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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1911
Page
4
An old advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a hair tonic that cleanses dandruff and prevents fall. It promotes a fancy formula claimed to give life and beauty to hair and mentions N. F. Ames & Co as a retailer with half dollar bottles.
In Utica New York on October 20 a charity case in San Francisco reported M F Sullivan a beggar who died in a shack left a bank balance of about 50 000 to his sister Mary A Sullivan of Alien New York who will also receive the income from the estate.
The Economy Vacuum Washer is advertised as a labor saving device for wash day. It supposedly vacuums to extract water and uses boiling water to clean items in about ten to twenty six minutes. It promises to discharge from the top and claims the price is £3.69 with a refund if it fails to work when directions are followed.
Rebel forces attack Hankow as imperial troops retreat to a camp three miles from the city. Gunboats fire on the river battlefield while rebels reinforce to 5 000 and entrench near captured loyalist camps. Heavy shellfire causes immense damage in Hankow with few casualties.
Shanghai reports a rebel gain as an Imperial gunboat sinks and crews desert to the rebels. Wireless news from Mankow says Imperial troops retreated to Seven Mile Creek. rebels claim a major victory and confiscate a fleet radio, while government censorship limits confirmation. Casualties and specifics remain unverified amid partisan sentiment.
Shanghai merchants report government actions halt trade as telegraph links to Hankow are blocked and banks face specie depletion. Banks protest to legations while foreign bankers warn of wider economic disruption. Hong Kong reports banks draining specie as capital flees southward amid depreciating paper money.
A fragmented quotation from Balzac reflects on living by permanent ideals and remaining calm when praised or ignored. The excerpt references a broken heart dialogue and notes about a man taking girls to the theater each night, presented as a dated exchange.
Putnam's Corn Extractor claims to ease corns and warts with little pain. The advertises a fast remedy for foot lumps, selling through druggists and Thomas Downey.
Fall coat suits in black brown blue and mixed materials. Dresses in black navy rose red and grey priced eight to twenty dollars. Sweaters for ladies misses and infants in red white and oxford. Misses dresses in black white checks navy and red two to six fifty. New skirts in voile panama serge and mixed suitings priced five to fifteen dollars.
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