees.
James Theodore Walker, a Princeton graduate killed in a plane crash near Pottsville, Pennsylvania, leaves Bequest totaling about 5 million dollars. The psychology department at Princeton receives 50,000 dollars, and the bulk goes to his stepfather Dr Malvern Bryan Clapton of St Louis. Over a million dollars goes to relatives and friends in the east and here.
City Council granted permits for two new filling stations during a recent special session at the Municipal Building. A curb cut at North Porter and Irving streets was approved for Oscar Prits to build a gasoline station, with a tree removal issue referred to Streets Superintendent Seal. Central Garage won permission to place cars on land west of its building, costs and restrictions to be borne by the petitioner. R H VanTassel of the Diamond Willing Station at North Corry announced plans to build a filling station at the site, to be operated by Central Garage.
Thieves entered the Tucker room at Clinton County Country Club in Lock Haven on Monday afternoon and robbed golf clothing cash and jewelry totaling about 400. The lockers were on the ground floor and suspects fled as members were away. witnesses saw men near the course posing as guests.
A fragment describes two men, Gen and Frank O'Reilly, engaging in a conversation about the clubhouse interior. They tease and ask many questions, then shortly after arrival one man asks a woman where the cue rooms were located.
Mr and Mrs Guson celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at their home on A Street. A short evening gathering featured a delicious dinner and music. The couple received many lovely gifts from friends and family.
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