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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1931
Page
3
The Women's Club of Des Moines Ja discusses a nationwide questionnaire urging members to probe the sources of their beliefs and the role of reason in thinking. The piece questions whether convictions are learned or self-derived and invites open minded reading and reflection.
State Highway Department announced bids will be opened May 22 for 37.90 miles of state roads across several counties. Projects include McKean Lafayette in Lafay ette township 0.75 miles Mercer Route R-80 Wilmington and West Lackawannock 6.04 miles Mercer Greenville and West Salem 3.32 miles Westmoreland Derry 2.14 miles Venango Cranberry and President 4.89 miles.
A short educational note on proper usage and pronunciation. It highlights common misused words and mispronunciations, urging readers to expand vocabulary by mastering one word daily. The piece focuses on the word concern and urges admitting true knowledge through experience.
Answers reveal President Woodrow Wilson vetoed the Volstead Act. The Battle of Bunker Hill was really fought on Breed's Hill nearly a half mile from Bunker Hill Monument. The animal with a few stomachs is the cow. The question about red asks sixteen and one half feet. The longest manufacturing area is Akron.
Sixty eight members and guests gathered yesterday afternoon for the Alathian Society rally in the First Methodist Episcopal church parlors. A delightful program featured duets, piano solos, a reading, guitar and piano music, with a fruit salad and coffee served at the close by committee member Mrs. A Mountain.
Work started on reconstructing the Scott overhead crossing on the Roosevelt highway west of Warren. State highway department officials, Warren officials, and engineers plan enhancements while a 24 hour watchman service and detours maintain traffic. One-way traffic is used during day work to reduce accident risk.
Mrs Agnes Wagner of Wesleyville Pa died at her home last evening at nine o clock. She was a Sister of the late Mrs Barbara Lambing of the city and had suffered injuries in a prior incident. Funeral services will be held at the family home in Wesleyville Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial in Pirie cemetery.
An advertisement touts Milleo Glo face powder with a new French process that lasts longer and minimizes pores. It claims a smooth, fine, pure coloring matter approved by the U S government, non drying to the skin, and keeps complexions youthful. Available at Geister's Drug Store.
Report from Untontown Pennsylvania dated May 7 notes Amos Jones Brown and Matthew He Brown as twin sons born to Mrs Zilile Brown at Nontaywn Hospital. Names were not decided at birth. The incident reflects informal local record keeping and community naming customs.
Raphael Paschel a 49 year old former Philadelphia man escaped Boukview penitentiary grounds yesterday while six state police guarded the prison. He had been sentenced in Somerset county to a term of ten months to nine years and eight months for breaking and entering.
A reader asks: a tree 18 inches in diameter yields 2 cords of wood. Find yield for a tree 3 feet in diameter. The answer and method involve arithmetic steps such as multiplying values, adding products, and performing division to reach the result.
Governor Pinchot announced in Harrisburg that he will tour the state to decide whether Pennsylvanians or the public utilities run the state. He aims to abolish the public service commission and replace it with a fair rate board to ensure the people receive a square deal. He said his mandate binds him to carry out this platform.
Yoshirara, a young Japanese aviator, attempted a solo flight from Tole to Simustr Island but encountered unfavorable conditions. He returned to Nemuro at 1:59 p.m., after departing around 12:10 p.m., two hours earlier.
A promotional blurb promotes CTROLUX GAS refrigerators as a simple automatic cooling solution for keeping vegetables fresh. The copy emphasizes a limited time offer with favorable terms and highlights automatic GAS refrigeration benefits.
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