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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1918
Page
6
A cluttered pane of classified items lists salable goods including furniture, engines, organs, farm equipment, harness, wagons, and kitchenware with scattered locations and contact hints. Several entries mention price and condition though many spellings are garbled. readers are urged to inspect items such as a pine organ, a gas engine, a piano, and dining room sets among others at various streets and stores.
Multiple rental notices list rooms and furnished suites: 124 Second Avenue with 14 H.P. Jacob engine and water system. 120 Second Avenue private entrance and bath. 26 West Church two blocks from post. 225 Marion Street furnished five rooms. 14% South Center Street with bath. Inquiries directed to West's Grocery and Hill.
The Treasury Secretary announces federal life and health insurance for enlisted sailors and marines and their dependents, detailing monthly pay, coverage up to $10,000, and optional provisions. Benefits extend to widows, orphans, and mothers, with enrollment closing mid February 1915 and eligibility rules outlined.
Fragmentary ad notice touts newspaper advertising as the cheapest way to reach readers. It urges readers to try the service now, claiming immediate business follow and peak attention. Names, dates, and locations are unreadable in the copy.
A list of West's Grocery items with per pound and per unit prices for lard, peanut butter, dry hominy, white peas, pineapple, dry beans, peaches, pork sausage, hamburger, corn flour, evaporated milk, prunes, bulk molasses, cucumbers, and shelled peanuts. Prices show 10 to 26 cents per unit, reflecting typical early 20th century advertising.
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