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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1912
Page
8
Big lot of toweling remnants in 2 2%4 and 3 yard lengths offer savings for roller or hand towels. India Linons reduced with finer fabrics. Prices shown 744c for 10c value and 38c value for new stock.
Corry merchants agree to close shops Wednesday afternoons in July and August to give employees a rest from long Saturday evening hours. Groceries meat markets furniture drug stores clothing shoes and dry goods will close. Boost the Corry merchants and they will boost the town.
Catalog copy advertises Zephyr Ginghams 32 inches in neat checks and stripes for dresses at 18 cents and 15 cents per yard. Best washing dress ginghams offered at 10 cents per yard, with regular prices noted.
An advertisement lists bed ticking in assorted blue striped patterns with prices and per yard figures, followed by a summer blankets section promoting quilts as lightweight night coverings. Prices shown include 59 cents per pair and 1.25 to 3.00 per full bed size, with various sizes and discounts.
An old advertisement promotes Thompson's Barosma as a cure for kidney problems and female ailments. It claims relief from backache and dizziness, urging readers to mail for testimonials and to buy Barosma with Dandelion and Mandrake Pills. The offer lists prices of 50 cents and 1.00 per bottle and claims a money back guarantee.
In Plainville Georgia July 29 officers clashed with African Americans wounding fourteen. Eleven of the injured are negroes and three are white including Sheriff Owens Ernest Johnson and Dr. Miller. The rebels barricaded a house and surrendered after officers charged a mob with gunstocks. A lynching was averted as troops dispersed the crowd.
Charles W. Clare longtime Watertown newspaper editor and postmaster under Cleveland died Sunday morning at age about 80. Born in Utica he began with Utica Bee and Utica Sunday Tribune before moving to Watertown in 1890s, purchasing the Watertown Dispatch then Union. He left a widow and two children, Roderick and Mrs. Frederick Hamilton.
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