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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1920
Page
7
A long, garbled page of local notices lists events at the Old Mail and Asia valation, a charity sale, dance and social gatherings, auctions, and employment ads. It mentions the D.A.Tt meeting, picnic plans, and a 1919 Ford for sale, with various household and real estate items, plus an item about the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture bulletin and motor freight notes.
Erie bureau notes good supplies of fruits and vegetables with overall quality satisfactory. Potatoes show a decline while tomatoes are described but details are incomplete due to damaged text.
A faded ledger of grocery prices lists Gold Medal Flour at 1.95 per barrel, Fancy Pastry Flour 1.88, New Cheese wholesale, Bermuda Onions, large and small California Oranges, Diamond Matches, brooms, clothes lines, wash table salt, Yeast Foam, Veribest grape juice, canned salmon and sardines with prices. Abundant brands and quantities reflect a typical early 20th century catalog advertisement.
A fragmentary pricing list shows assorted local produce including beans wax and split baskets, cabbage onions peppers potatoes and greens. Several items feature per unit or per bunch pricing with notes of local origin and varying quality, but many entries are cut off or unclear.
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