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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1916
Page
6
For rent the Clock Residence at 222 North Smith Street with modern features. Includes hardwood floors furnace cement cellar and window shades. Terms on sale. Located in Wake Morgaringe area.
Fragmented items include lost items and sale notices from a journal page. Entries mention lost jewelry and coats, household goods for sale, farm animals for sale, public sale notices, and auction details with contacts and locations, all in terse classified style.
Auction notice for Wagner farm in Corry lists 7 dairy cows, a yearling, pigs, lumber wagon, harnesses, plows, cultivator, milking machine, baskets, separator, buggy, stove, hay, straw and numerous other items. Cash over ten dollars. Auctioneers Barton and Poward in charge.
The underdigned offers land at Pity Me AusHon seven miles west of Cultlon with farm stock and household goods. Items include five cows, two road wagons, one work horse, harnesses, a spring cutter, a piano, a bedroom suite, a cook stove, and various farm implements plus household supplies and winter goods. Terms include two percent off cash and free lunch at noon. Auctioneer NESUME HINKLEY Power, 3101 ee.
Wanted by Columbus Bell area: draying team work by hour or day. Contact 115 Columbus Ave. Bell 3431 Chas Ober. Also Indy solicitor for city and vicinity with good salary for fleet party. Call Henderson Piano Co 446 North Center Street.
Mondyllton in Ost reports that Pennsylvania forests suffered heavy losses from fires, with total damages around 170000 dollars for the year. At least 67 counties experienced fires, 4 of 67 counties burned over 11,000 acres in all, while Berks, Luzerne, Potter and Tioga led in acreage. Columbia County logged three fires and 14 acres, the state tally shows 20 counties with major blazes.
A massive Hoboken fire gutted the Chocolat company plant with about 200000 in losses and scorched a lumber yard for 26000. No injuries were reported as workers escaped and the blaze spread to a tenement district before crews halted it. The blast from a lumber yard explosion scattered debris but caused no casualties. Local police and fire crews secured nearby properties and kept residents safe.
A fragmented notice describes a purported remedy labeled Goldine and a public demonstration at Corry Pa. Challenge to readers centers on a promise of courteous service and effective treatment. The vague item references a local drug store window display and patient optimism during a demonstration.
Fragmentary notice mentions a doctor and a phone number 191 L. Readable clues point to a local professional notice seeking contact or services. The fragment emphasizes the names and a telephone detail without full context or location.
An advertisement touts Golden-Lax Tablets as needed for congestion liver headaches and digestion with a bold claim of pain relief. It promises dosing at ten and rising at eight with a forty tablet supply and mentions a rout docket and names Thomas Downey.
Fragmentary text portrays a husband forcing a wife to travel while the wife is described as poor and burdened. It suggests critique of traditional norms and mentions electrical option for the wife, but the passage is garbled and lacks clear context or attribution.
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