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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
16
A garbled theater notice from the Library Theater advertises Madame X with a Guarantied? ATTENTION on Wednesday evening. The program space is reserved for patrons to watch the show.
A string of briefs notes residents visiting relatives and traveling from Meadville and Warren. People mentioned include Gey of Meadville, M.A. Woodard of Wappen, Mrs A J Crow, Miss Huth Husted, George Stowe the baggage man, Miss Mary Dawson, Miss Sadie Patterson, Mrs Joe Morton, John Perkins, Rose Plemming, and James Crilley. Also updates on Lions, Meadville business, and a peonage trial in London Kentucky with Allen A Cook.
J Howard Mitchell a founder of William Butcher Steel Works, later Mid Vale Steel Works of Philadelphia, died in Halboro Pa at 79. He headed the plant that produced the first steel locomotive tires in the country and supplied material for the Hads bridge over the Mississippi at St Louis.
Weather observations report cloudy and snowy conditions across major cities including New York Albany Chicago St Louis and New Orleans. The text mixes a medical advertisement for Hall’s Family Pills with Weather Bureau notes, noting a faulty theory about a universal cure and fictional claims.
Fragmentary OCR text presents garbled dialogue about seeds and exchanges, with unclear context, lacking identifiable people places organizations or events to anchor a precise news item.
A prisoner aged about 80, J Royle, died after leaving the jail and being found near a drug store. He reportedly swallowed carbolic acid after attempting to obtain funds. The incident occurred on Feb 8 in Wilkens-Take, Pennsylvania, amid unclear circumstances and investigations.
Special weekly feature highlights evolving fashion trends with a focus on millinery. Profiles notable designers, shows current headwear styles, and notes rising colors and materials shaping the season.
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a painless, fast remedy for corns and callouses. It claims to reach the root, remove the cause, and leave feet free of pain, with lasting results. Sold for 25 cents by Downoy Drugstores.
A witty exchange reveals a young man in love making a rash bid for marriage. Edlth teases, asking if Jack has proposed, underscoring playful romantic tension in a domestic scene.
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