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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1918
Page
6
R F Livermore offers batists organdies and veils with cover fabrics in large lines and sizes. Crepe de Chine ranges from 50 cents to 50 dollars per yard with prices from 1.00 to 5.00 in shorthand sale terms.
WASH SILKS GEORGETTS and CREPE DECHINE just received an elegant line to choose from in all sizes. Prices $3.00 to $10.00.
May 11 report describes a bar school afternoon program with vocal and instrumental recitations, student art, and a visitors’ exhibition. It notes faculty changes to curtail expenses, upcoming baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Jump ton, and a Red Cross rally at Grange hall featuring Rev. Foulke with music from local singers. Attending townspeople and visiting families are listed along with recent social notes and church activities.
Fragmentary OCR reads like an old drug advertisement promising motherly remedies. It mentions Mother Gray’s and a powder product for children's use with unclear attribution and outdated branding.
Terrible sores spurred claims from J D Hood of Townville Pa and Carl C Banks of Pittsburgh that San Cura Ointment healed leg sores, burns and skin conditions within weeks. Advertised also a complexion soap claiming gentle skin purification and a Pure antiseptic formula.
An advertisement touts Neutrone Prescription 99 as a clean internal remedy that purports to expel impurities from the blood and end rheumatic days. It claims quick relief from sore joints and numbness, priced at 06 and $1.00 per bottle, for sale in Corry by C. Bubbitt & Son.
The writer praises the Hay Rest Cure after following Dr Hay’s treatment, advised by A. F P Ellis of Warsaw. He claims benefit from the course and urges the recipient to follow Dr Hay’s instructions during and after treatment, offering to hear back about their decision.
A registrar-like warning extols a drug called Freezone that purportedly lifts out corns with a few drops. The remedy supposedly relieves soreness and removes the entire corn including the root with no irritation to surrounding skin. The notice claims minimal cost per use and warns against cutting corns during personal crisis.
Mrs. Grizelle Bristow in charge offers facial massage shampooing and hair treatment at The Hay Rest Cura. Convenience of the usual beauty parlor services. Call 878 for appointment.
A fresh line of skirts materials offers 50 cents per yard for skirting, 27 inch lawns and batistes at special rates, 86 inch batists with stripes and florals at 25 cents per yard, 40 inch voiles in pink blue yellow and lavender at 25 cents, and silk and cotton pongnei in striped and figured weaves at 75 cents per yard.
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