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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1919
Page
5
The clipping lists a price list of assorted groceries and household goods with marked values such as 16 cents, 20 cents, and 40 cents. It references items like Sunflower Molasses, vanilla, soups, oats, sardines, pickles, lemonade, damp dressings, and tobacco, presented as wholesale cost notes with unfamiliar branding and occasional garbled spellings.
A child argues with a mother about going downtown as she describes people staggering in the streets from drink. The exchange reveals concern over behavior and a wish to keep distance from the crowd. The dialogue adds local color about daily life and perceptions of townsfolk.
A scrambled wire service list outlines numerous companies and quotients pricing at market close. It mentions Anaconda American Smelting Bethlehem Steel Rapid Transit Copper, Westinghouse and Studebaker among many firms with varied percentages and illegible spacing.
An old period antidote promises rapid weight loss with a simple tonic. The ad urges readers to avoid starvation and take Phynula daily, claiming it increases blood oxygen carrying power and dissolves fatty tissue at a rate of a pound a day.
Local residents host visitors arriving from Kopimores and Koptimores area. The group stays with BE Bingham while awaiting household goods. Mrs Ora A Steuuttent and others plan a short stay at the Ste Hott cittagy.
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