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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1928
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal lists address West South Street Corry Pa publisher Arthur Golegraves and national reps Fred Kimball Inc New York Chicago Pittsburgh offices. It notes post office entry second class mail matter annual and per-copy rates and carrier price. Advertising rates are available upon request.
Francis J. Heney, famed prosecutor, endorses Gov. Alfred E. Smith and criticizes Herbert Hoover for water power policy. Heney cites Hoover’s New York speech as revealing support for water power monopolization and a political oligarchy, while endorsing public ownership of hydroelectric resources under Smith.
A daily math teaser asks for total water pressure against a dam 240 feet long and 30 feet high. Water weighs 62.5 pounds per cubic foot, yielding a pressure computation method via area and depth. The supplied explanation references squaring, scaling, and a pipe sectional area approach with 22.7 and 7. Assume practical hydrodynamics to estimate total hydrostatic force.
The piece reports on the heated reaction to a proposed thirteen month year, with fears of chaos in dating, holidays, and personal events. It quotes skeptics from clergy and business sectors and notes strong opposition from astrologers and calendar traditionalists. It also highlights scientists proposing a massive 200 inch Mount Wilson telescope project backed by Caltech, the International Education Board, and the Mount Wilson Observatory, arguing science progress over sensational stunts.
A dated exercise page lists grammar questions and pronunciation prompts. It asks about sentence correctness native wording word spellings and usage, with a set of yesterday’s answers including seem to be pronunciations and synonyms, plus a riddle about possession and a daily-use word.
Olman 49 and Josey Grove, St Stephen's Episcopal Church, die as typhoid fever tightens grip on Olean. Funeral at Mount View Cemetery with burial at home 100 West Henley Street. Benson, a railway worker since 187, survived by roles in minor brotherhoods and Moose lodge.
Erie resident at 14th Avenue and TMmion Cry reported improving as of Wednesday at St Vincents Hospital. The crash involved a vehicle owned by BONY Liberty tren and an Alderman Charles Farber hearing on a driving while intoxicated charge.
The prompt lists four trivia prompts about roles and planets, with a garbled set of questions. It then asks for a list of answers tied to specific items including gargoyles, Bismarck, Cape Hutteras, Anette Pats, and Edward Gibson, indicating a misread OCR page with mixed capitalization and typos.
HARRISBURG Nov 1 American Education Week will be observed nationwide including Pennsylvania from November 9 to November 15. State Superintendent John A H Keith urges communities to organize local agencies to publicize school work and needs, emphasize building and equipment needs, and foster teacher parent collaboration to boost support and funding for education.
A Rex theatre program for an amateur night featured five acts including bones find banjo Jasper Scott Arthur Magee and a comedy sketch by Meats Webb Lindsay Marley and Shanahan with a Charleston dance by Mise Marjorie Holden a song and reading by Wayne Price and Mrs Lloyd Price. First prize went to Mrs Price and son copping $9 with $2 awards for other acts. The show repeats tonight as Pola Negri heads the screen bill in Three Sinners.
November happenings include decorations with political vandalism, repairs on East Main Street formerly K K Shoe Co, and utility bills due. Police activity includes Tipton, Ruppersburg, and Mans wate Porter, with a Rex theatre appearance and Armistice Day plans at City Park. Journal adds new phones for election night and city paving and winter street repairs. Turner promoted to vice president at Pennsylvania Tank Lines. Billy Munn and Milton Turner to entertain in Sharon.
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