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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1910
Page
8
A dense sale list highlights drastic reductions on ladies wear and fabrics. Includes apkins capes, shirt waists, underskirts, percales, mercerized fabrics, and outing flannels with substantial sale prices. Notes varied yardages and patterns, stressing limited stock and seasonable bargains.
Ex engineer Frederick Skene of Queensborough is acquitted of grand larceny in a case accusing him of raising bids to defraud Nassau County. Jurors reached the not guilty verdict on the fifth ballot amid cheers from Skene's supporters.
The grand jury holds Charles B. Arnold on a swindling charge linked to a scheme promising heirs certificates of heirship. Inspectors say he is among several men selling supposed heir rights to property, with a plan to send $25 and issue heirship certificates. The Wilmington, Delaware connection is noted.
Market items show wheat prices No 2 red at 1.04 and 1.08 for December and May in New York. Corn No 4 in elevator and No 2 yellow and white varieties noted. Buffalo market lists wheat and corn, flour, butter, cheese, and potato values, plus livestock prices for cattle, sheep and hogs.
A fragment shows a Lady Shopper requesting a suitable present for a gentleman while a clerk asks about a friend's occupation an undertaker. The exchange displays stilted dialogue and garbled wording implying a late 19th or early 20th century retail scene in Boston.
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