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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1917
Page
6
March sale promotes price protection and customer service. Woods Stores touts March pricing on flour oil and pantry staples while warning competitors and stressing value. Advertises 2.00 large loaf bread, 180 gallon oil, 10 gallon oil, 19 to 1lb meat, and 2 for $1.00 Peas, claiming lower prices than Wheat quotations and weekly stock refreshes. Includes generic pleas to shop local Corry California Lima area and notes 1917 canned goods.
Sunday saw the start of evangelistic meetings at Pleat Mt. Church with Evangelist Burt delivering morning and evening sermons. The speaker stressed the Holy Ghost as a personal, intelligent power guiding salvation, and emphasized prayer and preaching as essential to revival, citing biblical examples and historical intercession.
March sale notice promises low cut prices on a range of goods with bold claims and limited wording. Product selection unspecified, but emphasis on unbeatable quotes and welfare of shoppers during the pricing event.
Dan Hanley of Brio will visit Corry to perform as a vocalist at the Hospital ladies social. The event at Eastern Star Hall on Wednesday features a parcel post, baking sale, candy booth, and refreshments managed by listed committees with Mrs D Nast and Mrs D J Alexander among organizers.
The local American I Brokedhoe and Foundry Company plant is rapidly expanding with interior clear, molds planned, and new facilities. Eleven cars of piles en route. a crew of titanium repairs. new fib oratories and a chemical lab in progress. Office enlarged. Expect to employ over 100 more workers this week, totaling about 150. Foundry to focus on brakeshoe manufacture and capacity to double.
Erie Dispatch reports John MacCormack the Trish tenor will sing at the Erie Exposition Hall on April 19 with Gwendolyn Lee coordinating. Demand has outstripped tent capacity at Park Place. Hall seating exceeds four thousand with clear views. Downey family notes John Downey returns from Mercerburg Academy for spring break.
A Cincinnati authority claims that a drug called frewone applied to a corn stops pain, dries and lifts the corn quickly. Hamys freecons is said to dry immediately without inflammation or skin irritation. The ad promotes frewone and freecons at drugstores, urging buyers to obtain them locally.
A Corry woman Mrs Geo Dove reports relief after using Golding remedy for stomach, kidney, and laxative needs. She touts its benefits and mentions stores in Meadville and surrounding towns where Golding is sold, urging others to try it.
The Keystone basketball team will close its season Wednesday with a contest against Erie High School at Presbyterian gymnasium. The game starts promptly at 7 to allow Erie players to catch the 4:40 train home. Keystones aim to finish strong after defeating several nearby towns, with Theo Williams and William Linon-Goll among the Erie opponents set to appear.
An 8 line OCR fragment lists Pillsbury's Best Flour and various buyers and prices per sack with names like Blair and Co., Knowlton Bros., W.Parker, Clyde Wilcox, Charlen Bal B. G. Crapser, and others. The text includes figures such as 124 9,86 and $145.
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