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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1928
Page
3
A Spanish American War veterans reunion in Havana October 7 to 14 promises a warm visit for Americans and Cubans highlighting goodwill. A Stockholm postcard tale shows a fiancé trading stamps upside down for a $1,500 dowry, illustrating thrift, risk, and the folly of valuing defectives.
The American Electric Railway Association official asserts no action needed on trolley safety for electric transport. Last year one passenger died per 150 million riders, a rate unmatched by motor cars, steam railroads, or ox carts. Pedestrians remain at risk as street cars at 20 mph need 140 feet to stop.
A compact puzzle style item from a educational page reviewing errors in English usage. It lists questions on sentence structure pronunciation misspellings and vocabulary with brief answer lines and a short answer key. The tone mimics early 20th century language teaching columns and includes several sample words and corrected forms for reader practice.
The questions mix historic prompts and garbled answers. Likely asking the city of President McKinley's assassination and various trivia items such as largest bone, colon types, first capital of Samad, and a chemistry riddle about nitric and sulfuric acids and spruce dust.
The wrong result 262.5 versus correct 250 yields percentage error of 5 percent. Calculation: (262.5 minus 250) divided by 250 times 100 equals 5. The accompanying note contains garbled text but confirms the numerical error result.
An old advertisement touts Mother's Friend as a safe aid for pregnant women, claiming faster labor with less pain. The brochure offers tips and promotes the product through Bradfield Regulate Co, Atlanta, urging readers to request a booklet by mail.
City Solicitor said annexation would add about 349,000 in city department expenses. Additional costs include 40,000 for new equipment, 14,400 for eight hour shifts, and ongoing upkeep, with total projected higher under the proposed borough system and related regulations.
A Pythian Sisters card party at the Pythian hall produced awards for bridge to Mrs W Oh Young and Mrs Vinne Graham, and five hundred to Mrs C Pier, Mrs James O Leary, Dan Brown, and Dianne Bridkessee. Aronimides provided sandwiches as guests and Mrs Jenule Bowes served as chairlady. Proceeds benefit the Temple.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a weight gain solution. It claims users gain about five pounds after taking four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes. The copy promises a full refund if results and improvements in health do not occur, with product distributed by N. F. Ames & Co. and sold in drugstores nationwide.
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