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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1912
Page
5
A local ad lists a wide array of fabric goods and undergarments. Items include silk changeable fabrics in blue and new shades, ribbed underwear and vests, ribbed union suits, lingerie waists, and Phoenix brand hosiery with prices from 10c to $3 per dozen or per unit. The ad emphasizes variety and value in ladies undergarments and stockings.
A shopper notice highlights new long coats for women priced at 12.50 and notes the store’s promise of high quality at the least cost, encouraging readers to visit for savings.
Public testimonial from Mrs. Frank Brower of 24 Parade St. Weston City Pa praising Dean's Kidney Pills as a highly effective remedy. She cites backache kidney trouble and improved health after use. She remains endorsing the product in 1909 and notes other users benefited. Sold by Poster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as U.S. agents.
Twenty clerks at Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron refuse to load coal at Mahanoy storage yards in Mahanoy City. They organize their own union with help from John Stremba while engineers load coal. The dispute arose after clerks refused to sign an order to work during suspension. The company plans to extend the order to all its collieries.
In Scranton on April 24 unofficial reports from New York conference sub committees say anthracite operators offered a 5.25 percent wage rise matching soft coal gains while miners reportedly accept about one percent. A 26 percent coal price rise and a 21 cent per ton increase are noted, with a 10 percent wage rise potentially lifting prices by 40 cents per ton. Partial union recognition and a local committee to handle grievances are proposed.
In Philadelphia on April 24 a litter of twelve Maltese kittens and one bull terrier pup, cared for by a mother cat, were seen in K. Moore's Turner Street stable. The mother cat feeds and bathes the puppy as she does her kittens, after the puppy's dam died a month earlier. The experiment aims to show the cat keeping watch over and nursing the stray pup.
An advertisement fragment touts a cure for a chronic condition labeled catarrh or mucous issues. It promises restoration of health via sandy or similar pills, urging readers to mail for a sample and payment. It cites Toledo, Ohio as origin and appeals to readers to seek a remedy claiming definitive relief.
Why not entrust painting paperhanging and upholstering to Jensen Bros at 109 E main St Bell phone 260 n. They promise economy and satisfaction with a trial and invite customers to see products and stock including wall papers varnishes and paints.
Hack D. M. Jackson, proprietor, offers first class city transport meeting all trains at Union Depot. Special intention to transfer trunks and baggage. Telephones available for rapid service across the city.
The notice promotes loans payable in the early week or monthly installments. It claims you won’t miss earnings and invites those in need of a loan to write, promising a special agent will contact you with money.
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