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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1924
Page
4
Fragmented local ad list includes prices on clothing, housewares, and groceries. Mentions Sulk-Single spot addler, Patterson and Cohen names, community day specials, and assorted goods at Plittneys and Conéard street. Also notes a UP at a stone oast tent and a forthcoming sale item list.
Local ads report deliveries in East Main Street with butter prices and towel sales at multiple stores. Community events include a meeting of the W. O. W., a proposed Meadville community orchestra, and a card party after oyster supper. Also listed are a bridge project accident, a militia retirement note, church services, and various classifieds and notices.
Dull and unchanged notes on various staples including pork lard and sugar. References to butter eggs and dairy state rates appear amid garbled listings and misspelled items, suggesting a weekly market snapshot with mixed legible and unreadable lines.
Sheriff William A. Bone of Marcn confesses to a gardener role raising crops for county jail inmates. He says his garden yields bushels of potatoes cabbage tomatoes and more to feed seven prisoners. A community day sale in Tamorgaw offers hampers and dish splints with hinged covers at deep discounts by W Stennett & Son.
Hundreds in the city look forward to holiday gifts as weekly savings grow at Citizens National Bank. A charity drive funds Christmas needs while residents recall last year’s successes. A missing arm injury and eye issue prompt medical notes as local people recover and plan for the season.
Ludwig Kata six year old son of Mrs Phillip Kata suffered severe burns when his clothing caught fire after reaching a stool near a gas stove. Neighbors rushed in, used a blanket to smother flames, and he was taken by ambulance to Brooks Memorial Hospital in critical condition with little hope for survival.
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