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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1939
Page
4
Corry merchants report a pickup in retail activity after a sluggish spring. Warmer weather boosted demand for lighter apparel and summer goods, with wholesale markets showing higher volumes in pants hardware and furniture. Forecasters hope a favorable crisis resolution would boost consumer buying nationwide amid postwar recovery.
The text argues that America succeeds when citizens collaborate across sectors to preserve the American system and opportunity. It cites leaders across industry labor agriculture and government working together to overcome prejudice and disunity, both in war and in peacetime, as the path to progress amid Europe’s wartime choices.
Dr Sam Tigginbottom spoke in Erie on church broadcasts from Old Stone Church while Monsignor Francis A Rearden preached in Cincinnati. NBC networks aired sermons and varied programs including music by Tizgie Lish, Red Skelton, and Jimmy Dorsey with a lineup of dramatic and variety shows across multiple time slots.
In Washington May 27 a left wing farm belt push targets Secretary Wallace to raise domestic prices and curb speculators. Ervin F King leads a western Grange bloc seeking passage despite Administration opposition. The drive ties to grain speculation, coal act reforms, and a broader push for policy changes with potential 1940 impact.
A scrambled query asks how many questions can be answered, then lists numbered trivia prompts about watches jewels primogeniture rivers flags capitals pronunciations metals and exhaust poisons. The garbled text resembles a classified page prompt for a quiz.
A large Corry and northwestern Pennsylvania delegation plans a June 7th trip to Hamton Ontario and Niagara Falls to glimpse King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as they enter the United States at the cataract. Reverend Chrimes gives farewell sermon and leaves for Washington Pa on Monday to assume a pastorate.
The Medical Society notes 161 268 births in Pennsylvania in 1997 with many mothers under 40. Only two fathers under age 40 had children, while 1 507 fathers were in that age group. No woman 95 or older had a child in 1937. 655 fathers were over 55. Average mother age about 27. fathers about 31.14.
A jumble of local items from 1919 notes Glenn Reed son of Mr and Mrs Charles Reed injured by an Erie freight while on tracks near Kurtz Brass Bed Co on Pennsylvania Ave. Mention of American Legion formation for World War veterans. Death of Eugene Mitchell at Carry Hospital aged 90 with body to Centerville. Red Cross nurse Lovaine Ferguson visiting City guest of Mrs Mary Shuss. Frank O Day, overseas with H Q, arrives in Boston and assigned to Camp Devens Ayre Main. Mrs Lou Clark injured by an auto driven by F L Barnes at Main and Center Streets. Charles Flannigan farm drilling halted when drilling cable parted dropping tools to bottom of well. Pearl Harmon visiting OW City.
A salt well combines mining and evaporation by drilling deep holes to about 1800 feet, flooding with water to dissolve rock salt into brine, then pumping it out for evaporation. This method blends extraction with salt production.
Editorial note warns against misquoting invitations to Mr. Brown and other panel members. It cautions against stray words like proffeted and emphasizes precise quotation and respectful phrasing in official invitations.
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