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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1928
Page
3
Corry Journal notes improvements in 1930s era economy with steel, automotive, and building sectors expanding. General Motors Activity and rising furnace production highlighted. Commentary on how motor, steel, and construction sectors drive overall prosperity while agriculture lags behind.
Miss Ann Cudahy hosted friends at West Main Street home. Mrs Mayme Franz wed Hugh Peterson of Wrankind. Chiquita the Erie dwarf and Tony Wectiner moved to Oll City. Woodward hopes to preach next Sunday. Mrs Dan Nast hosted, honoring Mrs Max Goldsmith. Don returned from the West. Olds seen downtown. A pony man targets a stubborn book agent without joy.
Rodney Butcher reports on food animals and meat consumption in Washington, noting population shifts among cattle hogs and sheep since 1890 and 1927. The piece compares herd sizes, prices, and per capita meat intake, highlighting how scarcity raises value and influence on farming trends.
The page presents a quiz titled Game of Correct English by W L Gordon with garbled prompts on sentence error, pronunciation, misspelled words, and word choice. It includes supposed answers and a list of items such as omit herewith, pronunciation of joint, and synonyms for dense, ending with a response key and a set of spelling and usage questions.
Questions and answers cover topics from U S presidents actions to physics and society. Names such as Thomas Jefferson and Mecca appear among items including boiling water, speed of light, and immigrant examinations. The piece lists miscellaneous topics with scattered country and place references and a final note on literature.
A fragment notes a plate above a door in Higypt signaling a hidden threat as a girl is said to live inside the house. It hints a man is trapped without winning in a tense domestic scene from a Charlotte Observer item.
A can complete the work in 10 days and B in 15 days. Working together they complete the job in 6 days. The accompanying explanation in the fragment attempts a percentage method but is error prone and unclear.
Northampton March 5 reports show no change in the condition of Mrs Lenia Goodhie mother of Mrs Calvin Coolidge. Mrs Coolidge spent an uneventful period at her old home and attended services with fellow Congregationalists.
Erie March 5 Linke Morse 40 of 1916 Sassafras Street tried to end his life with a long knife Saturday afternoon. He struggled with two officers, wound himself slightly, was overpowered, and taken to St. Vincent's hospital. Police say he had been brooding over ill health and had just been released from the hospital.
Warren March 9 two coal cars were hurled into the Allegheny river and eleven cars detailed with over half a mile of track torn up at Wolfe Run near Corydon on the Salamanca branch of the Pennsylvania railroad. No injuries reported. Train service delayed as a result. Passengers transferred to the southbound trains.
Two men, Robert Shores and James Budbee, both badly beaten, lay in a hospital in Strubenville in serious condition. They were reportedly mistaken for strike breakers and left unconscious on the road. Buckhee’s son escaped and alerted Sheriff William Algor as seven armed assailants fled the scene.
Fragmentary reflection notes mornings when certainty fades and a son seems to vanish. The speaker hints at doubt, memory, and disruption, using rough imagery to imply a personal disruption or existential crisis amid ordinary days.
Captain Woodside, past VFW chief, urges overseas veterans to promote Americanism. He recalls WWI service, stresses a united patriotic effort, teach younger generations true American ideals, and support peace through preparedness. VFW members should engage in community affairs and cooperate with business patriotic observances to counter anti American sentiment.
Deputies and federal agents led by Sheriff Warl J. Sardeson and A S Bartlett raided Charles Genovese’s establishment at 11 Spencer alley, Buffalo, around 9 o clock Saturday night. They seized an alleged stock of ale beer and colored spirits after having conducted a purchase in the barroom noted for previous complaints. The raid found a full bar operation with fixtures and a bartender on site.
United Press interview with Senator Curtis of Kansas outlines a brief Republican platform. He urges continuing administration policies, promoting prosperity, protecting business, aiding farmers, enforcing law, and safeguarding religious liberty. He supports Prohibition enforcement and notes his long Senate record.
Dun kir k March 5 fire tore through the boiler room of Grace Lutheran church at Sixth and Eagle streets causing extensive damage estimated at thirty five thousand dollars. Fire officials believe spontaneous combustion in coal bins near the boiler started the blaze and firefighters, arriving quickly after two alarms, cut through the roof and windows to flood the interior with water. The altar, stained glass, and surrounding interior suffered the most severe damage while smoke and water ruined much of the nave.
Charles Cook Paulding nephew of Chauncey M. Depew won the battle to save his right arm from amputation after a blood clot cut circulation and gangrene threatened death unless he consented to surgery. Released from a sanatorium after a new treatment his condition today is excellent. Paulding serves as vice president of the New York Central railroad.
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