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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1931
Page
3
Publisher Arthur Colegrove notes widespread efforts to restore and protect historic landmarks before they are lost. He cites the preservation of old forts from the Lewis and Clark era as a new phase of American development, arguing for a balanced approach to history and progress.
Figures from Ottawa compare 1914 to 1910s consumption revealing a sharp drop in spirits from 7.5 million to 3 million gallons and a rise in malt liquor and wine. Population growth and American visitors accompany the shift toward temperance. An English researcher notes no typical American amid regional diversity, while Captain Hawks foresees faster air travel linking New York to the Pacific with overnight service and future rapid connections.
June 30 1911 item notes the Corry Hospital Training School class includes Sarah Myrtle Stacey and Gertrude Warnshiouse and Louise Peters Alonzo Sullivan, a city resident, announces a death at 1220 West Pleasant Street aged 75, and Chautauqua employment for Lyle Porter. The entry mentions the Bert Dunham boathouse at Lake Colum, a 17 inch yellow basa, Rev C C Wallace family summer plans in Vermont, Miss Emma Landgear and Mrs Bliss visiting, and a Huegenot College teacher visiting Chautauqua.
The quiz lists answers to five questions: Taft administered Hoover’s oath of office. twenty two states supported the Union in the Civil War split. Virgil's Aeneid as the national epic of the Roan people. George M. Pullman as inventor of the Pullman car. Buffalo, New York as the city with the world’s premier horse market.
The column covers word usage missteps and pronunciation, highlighting words like deign and hierarchy. It urges daily vocabulary growth and notes a 200 mile speed figure as a starting point for practical cruising speeds, suggesting future faster travel with advancing planes and motors.
United Press reports legal questions arise over seizure of a beer truck tied to a raid at Labor Products and Ice Co plant near Breckenridge. Joe Flaherty, the Pittsburgh driver, was arrested after prohibition agents halted the vehicle, found about 1,600 gallons of alleged high test beer at the plant, and the bond remains $2,500 while counsel challenges agent conduct. Labor Products and Ice Co seeks a temporary injunction to protect the plant and 4,000 local families dependent on its operations.
In a company of four people the children are 12 1 2 percent of the women who are 44 1 9 percent of the men. Determine the number of children. Yesterday's answer notes: 5 days. Explanation hints include adding numbers and checking multiples.
Mae Conner county Chris invites the public to a lawn social at McCray Church and Community House on Thursday evening. Arrangements are by the McCray Ladies Aid and Concord Ridge Ladies Aid societies to benefit the Community House improvement fund. A fine program begins at 8 30 and includes vocal solos, quartet numbers, and two one act plays.
Frank Girardot of Erie and Louis L. Kauffman of Meadville face arson charges in Westerville before Justice Walter Goodwin. District Attorney Qho B. Herbat postponed the hearing due to an adjourned habeas corpus proceeding and shared witnesses for both cases. The men are linked to two fires in Summit and LeBoeuf townships. attorney Harrison Lund also faces charges in Crawford county.
June 20 report from Peotsburgh indicates limited green cabs to start Thursday after a weeks long strike by drivers. A city vote on a general return to work is expected, with early signs suggesting the dispute may be near settlement.
Axel Ras, captured in Jamestown, escaped a possible life sentence in New York for a freight car robbery. In Chautauqua County Court at Mayville, he pled guilty to third degree assault, a misdemeanor, before Judge Lee L. Oltoway. He was sentenced to Monroe County Penitentiary for one year and fined $600, with time to be served daily. He may serve 50 extra days if funds are unavailable. He had prior felony indictments and a history of liquor possession and jail conduct.
The fifty annual Lindstone downson family reunion gathered Sunday July 28 at Pernclil Park on the Conewangu river with over forty attendees from Thom dimes town Warren Sheffiell Kane Corry and Waterford Pa. An after dinner business meeting elected officers for the coming year: president B Lindstone Jamestown vice president Gust Swanson Warren treasurer Samuel Swanson Jamestown secretary Axeline Johnson Sheffield and refreshment committee Louisa Swanson Jamestown. The next gathering is set for Sunday June 26, 1932 at Ferncliff Park.
Italian Ambassador Nobile Giacomo de Aut Vins informed Acting Secretary Castle via cable from Foreign Minister Dina Grande that Italy is prepared to provisionaly implement the Hoover debt suspension program. State department officials were alerted to the reply.
A garbled paragraph describes a general store scene with a grandson and a distant parent figure. The text references nightly routines and a nation’s life around a shop, but the meaning is unclear and few concrete facts remain.
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