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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
5
A jumble of items from Knowtons sale to Breezy Comedy at Rex Theatre. Includes references to a big clearance at Corry Furniture Co. and a Pennsylvania Gas Company employee section. Mentions a public traveling service and a local assembly ad.
A tarnished ad laden fragment lists California oranges at 18 cents per dozen from Murray and Taylan, then trades a derailed real estate notice for a house with a new garage in Brons Street and a Desirable farm for sale 3 1 2 miles from Corry. It moves to a child’s burn incident, a panicky eggs heist in Tulsi Osla, and notes on local police activity and Panama Canal enlistments in the Sixteenth Regiment.
Knowlton Bros offers five cent per pound discounts on coffee and oranges and also advertises granulated sugar while Murray and Taylors promote oleo at 24 cents per pound. St Paul’s Lutheran Church schedules annual congregational meeting and preparatory advice for this evening at 7 45 with attendees urged. A basketball game at Presbyterian Gym features Freshmen versus Lovells at 7 30 Friday. admission ten cents. City tax collection continues Saturdays evenings. Jamestown Journal notes treasurer will be available. A memorial service for Henry Clare held at Spring Creek from Philip Morton’s home, with internment in Springs Creek Cemetery. Regular class and dance at Harden’s Dancing School tonight.
Clara Kimball Young appears in a Saturday Amuset program film titled The Dark Siones presented with notable fidelity to its source. The Persian ploy and self sacrificing nurse persona mark her bravura performance as the standout feature. Matinee at 2:40 p.m.
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