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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1913
Page
8
The city offers the biggest line of summer wear including gay wash dresses in ginghams, percales, chambray, lawn, batiste and voile with lace and embroidery. Robes of Point de Esprit Lace and draped overskirts are advertised with prices from 4.50 up, while lawn frocks trimmed with bows and rosettes range from 3 to 1.25, alongside Randall Liston shoes for women and a wide size range in black and other colors.
Market notes from New York and Buffalo list closing futures for wheat and assorted provisions. Prices cover white and yellow corn pork eggs potatoes and flour with grain and dairy items, plus buffalo livestock values for prime steers cows and veals and assorted load prices.
Brie May 6 Captain Wirt McCreary U S Marine Corps son of the late General D B McCreary Erie died in Buffalo General Hospital after a period of illness His wife formerly Miss Bessie Fans of Erie and sister Mrs Henry A Clark of Erie survive He was in charge of the recruiting station at Buffalo for years He entered Annapolis at 16 served in Cuba during the Spanish American War Philippines Boxer uprising and China notably at Pekin He aided missionaries by rescuing them to the coast by boat London May 6 New American ambassador Walter Page will sail for London May 20 to assume duties without securing arrangements for frigumes or similar measures
Leave orders at the Arcade. Minimal readable notice lists residence address and contact for delivery or service at Corry Pennsylvania with Bell phone listing.
The Pennsy Relief Fund report shows March disbursements of $203624.31 to families, averaging about $8500, with east of Pittsburg totals at $25613098 since 1886. March benefits for families of deceased members totaled $66540.94 and incapacitated workers $124142.28 on lines east of Pittsburg and Erie. West of Pittsburg paid $71634.50 in March, including $20000 for deceased families and $61624.50 for incapacitated workers.
Protests by Franz Dempsey Rourke and others over pavement costs cite $3000 excess with concrete curl. Council favors South Street as central, claims good paving. property owners say they should have been consulted. Street committee to confer. Lighting plan for city streets approved totaling $4989.00 for metal flame arcs and incandescent lamps. An ordinance and budget implications for a $5000 annual electric bill for five years are noted.
Young Sing Will move from the Mulhelma Building to the Payne Block at 109 East Main Street. The relocation takes effect next Monday as the Central Street address and block name change.
Washington May 1 Rep A Mitchell Palmer may seek the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania governor. Warren Worth Bailey of Johnstown says Palmer’s candidacy could unite the party. Bailey notes tariff efforts and federal patronage pressures as factors shaping Palmer’s position. A separate report describes a man named White found near Crystal Bend after an overnight incident, with details unclear.
In Jamestown at Chautauqua Lake, Louis Hammermillar, 18, is missing after a boat capsize. His stepfather, Robert J. White, was found dazed at the bottom of the overturned craft late Sunday morning. Hammermillar’s cap, fishing rod, and tackle were recovered. Authorities searched between Crystal Bend and Frags Island for clues.
Erie on May 5 John Murphy 45of 200 Holland street a laborer at Anchor Line Dock was killed when his foot slipped and he fell beneath several tons of bone wheat in a vessel hold. He was smothered to death and recovered after two hours, after five hours of laborers digging with shovels. He was taken to Jantey’s morgue.
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