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Local stores offer groceries and seeds plus theft report
Corry butter 22c 1b and local eggs 13c a dozen appear in daily ads along with apples at 7 for 25c and jarred preserves. A theft at Joan G. Whitmore’s Ridgway home yielded about $60 as purses were taken from a hall table while family and guests heard a door open and saw a long black overcoat man flee. Police and farmers statistics note Maren crimes including 25 murders and 58 manslaughters, 286 robberies, 827 burglaries, and 1,120 larcenies, with seeds and farm supplies advertised by Crawford M Woods Co and Spencer's Feed Store. Local notices also mention fire department retirements, postmaster appointments, and oil-fire incidents near Oil City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Will J. Wilcox
Joan G. Whitmore
Ridgway
Kentucky
Crawford M. Woods Co
Pennsylvania
United States Department of Justice
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
G. L. F. Quality Farm
Spencer's Feed Store
Constance Lyons
Norma Jean
Nantes
Betty Long Juliuson
Betty Ruth Lundgiist
Bobby Lou Dickei
Carol Mae Cochran
Betty Huw Barnes
Roger E. Finight
Liec~casion
Howe
Haight
Harton
Merv Manso
John Westley
Waller Meloy
Houbers
Lynch
George Madsen
East Main Street