City and Vicinity News Briefs Span Bond Issue and Local Incidents
City officials yesterday prepared to add 300000 in bonded indebtedness to retire thet debt. Residents on Central avenue and Dartmouth street reported gasolene thefts from cars during the early morning hours. A regular session of the W. 2. A. was announced with a report on convention proceedings and a social to follow. The Oil Creek Refining company elected a board of directors including McGraw and Waals with Barhart as treasurer. Various local notices cover sales, meetings, and community events in Erie Corry and Oil City.
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Ferry
Spencer
Will J. Wilcox
Erie
William TH
Warren
Central Avenue
Dartmouth Street
W. 2.A
H. 4. Baker
New York
Shruck
Oil Creek
Hell
Titusville
J. 2. Winning
F. J. McGraw
M.D. Waals
George F. Plening
G. L. Barhart
J.B. McComb
C. F. Straub
Oil City
Slim Down Ad Promises Quick Weight Loss with Kruschen
A faded newspaper weight loss ad urges readers to take Kruschen Salts with a cup of hot water each morning. It touts dramatic slimming claims, cites Mrs McCausland as an example, and targets gossip about body image while insisting the remedy costs only a trifle in drugstores.
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Urs
McCauslam
Milsburgh
Krukehen
Tate
Ususs
Probing Liquor Board Exams Scrutiny to Open Next Week
Harrisburg report states a legislative committee will review methods used to record standings in examinations for high salary board posts. Chief counsel William A. Gray showed an altered rating card for purchasing agent A. X. Comly, suggesting tampering while noting Comly’s score could still exceed rival Thomas Hughes of Boiljord.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board
Open Legislative Committee
William A. Gray
A. X. Comly
Gray
Comly
Thomas Hughes
Boiljord
Four thought to have lost lives in river tragedy
River boatmen on the Oli River from Paducah to Rosiclare search for four men missing after a homemade boat carried them to visit friends in Rosiclare. Relatives from Salem and Carrsville, Kentucky, reported their absence. a gasoline tank from the boat was later found in the swollen current near Golconda. The party members are W Tom Boyd, 20, Salem. Shirley Alexander, 22. Albert Specs, 29. Buss Belt, Currsville.
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United Press
Padugah
Oli
Paden
Rosiclare
Salem
Carrsville
Ohio
Golconda
W Tom Boyd
Shirley Alexander
Albert Specs
Buss
Death of Mrs Arthur Lanston in Corry at 77
Mrs Arthur Lanston a longtime Corry resident died after a months illness at her son J A Lanston 147 Park Street She would have been 77 on July 4 She is survived by husband two children Pearl Haskell and H A Davis two brothers John and Louis Hagerich two sisters Mrs Wm Super and Mrs Mary Milliken and four grandchildren Funeral services Saturday at 2 PM from the Park Street home with Rev E L Wagner officiating Interment in Lutheran Cemetery Funeral home Alexanders and Company to hold the body until Friday morning
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Aus
Temaneth Lanston
Arthur Lanston
J. A. Lanston
Park Street
Mr. Lanston
Lanston
Pearl Haskell
Scranton, Pa
H. A. Davis
Edinboro
Thw
John Hagerich
Morris ‘Plains
N. J
Louis Hagerich
Wm. Super
Mary Milliken
Corey
Lutheran Church of
Senator Coyne Held On Charge Of Assault
Harrisburg April 18 Senator James J. Coyne of Pittsburgh was charged with assault and battery in connection with a hotel altercation on April 10 and remained under 500 dollars bond awaiting a court trial. The charges stem from an argument with Philadelphia politics editor Thomas P. O’Neil over the Montgomery county special election results.
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Harrisburg
James J. Coyne
Pittsburgh
Wah
Thomas P. O'Neil
Philadelphia
O'Neil
Coyne
Montgomery County
Still Much in Evidence Mortosity and Beveulug of Phie
Fragmentary OCR reads as a dated note about mortosity and celestial terms, naming Toxophy and Selene in a cryptic context. The readable bits suggest a discussion of enduring influence or presence, but specifics remain unclear.
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Phie Toxophy
Selene
Guard Battles Gang at Brameton Bank in Arcchton
In Arcchton Mass on April 1 guard Seth Ramsdell fought four armed bandits who raided the Brameton National Bank. He saved about $20,000 intended for payrolls, with no injuries reported. The guard exchanged gunfire inside and out as bandits fled, wrecking store windows in the scramble.
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United Press Arcchton
Mass
Brameton National Bank
Seth Ramsdell
Fred Witty
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Clarendon
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Walter Collins
Bloomington
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Westminster College
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Joe Amoroso
South Center Street
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Rickard Memorial Band
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John Eskens
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N. G. Anderson
Jess L. Eskens
Olt City
W._D. Rowe
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Jamestown
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Roy B. Bly
Borough of
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Phoenix Hotel
Cyoil Lomis
Bnock Danussy
Pittsfield
Weatre Park
James F. Lavery
Erie County Demoanalic Committee
Pennsylvania
Iowa
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Knowston
Willig J. Weary
St. John's University School of Commerce
Brooklyn
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Apid
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