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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1913
Page
5
A newspaper excerpt extols the vast number of women who credit a venerable medicine with ending their suffering. It claims decades of published letters prove the cure, presenting these testimonials as genuine gratitude from grateful hearts.
Mexico City reports another official assassination as Zeveda allegedly shoots and incinerates Gabial Hernandes, excommanant of rurales. Zeveda, ordered to purge prisoners, demanded more executions before warden Lichiga resisted. The incident prompted arrests and a tense power struggle at the national palace.
An advertorial from a chiropractic clinic led by Andrew McKelvey, D.C. at 22 West Smith Street promotes spinal adjustments as a remedy for conditions including asthma dyspepsia headaches neuralgia locomotor ataxia St Vitus dance and infantile paralysis, claiming to remove the cause of ailments.
A fragmented ad lists prices on produce and pantry items with grand claims of half-price savings and mail order convenience. Items include Nancy Northern Spy apples, Fancy Irish potatoes, table turnips, onions, crackers, coconut, gelatin, bath products, and canned fruits. The ad touts courteous treatment and self-serve shopping, urging customers to bring a market basket and compare prices.
Warren reports severe rain and cold amid a sudden flood. Water receded about fourteen inches overnight according to suspension-bridge gauges. Townsfolk provided lodging and warm meals. no confirmed deaths or serious injuries in Warren County. Officer J W Worden narrowly escaped drowning after falling into a flooded cavity near the Lyre hotel, with a woman or child not present at the time.
Albert Hall of 824 Seneca Street escaped injury yesterday when a closet foundation gave way during a partial building collapse caused by receding waters. His father William Hall and three boys William Brown Charles Harkless and Mose Haydon assisted in the rescue as the closet toppled and the structure sagged trapping Albert briefly before neighbors pulled him free.
Franklin faces a meat famine as shipments from Swift Armour and Cudahy are delayed. Erie line traffic blocks fresh meat into Franklin with no open local source for fresh cuts. Dealers scramble to import from New Castle Buffalo and Erie, hoping for limited shipments for weekend trade.
Ad promotes Thompson's Barosma as a pure vegetable kidney remedy for Bright's disease rheumatism dropsy and other ailments. Claims quick action on kidneys and includes Thompson's Dandelion and Mandrake Pills for constipation. Prices listed as 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle.
An old fashioned seed offer touts Magnificent Sweet Peas and other flowers. Edgar A Higinbotham advertises eight packets postpaid for 25 cents, including colors and varieties, plus ten spencers for 50 cents and premium bulbs.
An OCR fragment promotes a supposed remedy Hr. King's Naw Life Pits claiming to stimulate the liver improve digestion and purge poisons. The text is garbled with misspellings and branding, mentioning N. B Amps & Co. in a dubious sales format.
A woman from Beaver Falls was arrested by federal agents in Oil City for procuring Beaver Falls girls for prostitution. She arrived with her husband two months ago and said the girls worked at a boarding house. She claimed innocence, cried upon arrest, and provided ages of 19 and 20 for two of the girls. The offense allegedly occurred in January, with information dating to March.
The ad promotes Excelsior diaries from pocket to elaborate sizes for 1913. It highlights Line a Day Hooks popular for five years and offers daily comparison features. Customers are invited to come in and view the selection.
Corry ad notes Drs Greenlee Osteopaths as the only licensed physicians offering spinal adjustment treatment. Claims all diseases treated successfully with hours 8:90 to 11:90 a m and 3 to 5 p m, other hours by appointment, rooms in Horn Block, Bell 266, house phone 263 R.
The notice advertises limited onion sets soon selling at high prices. It promises flowers seeds and various grasses including Timothy Clover Millet and white clover. It urges buyers to act quickly and purchase what they need before supplies run out.
J D Murray urges buyers to shop locally to save money and notes a large stock of farm implements including grain drills binders mow ers pedders manure spreaders gasoline engines cranes separators disk harrows smoothite harrows sulky plows and cultivators. He also offers Myers pumps and machine repairs for Burch Wiard Go wanda and Aurora plows.
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