13 Apr 1911
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1911
Page
1
Special sale offers 26 to 50 percent savings on any sewing machine for 30 days. Standard, filnger, Wildredge, or other makes priced to beat competitors. Wood machine advertised at 19.00 versus 29.50 elsewhere. Shop to compare and loan a machine for trial this spring season. Remember the location.
R E Palmer Co reports buildings moved to facilitate Dulldinge relocation. Interested parties should contact 100 102 BE. Mater St Ho Smith Corry R D 2 Ball for details. We furnish your home complete with police 186-16 note appears.
Will Rogers and uncle Keya Rogers devised a plan to kidnap Waldo Rogers, son of Albert Rogers of Las Vegas, to obtain a $12000 ransom. Arrested are San Yogi, N. M. and Jos Wiseins, who furnished duplicate keys and a pistol. Detectives recovered the ransom money and a strong guard is placed around the courthouse as proceedings continue.
Advertisement touts MI-DNA atom tablets and MI-O-NA Niobe tablets with money back promise for indigestion and related ailments. Also briefs report an April 1 earthquake near Catina and a cable from Pekin about gold shipments valued at 6,000,000 pounds to England.
Curtiss Guild Jr has been appointed as American ambassador to Russia. The announcement confirms his diplomatic posting, outlining the role and expected duties in Moscow.
Mason E M Am bie wurt snat Jr former governor of Massachusetts is named ambassador to Russia replacing W W Rockhill who moves from St Peters burg to Constantinople The nominations go to the Senate today Rockhill will leave Petrograde for Constantinople to fill the vacancy caused by Gr Strus resignation John Carter of Maryland becomes Balkan envoy at Constantinople returning to Bucharest when Rockhill arrives Guild of Boston and New York old and Harvard graduate and University of Geneva alumnus
A fragmented notice discusses Imaha aka Cowboy Jim Dahiman of Omaha as a mayoral candidate for Memphis. It claims $1.5 million offer to secure his commitment and hints at political strategy by the Omaha Commercial Club to influence Bryan era campaigns. The text notes a possible shift to a commission form of government and Dahiman’s impending job loss.
A will suppress gambling league is to be formed in Bonthirn Indiana with ministers and church members to represent and cooperate for its suppression. The aim is to curb gambling in Southern Indian cities and improve the region's reputation by aiding authorities in stamping out gambling locally.
Boca the aviator fell 1400 feet while attempting Fabre’s hydro plane near Monte Carlo on April 18. A torpedo boat rescued him as the craft was badly damaged. The incident left him injured but alive.
A cyclone struck northwest of Pawhualen, injuring 20 to 90 and destroying Oklahoma Town Big Heart near Leavenworth. Dozens of barns and homes collapsed, with only one building left standing. Recovery teams searched for the dead and injured as residents and Indians were displaced.
A Kansas tornado killed two people and injured 30 to 60 as it ripped through towns including Netawaka Whiting and Hermantown. Wrecked houses, barns, and power lines disrupted an eight mile stretch. Several structures were leveled, and residents report extensive property damage and injuries from falling debris and debris-filled storms.
A tornado hit Leavenworth Kansas on April 1 damaging buildings and crops. Greenhouses were ruined and hundreds of windows broken. Residences sheds and outhouses overturned while telephone wires were blown down. Western City and Platt County reports note damage to farm buildings and crops. The storm lasted about half an hour.
The piece urges thinking about the conditions of water and feed, noting ice cold water, dirt from fields, and the need for cleanliness. It emphasizes that air and water used for washing must be pure, filtered, and protected, and that the Corry Toe Company should deliver food by the best methods known in the trade.
Advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as the sole painless remedy for corns warts bunions and foot numbness. Claims others substitute are inferior. Mentions sale to Thomas Downey and price 260.
A thug used a butcher knife to stab a policeman during a brazen theft. The injured officer, Gill, was captured after a chase. the suspect, identified as a butcher, fled but was later recaptured. Gill's condition is reported as serious as investigators pursue charges.
The national waterways commission will travel to Pittsburg on Monday for a hearing on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie canal project and a plan for flood water control.
Call for a booklet and a 10 percent discount on all office sales. Several other makes available. Geo W Morris at 150 N Center Street, Lott.
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