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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1911
Page
3
Nathanial Stone promotes Very Best Meat with claims about bread that tastes mother fed. The vendor discourages telephone orders and invites customers to visit. He notes all canned goods are cheap now and advertises selections including ble Juley and 4ngea varieties.
The Corry Floral Co located at Columbus Ave and Center St advertises fresh flowers and plants for all occasions. It mentions greenhouses, funeral mowers and bouquets with special attention to service. Bell phone on the street car line.
City notices mix with local ads and social items. Vendors tout cheap planes, pork, oranges, watches, and candlesticks while planning events at armory skating and a linen shower. A church service in Emmanuel and a public meeting on natural gas meter inspections are noted along with a portrait commission for Otis D. Hinckley.
Arcade Mole-Scots marshmallow center candy and Arcade Caramels with ants filling and plain are showcased alongside Cocoanut Cream Silk in large trays. The Arcade Trade marks Elite Box Candies are celebrated nationwide and offered by The Candy Shop.
The page lists spring sales at Knowlton's and Sholy's with carpets and fabrics, a furniture and china display by B W Stennett & Son, and notices of a local purchase of a Mary A Steele residence. It also reports Orrin Joseph Frederick a local athlete killed at Wood Hill, and mentions a 1907 state bounty law proposal for fair associations funding.
Fragmented notices from a Meadville area page mention A Cowboy's Devotedness show at Theater, matinee 2 to 5, Dixon's pencils at Moreland, Sauer Kraut at Wilcox Market, lard price, wallpaper showroom, and a call to watch for room. Robert Burch buys Edward Moore farm for spring possession. Meadville Cochranton parties build aeroplanes, Wright-type, with one under way in Cochranton.
Weekend sale notes rare grocery bargains with Nisvara laundry starch at 10M for 250, cod fish and sea trout at 10 cents a pound, steak at 12 2 cents per pound, syrup in multiple flavors, lard in pounds, and Sun Kist oranges priced by size and dozen, reflecting a busy local shopping event.
Spartanaburg February 16. H Tauber left Tuesday for a business trip to Chicago. Miss Ruth O Dell of Allegheny Pa visited at aunt Mrs Ellen Wiston. Charley Lambing of Corry was a business visitor in town Monday. Mrs L Miller returning from Altoona Pa. Miss Teena Reed of Meadville visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs J C Reed over Sunday. Elmer Rhodes of Olney called on friends. Stanley Platt visited Clayton Pate at Jamestown over Sunday. The Ivy Club meets at Mrs B L Millers this evening with invites. Mrs H Bernice Stuarts visiting Titusville this week.
A telegram from Wesley Howard, a guest at the Hotel Euclid, reported by morning papers, confirms he is safe after a fire in the Kennedy building next to the hotel caused smoke and a panic injuring several ladies. The incident occurred overnight, trapping guests and prompting evacuations.
A brief children’s program runs from We until five o’clock featuring three reels of pictures at five cents admission.
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