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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1928
Page
4
Mrs E Gibertson and Mrs Harold Brows entertained with bridge for sixteen at East Smith Street home. Prizes went to Mrs Worth Hamy mond Hirst and The list King. Favors, two course tea, and a pleasant evening noted.
Corry area shoppers see 33¢ per pkg china 1 lb Crisco 25c eggs 35c butter 49c with Will J Wilcox delivery. Community events include a Washington's Birthday party with Colonial costumes, a Mentor Club meeting, and a Leap Year dish. Local notices cover paroled suspects, coal ads from N Cohen & Sons, and various dinners, church services, and hospital updates.
Local observances for George Washington's birthday fill the day with closures and activities. Police chief Tipton plans brief training for city officers in Hershey, while several offices and the New York Stock Exchange shutter for the holiday. Residents report radio broadcasts from Australia and London as interest in early aviation and global signals grows.
United Press reports a 1000 plus crowd in Mexico City’s Avenida Juarez staged an anti American demonstration. Fireworks exploded and insults toward Americans occurred at hotels and dining rooms while shouting Viva Sandino and Kill the Gringoes echoed. Several tourists sheltered at Hotel Regis as the group taunted nearby Americans.
The Current Events Department of the Corry Women’s Club met this morning at Mrs. G. T. Kincaid’s home with twelve members present. Mrs. B. C. Barnes led a thorough lecture on Current events and led an open forum for discussion.
We extend our sincere thanks to friends relatives and neighbors for kindness sympathy and assistance at the time of our bereavement from Carl Buell and family.
Advertises printed silk scarfs in square and long styles priced from 1.00 to 2.80 each. From B. W. Stennett & Son located at 108 South Street, phone number Logik. Includes old text misreadings and OCR errors.
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