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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1912
Page
3
The notice urges deciding what to plant for the upcoming planting season. It promotes supplying a range of flowers and bulbs at low prices, noting two new greenhouses were added that summer to offer options like chrysanthemums, roses, carnations, lilies, and sweet peas.
Fragmented text from a 19th or early 20th century local newspaper notes a Wednesday embroidery meeting, missionary society gathering, and wedding notices. It mentions South Bend influences, Victrola advertisements, and several names including Mrs LeGrand, Alan Mary Kinley, Mia Murgneal Connell, and Louise A. Smith. Also lists Warren County residents obtaining marriage licenses and forthcoming nuptials.
An old advertisement touts Zemo as a quick cure for dandruff and scalp diseases. It promises relief from itching and irritation, claims it calms glands, and notes the product is sold by J. W. Rowe Medicine Co. for $1 per bottle, with a special offer to prove its effectiveness.
A fragmented OCR carries ads and brief items: a cider loading rate of 400 per owt at Wales Hawes Co. school posters in Duchan’s window. Halloween decorations and costumes at Wright’s and Lindellay’s. political hints about voting near waterworks. a Balkan War trip planned by Hill Pantie with a group from Salamanca. crime notes include Oller Spencer jailed after found paralyzed on Washington Street and police transport. Meadvilla region reports a man identified as George Banars died after an incident near the Helo tracks, with uncertainty about residence.
Early yesterday morning two men forced entry to the Randolph postoffice stealing about $600 in cash and stamps. A safe explosion roused Postmaster Hoyt Harhor, who saw two suspects flee toward Randolph in a waiting automobile. Local residents and nearby homes were briefly disturbed as officers pursued leads, with about $300 in cash and $400 in stamps missing.
Jackson Hall reports the marriage of Mr. Dorian M. Jackin and Miss Meanie M Aull last Saturday evening in a church service. The Rev J Macintyre presided with a notable turnout from the city offering congratulations to the couple and their many friends.
A sensational claim for Payne’s Paper Sold Compound promises rapid cold relief. Advert described effects include headache relief, nasal congestion easing, feverishness reduction, and back or stomach discomfort improvement within hours. The copy urges readers to buy as a safe household remedy with no substitutes.
A large congregation including many young men attended an urban foresting sermon at Trinity church last evening. Dr Gisbeen Ty and Rev Wills spoke on baseball’s moral value and the parallel of life, warning against money as a motive or Sabbath desecration, describing the man at bat as an illustration of every player’s place in life.
An old health scam claims Tonm Vita tonics cure fatigue indigestion and poor appetite. It promises immediate energy boosts and lasting health for men and women, urging purchase from N F Ames & Co. Aly, with bold testimonials and dramatic language.
In Oil City a boy, Walter Gregg, 11, son of David Gregg, was arrested after an inquiry by Deputy State Fire Marshal Harry Besnaran and local police into a string of fires. The trial, begun after October fires at the Hayld Gress barn, drew many witnesses as Gregg tried to defend his family against suspicions linked to arson.
Witnesses testified as Deputy Fire Marshal Seabourne ordered Chief Constable Ramsey Davidson to arrest Gross. The youth faced a charge of arson at Mercer with the case proceeding before Justice of the Peace. The report notes a dramatic scene and ongoing testimony.
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