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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1914
Page
8
Kirt January 1 reports large cancer cases drawn to radium treatment by Dr Harvey Cornell of Sixth and Vorade streets. He claims to have a $3200 radium supply, shown in his office with a demonstration of the mineral’s power and a visible glow.
North East January 2 Superintendent William J Mediiston says schools remain open as a safe smallpox vaccination drive continues. About 578 students are enrolled with some resisting vaccination and a few cases of varicella noted. one high school freshman recalls students refusing to vacillate. Dr L Mead of the board of health reports vaccination of at least one hundred persons. the school closed yesterday for fumigation amid concerns over contagion.
Ford said wages rose enough to allow employees to marry while officials coordinated a White House antitrust push. President Wilson planned swift action on antitrust and related bills, with Congress leadership meetings to finalize measures. Julia Marlowe, recovering from illness, left Los Angeles for New York after a chronic appendicitis diagnosis and possible operation.
Philadelphia June 20 William Eberwein stood in criminal court and spoke of his wife young of years begging him to kill her. Judge Walling, presiding, found murder in the second degree and sentenced him to seven to fourteen years in a penitentiary. He described the night of the killing and the plea “Do what I say,” then details of tapping her with a board until she died.
Unnamed benefactor proposes founding twenty radium hospitals nationwide to aid cancer treatment. He plans five grams of radium per hospital and aims to increase access. The donor did not reveal their identity but denied ties to Rockefeller or Carnegie.
Pittsburgh aviator Thaw’s brother offers to fly passengers from Patin Beach in a 45 mile flight with 1 mile altitude, charging 20 dollars a seat. The test flight started from the beach where the aircraft carried one passenger to 1,000 feet and stayed aloft for 31 minutes as crowds watched. Edward and son Bradley, new arrivals, are remodeling the Beach club to broaden its social appeal, including turkey trot dancing in the Octagonal room off the restaurant. Train Victims Found Frozen in South Bethlehem. A weighmaster at Bethlehem Steel, Harry Schenk, was found dead on Locust street near the Philadelphia and Reading tracks, apparently struck by a train on his way home. he leaves a widow and two children.
In massed seas off Chatham Massachusetts the crew of the schooner Rehoonor General Ado bert Ames were rescued after a failed surf boat launch and a perilous ordeal. The vessel’s masts were dipped and lashed by heavy waves as rescuers battled the storm to bring the sailors ashore safely.
An old ad promotes Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as painless and effective for dissolving corns by rooting them out without pads or burnings. It promises night application and suggests a 26 cent bottle from any druggist or Thos. Downey.
soluble antiseptic powder dissolved in water treats catarrh and inflammation of the nose and throat. Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co has endorsed Paxtine for ten years in private letters, calling it superior. Women cured call it worth its weight in gold. 80c box at druggists or by mail from Paxton Toilet Co Boston.
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