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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1929
Page
3
Puzzle style page listing questions on correct English usage and pronunciation with a short answer key. Items include misused words, spelling of letters, and choosing proper synonyms. Answers reference yesterday's exercises and offer concise guidance.
A collage of clippings notes a prohibition enforcement stance on hip slaps, comments on Briand and Mussolini, and American medical supremacy discussions. It also reports a Youngsville Parent-Teachers meeting approving cafeteria funds and a curfew ordinance push led by the WCTU and women members.
The passage presents a quiz style list with items such as Uncle Joe Cannon, the Statue of Liberty gift, a legal obligation to pay a bet, Roman numerals, a large central Florida lake, and various numbered prompts. It includes names like Martha Dandridge and places like Cambridge Massachusetts.
Two men start 3 miles apart and walk toward each other. The first is 5 mph faster than the second. They meet after 21 hours. Let second speed be v mph, first be v+5 mph. Then 21(v+v+5)=3. Solve 2v+5 times 21 equals 3. Find v and v+5.
Stella Ervin widow of R W Ervin died in Hinton West Virginia and will be brought to Corry for funeral Sunday at 1 PM at the Manley home East South Street with burial in Ping Grove cemetery. In other news the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women's Clubs re elected its cabinet except for a corresponding secretary. A baby girl was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Ed Harvey at Corry hospital.
In Salamanca New York a 9 year old, William Seitz, son of Mr and Mrs Karl Seitz, was struck by an interstate driven by Sheriff Elmer W Miller while retrieving a ribbon thrown at passing cars on Broad Street He died from a fractured skull The incident followed another Salamanca boy of the same age dying within 24 hours from injuries after being struck by a truck or automobile
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church met in shared parlors on Wednesday afternoon with good attendance. Mrs Waggoner and Mrs Cressey led the devotional. readings covered missions in Asia and Alamke. Mrs Hepler presented Schools and Hospitals of India. Mrs Geiger read The Presbyterian Church In Alamke. Dorothy Boland read two pieces and Mrs Arthur Palmer played two piano numbers. A social with refreshments followed hosted by Mrs J B Patterson Mrs William Cole and Mrs Hillard.
Oil City area merchants warned by the Retell Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce about a check artist using a rubber stamp to sign checks in the name of a local timber company. The suspect, about 85, slight of build with a mustache and sandy hair, has cashed checks at a bank and a meat dealer. Contact police if found.
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