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Fragmentary text references individuals including Wile Lacoste and Huta with numbers and percentages. Details are unreadable, offering no coherent event, date, or location to summarize reliably.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1928
Page
3
Fragmentary text references individuals including Wile Lacoste and Huta with numbers and percentages. Details are unreadable, offering no coherent event, date, or location to summarize reliably.
The readable fragments show partial names and numbers but lack context. The item appears to be a brief public notice or column snippet with missing details. No clear event, date, or organization is identifiable from the surviving text.
A Corry Journal column reviews postwar armament reductions across Europe noting France and Britain cut budgets while overall spending rises. It argues peace does not reduce costs and condemns governments for arms surges. It also reports bootleggers arming dens by moving furnis hings to appear as homes to evade searches, stressing enforcement depends on public demand for prohibition.
A historical look notes United States Steel as a small giant in its era, then compares it with today’s eight American corporations with capital over a billion dollars. It argues consolidation will push more past that mark within a year, yet public fear has waned since the war. It attributes this to larger firms acting prudently and the public understanding their ventures.
A fragment from a linguistic quiz by W L Gordon lists questions on pronunciation spelling and synonyms for terms like alternate noun and verb, with placeholders and garbled entries. The answers reference mis-spellings and pronunciation rules, concluding with a note on big business being owned and controlled by a few men versus by many.
The quiz asks four questions about historical trivia including figures tied to exploration pelmuts production Leviathan and Dominion capital. It lists items confusingly and seeks identifications such as Richard Evelyn Byrd and Miss Ante Nichols, a line about being eaten by worms, Medusa, and Mesa Verde Park in Colorado.
Washington reports a 95 percent rise in air mail business for August after rate cuts. Postmaster General New announced that 4 Mall planes during August carried 15821 pounds of mail, up from 264654 pounds in July.
Twenty years ago today September 10 1908 the town marked fair day with a public school half day and afternoon rest. Clayton Pises returned to Battle after a family visit. Edith Mac Duby died in an elevator shaft accident at Corry. Sammy Marcus heads to Corry for work, while J C Baker serves on Corry police. Mayors and locals attend funerals and conferences as residents plan future studies and engagements.
A Losing control of a showroom truck belonging to the Hi R Young meat market near Sheldon's Corners, Warren, caused the driver Donelson, 19, son of Mrs Albert Wile, to crash into a stump after a wild descent. George French, a passenger, escaped with minor injuries. Coroner H A Bowers ruled it an unavoidable accident.
Mary O'Brien of 226 Central Avenue was struck on Pennsylvania Avenue East near S Knabb’s home Saturday night, suffering a broken limb and other injuries. She was taken to a local physician where the fracture was set and she was later returned home. Unofficial reports say an automobile struck her while traveling west on the avenue.
A riddle from a periodical asks how $90,000 of goods insured at partial value across three companies should be settled after a $10,000 final settlement following four fires. It gives the first two firms $5,000 each and the third $12,000, then asks how much each company should pay. The published answer is $412.93 with an outline involving geometric constants and division by pi.
An old advertisement targets underweight individuals urging use of McCoy's Tablets to gain weight. It cites Miss Alberta Rogers who reportedly gained 15 pounds in six weeks and claims the drug is risk free with a money back guarantee. The copy directs readers to N. & Amés & Cos and other drugstores in America.
Three youths in a blue roadster robbed Mrs Victor Swanson of over 100 in checks and cash near Lantz Corners, then sped toward Mt Jewett. A Buick driver in pursuit reported the robbers swerved through traffic and fled onto an improved highway toward Margindale after the hit and run injuring driver Gust Johnson.
Bradford youths Carl Walter age 17 was seriously stabbed at the Bemus Park roadhouse on the Seneca Junction Limestons Road Thursday morning. Two Bradford men William Mason and Marion Dowd, who had been in town, gave statements to District Attorney A Edward Krieger in Olean Friday night and Bradford yesterday. Their connection to the case remains unrevealed and they were not held. Evidence likely to go to the grand jury this week.
After summer recess the Business and Professional Women's Club holds a business session this evening at Hotel Cory at eight o'clock. Members are urged to attend.
Fine weather boosted the sixth annual Sciota Community Picnic held Saturday at Polucik's Grave with close to 300 attendees. A morning baseball game thrilled the crowd as the Marred Man delivered a long score comeback. Storer's Orchestra provided music and a noon picnic dinner followed by various amusements. AL Wratrous praised for leadership. Dugne Lyons named president for 1929 with Archie Hurliut as vice president and Lucy Schurman continuing as secretary and treasurer.
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