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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1914
Page
6
Early morning blaze at M. Torry's sawmill and adjoining store in Ellington consumes buildings and stock. Estimed loss near $10,000 as flames spread rapidly from boiler area. quick action by volunteers prevented further damage to nearby homes.
Miss Marguerite Myers will give piano instructions at 518 Concord Street. Contact details and scheduling information are provided for prospective students seeking piano lessons.
Newspaper ad lists low prices on flour per barrel and sacks of patent flour, sugar, tea, crackers, and coffee substitutes. It promotes boneless bacon and assorted produce at C.J. Wood's Cash Market near Corry Post, with several sale items and hourly notes.
A compact list of Sunday worship and service times for multiple congregations. Emmanuel Episcopal Church holds 8 and 11 a m and 7 30 p m services with Holy Day 8 a m. United Brethren Church led by Rev N J MacIntyre offers Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 11 a m Class Meeting 12 m Evening Service 7 30 p m. First Baptist Church at Pleasant and Second features morning service at 11 o clock Bible school at 12:45 p m and Christian Endeavor society 7 50 p m. Columbus MB Church at 11 Wood Yorkton, Rev Pat Evangelist presiding with morning service at 11 m and evening service 7 30 p m. Other churches listed include ERAS Church with Sunday School 9 30 a m and services, Christian Singers at Town No 17, and Christian Street Church with weekly reading and prayer meetings.
The Salvation Army on E Washington Street and multiple churches publish services and meetings for Sunday and weekdays. Includes Salvation Army rallies with Kasten Smith, Christian Missionary Alliance on Spring Street, Methodist Episcopal schedule, First Presbyterian service details, and a Union service at High School Auditorium with Mrs. Margaret Walters leading.
The United States census department in Washington released a bulletin on Erie County home ownership. It notes 27,191 houses in the county, 5416 are farm homes, and 2658 of the farm homes are owned by their occupants.
The county shows 1517 mortgaged farm homes and 1217 rented farm homes. Of 27 191 total homes, 21 776 are urban, with 10 242 urban owners, 9 612 mortgaged and 6 471 urban homes free of incumbrance. There are 10 980 rented urban homes, and census enumerators could not obtain data for a small percentage of owners and renters.
Pranklin, Oott Myn Matilda Hridee of Pranklin with Mrs Margaret Craft of Rawnaville Pa were killed when an automobile was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train at a grade crossing. Ewing Townsend and wife and Captain W Craft of Uniontown were badly injured. More than a dozen accidents are reported at the same crossing within the past year.
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