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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1917
Page
5
Fragmented local notices show a mix of ads and announcements including a loan bank reference, house for sale and rent, millinery apprentice wanted, and a column promoting new instruments with publicity notes. Names include Odie Hanke and James Wright highlighting community classifieds and vocational notices.
Merle Golaking of Pittsburgh visited the city with friends. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M S Church will meet Wednesday at 3 p m in the church, and the Presbyterian Missionary Society will hold a February meeting at Mrs R G Adnditey's home, inviting young ladies to attend. Soldier Brothers of Warren, Chevrolet auto dealers, returned home with three cars after a long trip through severe snow, covering 1600 miles and 76 gallons of gas. Schuler Troy writes they will be represented in Warren county by Mar te y and Bingham from Corry Pa. Lyons Dro gt nt introduced the first 1917 model Oakland in the Star Gurnee, with plans to place several in Corry area. Lyons sold many Oaklands last year and expects more this year.
A letter from a Fort Worth source promotes Vinal as a cure for nervous breakdowns and fatigue in a Corry High School girl, claiming rapid weight gain and restored strength after taking the tonic. It urges other schoolgirls in Corry to try the product with a money back guarantee from Rabbit and Son druggists and lists availability in Pennsylvania towns.
The Cumberland Gap community in Virginia Kentucky and nearby towns honor Abraham Lincoln with a distant memory of his boyhood. Dr John Wesley Hill new university chancellor outlines a campaign for a 1001000 endowment to make the university the greatest Memorial to Lincoln in Iceland. Gen C D Howard Vermont founder of the college inspired by Lincoln the president admired Cumberland Gap residents and leaders who built the university through hardship and progress continues despite many obstacles.
Berlin reports German gains on the Somme were limited with five advances in three assaults while a Verdun region attack near Vaux Les Palameaux was repulsed. In Woevre violent artillery exchanges and bombs dropped on Dunkirk killed four civilians. January German air activity totals 34 planes. Allied air forces 65. Elsewhere, quiet fronts persist and Elyria reports a $2,000 bequest to Old Sisters’ Home from Harry Wreat, a 1-year-old bachelor, with estate valued at $20,000.
Fire swept an entire block of Welch, West Virginia business houses on February 10, causing an estimated $250,000 in damage. Fire raged through shops and stores, with firefighters battling the blaze for hours to prevent further spread.
Grain, provisions and live stock prices in Cleveland and Toledo dated February 10. Wheat and corn mostly no trade. oats listed. Butter, cheese and milk fat prices noted. Cattle and hog markets show varied bids and shipped weights. Exchange names include Pittsburgh and Buffalo with futures terms and regional cattle prices.
Fragmented health ad text warns that excess meat taxes kidneys and causes backache and headaches. It claims salts in blood form blocks that impair filtration and lead to paralysis and fatigue. It advises drinking water, seeking a reliable physician, and mentions a grape juice remedy with molds.
A fragmentary item notes an eight part motion picture described as the most widely produced to date. References to Pavlova, Thurslay Writay matinee, and Pivlowit the Incomparile hint a showy, possibly fictional program tied to a film event in a local theater.
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