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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1910
Page
3
A church service ends with surprised members learning a pastor plans a mission to heathen peoples. Prominent workers express astonishment at his sudden decision and ask where he will go and what work he will perform. The clergyman replies simply I go on a mission.
A jumble of local items includes ads for suits at Steen’s, a stenographer wanted, rooms for rent, decorators needed, a marriage license issued to Charles L. Smith and Bertha Unson, found coat, bake sales, and community notices. Reports on a train accident, a theater debut, a 90th birthday, new delivery car, and various church and civic activities.
In California Pennsylvania on April 2 Joseph J Abell aged 70 a member of the Finegold cavalry died by self inflicted gunshot to the temple. Wounded during the civil war his sight was destroyed and increasing pain led to the tragedy. He recently sought medical help in Pittsburgh but doctors gave no encouragement.
Fragmentary safety guidance appears. The text urges prompt use of salt or woolen coverings and mentions fire risk, damp rooms, and smoke as factors.
A garbled OCR fragment references wind and overcoats and a travel scene with names and dates obscured. It mentions a buck an overcoat and a tutor, with confused phrases about weather and loss of a person named Luma. The text is incomplete and difficult to interpret.
A fragmented item notes shopping guidance and possible savings, mentioning AFP and Mets, with unclear roles. It hints at search help and potential regrets from purchases, suggesting buyers compare options before finalizing clothes orders.
A notice directs consulting the eye night specialist D Padoll and O R at the St James Hotel every Friday. The fragment indicates regular appointment practice with named professionals and location.
A reader from Mauch Chunk Pa reports relief from sour stomach and indigestion after using Cascarets. The note praises Cascarets as the only effective aid after two years of stomach trouble and medicine.
A long fragment discusses a Siamese ceremony where a royal child undergoes a ritual head shaving before relatives. It notes guests bring gifts, typically money, invested for the child by guardians, with sums ranging from ten to twenty five thousand dollars in some cases.
The text shows garbled reflections on anger and fear with odd medical commentary. A physician’s quote hints at danger to the average person, but the passage is incomplete and difficult to interpret.
A reader describes the appeal of a properly fitted GOSSARD corset and the desire for a name-on umbrella return. The note notes difficulty removing a name on umbrella without damage and mentions extra charges for name-on services.
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