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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1917
Page
5
Fragmented reads show assorted ads and items from Corry and nearby towns including flour and fruit prices, job listings at a furniture factory and tailor shops, a hospital auxiliary meeting, sale items, lost items, and a market roundup. Reports mention a fire at a refinery and a weights and measures bust, with dates and places scattered across the page.
Fragmentary OCR suggests an advertisement touting Mother Gray’s Wooth Powers for Children offering comfort without a box. Mentions Golda Kellove Poweraints and Drug Storer, with uncertain references to Drowlory and Motive Gray Ub Tay.
A jumble of ads and notices mentions job inquiries for a bookkeeper and stenographer, a Capable girl for housework, rental listings for rooms with bath, and a six-room house for rent with immediate possession. Also noted are a hypnotist performance, a surprise birthday gathering at a residence on Lu cial, and a presentation speech by Cantor G T Kinoald.
Funeral services for A W Merrick were held at the family home on Wear Washington Street with Rev. Sharpley of the Episco pal Church leading. Post 70 G A R members attended. pallbearers listed. Interment followed at Pine Grove Cemetery with a brief graveside service by Rev. Sharpley. Attendees from out of town included Mrs Laverne Minnis Tradot r Mrs A Wolfs Cowper Tenet Mr and Mrs Bolton and others from nearby towns.
A hypnotist at the Rex Theatre in Améroo entertains a small audience and plans to hypnotize a young woman in view of onlookers on North Center Street. He will perform again at 9 o'clock this evening with a large crowd expected to attend.
A Corry resident, Kilugor, Columbus Ave, Corry, reports relief from back pain and kidney discomfort after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Doan Co. Drug Store. He endorses the remedy and urges others with similar issues to try it. Price 60 cents.
Board members weighed several proposed library building plans from different architects. They examined drawings and heard updates but chose to defer a final decision on the building type and design while proceeding with site planning and a related move for the residence at the corner of Franklin and North Central Streets.
Fragments advertise jobs and housing with garbled place names and mis-spelled streets. Reads like a mixed notice for workers, furniture sale, and rental listings including references to a lorry, a factory, and a street address in New York.
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