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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1910
Page
7
Fragmented OCR item presents a quirky sequence of jokes and child anecdotes with garbled names and phrases. It references a baby who smiles, a mother mourning, and recurring riffs like The Great Conde and The Poor Sheep. The piece blends humor with fragmented dialogue and stray phrases from a Chicago News page.
Notice announces natural gas rates set by the company for Corry and vicinity beginning July 1910. Rate is thirty two cents per thousand cubic feet with a two cent per thousand discount if paid by the tenth of the month following. Pennsylvanian Gas Co. outlined conditions and continuation until further notice.
An old advertisement claims rapid cures for rheumatism and neuralgia with Dr Detehon’s remedy. It promises dramatic results within 1 to 8 days and emphasizes immediate system-wide relief. Also promotes Donkey’s Poultry Book offered for 4 cents by Durham Drug Co.
The Williams Grove picnic event in Pennsylvania was promoted with an excursion train run by the Pennsylvania Railroad from interim stations to Williams Grove. The trip covered August 9 through September with rail connections from Hollenore and other stations on the Northern Central Railway. Tickets and dates were noted for September 6 and related onward travel, with caveats about validity and rider requirements.
To the Men From Missouri We are all from Misnowel when comes to wanting to be shown and the International Tailoring o., cau uauisfy you when It comes to the qustion of clothing, call and see, A. . Messenger and Son. sole agents for Corry and vicinity. twas Are you looking for something? Look in the Wants and Classified, Advertisements for I.
A fragmented OCR item yields a garbled notice mentioning names and events without clear context. Readable fragments reference persons and places but lack coherent facts or dates. The readable portion hints at a local notice or brief item needing reconstruction.
For sale or rent items from a city leaving sale. Furniture including dining room set and bedroom will be available. inquire Prospect Street Trainor Wall. Also small lot and house sales with prices listed. Numerous farm properties offered including 160 acres near the city with good drainage and buildings. Eldred township farms with 85 acres and brick houses offered for sale or lease.
Good investments for sale include house and barn sites on West Smith Street and North side of Main, vacant lots east of J. H. Wright, and a double brick block at 110-114 W Main. R. Powell, Real Estate, offers to sell homes and lots at half their cost. inquire at his office for details and view properties.
A cluttered sale notice lists Ulloa adjustable items, farm properties near Columbus and Corry, various buildings, and a Delayer Separator. It mentions the Fox property at King, the Blydenburg and Fauhaber properties, multiple farms, building lots in Corry, and farm equipment for sale. Contact details include Ward’s, 210 Washington St, and other local names.
Classified notice lists a second hand upright piano in all condition at a bargain and a square piano both for sale or stored with a good party. Contact A. B. care of Journal for details and address 636 N Venter Street. Also mentions Bras Tetrazzini autograph anecdote and a box office request. Found railroad men’s keys at Journal office.
Male Help Wanted. WANTED, four or five men to work in chair factory. Young men of some experience preferred, 0. 8, Chile Go. 2wo WANTED-Mue to dell High Grade Mining Stock and appoint agents thru Oil District. Excellent proposition and big commissions, quick action required, Muel the man of good standing and wide acquaintance. Confidential. Address M.Seare of Journal. tet WANTED-Local representative to sell men's clothing on credit by largest credit clothing house in world, no capital required, write for plan Men tor & Rosenbloom Co., 600) Cox Bldg, Rochester, N. demi
Live stock advertised for sale by T B Hitner and H J Greely includes 45 year old stil aid, a driving horse, and various Holstein cattle. A short prose piece discusses appetite and exotic eating habits with references to Bakimo and Siberian foods, followed by a note on spider eating and old customs. County Agric Milkman Beaten and Robbed in Woodbridge. attacker fled after assault and theft of milk as dusk set in.
Dekel August 26. Michael Hop, a retired balloon keeper and owner of valuable property, died at the hospital from ammonia given by his son who mistook it for a mineral medicine. The tragedy centers on a fatal misjudgment leading to the elder Hop's death.
Legal notice states an application will be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania on September 9 by Joseph J. Dustwond F A Loveland and A B Sililwell under an 1874 act to incorporate and regulate corporations for THE CHROME COMPANY engaged in tanning leather and related materials. The text includes garbled passages and unrelated literary excerpts mixed with the notice.
Classified rental notices list several properties available for rent including a six room unit with bath on the third floor near Center Street. Additional inquiries directed to W. Brown and others note furnished rooms and basements for rent under Wilson. The mix includes several addresses and incomplete lines.
First external revelations of the dry rot in men show a tendency to lurk and lounge at street corners with no clear purpose. Men drift between many places, doing nothing tangible while planning numerous duties for tomorrow or the day after, according to Dick ents.
Wanted a woman for general housework. Employer is Robert A Patterson Jr. State omitted. seek reliable applicant. Immediate start. references preferred.
Owing to holding a third mortgage on the farm in Wayne Township known as the L. Clark farm I was compelled to purchase it at foreclosure of the first mortgage I now offer said farm for sale at a great bargain This is one of the best farms in Erie county contains about 440 acres with good buildings orchards Amber and a fine loamy soil Write me at corner Wilson Woodland avenues Cleveland Obie or call upon my attorney Robt Osborne Corry Pa Jobo Rocksztattmawtt
The page includes a situations wanted note offering washings at home and a January style ad for home services. It features an ad block for “248 Franklin street” and references to household tasks, with mention of “The Murry Habit” and various names. It also contains product pitches for dry air insulation, lice powders, and poultry treatments from Durham Drug. The tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century urban newspaper classified page.
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