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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1928
Page
5
Young Peoples Society of the Lutheran church and older Sunday School members will meet Tuesday in church parlors at a late hour to discuss officers and plans for a new organization. A light refreshments period closes the session followed by a dancing party at 9 pm with Krinner's orchestra providing music until midnight.
A Corry Council Knights of Columbus dance last evening at the Armory drew a large throng. Larson's six piece orchestra played from 9 to 1, with many out of town guests including attendees from Erie North East Titusville Jamestown and Warren.
Personal mentions recount residents and visitors in the area, including Charles Shuss returning from Pittsburgh by motor, Mrs. T. W. Addenbrook visiting Maple Avenue relatives, and several others from Edinboro Spring Creek and Erie area. Also notes on trips to Bradford, Jamestown Business College student James Garrig from Columbus, and attendance at Mercyhurst College events with Grove City Collegian orchestra. Additionally reports a German espionage conviction in Düsseldorf and a Maryland salesman’s car theft with $50,000 worth orders gone.
More than a hundred members and friends of St Pauls Lutheran attended the New England dinner in the church parlor. A patriotic program directed by Mrs John Bolling included readings by Mrs Henry Bashofer and others. The event featured red white and blue decorations and a free will offering for the Ladies Aid. John Freno entertained with vocal numbers that were well received.
An aged testimonial ad urges readers not to ignore bruises cuts or sores as they can worsen. It praises San Cura Ointment and Soap for curing a hand sore after failed treatments and lists conditions like piles eczema boils ulcers chilblains and chapped hands. The piece attributes the praise to Mrs Roe of Rochester NY and urges purchase through druggists.
The Megraths thank friends neighbors and relatives for kindness sympathy and support during their bereavement. Sincere appreciation goes to Mr and Mrs Robert Mecras Mr and Mrs Robert Gates Mr and Mrs W L Megray and Mr and Mrs Clarke McCiay for their assistance.
Journal report by Logan and Bryan from Omaha City outlines close of market moves for copper and auto sectors. Notable names include American Smelting and Refining, Anaconda, Copper King, General Motors, Continental Motors, Studebaker Overland, Atlantic Refining, Pan American, Sinclair, Shell, Union Oil, Skelly, Canadian Pacific, and Chicago and Northwestern. Stock shifts reflect industrial demand and price activity across metals and automotive industries.
A garbled OCR fragment lists railway companies railroads and industrial firms including Pennsylvania Railroad, Reading, Bethlehem Steel, United Light and Power, Westinghouse, Columbian Gas & Electric, and others. Scattered product names such as rubber, cane sugar, and gasoline appear alongside partial numbers and place references, with no coherent narrative or dates.
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