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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
6
A church sermon centers on John 17 18 urging believers to resist loving worldly comforts and to witness boldly. The preacher argues God can transform people, stresses individual accountability, and warns against conforming to worldly norms while urging sanctification for the small gathered group.
An advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a fast remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia, promising relief from stomach distress within minutes. The copy urges readers to purchase a fifty cent case from any drug store and to test its effects with no risk.
Franklin March 2 a large group of machinists and labormen voted to call out all workers at No 2 plant including foremen engineers electricians and others in protest over a production stoppage. The walkout affects tool room and shell work with union leaders seeking to organize the No 2 plant while awaiting further guidance from organizers McNamara and union locals.
Corry druggist Thomas Vawney advertises a simple pill remedy using buckthorn glycerine and herbal ingredients claimed to purge bowels, relieve constipation and sour stomach with one spoonful. It is touted as powerful and used for appendicitis without causing griping.
Elmer Shum maker for auto trade and broken bicycles found near Powell's Wagon Shop on North Center Street.
Barton March reports a two story house was wrecked by a gas explosion as Mrs Wolfe and her son escaped injury while investigating a suspected leak. The blast damaged rooms, broke windows, singed occupants, and toppled parts of the building. An investigation traced the cause to a gas line fault under the home and a ruptured pipe feeding the inferno.
A March blaze in Augusta Georgia swept ten blocks, destroying warehouses including Gatton How and threatening residential districts. The fire consumed cotton worth millions, damaged banks, a temple, newspapers offices, and two office buildings, aided by strong winds and special trains bringing firefighters from surrounding cities.
Ad claims rapid relief from rheumatism and pain with a nostrum sold by The Bogy Medicine Co. Rochester New York. It asserts swelling reduction within minutes and mentions uses for throat chest colds pleurisy lumbago and general body pain. Ames & Co. offered supply though no clear purchaser or date is given.
Fragmentary text mentions a Hana eagle Voo mile bayoi Brokonuly Pattarron and references study of an institution orchard 4 juga. Several garbled phrases imply August 2 and preparatory steps, with unclear names and dates. The passage lacks coherent events or identifiable entities beyond scattered terms.
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