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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
6
A public sale lists cattle including Holsteins and Ayrshires, with descriptions of age classes from yearlings to two-year-olds, plus a Holstein bull and other dairy stock. The ad references milk yield claims and dates, with multiple names and locations obscured by OCR errors.
A sale listing by W. A. Schramling and John Hammond inventories a wide range of items including tractors engines harnesses wagons light gear plows mowing machines and household furniture. The sale requires all bids to total over 110 and payment terms allow six months with approved credit. Auction noon start.
A dense advertisement from Erie Co lists low prices on canned goods and fresh produce. Items include tomatoes 18¢, corn 20¢, beans 18¢, peas 15¢ per two pounds, with various meats and seafood priced modestly. The note urges early call, warns of storage limits, and highlights a long standing merchant, C J Wood of Concord Street.
A Boston agreement between granite manufacturers and cutters ends a potential lockout. The plan guarantees a daily minimum of $5.25 to July 1 1919, rising to $6.80 by April 1, 1922, with skilled workers earning up to $10 daily. labor dominates monument costs.
The note says the business is still in Corry and will reopen soon in a storefront on Center Street near East Main Street, next to the fruit store, in the rooms once used by the Pennsylvania Leather Co. It promises new items including McDougall Kitchen Cabinets arriving by road.
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