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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1931
Page
3
An Ohio town will convert 86 acres donated by the stone company into a park core with a 50 acre lake after dam construction. Plans include athletic facilities and expanded recreation grounds, with the board aiming to buy adjacent unearthed quarry land to extend the park system and raise nearby real estate values.
A clipped 1911 column notes the death of Deb Webber in West Virginia. Diphtheria cases rise in Columbus area as a town diary records post-flood commentary, new Presbyterian church addition girders, and construction on Cowcord Street residences. A runaway wrecks a fence on West Church Street. occupants escape unharmed. Clark Pain and Jerome Graves plan trips to New York for business.
The article reports that wholesale prices fell sharply from December 1925 to June 1931, but retail prices to consumers fell far less. It explains the gap between the wholesale dollar and the home retail dollar and notes retail prices have declined only about 15 percent, with broad harmony needed between wholesale and retail pricing.
This daily English feature presents common word issues and usage guidance. It highlights misused phrases like is not nearly ready, notes pronunciation shifts such as Reims versus Rheims, and teaches spelling quirks. The lesson stresses mastering one word daily, here focusing on contingency as a possible outcome of an event.
The item lists five questions and partial answers about geography history and music. Minnesota Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan are cited as the states offering on Lake Superior. Wagner swan figure appears in Parsifal. The special organ of taste is the tongue. European country that preceded the Panama Canal effort is Britain or France with Henry Hudson linked to exploration of the Half Moon.
Judge Rossiter voided the independent ticket of Ralph S Mocreary for county commissioner and declared six American Civic Alliance county tickets invalid for insufficient signatures. The ruling came after hearings by A P Rogsiler on papers filed Tuesday with testimony continuing into Wednesday.
The Pennsylvania Automobile Association will hold its 1932 convention in Harrisburg. A record 600 delegates attended the final meeting, where speakers including A. Vane of the National Automobile Dealers Association blamed manufacturers for major abuses in the industry.
A straight line problem: W to Z 15 miles, X to ? 15 miles, W to X equals 1 12 times distance from X to ?. Find W to X. Also yesterday’s answer shows 755 482 cubic feet with an explanation involving division and square roots.
All rural groups of Erie county are invited to partake in a dramatics contest. Winners advance to higher Pennsylvania contests in Harrisburg. Mr Gordon of Pennsylvania State College will meet group leaders October 20 at 1 20 p m in the Agricultural Extension office in the courthouse to outline how to stage a play.
Forty school children escaped with only severe shaking when a bus collided with a car and struck a telephone pole on the way to school. Jewell Creel of Hagerstown Md was driving the other car which went over an embankment. Creel was injured and hospitalized. In a separate item, Martin Gearhart of Mt Union Pa confessed to shooting Mrs Pearl Long but could not provide a motive. He is jailed pending investigation.
R W Aylesworth recalls five years of sharp burning and twinges in the kidneys with a catch in the small back that halted him. He suffered sleepless nights, headaches, and low energy until using Dr Pierce's A-nuric Tablets, which he says brought relief. He urges others to ask their druggist for the same remedy.
Ernest K. Johnson, 24, son of Mr and Mrs J L Johnson of 1051 W 4th St, died after a car skidded on a curve near Norwalk Ohio. He was returning to Waterloo Ind after visiting parents in Erie. Last rites set for Thursday at 2 40 p m at sister Mrs Walter Conover s home 1122 W Fifth St. Burial in Evie cemetery. Survived by parents two brothers Robert and James Johnson two sisters Helen Johnson and Mrs Conover.
Twenty eight members visited the home of Mr and Mrs Jasper Drake in Corry R D 2 for a camp fire dinner and meeting. A meal was served at one o clock with decorative arrangements. A business session planned a Halloween party at Mrs Mayor s Chestnut Street home on Tuesday October 27th. Visiting music and contests added to a delightful afternoon. Ida Young won the contests.
Jamestown Oct 1 William T Ryan longtime Moonbrook Country Club pro dies in Buffalo from esophageal cancer. A Navy veteran of World War I and popular instructor, he came to Jamestown from Cortland and is survived by wife Rose and two daughters Mary and Marjorie, plus his Stamford Conn parents and siblings. Remains sent to 56 Hoyt Street Stamford Conn.
Washington Oct 14 Car loadings on American railroads for the week ended October rose to 777837 cars, the highest weekly total this year. The figure marked a gain of 39808 cars from the prior week, though 18418 from the same week in 1930 and 402010 from the 1929 week. Historically the first week of October shows little change or a slight drop after the summer peak.
Pittsburgh Oct 4 T W Medden receiver for Peoples National Bank Osceola Mills Clearfield County seeks 50000 from National Surety Company in federal court. Suit alleges Gardner former cashier caused loss of 111397.09 through fraud forgery embezzlement theft. bond was 50000.
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