Fragmentary note on base water and era details
A garbled OCR fragment mentions bases, water, and Rams with unclear dates or actions. No complete names, places, or events are discernible to identify a coherent news item.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1928
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions bases, water, and Rams with unclear dates or actions. No complete names, places, or events are discernible to identify a coherent news item.
A fragmented note shows probe action achieving two wins and one start in a Minuet competition. Names, dates, or places are unclear, but the sequence of results indicates partial success and a remaining scheduling question.
Fragmentary text mentions Jobly and pions with unclear context. No identifiable events, personnes, or organizations to anchor a factual summary.
The fragment shows a Corry Pennsylvania newspaper masthead with publisher Arthur Golegrove and national advertising representative Rod Kimball, Inc. It lists address in New York and Pittsburgh offices, with mailing and carrier rates, and notes class mail eligibility and annual price.
New York World reports Secretary Moses lists 39 Governor Smith appoints showing 14 Catholics and 25 Protestants among top posts. 16 are in opposition party and only 4 tied to Tamany. Party balance and religious mix portrayed as non partisan, challenging critics alleging domination by Catholic Church and Tammany.
Toronto considers a canopy street plan for Yonge Street to widen usable space for traffic. Builders would clear lower story fronts, with rapid adaptation of existing structures, citing arcade systems in Italian cities as a model for shelter and rain protection. The idea aims at broad future use in American cities.
The piece poses a set of trivia questions asking who widow first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. It also queries the textile strike city of 1926 and defines shale. It asks the feminine term for toastmaster and the first state capital of California. It then lists yesterday’s answers including Peter Hale of Germany and Mount Everest.
Determine paint volume to cover the sphere surface. Radius 40 feet. Surface area 4 pi r^2 equals 4 pi times 1600, i.e., 6400 pi square feet. One gallon covers 900 square feet, so gallons required equals 6400 pi divided by 900. That simplifies to approx 7.1 times pi, about 22.3 gallons.
Charles P. Stewart vents about New York City, contrasting its urban bustle with his view of Washington. He mocks skyscrapers and city life while praising distant capitals and urging readers to rethink the value of a metropolis born from ambition versus practicality. The piece mixes humor and sharp contrasts to challenge urban reverence.
A vintage language workbook item presents questions on grammar spelling and pronunciation. It asks how to correct "This paper will do very nicely" and challenges readers with misspelled terms and missing letters in synonyms for opposition.
A 1908 Corry Journal recap notes the fourth annual Corry Fair and Driving Park Association event closing Friday as highly successful. Highlights include a duel yard dash won by Paul Downey over Herbert Emmion in 10 2 5 seconds, a display of watermelons and peanuts, and local social notes from the Third Ward.
In Puy county, judge sentences Russell Miller 28 to years for four auto tire thefts from Aaron Love. Clare Pickard, 26, pleads guilty to perjury in will probate. Jamestown lawyer dies after court, both cases tie to the Pickard estate with total values around 70,000 to 80,000 dollars. The estate largely passes to widow Rachael Giles Pickard, with a son’s share to Clarence Pickard. executor named.
Hundreds of ex service men will visit Corry Saturday when the Eric Voiture of Bright and the Corry Post of the American Legion host veterans from the area. The gathering is billed as the largest World War veterans meeting in the city. Merchants are urged to greet the heroes warmly and assist with accommodations and entertainment during their visit. The Corry Credit Exchange, formed by local retailers, shows strong progress with 87 members and a goal of 75 for the year, signaling robust civic effort and practical action.
Edwin Haberkorn, a 33 year old teller at a Johnstown bank for 16 years, pleaded guilty in Cambria county court to embezzling 920000 and is held pending removal to Pittsburgh for federal trial. Sentencing by county judges was withheld pending federal action on the similar defalcations.
Sutton West Virginia September 12 The B Minor Folgar Chemical Corporation plant built during the war by the government at a cost of more than 700000 was swept by fire last night. The loss was estimated at 300000. The plant will be rebuilt at once.
A Corry citizen urges establishing an airport at the abandoned fair grounds to connect Corry with growing air mail and passenger service. The piece notes Angola N Y and Youngsville Pa already opened airports and cites soaring aviation growth, with postage for air mail reduced to five cents initial and ten cents per additional ounce.
The Brokenstraw Valley Chapter of the D A R held a successful card party at Miss A Terril's East Smith Street home. Thirty tables of Five Hundred were in play with prizes awarded to Mrs J E Mount Miss St Clair and Mrs J Waleaven. Refreshments were served. Notable attendees included Mrs Davis Mrs Hill Mrs Whitehill and many others from North East Girard Youngstown Buffalo Chicago and beyond. Credit was given to the organizing committee for the successful event.
Urman Saunders, 20, floater, was found guilty Tuesday in Erie county court of carrying concealed weapons and assault and battery against city police officer Anthony Moskniewics. Saunders was fined 50 dollars plus costs and sentenced to nine months in the Allegheny workhouse by Judge Wt. Hirt. The jury acquitted him on the assault charge but upheld the costs against the officer.
An advertisement for MELLO-GLO Face Powder from N. F. Ames & a. touts a French process that reduces shine, preserves a youthful complexion, and minimizes visible pores. It claims long wear and peachlike skin appearance urging readers to buy a box today.
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