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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1930
Page
3
A 1910 snapshot recalls incidents in Curry Pa including a dog bite in the city park, a fatal railroad accident near Hydetown, and political shifts in Butler County as Republican factions rally around Pinchot and Ware. Names mentioned include Allen Pidrick, Captain Smith, and Senator Grundy with local railroad figures visiting.
A jeweler sold 12 watches for 585 dollars, receiving 30 dollars for some and 750 dollars for the others. Determine how many of each type he sold. The text then shifts to an unrelated arithmetic solution and garbled steps.
Answers include a bachelor president, a device in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, a Russo Japanese War duration, a farmer useful owl, and Germany's population. The previous day’s key responses list botanically a fruit but marketed as a vegetable, Hannibal, East, 300 to 400 feet, and the East River.
Daily Lessons in English presents guidance on usage and pronunciation. The piece defines betrayal as the act of betraying or the fact of being betrayed with an example about trusted individuals.
Mrs G A Wallace is spending the day in Erie visiting relatives and enjoying local sights. She plans to return home later this week and attend upcoming regional events.
Officers of the Women's auxiliary in the Episcopal diocese of Erie were reelected at the 18th annual convention held in St Pauls chapter house. Titusville was chosen as the 1931 convention city with a luncheon for delegates attended by about 150.
ERIN May 17. In Philadelphia General Atterbury leads the campaign for Francis Shunk Brown for governor and James J. Davis for senator. Overtures were made to Grundy supporters to swap votes in exchange for backing Grundy. Davis is said to be targeted and Pincas ties to receive the Republican nomination.
A. W. Shepard of Pinegrove township was arraigned before Alderman McCready on liquor charges for selling and possessing intoxicating liquor. He pled not guilty and was remanded to the city jail on a 1,500 bond awaiting hearing set for May 24 at 2. The notice also mentions tribal relations of Mohican and Stockbridge Indians.
May 17 Johnsonburg reports a lightning strike on Richard Anderson’s Penn Street home during a storm. Chimney and wall damage occurred. fuses and radio failed. a small fire was controlled by neighbors before the fire department arrived. Mrs. Anderson and their son were stunned but unharmed.
Broadcast lineup lists Collier’s hour and Kent hour on NBC and CBS networks with Will Rogers and a Russian cathedral choir. Includes WJZ WEAF WEAR WABC CBS network slots and Coral Islander as evening programs.
A W B A card party last evening featured six bridge tables and five hundred. Prizes went to Mrs A RB Barnoski first, Mrs Vern Johnson second, and Mrs John Gardner third. Plans include Memorial Day observance and a tureen supper on Friday May 28 in the hall. Ice cream and cake were served after the meeting.
Harrison B Feidler 24, son of Mr and Mrs I B C Peidler of Westminster, died instantly in a Los Angeles car crash. He had gone to the Pacific coast last fall for a visit and stayed for work. Funeral arrangements were being planned with the body to be brought back for burial. Feidler had worked as an assistant purchasing agent with the G H Williams company.
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