Greeley Campaigns at Carver House Historic Hotel
The Carver House in Warren, once famed for political platforms and Victorian balconies, burned yesterday. Built 1848 49 by Orris Hall, it hosted Horace Greeley's 1878 presidential campaign and housed many elites. remodeled repeatedly, it became a maze of stairs and corridors before the fire. The building was later owned by Melbourne Anderson after a prior sale at auction following the death of Alfred Shethammer.
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Warren
Carver House
Horace Greeley
Orris Hall
Warrers
John H. Hall
Thisme
Tiotel
Hall
Huse
Hgté
Warren Lodge
Oddaf i
Melbourne
Anderson
Alfred Shelthammer
Beads Safety Council Names New President
In University Park Pennsylvania J Wankel Prench formerly secretary of agriculture from Collegeville is named the new president of the Penraylvartin Fura Safety Council.
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Beads Safety Council
University Park
J. Wankel Prench
Collegeville
Penraylvartin Fura Safety Council
Local TV Listings and Classifieds Fragment
Fragmentary TV listing shows WBEN Buffalo Channel 4 and an International Harvester ad. The readable text includes a phone line and partial address, suggesting local service and advertising blocks in a 20th century newspaper page.
Drivers Compete In Corry Road-E-O Contest
The Chamber of Commerce hosts the second Tech-Age Road-E-O at Corry Area High School open to youths 16 to 19 with licenses or permits and clean driving records. About 60 teenagers will take a written test, then drive on Saturday at 9 AM using 1956 automobiles loaned by Corry dealers for distance judgment, instruction following and smooth operation.
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Ane Worry
Dunior Chamber of Commerce
Corry Area High School
Eugene Buesink
Ken Harvey
John Rossbacher
Clinton Pratt
William Hammond
Raymond Blynt
Frank Anthony
Howard Lee Cory Taycee
Reade Appeal Heard Today In Albany Court
Joseph Reade Jr. of Jamestown appeals a first degree murder conviction for killing his sister in law Beverly Reade and her daughter Cheryl at Susquehanna Supreme Court. Attorneys Willard Cina and Oliver Wright Jr. filed the notice of appeal in December. The defendant was sentenced to die in the electric chair but execution was stayed while the appeal proceeds.
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Joseph Réadé Jr
Jamestown
Ane Ier
State Court of Appeals
Albany
Willard A. Cina
Oliver Wright Jr
Reade
Beverly Reade
Cheryl
Henna
Sing Sing
Kidnapped Tot Found Unharmed in Dunkirk
Marie Alvarez, a year old girl kidnapped from East Chicago Indiana last week, was found unharmed in Dunkirk. She was placed in Brooks Memorial Hospital in good condition. Diego Rodriguez, believed kidnapper, is in East Chicago police custody. FBI and local officers investigate. woman Wanda Row cared for the child in Dunkirk.
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Gir
Chicago
Ind
Dunkirk
Marie Alvarez
Brooks Memorial Hospital
Richard Kinn
Wanda Row
Diego Rodriguez
East Chicago
Rodrigues
Baby Ait
Alvaren
Voice of the People Criticizes Long Phone Lines
In Spring Creek residents complain about women occupying telephone lines during peak hours in the afternoon and evening. A reader from Cory notes a wife cut in to reach her sick baby after others delayed service, urging clearer lines for urgent calls.
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Spring Creek
Sprig Creek
Cory
Highway Bill Passage Seen as House Debates Loom
The House leadership predicts passage of a Democratic highway bill by a wide margin with sizable Republican support as five hours of debate begin. The plan envisions 6114 billion over 13 years for Interstate construction, financed largely by federal dollars and taxes including a penny gasoline tax increase.
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Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Rep
Fallon
Eisenhower
Rites Set for Area Child Who Died of Burns
Funeral services will be held at St. Agatha's Church in Meadville for nine year old Helen Hammerle. She died yesterday from burns after clothing caught fire near a gas stove in her home on March 24. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs William C Hammerle and four siblings.
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Meadville
St. Agatha’s
Helen Hammerle
William C. Hammerle
Losing Candidate To Protest Fine Gat east wai
Elko defeated Democratic nomination candidate in the district may appeal a $5 littering fine in Glassport. The McKeesport city treasurer paid a $5 fine for a 1909 Glassport ordinance violation after multiple men were arrested for distributing campaign literature. Also fined were A O Guesmann Frank Scalise and Joseph Muraida.
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Sdadspail
Saya Elko
Auth
Glassport
McKeesport
Silko
A. O. Guesmann
Frank Scalise
State Assembly
Joseph Muraida
Johnson seeks new trial in Fisher murder case
Philadelphia attorney Edward Petrillo Sr asks the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for a new trial for Millie Thomas in the 1946 Fisher murder. Petrillo argues scientific tests show no blood in the West 26th Street cellar and that Millie’s conviction rested on witness Mike Dominic who testified Millie aided in the killing.
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Wan Vnang
Herebert Johnson Jr
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Millie
Mike Dominic
Bubna
Dominic
Fisher
West 26Th Street
Mikie
Petrillo
K. L. Burt
St. Vincent's Hospital
Murder convictions and life sentence for Millie and brother
In a case from the basement scene Fisher was shot through the lead five tines. Both Millie and her brother were convicted of first degree murder. Millie is serving a life sentence. Jesus U.S. farms had less that 1,000 motor trucks in 1910, 2% million in 1953.
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Thep
Fisher
Millie
Jesus U.S. Farms
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Pana
Lea
Laith
ALL Star Sundaes
Uxa Kamm Reller-Keatar
Gallen
Sherwin-Williams CO
North Center
W. F. Rickers
Donaldson Brothers
Clymer Lumber Company
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Gilson’s Builders Supply
Columbus
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