Facts Versus Understanding Twenty Years Ago in Corry
Twenty year old items from the Corry Journal cover Love Son excavating for a new building on Main Street by the C R Rogers Company, a high school gala in Corry, a home gathering for a son's return from California, remarks on death and understanding from President Hopkins, and local job changes at Brie operators, Corry Metal Furniture, and Acme Milling Company with regional mentions of Jamestown, Salamanca, and Coudersport.
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Corry Evening Journal
West South Street
Corry
A. D. Colegrove
Arthur Colegrave
ss+ vee
National
Fred Kimball, Inc
W. 48Th St
New York
Tribune
Chicago
Love & Son
C. R. Rogers Company
Last Main Street
Free Trade in Ideas in Holmes Birthday Tribute
On his ninetieth birthday Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes is praised as a rare, honorable figure while the piece urges focusing on his ideals. It reprints two major utterances promoting free thought and open inquiry as essential to the Constitution and national life.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Justice Holmes
The Illinois Volcano and Prison Reform Questions
A lengthy piece argues prison riots in Illinois reveal flaws in overcrowded antiquated systems. It cites Statesville's model prison to question modern penology and calls for a parole board while noting prisoners resist discipline.
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Illinois
Ilinois
Statesville
Ladder problem on wall reach with base 6 feet away
A ladder with base 6 ft from a 20 ft wall reaches the top. Find how far from the wall the user must stand to reach a point 5 ft below the top. Also notes a numeric riddle about yesterday's answer involving arithmetic steps.
Daily Lessons in English by W L Gordon
Lesson notes cover usage and pronunciation errors with a focus on expanding vocabulary. It presents guidance on correct forms for common phrases and includes a definitional study of the word cerebral with a quotation illustrating brain related intellect.
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W. L. Gordon
Hamerton
Silver tongued orator of the Platte named
William Jennings Bryan is identified as the silver tongued orator of the Platte. The American Hall of Fame is said to be peated at New York University in New York City. The term Charlie Horse refers to a stiffening of leg or arm muscles from hard running or throwing. The sea that opened for the Israelites was the Red Sea. The city of Lima lies in Peru.
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The
Platte
Lima
William Jennings Bryan
New York University
New York City
Red Sea
Peru
Women Revive Agitation for Vote Machines
Erie news reports renewed push by the Erie County League of Women Voters seeking approval to install 70 vote machines this year. The group argues the company’s offer is affordable with no payment until August 1932, while officials debate buying 29 or 70 machines amid funding limits.
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Erie
Mar
Eqale
Erie County League of Women Voters
Voting Machine
Harrison Clamb
Charles R. Davis
Allan H. MacLean
Joseph PF. Rogar
Iboard
Last Rites for James Edwards in Corry
Funeral services for James P. Edwards well known Corry merchant and senior member of Howards Brothers Co. were held at 1:30 p.m. Friday from his home 405 West 2nd Street with Rev. A B McCormick officiating. Burial followed at Columbus Cemetery Corry with pallbearers J K Grimm William Broman Samuel Kunkel George Oberly T Fleming and J A Kennedy. Attendees from distant places included Robert Scott and daughters Milicent Constance S Matson Miss Mattie Forbes D A Stetson D Mrs C A Fulkman and sons Edward James Mrs Lee Crosby Mrs Emil Sandberg Mrs Elizabeth Moody and Daniel Edwards. Extra notices list live poultry and maple syrup ads from H C Warner.
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OM Crry
James P. Edwards
West 2Nd Street
A. B. McCormick
Second Presbyterian Church
Borial
Columbus
Ear Corry
J. K. Grimm
William Broman
Samuel Kunkel
George Oberly
Child Struck By Car Killed Instantly Near Warren
Calvin Pao Jvoek six year old son of Mic nel Mite was struck by a car driven by Tuned McCarty thirty five at near North Warren on the Jackson Tus road. He died of a fractured skull and other injuries on arrival at Warren General Hospital. McCarty was released on his own recognizance as authorities investigated the accident near the Bahcoeke home. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Iwakken
Mar
Calvin Pao Jvoek
Mic Nel Mite
Ernest Habcock
North Warren
Jackson Tus
McCarty
PD. Warren
Conoral Ging
Parol
Lowrey
Jauck
Chandlers
Valey
Tim
Eres Bahcock
B. B. Bennett
McCarly
Warren General Hospital
Former Corry Man Honored
A former Corry resident, Dr H F Morse, is named general treasurer and registration chairman of the local arrangements committee for the thirty fifth annual convention of the American Osteopathic association to be held in Seattle next August. Morse left Corry in 1906 for Worcester, then Wheeling and Wenatchee, establishing a successful osteopathic practice by 1909 and becoming active in professional and civic work.
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Chicago
Mar
Corry
H. F. Morse
American Osteopathic Association
Seattle
Morse
Worcester
Mass
West
East
Mager
Waterville
Wash
Coulee
Wenatchee
Head of Oil Company Dies in Oil City
Aloysius Anderton 41 president of Continental Refining Co. died at his Hasson Heights home after pneumonia led to a heart condition. Born in Oil City in 1880 he spent most of his life there except years in Canada with the company. He attended St Joseph's Academy and Oil City High School and studied at Villanova College.
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Oil City
Aloysius Anderton
Continental Refining Co
Hasson Heights
Thomas and Mary Anderton
Continental 641 Co
Canada
St. Joseph's Academy
OM City
Villanova College
Villanova, Pa
Notable American Illustrator Scott Launches Do You Know feature
Amu st Holand J Sell introduces a new daily feature Did You Know in the Journal beginning Monday. Scott is a famed newspaper illustrator born in Indianapolis who has drawn Hoover Taft Roosevelt and many stars, with his work appearing on leading papers coast to coast. His career spans chalk plate era to modern photo engraving and includes Sally’s Sallies, a popular cartoon among papers nationwide.
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Amust Holand J. Sell
America
Hia
Amerela
Scott
Indianapolis
India
Anderson
Ind
Columbus
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Cleve Jail
Phoenix
Ariz
Hoover
al Smith
Newton D. Baker
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Sally
United States
Mortiay
Real estate and service notices from a 19th century page
Classified items include farm property for sale or exchange, a livestock buyer advertising top market prices, a living space rental notice, and a general housework request. Names and addresses appear with phone-like references, all in a scattered, fragmentary ad layout. The text reflects typical small town classifieds.
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Pleasant St
Kavahili Sullivan
East Main St
H.C. Warn
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Sneifield High School
Augustus Jones
Drew
California
William Jamiefact
Hopson
Cory
Dartmouth College
Bellevue Hospital
Solomon
Hopkins
Fats
A. Bure
Wik Street
Hief
Mansfield
Brie
Salamanca
August Pearson
Jamestown
Corry Metal Furniture Co
Guldin
Coudersport
Acme Milling Co
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center St
MacLean
Purchase
James Edwards
H.C. Warner
HM. C. Warner
Osteopathic Association
Baby Carriage and Tpright Desk
R. S. Dewey
West Smith St
A. F. Anderton
Coreco
Friah
Cretonnes
MontGomery Warp & Co
North Center Street
Corry, Pa
Journal
Roland J. Scott
Warren
Robert Hawkes
Charles Britton
Breeman Johnson
Erie Police Department
Warren Ay
Hawkes
Edward Brewer
Worth East
Grace
Vogue
Newhouse
Shoehouse
Federal Reserve Bank
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