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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1917
Page
4
City listings show real estate opportunities including a 100 acre farm with buildings water power and orchard near Main Street and a 1900s meat and fish market opening. Agencies advertise boots toys and cab services while gas and production notes reference local wells and energy activity in the Mawr area.
Molders at Bradford Way reached a settlement after manufacturers approved a bonus system. Workers will get 25 cents more per day immediately and another raise January 1, with a year contract set at 4.25 to 6. Foremen and about 50 workers between Guy and Olean will be covered. The plan ties daily output to bonuses, rewarding productivity with a larger share for higher performance.
A jumble of 19th or early 20th century ads and brief notices. Walker Tailor on North Center street offers suits at 25 dollars. Fanny Ward appears at Lyric. Corry Furniture Store shows new robes. real estate swap via Robert Patterson Agency. subscription sales for Curtis publications at Kelley News Store. W. O. W. dance in Payne Block. Brownell’s sells rubber boots. Bour Tothe Co representative demo of San Marto coffee and Royal Garden Tea with freebies. job ads for firemen. potato price notes amid U S Food Administration rulings. Everkest Co. seeks three steady workers.
Arle Nov 14 The Bold Wrecking Company of Port Arthur works in Erie to raise the engines and boilers of the lost wooden steamer Philip Armour which foundered about a mile off Waldamoor two years ago. The vessel bound from Ashtabula to Welland Ont sank in 45 feet of water loaded with coal. Most crew are ashore but the engines and boilers are believed to remain in the wreck. The Armour was owned by Joseph A Boland of Buffalo.
A garbled OCR style notice mentions Dr. Gillette and Cohen's, money between vendors, a Monday afternoon moment, lost items at Journal Alice, Noor Ward, Way & Son, and Wardrobe sale details. It reads like stray fragments from a local classifieds page with names, addresses, and contact hints.
An old patent medicine advertisement touts a pine oil remedy for rheumatism, neuralgia, sore joints, pains in the head and shoulders, corns, bunions, and throat ailments. It claims rapid relief, internal and external use, with a bold illustration of penetrating drops in minutes. Sold by Thomas Downey in Corry,Pa in 2c 10c and 1$ bottles with money-back guarantee.
Mrs Patterson dies at her daughter’s home on West Smith Street. Survived by husband, three daughters Mrs Stafford of the city, Mrs Martx of Wattdbur, Mrs Ottoway of Gartur, and sons Arthur Patterson of Olympia, Washington. Funeral at Mechane of her daughter on West Smith Street Friday at 11. Ray Springer of Walla burg to officiate. Burial at Hooverdam. Ramender notices request cards and acknowledgments by Nov 31.00 per view.
Virginia Pearsons headlines the Fox play Tongues Speak with Clara Whitney directing a noted cast. The latest theater rundown from New York highlights the presentation and key performers in a concise city note.
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