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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1927
Page
5
Mrs EPS Sitter traveled to Jamestown in May for a weekend visit with her sons and daughters. Miss Blanche Montgomery of Grove Oif and Miss Eliza Anderson of Em Jentony were weekend guests of Miss Mary Anderson.
Miss Macy Sullivan departs this evening for Buffalo to visit relatives, with Mrs. W. W. Scott of Chicago and R. Brinker of Niagara Falls as guests at Mrs. J. F. Austin Wiest’s home on Pleasant Street.
United Press reports screen star Miss Tate Talmadge of the American motion picture world sought a divorce from Capt. Mistair Mackintosh. The judge required evidence of infidelity before granting the decree, noting testimony that Mackintosh engaged with a woman at a Brighton hotel. Talmadge sailed for New York October aboard the liner He de Prana amid social chatter and local notices.
A flood of personal notices lists Miss Katherine Aver returning from Erie for a weekend with her parents, Mrs. C. G. Sikes traveling from Erie for funeral services in memory of an aunt, and many others including Miss Elizabeth Martin’s Rochester arrival, Miss Marguerite Smith’s trip to Bri el, and numerous friends and relatives visiting homes across town. The item reads like an attendance roster of weekend visits and short trips among area residents, with several entries noting travel from nearby cities and states to spend time with family.
The State Employment Bureau announced a survey of unemployment among industries with payrolls of 100 or more in 1927. Rivers and other public officials in industrial centers are forwarding blanks to gather data on current employment, future prospects, and predicted trends for the remainder of the year.
A fragmented report notes Democrats plan a mid west gathering to select the site for the national convention. Authorities name cities considered including Indianapolis Detroit Boston Minneapolis and St Paul while confusion of names and dates appears in OCR.
The page lists many stock names and markets, including Copper and Zinc firms, oil and automotive stocks, railroads, utilities, banks, and industrials. Firms such as Kennecott International Nickel Motors ONRSIEE Gentral Motors WW Motors Studebaker Atlantic Refinery Marland Copynentid Sinclair and American Locomotives appear among scattered tickers. The readable portion hints at a broad closing market scan with numerous lines of company names and indices, but specific prices or outcomes are obscured by garbled OCR text.
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