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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
5
A sensational appeal touts a herbal remedy Rheuma from Ames & Co to cure rheumatism at five cents a day. It promises universal access via pharmacists and jobbers with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Community items include meeting notices for the Woman's Protective Association and the Rebekah Ladies Club, a district box project for Oak Falls Children, and readers’ reports on wartime and school topics. Also noted are employment updates, a pension acknowledgment for David J.J. Mere, a desertion arrest, piano sale, and social events with dances and hotel help. Readers aided by Salvation Army and local services.
Fragmentary late notice lists job and sale items with rough ages and prices. Mentions Wages 270, Mack tinorows 21 yearlings, pullets, and a clerk position at Corry Hospital. Addresses and contact hints include Henderson Plano and Genter Street.
A local ad touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for stomach and intestinal ailments including gall stones cancer and yellow jaundice claiming quick improvement. It urges readers to try one dose and buy from druggists everywhere.
The article notes concerns about reliability of women workers comparing them to men, suggesting women may not be as steady in labor and may affect pay expectations. It mentions Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy claimed to help women stay at work when physically unfit.
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