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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1913
Page
3
A jumble of early 20th century ads and notices covers clothing at Ladies Furnishings and Wright stores, radio sales, embroidery, and discounts. It also lists a string of local notices about lost items, a porkathook find, and a child’s death near Beaverdam with funeral details.
The Lyric Theater runs a six reel feature The Boomerang and a slow reel titled Jims Return starring Will Warren Ierrigan. Adults 10c children ne.
Local notices describe dining plans at Pivition and Watt & flo. ndy with bread day promotions and specials. A Carnegie hero medal is awarded to Howard King of Warren for saving a boy near the FIM Atet bridge. Reports of weddings, accidents, and a rattlesnake incident at a Br ie area home punctuate a day of varied local happenings.
Mayor Avgxanaor and the Board of Health arranged with drayman Taylor to collect the furbage for the remainder of the season or until a satisfactory arrangement is made. The wagon is being rode today and collection starts tomorrow with town workers aiding. The city will hire a collector to work with the health board and residents will pay a monthly charge via jackets issued to households.
A jumble of small notices and advertisements mentions halal bread, a quilting club, and reduced wares. It notes a rummage sale, a Sunday gathering at a Rome street address, a charity or anniversary event, and references to people and places with unclear details and several errors.
A retirement gathering honored My Daugherty, longtime boiler maker and foreman, after 64 years with the Allegheny division. The event at a local hotel drew department heads and former colleagues, marking his service under the P. R. R. pension system and noting his career spanned oil region industry changes.
Special sale listing numerous items including corsets skirts coats rainwear curtains belts lawns waistlines hats and neckwear. Prices slashed with bargains on old stock and overruns to clear space for new fall goods. Limited quantities per lot and several items slightly worn or discounted further.
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