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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1910
Page
3
A garbled ad promotes a greenhouse offering carnations lilies roses and other flowers. The message invites visitors and notes telephone orders are guaranteed with a Bell phone contact, though several words are corrupted.
If You Buy a Sewing Machine from Morria you can rely on him to give proper instructions and keep it in good order. The Guarantee for 10 years in 6 cash value. Over 26 years at the same address 150 N. Genter street.
An old market notice touts a booming fish trade with frost caught varieties and dressed whitefish weighing two pounds, yellow pickerel, Columbia river salmon, Birch lake muscat tones, live cod, haddock, scrod, trout, and fresh oysters priced by the quart. It also promotes clams, air-dried meats, salt breakfast mackerel, eggs and butter with low prices, and mentions fancy dairy items.
Readable items include store sales at Moreland's and Babe Britts with wallpaper pills and candy deals, a Washington Birthday dinner at George Washington Supper, and an auction of 1909 magazines from Babbitt's circulating library. Local politics note Prohibition wins in Union City wards while Union townships vote Republican. A marriage from Warren and weather/food notes amid festive tips and public notices.
Dandruff and scalp issues blamed on microbes spread by shared items. Do not use another's comb or hat. Rexall 93 Hair Tonic promises to relieve dandruff and restore hair, with a free test if not satisfied, offered by The Bewall Store and C. O. Rabbitt & Son.
Local druggist Mr. Downey promotes ZUMO as a clean liquid remedy for external use to relieve and cure skin ailments including blackheads pimples dandruff eczema and other disorders. He claims it cleanses germs and poisons from beneath the skin surface and can cure infants and adults. Proof of cures is promised and guidance offered on using the treatment at home.
A fragmented historical passage describes early horn book design to protect pages from soiled fingers. It notes crude woodcuts and naively colored illustrations, with horn covers shielding letters, and explains how chapmen sold these texts as learning aids. The piece also mentions popular verses and tunes tied to nursery lore and the dated origins of some songs.
Albany February 18 Attorneys for the Buffalo Rochester and Eastern railroad claim the line from end to end can be built for 85 million, while experts testify engineering feasibility supports the lower estimate. The commission doubted it could cost less than 100 million, with promoters seeking to prove 85 million suffices to construct and operate the line.
London reports a political shift with Labour and Irish Nationalists urging the government to prioritize the Lords veto question. Premier Asquith has not secured the king's assent, and amendments to the king's speech address are planned after the budget vote. The row includes debate on whether the Lords should retain veto rights.
Conversation hints a morning arrival of new residents Mira Lenn and others, with musings about activities downstairs and curiosity about their presence. The snippet shows informal dialogue among Thottul Ara, Nonopole-John, and Nonopoke.
The Millinery shop Sweet & Co in Brown Block now carries May Manton patterns after taking the agency from May S. Brown. The notice announces the shift in distribution and invites customers to visit for the patterns.
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