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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1930
Page
3
Items from the Journal files note Mrs. R Drake birthday card shower at Gancorit. Mrs. Howard Kerr dies from burns at Foxburg. Potatoes await marketing within a mile of Concord Corners. Dan Depew sells his harness horse to Tom Burke. A wild white swan is shot near Tidiute and sent to a taxidermist. Ruth Ralston visits from Slyn Mawr for Easter. Frank L Matteson returns from Pittsburgh for the holiday.
The item profiles Winthrop Williams Aldrich president of Chase National Bank and lawyer by background born November 2 1885 in Providence Rhode Island. It notes his Harvard law training practiced in New York since 1912 and his extensive directorships and club memberships.
The Men's Club sets a Sugar social in Grange hall after a Mar 6 meeting with Frank Creeby and a later warm social planned. Local births and visits are noted, a lost neck scarf, and a fire scare as Dan Depéw’s house caught fire with roof damage but no injuries.
John M. Stitzinger of Oil City and four other Pennsylvanians received War Department citations for bravery in France with the American Expeditionary Forces in August 1918. The five belonged to the 109th Infantry of the 28th Division, noted for actions near Fismet, France between August 7 and 18, 1918. Stitzinger earned his for crawling from a trench on August 17 to aid a private prisoner held in a shell hole inside enemy lines for a week.
Members of the College Women Club met for a regular reading and social session at Miss Ina Austin's home on Meple Avenue. Papers included Talling Pictures by Miss Austin and Radio and Television by Mrs. A G Postlethwaite. A birthday dinner is planned for April 24 with Mrs Douglas Rozelle hosting.
Sir Hubert Wilkins returns to New York with two polar plans a network of meteorological bases for long range weather forecasts and a submarine aided Arctic navigation aiming to open the Northwest Passage. Irene Schroeder faces execution in Pennsylvania for first degree murder amid debate on capital punishment.
The Torrid Zone warm air furnace uses locomotive grade grates with an outside controlled shaker. Easy to operate even in a party dress, with tight doors to reduce dust. Lennox Furnace Company markets models for homes, schools, stores, and offices in several locations.
A compact glossary from W L Gordon teaching misuse and pronunciation with a daily word Abject defined as sunken or degraded, example about fear. It urges expanding vocabulary and notes common pairings and spelling tips.
John spent 6 dollars this evening which is 20 percent more than he spent and 25 percent less than he earned today. From these relations his earnings and previous spending imply the prior amount. The notice also mentions a Messiah rehearsal at 7 45 this evening in the Baptist Church urging city singers to attend.
The article lists yesterday’s trivia: who fiddled while Rome burned, the size of an acre, heart action of a bird vs a human, how to obtain a U.S. Civil Service position, and Dead Sea location. It also provides answers: Nero, 43560 square feet, bird heart rates differ from humans, civil service entry via examinations, and the Dead Sea lies near Israel and Jordan.
Union City police Thursday arrested R. H. Rhodes for operating a gambling house at a South Main pool hall. He faced disorderly conduct charges after becoming boisterous. Bail set at twenty dollars with a preliminary hearing Friday.
An advertisement touts San-Cura Ointment as a cure for bleeding and itching piles. Clergymen from Titusville and Spartansburg endorse the product, claiming long relief after using one or two jars. The ad urges trying San-Cura Ointment and Soap with a binding money back guarantee.
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