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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1913
Page
7
Local notices list bids and requests for city services, repairs, and sales. Items include bids for switchboard and fire alarm boxes, garbage dumping inquiry, speed limit signs, and public advertisements. Also includes crimes, obituaries, and sale listings for wagons, pianos, and real estate.
Corryite receives a check from New York City for about fourteen hundred dollars, the amount due from over five hundred pounds of ginseng root he produced in his Second Ward garden. He has expanded his ginseng plot to more than an acre and a half, and expects a larger harvest as prices rise. The root, once lackluster in market, now brings about six dollars a pound, with China’s conditions easing sales.
A city visit by a group discussing ostrich farming drew attention to African oxurinh warm and Heather Colony plans. The party sought local support and the Corry Mon firm showed interest but no capital backing was secured.
Council proceedings note May 6 1914 with McInnes presiding and full roll call except Roam. Records approved, concurrent resolution adopted, annual City Controller report referred to Printing Committee for pamphlet form. Civic League request for receptacles and premium anti-upazling wagon grant considered. McInnes Jr seeks permit for concrete driveway on N Center Street granted. Monthly City Treasurer report read and filed. Lighting committee approves wirept Hehte and ward ordinance. contract with Stewart Co for chemical and wagon tender debated.
Seeding notes list mixed seed types including nasturtiums turnips including purple top, yellow varieties, cucumbers, onions, cabbage, beans, squash and oats. Mentions numerous named varieties and quantities such as 50 and 100 units, with references to garden crops and related herbs.
The Robert Patterson Real Estate Agency advertises several properties including parcels of four and two acres with multiple houses, a six room house with lot, and a large lot on Liberty. Additional offerings include a two and a half acre site, built homes, and Texan lands described in terse terms.
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