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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1917
Page
5
This week we offer remnants and short ends from our increased business. Silks and dress goods including taffetas, crepe de chine, messalines, and more are priced from low as 1 to 4 off old prices. Damaged pieces mostly black and white fabrics sold at about 10 to 19 cents per yard. Includes muslins, linens, laces, curtains, and white goods with various lengths and discount levels.
Community updates show a high school concert near Sunday. Armory dance and band event January 25. Classifieds include room for rent, furniture clearance at Corry Furniture Co. and a home for sale or rent. Military mobilization news mentions New York troops and large troop movements to return home.
The Star Granite and Marble Works announces an enlarged show room and a wider stock of monuments headstones and markers. It invites local buyers to view affordable memorials during winter stock stimulation sales at 140 Maple Avenue Corry Pa.
A jumble of items lists land for sale near Corry with stock and tools, a social at Mrs Giblin’s Maple Ave home, and church and dance notices. Dispatch notes report Myron Ghint-Joy’s fatal woods accident, no inquest. Job ads seek railroad firemen and brakemen. Funeral of Mrs Farley reported in Meadville. Also photos and a Rex Theater show.
Friday evening concert for the Band Dance begins at 8 o clock with 25 cent spectators and dance tickets sold. Erie visit notes a local worker, Sundown, and a baby arrival at the home of Attorney and Mrs. Merle Rowe in Dunkirk, with Rowe a former Corry resident and many friends in town.
The Board of Commerce directors and chamber committee will meet in joint session to plan a vigorous campaign to recruit new members. The aim is to expand the organization before spring, building on past success and broad citizen support in the city.
Columbus hosts multiple gatherings this week for Mrs Langdon Rowe who departs for Perth Amboy New Jersey to join her husband. Miss Lulu Covel de Veltically hosted Friday afternoon cards with refreshments. Mrs Eiton Alien hosted Monday afternoon with a two course lunch. Mrs Meals hosted an evening gathering with bridge and refreshments. Additional events are planned later in the week in her honor.
An evening program at Rex Theatre featured The Millionaire's Son and the Show Girl. The story centers on a poor shop girl and a millionaire's son and ends with their marriage after the girl proves her worth. Also noted is a 1917 Ford touring car for sale and a high salaried position for Dayin School graduates.
The Keystone basketball team edged Company A 24 to 9 at the State Armory after a short practice session. Williams and Crandall led Keystone with most of the scoring while Stein and McLean pressured the defense for Company A. A friendly rivalry may yield additional matchups this season as both sides expect improvements with more practice.
Thomas A. Edison appears in a fragmentary note about a January viewing event at the Lynte Theatre. The garbled text mentions a performance titled The Votes of the Violin and hints at Edison reacting to a theft in his laboratory involving a trained bird.
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