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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1911
Page
3
Local snippets from Meadville including shop ads, school notices, society meetings, a burglary attempt, sports hints, and community updates. Names such as St. Paul Lutheran, W. M. Sandburg, and D. H. Boulton appear amid brief local happenings and stray weathered notes.
A shipment from the importer arrives with Hyacinths Lilies Narcissus Daffodils Crocus and more for immediate planting. Cut flowers Chrysanthemums Roses Carnations Ferns Primroses and Primulas are offered for floral design. We invite orders for any occasion and note this is not from any other block in the depot.
A Venango County postmaster reports attempts to stop mail to Lessly Dowdy an Indian fugitive at large. A Franklin News item mentions a city football challenge with Villeaville as the rival and a Wearweights project headed by Pred Johnson. William Brendel is hospitalized in Cleveland after flea knife wounds. his condition was expected to improve as parents travel to Ohio.
In the basement a complete line of cotton and wool bed blankets is offered. Extra heavy fleeced grey cotton blankets with pink or wine borders measure 64 by 80 inches and sell at 1.80 per pair. Wool finished cotton blankets cost three times as much.
The text mixes want ads for tenants and services with scattered news items. It mentions a phonograph promotion, a football game financial note, an indictment in Chicago against Sears Roebuck, and a shooting range accident at Butler. It references individuals Hale, Moser, and a National Guard member, with vague dates and places. The overall piece reads as an OCR garble of ads and notices.
The International Tailoring Co of New York solicits orders from all ages for up-to-date clothing made to order. A. F. Moysenger & Son are named sole agents for Cory and Viewty.
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