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A damaged OCR grocery ad lists items and prices such as bacon 18 cents, butter 31 cents, and various brands. It hints of extended hours with open evenings and Sundays, but many words are garbled.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1939
Page
8
A damaged OCR grocery ad lists items and prices such as bacon 18 cents, butter 31 cents, and various brands. It hints of extended hours with open evenings and Sundays, but many words are garbled.
SPARTASBURG Dec 8 The borough nimrods are active. Walter McGray, 16, bagged a five point buck weighing 125 pounds on his father's farm after school. He followed an old track, shot the deer, and summoned help with sister Maraeset. Other locals reported deer in the area during Friday's hunts.
Warren December report warns hunters to avoid shooting wires as stray bullets disrupt Bell Telephone service. District manager John B Sweeney notes birds on wires and rifle fire damage insulators and cables, with weather consequences. Wildlife nibbling and shooter errors threaten line reliability in hunting season.
Three Warren County residents Peter Parisi Herman C Kane Mike Bradely and Harry Paulkind were charged with relief chiseling and ordered to make full restitution to the state after a hearing before Justice of the Peace T Richard Evans. The case, brought by claim settlement agent Herman C Kane for the Erie district Department of Public Assistance, concerns adopting relief when other income existed.
Ghelton Brothers of Concord report their 800 acre farm produced a large 1939 harvest. Wheat 258 bushels, oats 2,565, buckwheat 1,500, corn 20 tons, and 125 tons of hay were cut. The Journal congratulates the enterprising Concord farmers.
Ridgway, Dec. Two young men Paul Manno and Robert Leon Mader became lost while deer hunting in Bear Creek. A search by state police and CCC Camp members failed to locate them overnight. They found their bearings at daylight and reached home along Bingham Road.
Gratifying response to the Salvation Army Christmas fund appeal via the Live Christmas War Cry. Few readers return the magazine. many merchants place coin jars on counters to collect change, aiding Christmas dinners, candy, toys, and winter relief for selected families.
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