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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1928
Page
3
A damaged OCR snippet references a school, students, and forthcoming events or performances. It mentions names and times in a cryptic way, with unreadable segments obscuring concrete details about people or dates. The readable content hints at a school context and planned activities.
Publication details for West South Street Corry Pennsylvania list Arthur Colegrave as publisher and Pred Kimball Inc as national advertising representative. Rates appear by mail five dollars yearly and three cents per copy fifteen cents weekly, with rates available on request.
A critical view of radio playlists argues speakers echo a single endless loop of jazz and love songs across stations. The author questions whether chains of music programs serve the public taste, noting a minority deserving more consideration than current monotony.
Bankers warn instalment buying is safer than open accounts. A magazine writer notes past meat and groceries debt reached 3.5 billion dollars, now largely cleared as retail food shifts to cash. Public debt for autos radios and appliances on spaced payments totals about 3 billion dollars. Proponents say instalments improve stability, training borrowers and smoothing production and distribution.
The Brussels Red Cross conference last winter failed to find civilian protection for poison gas. The New Hague Commission begins anew, debating gas masks for millions of civilians, shelters, water and food stores, and an international shelter contest. Skepticism remains as to achieving real remedies and a ban on war weaponry.
A British critique mocks King George for mispronouncing common English words in a throne speech. The piece laments American tolerance for imperfect pronunciation and warns of a broader decline in language as radio terms and casual speech spread.
The piece argues against forcing evolution into classrooms and urges teachers to present evolution as a belief held by scientists without political interference. It notes inflation concerns, advising cautious spending and saving, warning against overinvesting in stocks and urging prudent budgeting amid rising prices.
A garbled note discusses a square field with diagonal 100 rods and a calculation of wares or goods. It mentions a previous puzzle about 4 000 dollars, then references percentages such as 2 per cent and 3 per cent, suggesting a method of subtracting portions from a base amount of 2 900.
Items from the Journal files recount harsh winter travel with sixteen hour delays as trains halt on side tracks. Snow falls over Dayton and sleighing begins, while fur prices rise and trappers expect a harvest. Mrs Gus Peterson dies at her Jamestown home as Union City opens a new public hearing with ceremonies. Arthur Carson and Opal visit Corry then return home. R I CHEATS away for you to the Clare united Section.
Jacob and Tzaace Silverman of Altoona have acquired the former Central Presbyterian church site at 10th and Sassafras in Erie for a modern theatre costing about 1.5 million dollars. The plan calls for razing the church, a three story building, and a 2,000 seat venue with 10th street storefront space.
The Washington School Parent-Teachers Association held a visit to school rooms with a large crowd. At the business session after the inspection, members voted to move regular meetings to the third Thursday of each month from the third Friday.
The Corry Business and Professional Women's Club will hold its regular meeting Monday evening at 8 o clock in the Hotel Corry. A program will be presented and a salad luncheon served. Tickets are fifty cents. Members are asked to reserve with Miss Minnie Soford by Monday morning.
A compact listing of language questions and answers from a newspaper page. The item includes queries on grammar pronunciation and misused words, with solutions such as omitting a phrase and determining proper spellings. It reflects a period instructional tone for self improvement.
Erie authorities detain 23 year old Douglas F Olive after a street sighting linked him to forgery schemes. A rubber bank stamp and claims of representing a check protectograph firm are noted. Pittsburgh authorities have been alerted as the suspect is reportedly wanted there.
In Oll City Ohio large phosphorous rooftop signs aid night navigation for aviators. The Arlington Hotel displays four foot letters reading Oll City Pa Arlington Hotel and works with the O1 Well Supply Co. sign to help pilots locate the town. A second daytime aid sits atop Nations Transit Pump & Machine Co. and another sloped sign on Edward J Stubbs store corner Hoffman and Cornplanter Avenues assists pilots during daylight.
The garbled item contrasts an old fashioned blacksmith with a modern garage tin shop and mentions reading a fellow poet’s work and a bill. It references Cincinnati and a local newspaper tone, but readable facts are limited.
The text asks about Genl Thomas Jashgon's nickname and Elijah being carried to heaven, and mentions multiple names and figures including Saint Nicholas and events like the Mexican War, plus Hawaiian Islands discovery.
A big turnout at St Edward's Parochial School card party and dance in the parish hall raised a substantial sum for the school. Ten awards were given, games ran until 10, followed by dancing to Burkhard Orchestra. Food was provided by an able committee. Proceeds aid the school benefit.
Postal workers at Oil City rewarded Friday after six more diamonds were uncovered from dirt piles near Polk, part of the Al faltered air plane shipment. One diamond weighing one and a half carats valued at 500. The discovery continues the valuable shipment connected to Plint Hopson's death last month.
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