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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1914
Page
4
A timely arrival of the Heywood Reed Chairs and Rockers in tapestry fabric. The store shows these popular styles in the best grade Reed Furniture at very reasonable cash prices with a special holiday offering.
A garbled page lists Knowlton Bros promotions for granulated sugar and coffee, plus Christmas gifts and local sales at Corry shops. It notes an auction bridge club dinner, a Philadelphia preacher’s revival in Willy, and several house rentals, shop ads, and community notices across Corry City and vicinity.
Special show tonight at the Amulet featuring the Birth of the Star Spangler Banner for five cents. The program also presents Maurice Costello and Allee Joyce in a dandy comedy promising lively entertainment for all patrons.
Local notes show the Tri Poultry Association gathering counties to promote a large Erie show. Secretary Jno Moyer and H A Barr of the Black Orpington club push for a grand success with rising membership led by Chairman Chas Burns. Entries close Dec 24 with four days left. space is filling for booth rentals in the new Mayer building at Fourteenth and State streets.
The advertisement promotes Superb Chocolates and the Huyler line as superior confections. It asserts their purity and wholesomeness and invites customers to judge the confectionery at their convenience, noting packages from a certain date.
The Corry High School glee club, organized by Mrs. George Bosworth, includes nearly all the student body and is accompanied by the High School Orchestra. The first program ran from 4 o clock to the city hall and featured excellent singing.
One Way old egg at Washington Market and many specials this week. Nast’s offers fur gloves caps bath robes and traveling bags with a large bath robe shipment and Xmas delivery. Also notes insurance settlement after Cameron block fire and remaining Vietrola models at Barlow Hardware with liberal payment terms.
Free five pounds of granulated sugar with every 85 00 order. Kirkwood’s Cash Grocers, 111-8 Malt Street, advertise a weekly sale and free sugar promotion. The notice uses misspellings and unclear typography from the damaged OCR text.
A jumbled OCR of local notices describes: loss of Cold chain items, rewards for missing goods, sale of winter stock at Gordon's, a fire injuring Mra Weaver and a man named Marrietta, Hyo mel for croupy children, school day disruptions, Edison phonograph shortages after a factory fire, serial mentions of civic notices, and a club luncheon with charitable sewing for the needy.
Burkhardt's Art Shop announces delivery of all purchases within the city units and suitable for all purposes. Call Hart Watrous for details and sizes offered.
Special sale advertisement offers ladies gloves in satin taffeta and kid. Wide range of colors including light blue pink red brown and tan with embroidered backs and silk ribbons. Priced at 9 cents per pair and 10 cents per yard for satin and taffeta varieties.
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