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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1930
Page
3
Twenty years ago readers recall a freezing night with tender vegetation singed by frost and a 20 degree temperature. Halley’s comet gleamed in a clear dawn as night watchmen at the I S Chair factory observed the sight. Mr and Mrs Ralph Bly welcomed a healthy baby girl weighing nine pounds born last evening.
An old page features word usage notes and a quiz titled Daily Lessons in English by W L Gordon. It lists misused phrases such as split infinitives and mispronunciations, then presents questions and answers about vocabulary, history and technology. Names like Hon John B Brooks and Frederick J West appear among odd trivia and a public notice style prompt.
The Corry Journal dissected rising public school costs, detailing how payrolls have climbed from 2,345.82 in 1915 to 8,407.84 in 1980, and then to 15,008.77 in current figures. It notes enrollment shifts, expanded curricula, junior high gains, and debates over vocational tracks versus academic focus, urging prudent curtailment and improved efficiency. It points to the board’s handling, tax implications for homeowners, and calls for substantial reform to justify higher spending.
Corry residents witnessed Sioux Indians arrive by airlock from Pine River Reservation South Dakota to join the Jonuz Brothers Wild West Show. Pearl Chambers aged 11 daughter of J W Chambers of Columbus formship suffered severe scalds from overturning a kettle while handling hot water. William Edmonds a Chicago salesman for Howard tanneries moved to the city. Dr H Olds and family left Erie for a new residence as he seeks a larger field.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Farm and Piresside with unclear context and no identifiable events or names to anchor a fuller summary.
A reader asks about a man who runs times as fast as he walks. If he walks 3 miles per hour and runs four thirds as fast, how long to cover a mile. The note includes an answer and a mishmash of steps referencing squares and multiplications for areas.
George Henry Sperry aged 79 died at his home 645 Spring vatreet Sumday morning at 2 45 after months illness He had lived in Comy for about forty five years Survived by his widow and several children Private funeral services will be from Alexander Companys Funeral Parlors Tuesday at 2 interment will be Pine Grove cemetery Also Pittsburgh Official Dying City Controller Daniel Winters lying in a Cleveland Sanitarium for weeks Physicians warned no hope for recovery His son Bert D Winters and sister Mrs Mary Winters Brook were at his bedside.
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