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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1912
Page
5
An old advertising verse extols Fels-Naptha Soap highlighting its dirt fighting power. It claims washing becomes easier with the product, requiring no boiling or hard scrubbing, and that thirty minutes of soaking suffices before rinsing.
President Taft drew massive crowds in New Hampshire, delivering eight hours of speeches across Nashua Manchester and Concord. He endorsed a presidential preferential primary, spoke on recall, tariffs, and arbitration, and thanked tens of thousands of supporters including schoolchildren.
Four armed masked men robbed Mobile Ohio passenger train No 4 seven miles south of Corinth Mississippi last night. The express safe was blown open and contents seized as a posse was formed to pursue the robbers. The article also notes unsettled finance relations with Chinese, Belgian bankers, and tensions over payments to troops and President Yuan Shikai.
Bradford March 20 John Proteh the freysar old sd of Sir and Mrs Join Protch drowned in Nichola Rio creek near Limestone New York. The lad with other children was playing beside the swollen stream when he fell in and was soon beyond reach. The body was recovered.
A garbled column warns of kidney disease and backache, urging readers to heed signals of weakened kidneys. It touts Thompson's Euroasma as a remedy sold by Anes & Co. and Thomas Downey with a guarantee to stop pains and cure kidney liver and bladder troubles, claiming blood cleansing effects.
Lazarus Shonour, declared sane by a Wise county jury after a mental condition inquiry, was sentenced by Judge Waditch to hang for the murder of his neighbor Charles Roluch at the Five Mile House. He shot the man in the back last September over a personal grudge. the victim was the father of twelve.
Assemblyman F Douglas Robinson nephew of Colonel Roosevelt urged the judiciary committee to discharge for further consideration his direct primary bill. The motion failed 72 to 0 with Rolibeny van Welwetchy among those voting against advancing the measure. A later item notes a reduction list for tailored clothes from the International Tailoring Co offering custom made suits.
An advertisement urges wives and mothers to try ORRINE for excessive drinking. The simple home treatment offers two forms, a powder and a pill, with a money back guarantee if relief is not found. Priced at $1.00 for two boxes, it invites readers to discuss with O Babbitt & Son at 14.
An advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for a cure of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts J. Cheney's reliability, claims the medicine acts on blood and mucous surfaces, and promotes Tall's Family Pills for constipation.
A local junk dealer identified as H. Welss operates from 315 West Smith Street. The listing includes partial contact information with a phone number and a four number sequence, but key parts are truncated.
A local shop markets dress fabrics and trims in colors Rose Alice Tan Navy and more. Silk and cotton blends cost 25 cents and up per yard with a range from 15 cents to 2.50 dollars per yard for various patterns and grades including pine cotton voile and Latin stripe options. Contact via both phones for samples.
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