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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1911
Page
5
In a curious exchange, Sir Richard Owen and Lord John Russell Hall discussed a supposed thigh bone of a qk. The claim grew into a joke when the bone was sent to a neighbor, provoking amused disbelief and a running family gag as letters traced the absurd discovery and its mock provenance.
An advertisement urges readers to visit Strawburg Music House for piano selection guidance. It highlights Willing and Eyedal Ule as likely sales contacts and promotes a showroom visit before final choice.
A fragmentary dialogue from an inn scene shows Wite and Grover bantering about payments and a pound of cheese with holes. Mrs Newed scolds the delay while a punning grocer avoids billing for a half pound of holes.
An impending sale is announced with a firm closing date stated as February 28. The notice emphasizes certainty of completion and urges interested parties to act promptly before the deadline.
President Taft signals a special session if the Senate blocks the Canada reciprocity pact. Rep McCall of Massachusetts states Taft will veto tariff revisions not aligned with his protective principles. Outlook for approval remains uncertain as Congress debates funding and related measures.
Ottawa reports that Canada will press amendments to the reciprocity proposal and push the agreement through parliament without delay. Laurier and ministers assert the policy is fixed despite U S objections and Senate opposition could provoke strong American resentment.
John Anderson of Ormond Beach New York and Neb. died at his home in Ormond Beach. He built the Hotel Ormond and contributed to development of the White Mountain region.
Two men died and a third was critically injured after an explosion in the earning department of the Dupont Power company at Oliphant, mountains from Uniontown. The dead are John Phillips and William Walters, both married. A Havre fire later reports place losses at $2,000,000 with a railway station fire burning ninety freight cars and stations platforms saved.
New York reports Sherwood Magee has signed a contract after a lengthy dispute with President Fogel over salary. In other news, Vincent Campbell has informed the Pirates he will retire from baseball following last season’s outfield duties.
A local reader from Corry reports dramatic relief from kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She bought a box at N. B. Ames Co drug store and credits the remedy with steady improvement and lasting benefit, urging others with similar symptoms to try it.
Local notes report Lavina Wotnore founder and president of the place was buried at Hlein Cemetery on Tuesday beside her husband who died last year in 1906. The item also mentions visitors in Corry, illnesses, and various townsfolk among stone bachelors widows and widowers.
An old advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a universal cold cure with claims of penetrating quality and skeptic support. It notes Cunureho nomé or "Thorman Downey" in Corry selling large and small sizes for 200 and 25 cents.
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