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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1917
Page
4
There is a Gordon stocking line offering options for work, play, dress up and sport use. The range includes stockings made from stout yarns for boys, finest mercerized yarns for girls and babies, and dressy threads for formal wear. Ready for inspection.
Ladies stockings offered in several grades and colors. Special value high grade combed peelery stock at 29 cents a pair in black or white. Other cotton stockings range 5 to 59 cents a pair. Fibre silk leg stockings with risle tops and double soles and toes priced around 50 cents. Additional fibre stockings in black white and colors available.
Special value ladies silk stockings with pink light blue or black stripes at 75c per pair. Other silk stockings black and white at 1.50 a pair. Boys stockings firm yet light, 25c and up. Girls stockings fine cotton mercerized yarns black white pink blue tan 16c and up. Mercerized children's socks silk clocked and all silk sizes 5 to 8 25c 50c per pair.
Fragmented notes list many visitors and family moves across towns. Names like Mrs Caldwell, Rev Fr Morride, Miss Katharine Rod, Helen Johnson, and Mrs George Ward appear among brief itineraries and social calls, reflecting a bustling community day.
A letter from a Philadelphia resident recounts a police officer advising a tonic to relieve stomach trouble. The testimonial alleges rapid weight loss after trying the product, with claims of improved digestion and energy following a single bottle.
The forty fourth class graduated in an evening program at Corty High School Auditorium. Diplomas were handed by Principal Loveland. The program featured speeches by Wellton McCray on Motor Efficiency, Miss Frances O’Neil on Mexico, and sections of musical and dramatic performances. Speakers included Harold Shannon on Our Merchant Marine and Marie Stoely on War Lloyd George, with remarks praising wartime production and women’s roles.
A 16 foot impressive program closed with a dual AO A feature as students received diplomas. President Loveland spoke of two students who answered their country with courage and sacrifice. Messages of appreciation and reminders of patriotism echoed as the community honored graduates and families during the ceremony.
The page compiles fluctuating prices across grains provisions and livestock with scattered figures in dollars and pounds. Items include May contracts, cattle and hogs quotes, and miscellaneous futures data, reflecting an active trading day with varied bid and ask levels across the agricultural markets.
An upcoming Do Your Bit Friday event is announced with Rew Crowe Sight as the focal activity. The notice names local organizers and the venue, urging participation and community service on the scheduled Friday.
A battered ad claims a cure ointment named San Cure Ointment and a cleansing soap can heal chronic sores, burns, piles, and skin conditions. It touts Dr. Downey and other doctors, with testimonials of rapid relief and permanent cure, urging purchase from Amos and Co and Thos Minne.
An old warning urges meat abstinence to protect kidneys. A famed authority notes many ailments stem from kidney congestion and uric buildup. A simple regimen with Jad Suits and a lemon grape mixture is claimed to flush kidneys, improve urine, and prevent serious kidney issues. Regular meat eaters are told to drink a daily kidney-cleansing tonic.
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