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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1911
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR yields a cryptic name phrase with no clear event or entities. No verifiable people, places, organizations, dates, or concrete facts are readable enough to summarize into a coherent newspaper item.
A sensational sales pitch for Harold Bell Wrights desert reclamation novel The Winning to Barbara Worth. The ad promises a gripping tale of Southern California lands, strong characters, and uplifting spirit, urging readers to buy on Saturday August 19 priced at 1.30.
Advertised sale listing a wide range of goods from soaps and teas to coffee potato bargains and household items. Mentions East Otto catalog company, various prices, and promotions such as soap bars at 25 cents, crackers, lard, dried beef, kerosene, and school supplies. Includes references to suppliers and promotional phrasing characteristic of early 20th century catalogs.
Local notices mix commerce and community life. Apprentices sought for millinery at Mrs Barker’s. a dressmaker advertises a corset shop. tax payment reminders for 1911 due with penalties after August. Transportation notes mention Sparks shows to Cambridge Springs and Lillian Guid route changes. Local crimes include a jail escape and freight car sabotage amid railroad labor unrest.
A garbled page fragment advertises a supposed "Gutta te thicen" cure and a $100 reward for curing a disease, then shifts to a joke about an employer noting an employee’s early arrival. It references the English Poor Law of 1839 and ends with a notice that Democratic voters should gather in the Common Council Chamber at 8 o'clock to discuss nominations.
A slang humor show titled The Traveling Salesman by Mik Baleaniadi will be staged at the Library Theater tonight, drawing interest for its fresh slang and the author’s prominence in local slang writing. Heavy rain disrupted travel with washed out rails and bridges near Sinclairville, delaying traffic. a work train is en route from Dunkirk to clear the obstruction.
Labor Day event at the Armory features Prof Plaberty's full orchestra. Dancing begins at 8:30 with mixed crowd invited for a lively Monday night. Trimbies Mounger listed among attendees.
An advertisement touts affordable eye care with instruments replacing eye drops, claiming all work is guaranteed. It urges readers to contact a first class optician or optometrist who studies age and options to improve vision, and offers free consultations.
A fierce August storm wrecked a White event Ty wt o clock train near a culvert at Balnanca causing the death of engineer Daniel Richards of Hornell and injuring a rider. The bridge washout also disabled the railroad line and damaged farms and livestock in Bradford, with casualties and missing details reported.
A blind man from Mansfield was robbed Monday after a stranger offered help to the street. The thief escorted him from Lie temporary to M C A and Hwhily, then at 11th and Peach street slipped into the victim's pocket and took his wallet before escaping. The elderly man struggled but the robber fled with the money.
The readable text is garbled with multiple improper phrases and names. It contains no clear event, date, or identifiable entities to concisely summarize into a coherent news item.
Fragmented newspaper text presents a collage of aged dialogues and jokes. References to names like Mr. Pinteleton and Bronsom mingle with dinner anecdotes, a Garper quotation, and brief notes on Wilbur Giltings’ death. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century miscellany.
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