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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1930
Page
3
Public notice from Corry Pennsylvania detailing mail matter classifications and pricing. Rates show 95 dollars per year by mail and three cents per copy by carrier with fifteen cents per week. Advertising rules are available upon application.
An economic discourse argues there is no general overproduction, only partial excess in crude goods. It cites advertising and price cuts as remedies, while noting unsatisfied wants and the need for investment, installment buying, and coordinated industry action to prevent unemployment.
The piece argues that statistics can mislead on Prohibition and urges patience with education over confrontation. It notes bystanders’ wish to avoid the issue and compares child training to temperance discourse, concluding the problem must be faced to resolution despite difficulty.
Answers list shows Madison location for item 3 and Colorado for item 5. The former reads From Tobago as an Indian pipe. the fifth answer cites Colorado.
Recounting items from the journal, Reese of Oil Guy stacked bricks on East Main Street for a five hour stretch, laying 189 lines of 24 foot pavement and moving 22 176 bricks. Obituary notes include William H Hutchinson 80 killed at a grade crossing in Cambridge Springs.
This column describes common word usage mistakes such as omitting or pronouncing words clearly. It highlights mispronunciations and misspellings, offers synonyms for useful terms, and presents a daily word theme focusing on confident language and correct pronunciation.
Three men invest 1-3, 1-4 and the balance. After 3 months the first buys out the second. The third receives 4,000 as his share of the year’s profits. Compute shares for the first and second. Answer hints show arithmetic steps and fractions to use.
Reserved seat sale begins Wednesday at 8:30 AM at Condra's for Thursday matinee and Friday evening performances.
Tony Celia a 50 year old section hand for the P S N railroad residing at North Fork eight miles north of St Marys is missing since May 10. His family reported the disappearance to county authorities yesterday. Detective Leo Werner Johnsonburg and St Marys police lead the inquiry.
In Jamestown on May zv, Prohibition agents led by Holcomb raided two alleged liquor vendors. At Little Valley they hit Guy Swezey and at Stockton Road they found Mike Palermo. Swezey faced possession charges, Palermo sale and possession. Swezey’s wife was charged with sale. They were arraigned and released on bond.
Gustave Kintz aged about 85 of Erie died instantly when his auto crashed into the bridge wall on the Forsyth overhead crossing the New York Central and Nickel Plate railroads. J J Johnston 26 of Erie was fatally injured and taken to Brooks Memorial hospital after the wreck. Coroner Crandall conducted a quick inquiry into the collision as witnesses said the car failed to negotiate a turn at about fifty to sixty miles per hour.
Wayne Township commencement exercises will be held at Wheelock church on Thursday evening May 22 at 8 15. The program includes Invocation by Rev H M Beagle a selection by the orchestra a reading The Flag of the U S A and other items with performances by Frances Lindberg David Bemis Allan Adams and Max Harvey along with Orlo Watraus and William Barry.
Diploma presentations mark the event as Supt R Dewey and Laura Heath bid farewell. An orchestral selection closes the program with a final note of gratitude.
Corry Business and Profession Women's Club held a dinner meeting at the Ritz Restaurant in Union City attended by 29 members. The group announced a rummage sale in the Cameron Building on Friday and Saturday with donations welcome and pickup offered by Miss Melva Miller.
Sister Mary Tuoy Deerfuss 72 a nun of St. Joseph's order died Sunday night at St. Vincent's hospital after months of illness. Born in Meadville she taught at St. Joseph's Bre and St. Elizabeth's Corry before moving to Erie. A solemn requiem high mass will be held Wednesday at St Joseph's church, with interment in Trinity cemetery. Donations to the annual scholarship fund of the club are requested. The club meets Monday at Miss Harriet Myers home on East Wayne street to hear Lancaster convention reports.
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