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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
4
Fragmentary notice describes a cleaning service warning about treated garments and odors. It mentions the Johnsons of 341 West Wayne Street and a local hospital reference. The message promotes Superior Day Cleaning Co with a phone number and promise of spotless, odorless results.
Town readers saw a spread of goods ads including sweet potatoes peaches sirloin steak and household items from Will J Wilcox with delivery offers. Highway news notes new bridges near Warren Oil City crossing and road improvements plus public safety and demolition concerns at Warren Armory and town police updates. A Mercer county court order deported Mrs Jenale McCall for an assault on her son, arson and drought impact notes, and various rental listings, lost dog, births and local social events and a Halloween celebration plan in Oil City.
The library will close Friday evening and reopen Monday at 2 PM to complete extensive redecorating. Patrons are asked to plan accordingly. Also classifieds note a help-wanted item seeking seven grape pickers, four women and one man, for two months from North Husk.
Concrete pouring on the Riceville to Merchants Corners road, south of Spartansburg, with 44 sections expected to be completed this week. Traffic already open from Riceville to Firth’s Corners, and Britton Run linked to the outside world by the new hard surfaced road. If weather holds, completion to Merchants Garners by week’s end and full road open early in October. Also, a 1928 commercial student seeks an office position.
The Ghnuar meeting of the Foreign Missionary Society in the M B Church was held in the church parlors. Mrs J B Dahl strand led devotionals with four poems read by Mrs L P Knowlton. Mrs O A Johnson sang a solo. Reports were given by officers. Mrs Hi 1 Gordon was elected president for the coming year with vice president Mrs J B Dablate, secretary Mrs J Robbins, and treasurer Mrs John Amucher.
Mira B C Amidon who had been very ill after a fall at home on Congress Street was moved to Mercer Nerve Sanitarium yesterday. She endured the trip well and was accompanied by Dr. DaWitt Jackson of HL and two nurses.
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