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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1911
Page
8
Exquisite California blankets at 8.00 per pair highlight wool in white with pink blue or yellow orders. Bath towels 2.00, extra large and heavy double thread yarn. 50 dress kinds for 2.90. House dresses 1.50. Drass skis 1.25. Unique linen and colored pique fabrics offered at reduced rates. Blind catalog style sale notes prices and savings across items.
The ad promotes an Economy Vacuum Washer praised as a labor saver for wash day. It claims the device uses soap and boiling water to do the work, can operate in various temps, and supposedly cleans items in 10 to 20 minutes. It offers a money back guarantee within 30 days if directions are followed. It urges readers to try one and mentions Johns Steamship Agency at Durham's Drug Store.
A fragment recalls a boast about a wife’s appearance and weight, noting a shift from a slim young gazelle to a heavier figure described as nearly 200 pounds, with snatches of a Chicago Record-Horrid quotation and references to rents and the Enigma.
A collage of snippets from a bygone issue notes a Richmond family abroad and a housemaid acting as caretaker. It preserves quips about dinner times from Elizabethan to 17th century references, braced by short items on remedies, pets, and curious anecdotes. It includes medical notes, jokes, and oddities, ending with a brief nod to a Detroit newspaper.
Professor Brander Matthews at Columbia University drew a clear distinction between gormand and gourmet saying gormand seeks only nourishment while gourmet savors fine meals. The lecture contrasted appetite with refined taste and noted how language often masks appetite.
C R Rogers and Co Inc engineers and contractors promote home comfort with new day current and convenient fixtures. They announce ready stock of split steel pulleys hangers balting shafting couplings cement plaster structural steel reinforcing steel wheelbarrows electric lampy wire sockets switches fuse batteries gas ky nview concrete mixers and related items. They invite demonstrations or installations.
An advertisement for Burkhardt’s Art Shop on Center Street promotes home piano tuning by GF Burkhardt. The service guarantees satisfaction with a full refund if not satisfied and quotes a price of 42.60 including cleaning, with contact via Well phone S10n.
Arle offers unusual chances to enter industry as growth speeds up. General Electric will hire hundreds of bookkeepers and stenographers through the Days School. Positions open as soon as ready and training begins September, with easy payment terms and commuting options on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Corry and Columbus Street Railway lists daily car departures from Corry to Columbus beginning at 6:00 am with 6:20 am and later times through the day. Additional cars run to North Corry with connections to Penn’s and Myer routes, including Sunday service details and special late arrivals.
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