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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1910
Page
3
Pettit Florist announces a chrysanthemum sale with white pink and yellow varieties. The notice invites readers to plant bulbs now for the coming pleasant days and promises first quality roses carnations and other flowers in stock at 110 Main Street.
Fragmented notice touts a photography gallery offering portraits before a busy period. It mentions 109 1-9 Five Avenue and stresses quick service for business or personal photos amid a heavy rush. It references a wife and suggests a social or domestic dispute context without clear details.
A jumble of local notices and ads describes dances at Tebble’s, church events at McCray, and a Thursday afternoon program with Mrs. Prunes and Mrs. Charles Perkins. It lists storefronts promoting hot holidays, mailbox boxes, library book auctions, and monument sales at Starr Granite. Also mentioned are railroad workers in town, a Major book sale, and an upcoming dance at Scholony Hall with a carnival offer.
The Arcade Shop advertises an exclusive Old English toffee made from a private family recipe. Both plain caramel and walnut embedded varieties are offered, described as a home spun confection. The Arcade Fountain serves hot and cold drinks, with new weekly drops featured.
The excerpt describes the spitball pitching technique with finger and thumb grip details and its impact on baseball history. It then recounts a Kansas anecdote about a sudden cyclone and a humorous exchange. An ancient steam engine claim mentions Carpini and a “neoptihe” engine using liquid fuel to power battles between Mongols and Pruster Tobi’s troops.
A reward is offered for information leading to the identity of a person who posed as Dr Padoll of Brie and sold two pairs of glasses under the signer’s name in Columbus. The glasses were fake and unsatisfactory, prompting a demand for replacement. Signed Dr Padolt, St James Hotel, Corry, Pa.
Pare Buckwheat Flour from new crop is very white. Grocer lacks stock. advise calling Acme Milling Co. 1211. Closing Out Sale of Underwear and Wonton items at A. B. Messenger & Son's Dry Goods & Clothing Store located at 412 W. Main St. 1W.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Perrozone as the best health tonic for women claiming it improves vitality and vigor. It markets a product named Perroxone available in fifty cent boxes at dealers, attributed to Thomas Downey at 14-10-19.
On Saturday evening November 10 the Al Gighe Ototechnic library will auction about 100 books from their reprinting library. The books have been read but are in good condition with no torn pages. They are on display in the window for viewing and will be sold to the highest bidder at the auction.
A man named Fulloms confessed to stealing money from Howitt after being tracked by Officer Shanker in Union City. He said he hid the money in a Union City Paris under a promise of leniency and was brought back to his city on the afternoon train. No discussion of the cup seems to have occurred.
November 19 report from Cragford notes a house at 172 West Washington Street owned by John Wagner wrecked by an explosion Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Charles Schneider were moving in. gas was on and a stove fire lit. The horse was killed. windows in adjacent houses broken. The Schneiders escaped unharmed.
A notice from Dr. Padolt St. James Mote of Copry, Pa, indicates he was sold two pairs of glasses by a man in Erie who used the alias De Padoll. The glasses were fake and unsatisfactory, prompting a request for replacement and disclosure of the imposter’s alias.
A distorted OCR item mentions a dancing school race or event near Cohon likely in 19th or early 20th century. Names appear garbled with Lonnon and daneinir. Reading suggests a local listing or brief note about a dancing school and a 1k event with unspecified details.
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