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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1912
Page
8
A Corry store advertises a wide Christmas gift selection including silk hose, sweater coats, towels, purses, gloves, furs, caps, pillows, silks, blankets, kimonas, bath robes, linens, and dolls. Prices range from $1.00 to $6.75 with many items highlighted as best gifts for ladies and girls.
Bracken Bros, at First Ave W and Third Ave cold storage, disposed of most stock as prices fell to 28 cents for retail and 32 cents for wholesale. The firm handled about 59 thousand dozen eggs this season and bought dairy butter from five large creameries, projecting a local wholesale value around 150000 dollars.
Wes reported little progress in identifying guilty parties in a daylight robbery at Beabe farm worth about four hundred dollars in jewelry and cash. An operator may visit soon to review the case, with residents near Twebe farm offering theories but lacking sufficient proof to proceed.
W Hedge Holmes presents The Isle of Smilya a snappy musical with toy makers a fine Beauty chorus and a competent cast led by Mr Nob Arthur Mr Burt Sanders and Miss Dorothy Mae Holmes at the Library Theatre. The production features a carefully staged performance under Holmes's personal supervision with an attractive chorus of pretty girls.
Railroad officials indicate no new depot or service changes in Corry until the three million dollar Maple Ave interlocking project west of town is finished. Division managers from Penney and Brunard remain tied to the Maple Ave system, with delays prompting calls for improved operations. A Brio officials’ party and P R R men held a private conference here last week amid ongoing considerations.
President Wilson warned against deliberate panics in the United States during a banquet address in New York. He drew a line between natural and unnatural panics and criticized divisive political rhetoric while urging unity for national prosperity.
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