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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1911
Page
8
Autumn signals cooler nights and impending cold weather prompting wardrobe planning. This department store offers returnable merchandise with money refunds if unsatisfactory. It highlights belonging to a large buying syndicate and reliability at moderate prices, presenting Corry’s Greatest Ready-to-Wear for Women and Children.
Corry store promotes hosiery for men women and children with ribbed school hose at low prices. It highlights large discounts on ladies ready to wear, including spring suits marked down from 15 to 5 dollars, silk and lisle hosiery, and coats and dresses as special bargains to attract shoppers.
A local store proclaims itself the headquarters for drapery needs offering lace curtains and Swiss and Madras fabrics at low prices. Prices include 8 cents per yard for checked stripe curtain materials, black taffeta silks, and various edgings and portieres with fringe options.
Dress goods Navy Blue Sargon recommended as the popular choice for pall outfits with prices from 0 cents to 1.75 a yard. Fancy dress goods range from 0.56 to 1.50 a yard. Aviation caps offered in multiple combos at 0.76 to 3.30, with millinery HQs advertising new pall hats and summer chateaus on closeout from 4.00 to 1.50.
Advertisement for cotton batts direct from fields in Booth offering aeure white material free from machine made impurities. Pricing options include 1248 batts for 10 cents, 18 batts for 160, and 22 batts for 180.
Bargain sale on blankets with multiple items listed. Grey blankets 12 4 full size for beds offered at 1.25 per pair, white 12 4 at 1.60, white wool finished 11 4 at 2.50, California wool extra large at 8.00 per pair. Limited quantities and special pricing noted.
An early warning about backache signaling kidney trouble cites Bright's Disease dropsy and gravel as possible outcomes. It promotes Thompson's Barasma from Ames Co. and Thomas Downey as a kidney liver and bladder cure, claiming it cleanses kidneys and purifies blood, offered in 50 cent and one dollar bottles.
President Taft visited Sault Ste. Marie on September 20 and was warmly greeted by Governor Chase Osborne. Though urged to address the Canadian pact, he limited his remarks to local water power matters, praising the community while avoiding broader reciprocity topics.
President Taft tours the region amid a warm reception as he addresses the crowd about war powers and reciprocity. The speech contrasts with Syracuse and Detroit statements, noting border issues and fortifications along the vast Canada border. He reviews troops at Fort Brady before heading to Marquette, Michigan.
Michael Soboleski, the murderer who escaped from the penitentiary yesterday, was captured at Delaware by Clarence Meyer, a Columbus patrolman, after donning his victim's wife’s clothes and fleeing along the roadway. The capture occurred near the Columbus police station following a struggle, and Soboleski was taken into custody.
About two hundred railmakers employed by Guest Keene and Nettrefoldy Limited in Dowlais Wales strike on September 2 over wages. They demand 27 shillings 9 pence per week instead of their present rate of 1 shilling.
Wheat and corn prices listed for No. 2 and No. 3 yellow in New York with oats butter flour and potatoes priced. Buffalo cattle hogs sheep and lambs ranges shown with primesteers and fat cows. Hay markets note Timothy No. 1 on track and No. 2 Timothy prices amid mixed grain figures.
An advertisement claims Famozone and Painozone offer quick relief from sudden illness and various pains. It touts external and internal actions, promises cures for sprains strains headaches and toothache, and urges readers to try a trial bottle for 26 cents, sold by Thos. Dawney.
National League standings show New York and Chicago near the top with Pittsburg and Brooklyn close behind as games are played at Philadelphia Boston and other venues. American League standings list Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland New York Boston Chicago Washington St Louis and others with varied win loss records and noted battery combinations across several park dates.
C R Rogers and Co engineers and contractors advertise electric irons toasters hot plates fans washing machines vacuum cleaners and other home conveniences. They stock split steel pulleys hangers bolting shafting couplings cement plaster structural steel reinforcing steel wheelbarrows electric lamps wire switches fuses tape batteries gas ranges and concrete mixers.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Batterias Lee and McCarthy, Crys tal and Rheen, Rates to Europe, Jobus Steamship, trial part of Europe, and Durham's store. No coherent event or outcome is clear from the snippet. Entities include Newark, Durham, Europe, and Steamship.
A chaotic railway scene followed the shooting of Stolypin as crowds fled in fear. Police allegedly supplied Bogroff the revolver to avert anarchist attack, with uncertainties over motive and hospital reports of the wounded.
A distorted ad text touts a dual focus training and placement for graduates. It claims students receive thorough instruction and job in positions, with details about payment terms and a transportation perk offering a fraction of a cent per mile on the Pennsylvania Railroad for daily travel.
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