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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1917
Page
6
In Meadville on Thursday morning apples drew attention at the market with sales brisk. Tin tin varieties were offered at about $2 a bushel, though some said the owner had a few more to sell. Prices elsewhere reached about 1½ cents a quart, with the offering deemed better than usual.
Readable fragments show prices on produce and staples at Crawford County markets. Cantaloupes quotable up to 18 cents each, cauliflowers scarce, sweet corn about 20 to 23 cents a dozen, and general demand described as fairly good. Prices for other items are uncertain due to garbled OCR.
An urgent message describes worsening conditions in the quarry industry with labor shortages and workers switching trades. It notes higher wages elsewhere, policy attempts to retain quarry labor fail, and prices like 84 dollars and 60 cents per ton offered by Starr Granity & Market Works at 140 Maple Ave, Worry, PA.
An administration notice from Chae Ingersoll of Gorry, Bro County, Pa, requests all indebted persons to make immediate payment and warns claimants to present their demands properly authenticated for settlement.
Warren County politics spark a major contest as Democrat backing for Bart A. Keapit challenges Republican nominee for district attorney. Karl Krante narrowly beat Eddy in primary ballots. Eddy gains GOP support while Knupp, backed by Democrats, faces a heated county race with factional splits and potential cross tickets in Washington.
An old advertisement extols beauty as originating beyond the skin and touts Golden-Lax and Golden-Six tablets for digestion and elimination. It claims organ health signals disorder and recommends nightly doses for relief, urging readers to consult druggists for purchase.
A personal tale credits Sun Cure Ointment with curing a yearlong fever and leg sores after four doctors failed. The ad touts Sun Cure for eczema, boils, salt rheum, tetter, bleeding piles, burns, and skin flaws, claiming rapid swelling reduction and skin purification. Sold by N. M. Ames & Co. and Thomas Downey.
Local page lists Sunday visits by Hart Carrier and family, Mr and Mrs Carrier of Columbus, and others from Bear Lake and nearby. Families including Mr and Mrs Byron Carrier, Walter DeJean and Donald, Margarit Sandburg, J P Edwards, S J Gruen, and W A Moore are noted. Weather warm, Coal-hunting farmers, and travel to Camp Hancock mentioned.
Princeton University reports a student Livingood found poisoned in a dorm room at the aviation school. Authorities, including Dr John Hibbin, confirm the incident and say the room contained poison traces. A roommate was arrested but later exonerated. university officials discuss none of the details.
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