This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
2
N Cohen and Sons marks its 17th anniversary with a 10 day sale beginning Wednesday October 13. The store promises larger reductions than prior years as it helps housewives stock winter needs, praising patron loyalty and aiming to surpass previous sales.
Local merchants advertise an anniversary sale featuring shirts waists and skirts with items including a $12.50 wool plaid skirt.
Newspaper ad lists reduced prices on wool and cotton blankets dresses and silks. includes wool plaid skirts georgette waists and various coats and suits with 20 percent off marked on all unlisted items. Special bargains highlight buffalo and blue ridge blankets and fabric by the yard with reduced values.
Ladies gowns offered in charmeuse and tricotine fabrics with surplice bodices and long waists. Tricotine, Serge and Satin dresses priced from 19.50 to 50.00 with various embroidery braiding or plain accordion plaited skirts in navy taupe and black. Special lot of serge and satin dresses in navy taupe brown values to 30.00 now 10.00.
Fragmentary advertisement from Fleisher's Germantown lists Minerva Silk Mix Yarn and Angora yarn in multiple colors, 80 cent value, various silk petticoats priced from $3 to $8, and a 20 percent discount on all silk bloomers.
Advertises discounts on bleached muslin and sheets from multiple brands including Lockwood Whit's Fruit of Loom and Be Bleached Muslin. Highlights prices such as 9/4 bleached 89 and 43c per yard, 3c unbleached muslin, and special $1.99 one dot bed spreads.
WASH GOODS promo lists Lancaster apron gingham 226 at 50¢ percale 36 in assorted patterns 33¢ dress gingham 32 in plaid and checks 45¢ to 30c dress ginghams 27 in plain and striped 35¢ bath robe flannel 27 in 35¢ outing 36 in wide Amos Keag brand 45¢ with color varieties and patterns.
Highly mercerized Marquisette and Cretonne fabrics sold by yard with prices from 45 to 85 cents. Inlaid Linoleum and Congoleum offered by the yard at 1.75 to 3.00 dollars, plus related textile goods and Greton linings.
Classified ad promotes boys hose at 49 cents and girls hose at 38 cents with mercerized lisle thread. Infants socks priced around 59 cents. men’s half hose 39 cents in black white and cordovan. Heavy ribbed school wear graded and stocked in multiple sizes.
A sale advertisement lists corsets at discounted prices from $2.48 to $6.00 with numerous styles and sizes in the American Lady line, including Mighty Bone and long skirt designs. Also offered are handkerchiefs and damask linen items with multi-pack pricing and a bulk handkerchief feature at $1.00 per three.
Announced sale offers White Bungalow Aprons at $3.00 with extra fine goods and ric rac trimming. Colored Bungalow Aprons priced at $2.50 with varying trim, plus linen crash and toweling items in assorted prices, highlighting linen and huck toweling selections.
An advertisement promotes ladies silk hose in black white and cordo colors with sale prices between $1.00 and $2.19. Describes extra heavy pure silk hose with reinforced heel sole and toe and longer wear than standard silk hose. Also mentions guaranteed pure silk hose worth $2.00 now offered at $1.00 while supplies last.
Womens outing flannel gowns in white or blue and white stripe feature high neck and long sleeves. Special sale pricing offers these gowns for 3.50 and 3.00 during the event.
Local store offers house dresses priced from 3.89 to 6.50 with options in fig crepe and Barmon Made line. Includes a 4.00 house dress and a 5.00 introductory item.
Local store lists Keyser Union Suits in Bodice or French Top styles, shells and tight Sree across sizes with values around 1.59 to 1.25 dollars and sale prices from 98 cents to 1.19. Also features children’s fleece lined EB Z Union Suits and separate garments with 15% reduced prices.
Ladies slip on sweaters with link and hole stitch in all colors. Prices to 10 dollars, special at 5.98. New surplice tie back sweaters and Ladies Tuxedo sweaters in all colors priced from 6.00 to 15.00, at 20 percent off.
Navy and Alice Blue middy dresses advertised in Copenhagen. Prices shown as $7.50 reduced to $6.43 for white middies with without running, $4.00 and $3.49 for other white middies. Sale emphasizes color and style options.
Ot September 14 1910 report from Radford Oklahoma details the death of Shirley D in a hospital after a wagon accident. The incident involved two teams running backward and a failed attempt to fix the brake. Local officials faced health cri sis with calls for medical attention.
In a halted session before Quarter Sessions Magistrate, John Graham and Abe Smith of this city faced remand after a default bond of $100. Harry Gov, formerly of this city and now jailed in Augusta Georgia, admitted a confessed act as part of the proceedings. The case figures into the next term of court.
Fragmentary text references a robbery in 1040 involving individuals named Livia and others with vague place names. The readable items mention property and a person named Cahaw and a town or city, but key facts and outcomes are unclear.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.