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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
8
Local shop kicks off a January clean up offering half and one third off many items. Linen towels and dresser scarfs drop to 59 cents, embroidered aprons to 59 cents, purses and mesh bags to 2.00, silk fabric to 1.15, fur muffs to 3.50, sealette plush goats to 25.00, and more as remaining stock is cleared.
Notice notes many girls worked hard for a doll by Christmas but fell slightly short of votes. Votes will continue to January 165th when the contest closes. Only 20 dolls left. Also ads for Ladies' Handsome Plush Coats 27.50 now 20.00 and cloth coats 35.00 now 19.50. LOT Ix wool blankets 2.60 now 1.95 pair.
Livermore and Chapman advertise 25 pieces of pink and blue Outing Flannel at 8 1 2 cents per yard, plus Lot XI Satin top Sofa Pillows filled with silk floss, now 1.25. 82 inch Corduroys for dresses in black brown and greens, now 1.25 per yard. Sold as advertised in sales copy.
Corry businessman W C Miller plans a Buffalo flight and a lakefront flying station after testing a bi plane with pontoons. He forecasts airship travel to London in three years and will train three young women as pilots, with Miss Mary Ivy Dempsey and Miss Ada Blake among the initial pupils.
The Pittsburg lodge held a Dedication Ball last night with Governor Tener and Judge Jerome B. Misher in attendance. Hodges, publisher of The Hike, arrived in the city for the event. The midnight supper by Caterer Baeder featured a noted menu as an orchestra played fourteen numbers. The ball, a rare gathering of two past exalted rulers of the Grand Lodge, drew a packed floor for every dance and was celebrated as a notable BPOE occasion.
In Erie Pennsylvania on December 28 an unidentified Polish girl about 17 was struck by the second section of passenger train No 5 near the Ash Street crossing of the Nickel Plate. She suffered severe fractures and was taken to Hammet hospital in critical condition with no hope of recovery. Engineer M C Rothhart reported the girl, holding an umbrella, was on the track as the engine almost passed over her.
New York provision market shows wheat at May 97e, oats at 40e, pork 19.00 to 19.50, butter extras 37 7 0, hogs 42 45, potatoes 74.75 202.00. Buffalo market lists wheat No. white 1.10, corn No.4 yellow 6 1 2, oats 8 8 0, flour blends 5.50 6.25, butter prints 80, cheese 17, eggs 2 66. East Buffalo livestock reports prime steers 8 750 to 9 001 800, cows 6 0 7 6 0, hogs 7 60 7 70, lambs 9 0 9 35. buffalo hay on track 17 60 to 00.
Theodore Pelts of Philadelphia, while serving with the Pennsylvania railroad signal corps, fell on the mountains near Lewistown, breaking his right leg. He improvised crude splints from a dogwood branch, then reached a cabin with the help of crutches. A surgeon later replaced the improvised device with a modern splint.
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