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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
8
The item lists 17 suits with fancy cloth wide wale serges satin lined coats suitable for refitting. Also advertised are ladies waists, bed spreads, linen towels, and 27 inch plaid dress ginghams at reduced prices. Separate news briefs note amendments defeated in Congress, a steamer sinking with four drowned, and heavy Alberta snow.
An old advertisement promises a remedy for freckles using ethine double strength. It claims nightly applications can fade and erase freckles, offering a money back guarantee if it fails to remove them. The copy targets those seeking a clear complexion.
National League standings list Chicago and Brooklyn at top with middling tallies from games played. American League shows Philadelphia leading with Cleveland and Chicago interspersed in close contention. International and New York State League tables run alongside with multiple club records and batters noted.
In a partial box score from Wilkes-Barre Syracuse the innings and runs show Wilkes-Barre 9 Syracuse 4. Another line lists Wilkes-Barre 5 Bimba 0 at Wilkes-Barre. At Scranton the score reads Scranton 6 against Binghamton with unclear final.
Judge Benson sustains the Erie board of tax revision in all particulars. The ruling supports the city’s valuations and blocks challenges to the board’s actions. The decision, issued Thursday forenoon, is hailed as a major victory enabling planned club improvements and city interests.
Samuel Cramer, a lifeguard in Atlantia City, spotted a dark round object on Little Beach that resembled a baby whale. It was a three foot diameter buoyant ball that later proved to be a submerged mine broken from its moorings. He anchored the mine and posted a warning as the federal government was notified.
An old advertisement extols Putnam's Corn Extractor as a remedy for corns and other skin ailments. The copy claims it removes the corn kernel and leaves the surface smooth, urging readers to buy 86 cent bottles and noting druggists endorse it.
Jamestown May 1 Henry B Wilhelm died suddenly at about 10 am near Fifth Street and Prendergast Avenue. He lived at 46 Grant Street and had worked for over a decade at Geo Irish Paper Co. Coroner Siston ruled death by apoplexy. A Civil War veteran, he was active in Pleasantville Pennsylvania Methodists Sugar Grove Macabee lodge and United Commercial Travelers of Jamestown.
Residence listed as 13 W Irving in Bell phone 181 R Corry Pennsylvania. Leave orders at the Arcade for the Perry Storer and Hackman trunks and baggage service.
Elias Hayle a well known county resident died Wednesday at his daughter Mrs Isabelle Rowell home in Girard after a lengthy illness. He was 48 and father of Hon Samuel B Bayle assembly member from Bris county. Funeral services set for Friday 10:30 am at Mrs Rowell home and 2 pm at McKean Methodist church.
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