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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1929
Page
3
Foregoing line appears to show the Corry Evening Journal masthead and publication data. It lists address, advertising rates, and printing/ownership notices with names like Freud ing Kimball and a Pittsburgh area address, reflecting standard clerical boilerplate rather than a news event.
The piece surveys the National Puzzlers League offer of $500 to settle the Bacon cipher controversy, arguing for a simple, testable method by comparing 100 pages of Bacon with 100 pages of Shakespeare. It notes the hoax nature, cites prehistoric claims, and ends with observations on the rising speed of American speech and its implications.
Twenty years ago reports from the Journal files recount a lively night as whiskey was stolen from the Boston House and police arrested several youths, with one man facing a larceny charge. The Ware Clark Company plans a new plant and old home week meetings are being arranged with theatrical plans and factory updates.
A cluttered clipping offers a daily problem set about field length and ore value, plus trivia and sales notes. Questions inquire about state nicknames, defense without tribute, Scotland’s national flower, the origin of man, and glass distinctions. Several ad lines list items for sale and a contact address.
A scanned page presents exercises on pronunciation spelling and word usage. It includes prompts asking what is wrong with certain sentences and requests proper forms and synonyms. The imperfect text lists items about pronunciation and word choices, with scattered phrases and incomplete lines.
American Henry Jangun and Eileen, with J. W. Feld a British subject, were captured by Mexican rebels near Durango and held for ransom totaling 24 000 pisos plus goods including overalls blankets and horseshoe nails. State Department notified.
Corry girls Ming Ruth Bermet and Ruth L Franz were admitted into the national organization of the Eta Phi Alpha sorority at a special 4 o clock ceremony. Both members of Omicron Eta, they are among Penn State groups gaining regional chapter status as college girls clubs win approval from the Valle Board of Trustees.
Harrisburg reports show Pennsylvania's expenditures for the short year to date exceed January's by five million dollars. State Treasurer Samuel S Lewis notes a February 25 balance of 64,840,070 with receipts of 18,498,806.12 and expenditures of 1,676,001.57. January balance cited receipts at 17,180,000 and expenditures at 12,182,000. Clifton Keford visits Bilestone with family during the weekend.
Erie and Crawford County Dairymen sub-district meeting held at Cambridge Springs with Director H Hy Marat presiding. Minutes read, six delegates and six alternates present, dinner served, women’s committee active, program of music and readings. next meetings set for Waterford March 28 and Corry March 16.
Brig March 2 six churches in Wisconsin and nearby cities were named by Rt Rev John Mark Gannon to host visits for the Jubilee celebrating Pope Pius XI proclamation of 1929. The churches listed include Brie St Peters cathedral St Patrick St Stanislaus Dubois St Catherine s St Michaels Ol City St Joseph St Stephens Assumption BVM Sharon Sacred Heart St Joseph s St Anns Farrell. in other places six visits to parish church St Jos follow.
Dunn of Comegat is appointed by the Manufacturers Association to lead promotion and engineering services for the organization. He invented the wire-cut brick and the paving brick machinery and his brick is chosen as the standard by the association after a long campaign. Citizens of Conneaut hail his appointment and the standard brick designation.
Chicago report outlines Col Robert W Stewart wrapping up his re election campaign with a Bryan style attack on Rockefellers and pride in his administration. In Sunbury Pa death ends a divorce suit as Mrs J H Webster notes Webster died in the Western Penitentiary from tuberculosis.
Federal agents raided two addresses in Erie destroying the brewery equipment at 13 Brewster Street used for beer manufacture. Dredge hammers ruined all vats and apparatus after about an hour. No arrests. the second raid at 342 West Highteenth Street yielded little contraband and found an empty building.
Mercer County authorities consider dynamiting streams to reduce flood danger after last fall’s experiments relieved water pressure at a new bridge site. County Commissioner Harry Hunter announced equipment is being assembled for use at the first sign of danger. Mercer County suffered a $100,000 loss from spring floods to bridges.
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