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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1913
Page
5
An old tonic advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a gentle, fast solution for indigestion gas and dyspepsia. It promises relief within five minutes and encourages regular use to keep the stomach regulated, noting a large bottle costs about fifty cents at drugstores.
A severe fire devastated the old furniture factory in Mt. Jewett early today, with flames engulfing a two story structure beside the Kushequa railroad. The blaze, started by a spark from a loco near by, left the building a seething furnace and nearly all contents destroyed, with estimated losses in the thousands.
Ex-Supervisor Williss of Springwater Livingst on county was arrested on a forgery charge. A $200 note endorsed by his brother in law Marvin of Caledonia was found to be forged. Williss admits signing Marvin's name but says Marvin urged renewal and adding his endorsement after a prior note default.
Mrs Eewin Saston reported her husband missing after dinner. She found him dead in a bathroom floor of a new Fredonia house at 12:30 pm, cause asphyxiation by oxygen depletion under a gas flame near a water tank. The deceased was Fitton Wall, 48, a Fredonia post office employee. He had been building the home, and had gone to bathe earlier that morning. his wife forced entry through a window after doors were locked.
A Medico-Legal society meeting cites four minutes of age as forty good years, suggesting health in later life with temperate habits. The notice promotes Vinol cod liver oil tonic as a strength builder, offering money back if unsatisfied, from C. O. Babbitt & Son Drugstore, Corry, Pa.
Sebastiana Allyn 24 arrived in America thirty days earlier. She walked along the Erie tracks to her Jamestown Cotton Mill job when an eastbound Buffalo passenger train struck her near Center Street. She died at Women's Christian Association hospital two hours later from a fractured skull and other injuries. The watchman warned her but she tried to cross the tracks, delaying her to reach the factory.
An advertisement lists numerous conditions claimed to be cured by chiropractic care. It mentions Appendicitis asthma constipation catarrhal dyspepsia diabetes deafness female trouble goiter hay fever headaches rheumatism neuralgia spinal issues and related ailments. The address given is No. 2 Park Place.
In Erie, Nov 10, judges heard the appeal by the board of poor directors for an $80,000 appropriation. The court awarded $72,000 after testimony that rising costs of food clothing and staff at the county house driven the need. The county also spends $22,000 yearly to maintain the Erie county insane at Warren asylum.
San Cura Ointment advertised at 25 cents with a money back guarantee by Thomas Downey and N F Ames Company. Claims cure for bleeding itching protruding sores and a range of skin conditions plus antiseptic drawing out poison. Includes San Cura Soap at 25 cents and references Thompson Medical Company Titusville Pennsylvania.
The article proclaims Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the grand remedy for women's ills. It credits Lydia J. Pinkham with pioneering the remedy over thirty years ago and asserts its nationwide recognition as the standard treatment for women's ailments.
Ali Brodsky advertises payment terms seeking paper bags at one dollar per hundred pounds for tobacco products and seven and a half cents per pound for rubber.
Wood's Special Prices list items with November 8 date, including beans, cocoa, nutmegs, ground pepper, toilet paper, cod fish, red salmon, sweet peas and more. It invites comparison with other stores' prices and notes multiple bargains per unit.
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