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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
8
Easter Silks 86 In black Messaline and bilic Messaline $1.19 to $1.99 yd. Easter Dress Goods 10 Yn silk and wool Poplin in new colors $1.89 yd. Easter Special 50 Yn Gabardines $1.69 yd. 54 Yn Serges $1.89 yd. Regular prices noted for comparison.
R. F. Livermore advertises bulk bargains from 50 dozen items priced from 5c to 19c, noting continuous daily buying and selling efforts. Highlights include 124¢ and 19¢ quality specials, large size plain white and colored borders products, and emphasis on substantial value and cost savings.
Rail round wagon wheel and household items advertised for sale at addresses on East South Street and 48 Gael Frederick Street. Jersey cow offered near Columbus with contact for John Hammond Bell. Appliances and clothing also listed, call afternoons after four.
Wanted one municipal worker for monthly duties at Mark Butte Farin with contact Bell 198 R% after 1900. Also union City restaurant sale ad promises bargain prices and best location in town for a fast restaurant with plows and Welte equipment.
Classified help wanted notices include machinists skilled in Lathe Planer Boring with Gisholt and Dell Wyn machines. Jobs offer steady production work, pay around £6, require reading blueprints to micrometer sizes, and ask applicants to contact the Journal.
Local notices list multiple rental offerings including furnished rooms at 820 West Mal Street and 61 South Canterbury Street, a three room furnished or unfurnished unit at 61 South Canterbury Street, and horse housing at 123 Maple Avenue. Also mentions an arrest of Phillip Dentn and various sale notices for a good house with a new garage and other properties.
Wattsburg and surrounding area report visits and social events including Mr W Pierce of Cleveland and AW Parker visiting Corry. A high school operation at St Vineapis Hospital is noted along with the South Street Thimble Club gathering. Charity social plans and an administration notice for the John W Holmes estate are recorded with legal steps for debts and claims.
A Franklin report details grand jury actions as federal agents issue subpoenas to twenty five witnesses connected to O. D. Bleakley and his 28th district congressional campaign. Investigators seek material on campaign costs during wartime and general canvassing.
North Warren March 21 state asylum authorities seek Willhan Jawel a longtime inmate aged about 88 who vanished after an outing. Known as Rip Van Winkle he had been freed to attend to personal affairs and has not returned. Officials fear for his safety as they investigate his disappearance.
A young girl is bitten by a rabid dog in a case prompting veterinary checks and a possible move to New York for care. Authorities report the dog was destroyed and a quarantine will be put in place while medical opinion weighs the best treatment path.
An illustrated advertisement promotes Golden-Lax Tablets for cramps digestion liver headaches and vomiting. It claims forty tablets per bottle and a dosage of one tablet daily at 10 oclock with effects by around 6, listing N. Anton and Co and Thomas Downey as distributors.
Reports say the Erie Brakeshoe factory may suspend operations in early April as a central government project nears completion. Advertisements in Pittsburgh and Cleveland papers list 400 repairs and plans to streamline the plant, with 6000 workers affected and talks of conversion or relocation under wartime measures.
An old time remedy named Waeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound claims to darken hair naturally and restore youth. The advertisement urges readers to buy the preparation for 50 cents and promises glossy, tinted hair with a few drops of the tonic applied to the scalp.
Harley Fuller reports a medical recovery after using San-Chra Ointment for gangrene and infection following amputation. He cites hospital discharge amid chronic illness and seeks publication assistance to spread the remedy claim.
Tetters testamentary granted to H Mcdonnell as executor for E M Bounell late of Warren County Pa. all persons indebted must pay promptly and those with claims must present them properly authenticated for settlement at once.
A candidate Edward L. Whittelsby seeks the nominating support for the Court of Common Pleas. He petitions county voters to back his bid in the upcoming primary.
Corry grocers list Evrbest Milling flours with blends including 1-4 at 2.70 and 18 at 1.40 Magnolia blends 1-4 at 2.70 and 1-8 at 1.40 Kream of Wheat 14 at 2.60 and 1-8 at 1.35 Daisy Family Flour 1-4 at 2.50 and 1-8 at 1.25 Get Evrbest Milling Corporation Flours From Your Grocer.
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