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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
6
Silk materials including Easter Silks 36 Tn black Messaline offered at 1.19 per yard and 36 Tn extra quality Messaline at 1.39. Silk and wool Poplin 10 In priced at 1.89 per yard. Gabardines 50 Tn in assorted colors at 1.69 per yard. Serves colored fabrics 54 Tn at 1.39 per yard.
An advertisement touts Turkish bath towels with bold savings and multiple price tiers. It highlights large sizes at 19 to 35 cents and extra heavy towels at 89 cents, offering plain white and colored borders.
A mixed run of classified ads lists for sale items including horses and piano, sewing machine, lawn mower, furniture, sash, and a used piano, plus real estate and rental notices. It also includes an administrator notice for the John W. Holmes estate and general lost items advertisements.
An assortment of classifieds seeks workers and housing across Wheat land Green ville Mercer Stoveham Mondville Tillsville Saogertown Connaguiville Erie Sharon and nearby towns. Listings request good appearance, prompt start by April end and fair pay plus room with bath in one case. Also Union City restaurant for sale or relocation.
Classified notices show various job ads and help wanted requests including machinists helpers delivery driver and a chiropractor listing. Mentions Lathe Planer Drillpress MUI Gisholt equipment and pay rates. Also references Western Union telegraph ad and farm tenant Wanted in Spring Creek Pennsylvania and Corry area.
A dense set of classifieds lists several for sale items and rentals including a house at 127 West Washington St and 51 West Con fede at street, a seven room house with barn on North West weet, furnished rooms near Balbitt's Drug Store, and a vacant First Avenue business space. Contact details include W. C. Powell, H. D. Bracken, Philip Dents, G. M Ream, Mrs. B. 1, Albro, and Bell phone numbers.
Local items describe residents of Spring Creek Springs and Corry hosting and attending gatherings, farewells, and family visits. Names include Winnie Jubpaoh,Lene Jackson, John Grady, Thomas, Edgell, Henry, Damon, Donaldson, and Hess, with church entertainment at the Koyroxational Church and various public notices of travel, illness, and hospitality.
Community fragment lists visitors and events around Baker Hill including Mr Char sowa and Lily Girton, open houses, birthdays, and illness updates. It mentions Mr Nur Carritr opening a new home, Mr Percy Meld’s visit, and neighbors reporting health improvements and social calls.
Reports from Titusville detail a planned trolley extension linking Cambridge Springs to Titusville. Northwestern Transportation officials and engineers inspect the line as Pennsylvania traction interests and steel plants are cited in early discussions for the Wilkes Barre region trolley expansion.
Mayville on March 22 Captain Mor nan Sidbey, noted veteran of Chautauqua County, was injured when he fell about twenty feet from an apple tree while trimming near North Erie Street. He was carried indoors and treated by Dr. Gardner and Reynolds. doctors say injuries are serious but not known to be life threatening.
The piece claims most illnesses stem from inactive bowels and liver. It promotes Dr Edwards Oliver Tablets a vegetable blend with olive oil as a gentle effective liver and bowel stimulant. The ad promises improved complexion eyes and vitality via hepatic cleansing.
A corrected notice from Corry City Electric Light Company discusses the appeal of a two act drama and a tale called Climbling Por Orbits. The piece urges readers to embrace action and variety in storytelling and daily life, noting how purchases when prices drop can be sensible.
A Victorian era health piece touts drinking a hot water and limestone phosphate mix each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It argues internal purification improves skin clarity and overall health by removing toxins and indigestible matter through the digestive tract.
An OCR fragment hints at a political meeting and defense program discussions with references to an administration project and a campaign. Mentions Indianap olis, Jeffersanyine, and a storm with injuries and towing events, but the text is garbled and hard to parse.
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