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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1911
Page
8
Note the Following Autumn Prices on Our Merchandise. The store offers returnable merchandise with refunds and emphasizes reliability, moderate pricing, and protection against high prices. It positions itself as Corry's largest ready-to-wear store for women and children within a large purchasing syndicate.
Hosiery and children’s ribbed school hose priced at 14 and 16 cents. Ladies Lisle hose two colors at 50 and 25 cents. Corry’s features half of its Ladies Ready to Wear stock on sale with exceptional bargains. Several $15 spring suits reduced to $5 and sample goods from $11.95 to $25 values. Carrocvle Coats at $11 to $12.50, Venetian lined black broadcloth suits at $12.50. Children’s coats and dresses highlighted as specials.
A local store advertises curtains and drapery fabrics with wide selections. It touts lace curtains, curtain Swiss, Madras patterns, cream and white serge, edging, couch covers, portieres, taffeta silks, and black finish Messeline all priced per yard, highlighting value and variety for window coverings and dress fabrics.
A local millinery and dress goods vendor advertises a closing sale with remaining summer stock. Dresses and hats priced at 1.50 to 4.00 dollars, offering stylish options for this season and next year, as stock is liquidated.
An OCR fragment advertises cotton butt products with pricing snippets. It mentions direct-from-field origin in the South, purity, and various bundle offers such as 4 12 440 butts for 10 cont a, 180 butts for 160, and 220 butts for 180. The legibility is poor but implies a commercial listing.
A local store advertises baby blankets and wool blankets with varied sizes and prices. It lists children robes or crib blankets, grey blankets 12-4 for large bodies, white blankets 12-4 for $1.60 per pair, and white wool finished blankets at $2.50 per pair. Includes California Wool Blankets priced at $98.00 per pair.
A fragmented page shows osteopaths Anson C Greenlee and Sophia E Greenlee with office hours and address in Ajax building. scattered humor and ads about Carry Ice, rail schedules, and miscellaneous notes, including a tale of an Oxford don and a cartoonish exchange about a manager’s remark. The garbled text references Corry Columbus Street Railway timetable and local business promotions.
A quoted reminiscence recalls a high school friend named Aga or Jet's Bee and a self-reflective line about age. The speaker notes being thirty seven and estimates the friend’s age around twenty eight at some prior time, reflecting on past connection.
An old farmer told his son not to wait for luck or help. He warned that you may as well sit on a stone in a meadow with a pail and twirl your legs while a cow comes to be milked, instead of taking action.
A garbled clipping blends quotes from the Birmingham Age Herald Chicago Tribune and Puck. It includes lines about going, singing, proofs, a lawyer fee, and marriage gossip, with stray phrases and unclear attributions. The piece reads like a collage of overheard conversations and headlines.
A quirky item notes a sauce inventor in ancient Frome receiving reward, with a bizarre condition to eat nothing else until he discovers a condiment agreeable to the Imperial taste. It then pivots to explain hornpipe as a dance name linked to a wind instrument, and mentions sailors’ hornpipe familiar to Americans.
The dying old money owner berates a young wife with memories of past cruelty and a bitter farewell, as reported by the Byrondyne Bulletin in a clipped exchange reflecting a strained relationship from the era.
Fragmentary note describes coral reefs formed by coral polyps in clear water at shallow depths, mentioning captivity and odd phrasing about years, dangerous conditions, and unclear references to sites and figures.
C R Rogers and Co Inc engineers and contractors promote electric flat irons toasters hot plates fans washing machines and vacuum cleaners to increase home comfort. They note power from the Lighting Company allows these conveniences and offer in-store demonstrations with a stocked line of split steel pulleys belting cement plaster structural steel and related items.
A garbled historical note discusses a question about movements and velocity tied to weather terms like fog, wind, and hurricane. It mentions judicial propriety, opinions, and a magistrate, with uncertain references to an American context. The readable fragments hint at a discussion of movement and weather obscuring objects at distance.
Weather bureau observations taken at 8 p m yesterday across multiple locations report general conditions. Temperatures, precipitation, and wind details are compiled for regional outlooks and to inform daily forecasts.
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