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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
7
An old medicine advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepala as a harmless remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion. It promises rapid relief from heartburn bloating and stomach discomfort within five minutes and claims the 50 cent cases contain enough to cure most cases of dyspepsia.
Community gossip records visits and greetings from Union City, Jamestown, and Rome Mia. People mentioned include Mildred Exuit, Winifred Miller, Mr and Mrs Crewe, Ada Roges, Miss Mary Phomon, and events in Williams Grove Pa. plus a meeting of Interiate Grangers with references to the Lewis bill and church notices.
Spartansburg residents report seasonal visitors and weekend trips. Myra Haker and Mian Paring Hoy of Corry return home after summer with families. Morenva Myers visits Miss Morente Thomson in Rouseville. Mr and Mrs Scott plan a Sunday move toward Buffalo for store purchases. Mr M W Builth visits daughter and Mrs Miller’s grandson Ward Allen returns from Harding.
Classified notices offer help wanted for a girl with board and schooling and a bookkeeper position. Real estate and items for sale include a piano, horses, a driving buggy, iron fence, and furnaces. Public notices announce candidates for local offices and party primaries with names and addresses in Cory and surrounding county.
Real estate ads show houses, barns, and farms for sale or rent on multiple streets including Thorty Street Ei sthurehetreat and South Center Street. Listings include prices from 800 to 4500, with 7 room houses, two family homes, city lots, and farms with barns and outbuildings. Charles E. Brown and G R Powell promote properties in Corry Pa and Columbus Bore, noting near streetcar lines, water and sewage, and investment potential.
Nellie Se gree a 14 year old known as the girl with the Madonna face killed herself by drinking carbolic acid after a quarrel with a young man friend. She lived with her sister Helen at Mrs J W Colaman’s home in Covington Kentucky and had posed for local artists. Her sister said she had spent many nights masking clothes for them.
An advertisement urges careful eye care and warns against cheap glasses as false economy. It promotes a first class optician with study of the eye and optics, offering examinations without drops and guaranteed work. Location listed as 103 North Queen Street Corry PA.
Good Housekeeping Magazine seeks a regional representative in Cocry to renew subscriptions and extend operations using proven methods. Salary and commissions offered, previous experience desirable but not essential. Full-time or spare-time work. Address with replies to Good Housekeeping Magazine 381 Fourth Ave New York City. Good tenants available for advertising. See the Journal Want Page.
A jumble of sale notices lists properties at 618 West Main, 621 Wayne, and multiple Wayne addresses. Offers include farms, a 18 room house, double houses, barns, orchards, and vacant lots with various prices from 300 to 4 700 dollars. Other entries mention buildings, street corners, and rental suites in the Barlow block with prices from ten to fourteen dollars.
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