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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1914
Page
8
An old ad pitches a stomach remedy claiming to ease agony and improve digestion. It touts a specific tablet product from Ames and Co, urging continual use with promises of quick, lasting relief and immediate response if not benefited. The text uses period advertising rhetoric and emphasizes strong outcomes.
A major blaze last night at Harrisburg destroyed a large printing plant and stockroom, killing volunteer fireman William Freres and injuring four firefighters. The fire caused extensive property loss with equipment valued at over 75 000 dollars and fuel and damages surpassing 100 000 dollars. Investigators reported flames spread rapidly before water could be applied, threatening multiple buildings and halting state printing operations.
A chaotic dispatch reports Chief Crocket in Charleston wiring Cleveland authorities to pursue the famed jailbreaker Truslaw after he escaped capture at Logan. Intercepted messages indicate strong pursuit and swift return to the city. Separately, news from Tokyo states Dowager Empress Haruka died after a long illness, with Emperor Yoshihito and royal family present. The body will be moved to Tokyo before formal notices.
A Shippensburg resident Mrs James A Beidel recalls relief from monthly female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises its effectiveness after childbirth and urges other women to try it, noting the medicine is plant based and non narcotic. Letters to the Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass promise confidential, woman reader guidance.
The article lists names of students and chaperones departing for Washington tomorrow morning. Notable participants include Marlow Duty, Helen Murray Hitnaheth, Norothy Wi thel Halent, Bess Draught, Alice Wetmore, Bruce Thomas Franklin Babbitt, Prof. Bl Monroy, and several others. A second group of accompanying friends and aides includes Miss Marchholdt, Miss H N Birchi Woldt, Mrs. Manwarren, Miss Garle, Zoe Wiens, Mrs. Allen, Miss Boss Aten, and Miss Lowine Whittlesey.
The Deutsche Verein held a full attendance meeting last night in the high school building. Members included nearly all students of the German department. Joe Oxborne delivered a German essay followed by a selection from Fred Broadsley. The evening concluded with German songs and games.
Fragment reads as advertising copy for upcoming events at the Amultl. It notes a first installment titled The Adventures of Kathryn in four parts with a price of 140,000 dollars and a production by Daniel Frohman. Also mentions a Tuesday Mary Plektord show On Price in four acts and urges keeping the dates in mind.
Fashion note describes stylish white dress crepes and voiles trimmed in fine laces with double tunic net waists semi low neck and medium short sleeves. Describes a colored messaline girdle and price range from 4.50 to 12.50 dollars.
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