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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1928
Page
3
The report notes a beginning by C Pyles and a group discussion on future steps. It mentions possible plans and indicates ongoing movement toward a decision, with several participants likely to remain engaged.
Fragmentary text appears to describe a race or game with points and scores but is largely unreadable. Named entities and concrete details are not discernible, leaving no solid event, participants, or organizations to anchor a coherent summary.
A column discusses the idea of outlawing war in principle and the practical barriers to a universal ban. It highlights reservations for defensive warfare, questions defining aggression, and the challenge of extending a nation's territory to include ships and embassies. The piece notes the difficulty of reaching consensus among governments and peace groups in the postwar era.
Culver City May 21 United Press reports a new Metro Goldwyn Mayer feature portrays how news travels from gathering to print and wireless dispatches. The film features a United Press correspondent and shows extras crossing the globe reaching readers in 40 countries.
Pittsburgh dispatch lists historic mine explosions from 1901 to 1919 with locations such as Telluride Colorado Con Creek Tennessee Johnstown Pennsylvania and Briceville Tennessee. The tally includes hundreds of deaths with dates ranging from 1901 through 1919 and notes mines like Monogah West Virginia and Dawson New Mexico among others.
Mrs. E. M. Statler discusses women’s role in managing hotels. She believes hotels should feel like homes and that women, with their sense of home, are well suited to running and improving hotels. She notes men can run good hotels, but cooperation may yield the perfect hotel and home.
A fragment from a reader exercise page listing questions and prompts on English usage. It includes queries on sentence structure pronunciation synonyms and word forms with partial answers and instructions to fill in missing letters and use words in daily conversation. The page reflects an educational puzzle style from a period newspaper.
An advertising blurb touts MELLO GLO as a cleansing cream with coconut extract. It claims deep cleaning without stretching or sagging skin, promising youthful complexions. NI FAMES & CO introduces the product as a new cream butter.
Twenty years ago items note North Corry tree house rented by Orrie Hill of Erie with fine plants, Morris Green buys Howard Whiteley residence on Columbus Avenue, Mrs Patrick Shea wed at home on West Smith wheel, Clara Patterson guest from Wittsburg returns home, G D King walks daily, J B Young attends Maccabee convention in Oil City, Climax shops to shut next week, Interstate Baseball League officials seek local franchise, Tammany Teers expected to pass through on the Erie railroad en route to Manver Gat convention, Epworth League members hold a surprise at Mr and Mrs George W Beecher home. Previous local mentions include city leaders meeting about a league franchise and a spring bonnet worn by Chief Stevens.
A reader asks to compute the remaining percent of a salary after multiple deductions. Starting from 1809 dollars, deductions include 205 for rent 204 of the remainder for rent 18 percent of the residue for clothes 7120 for books and 409 percent of the remainder for something unclear. The task is to find the percentage of salary not expanded. The stated answer on Saturday is 2.88.
Fragmentary text references English highways and a public fund tied to fiscal judgments. The piece mentions a royal edict and ongoing concerns over funding, road work, and governance with unclear specifics on dates or actions. Key terms include highway, fund, royal, judgments, and administration.
Fragmented historic text shows a Washington debate on prohibition and enforcement. References to Senator Edward and Captain Chesca, coast guard concerns, and federal authority depict a national struggle over liquor control, enforcement, and political response amid a federal push and local resistance.
A garbled prompt lists questions about pregnancy legality in the US 2, chemical terms, German campaigns, and a weather query, mixed with stray phrases and references to Napoleon Bonaparte and interest computations. The text appears as a damaged OCR fragment with unclear structure and missing context.
May 21 report from Pittsburg area notes Major Jargie Ball in charge of the United States engineering office announced a public hearing Thursday on the Kittanning bridge situation. The session will review the bridge and Allgheny river conditions and open at 10 A M daylight time. Engineers have delayed work on the Allegheny river due to a delay by the Armstring colony commissioners amid surrounding issues.
The western Pennsylvania district of BP.O. announces new officers: Joseph L. Connell of Charleroi as president, John Nugent of Braddock as vice president, CH. Roberts of Homestead as treasurer, 6.8) Brovin of Pittsburgh as secretary. An executive committee of seven includes A.,d. Gerard of Knoxville, 7a. Reest of Canonsburg, John M. Shaw of South Brownsville, GA. Gibson of Monongahela, Nick Mauser of Sheridan, Heber McDowell of Pittsburgh, and MT. Hicker of Bina.
In Washington on May 21, Senator Reed, a Democrat, declared Secretary Hoover an enemy of agriculture while arguing for a trade benture rider on the tax reduction bill. Reed and Hoover are both potential presidential candidates, and the debate centers on farm policy and industry support.
PRA FLIER IS WRECKED. The Pittsburgher fast passenger on the Pennsylvania railroad wrecked near Johnstown station. Fireman John Dresse dies instantly, engineer Johan Hooper wounded, several passengers injured. Four tracks blocked, only one line usable.
Borough solicitor Sideay Enki ian Suricday appeared to push a special election plan as Gaylight saving debate raged. Burgess Chapman previously urged support for the timing and a June meeting to decide. The council discussed how to proceed and debated veto options before adjourning.
Jamestown May 21. Mrs Ele Brown, 65, 419 West Third Street, was struck on the head with a blunt instrument by a young man who asked for a room and then fled. She remained unconscious for five hours. Police, led by Captain Wayyard Dyholm, took a partial description from the witness.
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