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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1912
Page
4
Job ad seeks applicants for office roles after completing bookkeeping shorthand and typing courses with placement on graduation. Emphasizes up-to-date equipment, practical business methods, and personal instruction.
A well known man credits a laundry soap for transforming his home by eliminating lingering odours and steamy wash days. He asserts the product is made from pure coconut oil, clean tallow, borax and naphtha, and cleans as well as antiseptically treats clothes and cooking vessels. Two cakes cost ten cents with a money back guarantee, which the product honored.
An ad touts Sun Cura Ointment as instantly easing pain from cuts burns and bruises. It features testimonials from Gilbert Hard of Rinard and Hills W Franken of Mtraville Pa who say it healed a leg fracture and other ailments, promoting broad uses from skin lesions to fever sores and chapped skin with a money back guarantee.
Washington August 20 soldiers in the U S Army will receive July wages today as pay department orders release funds for about 70 000 enlisted men in the United States. The hold up stems from Congress not approving the appropriation bills. The move covers roughly 84 000 total enlisted personnel except those in the Philippines and Alaska who were previously paid. Soldiers in Hawaii and Panama were left unpaid.
In Gjnomnnat on August 20 Avril 4 year old Mithilda Radetof, 22, waits in county Jail facing possible death by electric chair as her trial proceeds. She spends time sewing baby clothes and reading while a retinue of visitors and her lawyer Louie Sawyir prepare for her testimony. The case hinges on her own defense against the murder charge.
The eight year old daughter of miller Guy Whits was found dead in eight inches of water in a mill pond. The body was in the water about two hours before it was recovered.
General Biles praised the results of the maneuvers as decisive and beneficial. General Vawrkne H lina, commander of the department of-the Bust, reported informally to the War Department while New York observers returned to Washington. Umpires and participants sent word that the exercise showed clear success across multiple viewpoints, though formal reports await corroboration. The War Department officials expressed broad satisfaction with the outcome.
Ithaca counsel seek guidance from the city board of health on a strange issue involving chicken roasts in a lawabiding home. Citizens complain about neighbors storing chicken parts near doors, raising questions about cleanliness and safety. The board plans to refer the matter to the common council for a new wi defined definition of nuisance.
A Chicago era ad proclaims Zemo a fast acting dandruff treatment that clears dirty coats and stops dandruff without odor or residue. It claims deep pore sealing action, healthier scalp, and glossy hair. Sold by EB W Bone Medicine Co in St. Louis and tested via a guaranteed 26 bottle trial at Downey Drug Store in Corry Pennsylvania.
A New York woman recounts relief from back pain headaches and nervousness after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with improving health and weight and urges other women to seek special advice from the Lydia H Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts, noting the product’s long popular history.
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