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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1916
Page
3
Classified fragment listing rooms for rent and sale items at 412 West Pleas Street and nearby addresses. Mentions eight room house with utilities, city lot, and various sales including a bay mare and farm land. Includes contact references and several incomplete or misspelled lines.
An old advertisement touts a salt remedy claimed to cleanse the kidneys and urinary tract. It urges high water intake and a grape lemon mixture, asserting it flushes waste and restores normal kidney function, with dire warnings about avoiding other drugs. The piece reads like a health tonics pitch, full of sensational claims and misspelled details.
Auction of personal property to be held Wednesday December 18 at ten o clock near Corry at the Wagner farm four miles south of Gorry. Items include seven dairy cows, calf crops, one yearling, three calves, team work mares, two lumber wagons, hooks and harness, plows, cultivator, hay equipment, and other household and farm gear. Terms: under ten dollars cash. over ten dollars on six month notes with good endorsement. Auctioneer: Barton, Poware, Maxwell.
A Philadelphia style paragraph describes a man in Edmond annually showing a wondrous machine that plays all kinds of records and ballots more clearly than any other phonograph. Daily and evening demonstrations invite the public to hear the device and consider joining the company sale with terms and orders.
A fragmented historic clipping describes President Wilson mediating a nationwide railway strike in 1916. It notes potential farm and market devastation from embargoes, wage changes, and labor stoppages, and cites Ford’s telegram threatening plant shutdowns. The eight hour day became law and the strike was cancelled.
In a telegraphic excerpt Ford praises railroad reliability and condemns strikes while warning labor disruption would halt 2200 cars produced each May. The message argues for government action to prevent national industrial paralysis and credits Woodrow Wilson for restraint and leadership.
A patient receives a bizarre prescription crafted with odd terms and misspellings as a doctor jokes about drug stores and radium. The exchange reveals confusion and miscommunication in medical treatment and patient understanding.
Having sold the Amos Healh farm north of Corry on Russel road sellers offer at public sale Friday October 20 at 10 AM dairy cows Holsteins young stock a thoroughbred bull span of freelings weight 2200 new wagons harness plows harrow mowing machine cultivator bay rake oats straw poultry and household goods arms 75.00 cash and payable notes. B Allen auctioneer Hammond, auctioneer
A brief card of thanks from Mrs. C Thompson for the kindness shown during a recent accident. The message expresses appreciation to friends and neighbors for their support and assistance.
An advertisement touts a San Cura ointment and soap from Thurpeon Medical Co Titusville Pa. The ointment claims to heal bleeding piles fever sores ulcers eczema and various skin conditions with prices 25 50 and 35 cents for the soap. It promises refunds by Thomas Downey and W F Ames & Co if not satisfied.
Nellie Binkley and V. I. Powers announce a sale at the Cutting area farm one and a half miles west of Cutting on Tuesday October 17 at 7 o'clock. Auction lists five dairy cows, one calf, a work horse, driving mare, harness, wagons, a piano, household goods, and cash notes. Ten percent discount for cash. Sale starts at noon.
A muddled ad copy promises Golden-Lax Tablets to wash away complaints for Commps- Gon, Lover, Medeokes and Uissinees Dirsotiome. It claims a pocket dose of forty tablets cures many ills, with a price of 230. Names Ames, Op, and Thomas Duwus appear in the muddled text.
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