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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
4
A shop touts a new labor-saving device promising to streamline daily chores. The ad notes that a mat would waste half his time jumping to the pantry to fetch stamps or write letters, suggesting a practical demonstration for couples.
Local newspaper column lists ads and notices for Guy and vicinity including lectures, dances, lectures courses, sales of old piano, furniture, and meats, plus church events, a Halloween parade plan, a burning house disaster near Center ville, deaths in Pennsylvania, and a barn fire arrest in Olt City.
The article notes the Collegiates quartets as a program feature, announces items for sale at Jackson and 14% North Center Street, and mentions six course numbers offered for $1 with an extra number to offset a factory issue. It highlights Halloween window displays by Charles Seisto and Arnold Millinery. It lists events including a football game at Cor ty Hills and Chamberlain Military Institute at 3:30.
Paris dispatch reports Belgian General Katanga announcing total German defeat at Kisanga as British and South African forces rout rebels under Beyers and seize 80 prisoners. British embassy warns Turkey over blocking the Shatt el Aray and Muhamarah, while a Mediclino sighting hints transports bound for African colonies. Kingston firm Kulenkampf & Co faces expulsion over alleged aid to German cruisers. Italian fleet movements noted at Taranto.
Downey holds the Corry agency for Adler-I-Ka a simple mixture of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients claimed to cure appendicitis and relieve stomach issues with one push. The notice states rapid action and removal of old matter from the body. In Havana on October 29 the government dismissed outbreak fears and anticipated peaceful elections next Sunday.
New Orleans on October 29 reports whal is the claim that flour is being loaded for the Netherlands. About 144 carloads totaling 4,723,000 pounds have arrived and a similar amount will be forwarded. The flour, milled in Kansas, is to be shipped to Europe via the Holland-America line for the Dutch government.
Ninety percent of indoor workers suffer torpid liver and related ailments. The remedy urged is evap ated mineral water powder named lax-Urle from Carlsbad springs, to be taken before breakfast to cleanse bowels and stimulate liver action. ady Wasaluscon Oct. 84. The torpedo Paulding aground on shoul a tynnhaven roads. navy reports hope for treatment. Weather improved aiding assistance.
An ornate ad touts Knowltons Dandorian promising doubly improved hair texture and scalp health. The copy urges women to buy a 4 25 dollar bottle from drug or toilet counters, claiming the product cleanses, purifies, and invigorates the scalp for soft lustrous hair. Also notes local arrests of three hunters jailed in Butler awaiting bearings on stealing a gold watch and canned goods. troopers Winrick and Kiskaddou reported evidence.
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