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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1910
Page
6
An old advert alleging a £1 Zema Remedy claims hundreds of Molarn jars sold and a refund policy for unsatisfied buyers. It touts chronic illness cures with Korn and other claims, with pricing at 25 cents per jar and a refund guarantee by O. Rabbitt & sons.
An ad style note urges readers to consider comfortable shoes for warm and cold weather. It promotes foot care products like corn cure and foot ease for tender feet and hints at Mace as a shoe-related aid, though wording is fragmented and unclear.
A local notice highlights expanded beverage options including eight new fountain drinks and bottled beer with home delivery via Bellphone. The ad promotes Angel Food pundae, Velvet Ice cream, and Jem on sherbet available daily with prompt service.
Personal notices list residents and movements including Joan Love returning to Dunkirk evenings, Jefe Ressler retiring from Walton, Brotherton a local business figure in Brie today, Clarence Dunn ill since returning to Polk, Mr. and Mrs. G N Rogers departing for Cleveland, S W Brown and family visiting Lilydale, Willis Cornish visiting from Washington DC, Mrs Thomas Clark of Conneaut Ohio in the area, and a note about local residents with varied small items.
Auction anecdotes recount odd prizes won by bidders including a two specimen egg purchase turning into a 2000 dollar gain. A damaged painting revealed five ten dollar bills hidden behind its canvas. Cups from a rummage sale later fetched 2100 dollars, with one bidder claiming a unique sixteenth century window as priceless.
Engineer and brakeman Nilon and others died when a freight train derailed through a sill tube west of the line. The locomotive overturned, tossing workers along the Hack. Nilan’s body was sent to his home, and Redout survived, living in Giovptuni.
A risky bet led to a fatal outcome as one participant pledged to drink twelve glasses of alcohol. After the initial sips, the clock struck twelve and the drinker finished the twelfth glass, collapsing dead as his companions watched in shock.
A July 25 incident at San Sebastian saw children watching fishermen swept into the sea by a sudden large wave. A fisherman and two boys drowned as a result, with the warning that several more may be missing.
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