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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1921
Page
6
A dense array of garbled classification notices offers various items for sale including machinery, furniture, pianos, tools, and real estate. Notable fragments reference an inked Adams district style listing with prices from a few dollars to fifty, contact addresses such as 311 W Washington St and box 317, and multiple vague conditions and locations across towns.
Classified line items show rooms for rent in several addresses including 268 Gold St, 318 Church Street, 1000 Cantor St, and 118 W Church with strict rules such as no children and tenant requirements. Listings mention housekeeping, light housework, and one or two female tenants, with dates and rental terms implied in the fragment.
Will address dairymen next week at a meeting in Tribville. Speakers include R. Ry Wetoh on Dairy Cattle Improvement and W. A. Rider covering the work of the National Holstein Association. County Farm Bureau leaders to attend. program aims to aid registering and transferring Holsteins.
The ad recalls hoop skirts of the past and the Genuine Golden Medical Discovery by Dr Pierce from over fifty years ago. It touts Dr Pierce’s medicines as still standard today with reliable ingredients and notes nearly a million bottles sold last year. A ten cent trial package tablet offer is printed for Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
Corry police report no large influx of thieves or women of ill repute, but local officials fear the underworld could spread from Erie to Corry and other northwestern Pennsylvania towns if crooks are driven out. Residents consider the crooks likely to flee to larger cities nearby.
A public sale will occur at the Harvey Harrison farm 134 miles north of Beaverdam on Friday February 25 at 1 o'clock. The auction lists a heavy work team aged 10 and 12 with a 2800 weight sorrel mare by Duplex. a 12-year-old black mare. 22-year-old heifers fresh with calves. two yearling heifers. two hogs. 45 pullets laying. heavy and light driving harnesses. various rigs and farm machinery including a Hoosier grain drill, wagon, box, sleighs, cutters, buggies, hay equipment, plows, harrows, cultivator, and wagon items.
Fragmented listing mentions terms of sale under ten dollars cash and six months on bankable paper. Names Albert Bellinghr R Lyons clerk V I Powers and anetloneen appear among the odd items. The readable portion suggests a small sale notice with incomplete details and several mis-spellings.
The article outlines fabric choices for drapery and curtains emphasizing proper proportion in appearance. It lists casement fabrics priced from $1.25 to $1.75, Maroisette and voile at $1.00 per yard, filet nets at 65 cents to per yard, and mentions lover draperies and sigliresse up to $2.00 per yard, noting this season allows special attention to each order.
A promotional note urges choosing wallpaper with care as the dominant feature of the home decor. It emphasizes daily influence on atmosphere, fosters individuality, and encourages studying artistic and original designs to secure proper effects and lasting cheerfulness.
Catalog notes elaborate sewing stands in mahogany with sliding trays and doors, listing Priscilla and Betsy Ross models with drawers and hinged covers. Also mentioned are lamp shades, plain and figured silks, silk fringe, pall cords, and wire frames for upholstery and decorative use.
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