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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1931
Page
3
Editorial notes the death of Humphrey O Sullivan the rubber heel innovator. It frames his work as an immigrant success story and credits rubber heels with easing foot pain and shaping modern footwear, linking natural heel cushions to artificial floorproofing and advertising influence.
The Telephone Review reports 24 526 620 telephones worldwide on January 1 1930 with the United States holding over 20 million and 58 percent of the total Europe 29 percent and the rest of the world 13 percent. US density 16.4 per 100 people Canada 14.2 New Zealand 10.8. Europe shows 19 per 100. The piece notes cultural differences in adoption and privacy concerns in Europe versus the US.
Three traveling salesmen alternate trips with each staying home one day between trips. X misses X days, Y misses Y days, and Z misses 11 days. Find the number of days until all are at home on the same day. The rest is arithmetic, with a note about yesterday’s 72 feet and a involving square differencing.
Readable extracts describe a mason Arthur Williams injured on a scaffold at the new residence of George Patterson on Congress Street. Items note Miss Flossie Wellman visiting, Mr and Mrs Russell Ream in the city, and teachers named by the Board of Education. Weather and business trips also mentioned.
A column by W. L. Gordon outlines common word errors and mispronunciations. It contrasts wrong forms like favor with gate, explains proper pronunciations such as aviatriks, and urges daily vocabulary growth by mastering a new word.
Answers include 18.5 miles per second for Earth speed, a liquid with all body elements, 1878 for the Statue of Liberty, Lake Michigan as a central query, and radium price quoted at 83 750 000 pounds. Miss Hazel Morrell of Frio visited over the weekend.
A car traveling west on West Ridge road two miles west of all view crashed head on into a tree Saturday afternoon. Two men suffered leg fractures, another a broken hip, and a mother with three children escaped with slight injuries. All injured were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. the mother and three children were later discharged after first aid.
Mrs. dullia Cantey attended a dinner at Mrs. P. L. Hogue's home in Di ana Pa honoring the marriage of Hazel Hogue R N 19 Donald Johnson of Chandler's Valley. The ceremony was performed at Tronesta in June 190 by Presbyterium pastor Mr. Jobson. Johnson is a Warren Gen brut Hospital nursing school graduate class of 1931 who lived with her aunt Calley Cavers. Thirty relatives attended, including Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Smid of Oil City.
In Kane Pennsylvania area hunters report sighting a panther in Sinnemahoning district Potter County. Deputy County Treasurer George Sutton and witnesses Claude Bullers and Ralph Builers described a tawny five foot body animal with a long tail, leaping from a tree and vanishing into the undergrowth.
Mrs. Emogene Barnes longtime Columbus resident died at home Sunday after months of illness. Born January 15 1860 in New York she came to Columbus 34 years ago and was the widow of Charles Barnes. Survived by her brother Albert Squires and niece Miss Mabel Squires of Corry. Davison funeral home prepared the body and it will be taken to her Columbus home for services Wednesday at 10 30 conducted by Rev G B Morgan. Interment in West Lawn Cemetery.
Paraphrased police report describes Wilbur Scott losing control of his car on Euclid Street late Saturday afternoon. He was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge and to appear Thursday morning for potential more serious charges.
Jamestown June 28 A 62 year old Lew is ideas proprietor of a gasoline station and refreshment stand on Panama Street in Stedman Road North Harmony died by suicide at his business place at about 1 PM Saturday. The body was found by a female worker. Coroner Wm B Crandall of Westfield ruled the death suicide. He leaves three sons Albert Otto and Walter Bidens of North Harmony a brother John Widens of Erie Pa and several grandchildren. He was a member of Stedman Grange. The funeral is set for 2 PM at the North Harmony Methodist Episcopal church.
Harry Fannun a Union City resident and assistant superintendent at Union City Chair Company died at his home 58 East High street this morning at 11 o clock after a two weeks illness. Survived by widow son Harold Randall Corry R D 4 and daughter Clarissa Randall en route to New York aboard a Turkish trip. Funeral Thursday afternoon at 2 30 from the late home with interment Pine Grove cemetery.
A roundup of notable spring releases spans fiction and general works. Bruce Marshall Pearl Buck Erich Maria Remarque and others are highlighted along with detective and humor titles. The column notes strong reading options for vacations and offers brief impressions of select titles and authors.
Announcement notes engagement of Miss Alyce Guadalupe Walker of Los Angeles to Quivence A Shoop Jr of Pennsylvania. It mentions a future wedding and pre nuptial compliments, and that Miss Walker is a June graduate of USC living at Keun Camp with pioneer family roots. mother is Mrs Robert Magee Walker.
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