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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1928
Page
3
In Norfolk a very wealthy man and his heiress married and abandoned luxury. They sold or left behind comforts, strapped on packs, and set off on a walking around the world adventure. Society cannot fully understand, yet their tale celebrates youth, curiosity, and the lure of open country.
Illinois aspirant Leland Lowden argues the core issue for the 1928 campaign is restoring a proper balance between industry and agriculture, with farm relief and an equalization plan amid McNary Raugen substitutes. He downplays prohibition, envisions national flood control, resources management, and a unified national defense, and favors limited government with efficient agencies.
A letter discusses replacing the current calendar with an Ik year of 18 months of 28 days each. Proponents claim fixed weekdays for holidays, but critics prefer the variety of the traditional calendar. The author questions the push for extreme efficiency and misses old month familiarity.
The column lists a set of trivia Q a s and answers. Questions include Paul Revere’s starting point for his ride elephants growth height who proposed daylight saving time Sahib time zone location and a geometry term. The piece cites Woodrow Wilson a mid 1820s Tex reports snowed and West Point as items in the Q A set.
Pliny tells of a Tadlan people who lived by scent alone, Diogenes notes a man sustained by odor of hot bread, and Bacon cites a man who could feast while surrounded by aromatic herbs.
From the Journal Files March 13 1908 a Washington report notes political chatter as Hoover Smith Dawes and Lowden vie for the GOP nomination while Democrats weigh Smith and Dawes amid Catholic voters and electoral math. Local notes include education board routine items and residents traveling to New York City and St Louis.
Income Tax Tips No. 24 explains depreciation deductions for property used in business or vocation. It notes depreciation applies to capital assets like buildings machinery and equipment not expensed previously and that wear and aging reduce asset value, generating a deductible loss.
A fragment from a language exercise page presents questions and answers on correct English usage. It asks about tomorrow meeting, dirigible pronunciation, misspelled words such as ethics and etiquet, and fills in vocabulary like bookkeeper and assets. The text is a jumble of garbled OCR lines with scattered answers and yesterday’s exercises.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a window related item at Capitol Nok with reference to 130 units and directions to the United States capital. The readable parts suggest a property window count or listing tied to a location in a Capitol area, with unclear dates or exact actions.
The puzzle states an 8 by 8 chessboard area is 80 square inches. It asks for the area of each square, given the board has 64 squares. The solution divides 80 by 64 to yield 1.25 square inches per square, but the provided answer claim is 10 for the area of each filty, which conflicts with standard board geometry.
A one year old girl, Iya Liljeros, daughter of Mr and Mrs Iver Liljeros of 729 29th street, died after her clothing ignited from an open fireplace. A passerby, Martin Ahi, 615 East 29th Street, saw her on fire, wrapped her to extinguish the flames, and rushed her to St Vincents Hospital where she died six hours later.
Fragmentary note reads like a dated aphorism about outcomes, misquoted names, and uncertain attribution. It hints at a generic reflection rather than a clear event, with several garbled words and unclear subjects. The readable portion suggests a caution about expectations and balance between best and worst cases.
United Press reports a head on crash on a single track between Colombo and Galle killed twenty one people. The trains were running at speed on the railroad when they collided.
A miscommunication on street resurfacing costs in Tinion City shows state would cover about ninety percent while the borough pays the remainder. Council estimates place the local share between 19 000 and 15 000 dollars, deciding to offer only half the cost contingent on public subscriptions to raise the rest. The matter remains unresolved.
Two o clock gathering of the Home and Foreign Missionary Societies of the M. Church, Cheruly, in the church parlors. A splendid program by both societies invites every woman member to attend. The change shifts start time from three to two.
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