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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1927
Page
3
Arthur Colegrove listed as entrant at Cony Post Office under second class mail. Rates shown: $5.00 yearly by carrier, three cents per copy, fifteen cents per week. Advertising rates available on application.
A troubled cousin known as The Destroyer of Peace tormented multiple families with unpredictable temper and uninvited visits. Relatives funded a weekly bank allowance to keep her away, allowing peaceful family life to resume without nightly disruptions.
The Avenue Hotel in Celoron burned rapidly after a tire burst near 3 o clock, Policeman Barker reported. Early L March 1907 notes mention fires, rail tragedies on Erie tracks, and a mix of political title scandals in Britain and Canada. A separate item reports Sylvan Ingalls, 78, dying suddenly. the Continuous Theatre at West Main Street is being enlarged to seat 100, with Hugh DeLury singing at the Amusement tonight.
Answers to yesterday’s questions include a famed philanthropist who funded libraries nationwide. Other items ask about a Levantine term, the fastest swimmer fish, an insect-eating plant, and states with more senators than representatives.
A math teaser asks how many revolutions a wagon wheel 82 inches across makes in one mile. The explanation multiplies 8 6 and 5 by 1728 and then divides the product of 150 and 215042 by that result.
Fragmented OCR text presents a quiz style page with questions on grammar spelling pronunciation and word usage. It includes items about correct punctuation misused words and proper forms with scattered answers and garbled lines. The readable parts show a teaching focus on language accuracy and vocabulary.
Scranton Pa Sept 30 two workers were killed and six injured in a mine explosion at the Eddy Creek Colliery of the Hudson Coal Co in Olyphant. The dead are Stanley Smith Throop and John Smith Dickson City. The seriously injured include Francis Bime Olyphant Lou Stepenski and Llewellyn Potricil all of Diskson City with others possibly dying.
A United Press survey finds Hoover Hughes and Lowden as leading GOP contenders with Smith leading the Democratic field. It notes Midwest drys and eastern wets split, apathy among voters, and limited campaign organization.
State Highway Department reports week ending September 28 saw more auto fatalities and injuries from 897 motor accidents. Wet highways caused 123 incidents with 41 head-ons and 177 at curves. casualties rise as drivers warned to maintain equipment and lighting to prevent crashes. Names listed include Thomas J. Walsh and Albert Ritchie among others.
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