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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1912
Page
9
Vintage advertisement listing ladies handkerchiefs embroidered at about 10 cents each. Includes six in a box with different patterns, pure Irish handkerchiefs with edge finish, children's handkerchiefs in sets, and men's linen handkerchiefs priced from around 0.61 to 1.00. Items described with edge designs and box quantities.
From Constantinople to Vienna reports a Bulgarian drive toward Adrianople as terms delay talks. Allies meet long discussions while German chancellor warns Russia of support to Triple Alliance. Russian forces in Poland reportedly number 600,000 behind fortified girdle. Salonika details recount Greek captures and reinforcements amid ongoing campaign. A senseless tragedy closes with Maria Moldy, a Pittsburgh immigrant, dying after church poison incident in Youngstown.
Ad lists kid gloves in all shades at low prices, including Sadie's Glove at 4.85 and Baby's Knit mittens at 0.10 each. Also mentions boys knit gloves at 2.50 per pair and girls knit gloves at 2.60 per pair with similar shade variety.
Fragmentary notice describes crochet silk ties with 506 perhaps units and silk material. Mentions color consistency and a fan motif. Readability is limited. no clear event, person, or organization confirmed.
A local ad promotes fur gifts including genuine $35.00 mink specials and natural oppossum items. The short note highlights a holiday fur sale with priced mink furs and other fur gifts.
Readable fragments describe blankets in white gray extra large and nursery sizes. Mentions single, double beds and wool options with discounted prices. Includes varied terms like extra large surgery blankets and a small price reduction from 1.50 to 1.00.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a quick cure for colds and grippe. It claims taking doses every two hours for three doses ends symptoms in the head chest back or other areas. The 25 cent package is said to have no quinine and to be gentle with no after effects, urging readers to ask their druggist for the product.
Armour & Co of Chicago paid 12.00 per hundredweight for a lot of 10 Angus yearlings, the highest price at Chicago open market. The sale, from cattle consigned to an livestock show, averaged 46.00 per head, with Ed Hall of Mechanicnburg noted as their feeder. Previous high was 11.05 on Oct. 28.
In Pittsburg a two day wedding celebration for Robert Standish and Rosa Diebold was delayed after two bridesmaids were arrested for taking $130 given to start housekeeping. Other items from the day include charity football for Mercy Hospital in Hollidaysburg, and various regional reports from Belgrade, Vienna, New Bridge, and New York detailing accidents and crimes.
Hungry wolves attack Flippin Arkansas prompting residents to shelter children indoors. Timber clearing nearby and subsequent fires drove wildlife into the town. Reports note past bounties on wolf snouts were withdrawn due to extensive timber industry.
A short sale note lists Brodsky Paper rags at 1.00 per pound and ribbers at 86 per pound, with copper priced at 120 per pound and 140 per pound for good and brags. Zinc is 116 per pound and thorium at 4 cents per pound, advertised at 143 Main St. Advimaaa.
An old newspaper notice promotes Castarets as a quick cure for stomach liver and intestinal disorders with a promise of a clear head by morning. It claims gentle cleansing of liver and bowels and says children like the taste without causing griping.
A large Wilson turkey from Kentucky, weighing around 60 pounds, is being fattened on a South Weible farm and is expected to reach about 40 pounds by Thanksgiving. The bird will be shipped to Princeton from Frankfort, Kentucky, in mid December for a Christmas meal at Speaker Clarke’s home.
Indian forces reportedly destroyed five villages northeast of Oaxaca near the Vera Gris boundary where inhabitants were said to favor the federals. Coixtlahuaca, a key town about fifty miles northwest of Oaxaca, was sacked with several officials killed. Rebels in Oaxaca recently routed a 107-man escort guarding a train and seized its supplies.
A brief item notes a product named Cormega Tolle Powder claiming to turn perspiration into odorless peroxide and strengthen the times with reinvention. A price is listed as £5 cents.
Walters, a Syracunc native from Onondaga County, seeks the minority leadership in the next Senate. Backed by former Senator Francia Hendricks, he faces Alon R. Brown in a contest that could renew hostilities between Hendricks and William Barnes Jr. Supporters argue Walters aligns with the younger elements of the current majority, who they say will prevail.
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