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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1915
Page
4
City and vicinity reports Burkhardt Art Shop hosting a Doll and Outfit display with new wares. Other stores on Nant Street and Arcade retailers plan holiday openings and chocolate confections. Last year’s shortages at the Arcade are noted.
Prominent showcase features finest American crystal glassware including lumblers goblets wine champagne and cafe glasses. Engraved and light cut designs highlighted with partial catalog items such as pitchers and finger service ware.
Display and prices for imported china from Japan Germany and France remain steady with no advance. The shop reports standard quality of lines and no diminishment in value despite wartime disruptions.
Twelve inch cloth body dolls dressed as boys or girls with unbreakable heads. 25c each. Imitation kid body dolls with hollow heads, moving eyes and long hair, 25c each.
A town feature highlights holiday displays and a Christmas show at Burkhardt’s Art Shop and Barnard Hardware. Ads tout framing services, gift options from Roxann Pottery to Volland’s Bank, and a broad sale including ostrich plumes, candles, and decorative items. Community notices mention a forthcoming wedding, store hours, and a charity-style gift drive.
Detective Crothy and a corps of officers traced a poker game operation after a woman led police to a residence near Lyniquarters. Harry Coffman paid $10 fine plus costs for running the poker room. other defendants were fined $9 or similar sums. Local residents backed the case, with several witnesses named.
Beginning this evening the store of Sam Jacobson & Company will be open evenings until Christmas. The listing notes a Christmas shopping period with extended hours and references to other local ads and notices.
A weathered notice describes a Christmas program with a cake and charity events. It mentions a minstrel show rehearsal under Rollo Akon, minor athletic displays, boxing, Scoutling, and bag punching. An appearance by a Warren lodge group is noted with a formal gathering to follow at a hall.
Officials announced clemency refusals for Ruland Populaeton and George A. Mansh, with execution by electrocution scheduled for June 27. Clemency pleas for Ganper Martinina and Thomas Clickee of Cambely were denied despite claims they did not commit murder. James Rely’s case in Philadelphia was continued after a rehearing request.
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