Letters Brought to Drake Well Museum From Colonel Drake
Titusville August 27 marks 83 years since Colonel Edwin L. Drake struck oil near the Drake Well. The Drake Well Museum receives letters Drake wrote to Peter Wilson, a Titusville druggist and benefactor, preserved by Homer Pastorious. Wilson helped Drake secure a $4000 note in 1859, enabling continued operations, with a famous photo of Drake at the well site.
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Edwin L. Drake
Drake Well Meworld Park
Homer Pastorious
Colonel Drake
Peter Wilson
Pastorious
R. D. Pletcher
Drake
Dick Bank
Meadville
Wilson
Drake Well
Day Term for Stabbing In Warren Courthouse
Joseph Fore of 108 Palooner Street Charleston former resident of Charleston W Va pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery for a July 2 stabbing at a local club. He received 90 days in county jail and a $25 fine plus costs from Judge Allison D Wade. Another case saw Henry Thornton of St Marys plead guilty to driving while intoxicated with a $100 fine and license suspension.
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Henry Thornton
St. Marys
Wade
Airmail Records Shattered At Franklin Post Office
Franklin Pa August 27 all airmail records for one day were broken when the two day plane carried 353 letters and parcels from the Franklin office. Letters posted before 9 05 am will leave on the morning plane for Pittsburgh and be delivered in the regular afternoon mail.
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Miami Beach
San Francisco
12 Per Cent Jump In Living Costs In Penn'a
Pennsylvania State College reports a 12 percent rise in living costs for the first half of the year with wage gains and higher industrial activity. July records show factory payrolls postal receipts and power distribution up, while coal output hits new highs and earnings climb, but key business sectors lag and food costs drive most of the rise.
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Pennsylvania State College
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Democrats Promise Tax Facts in G O P Challenge
Democratic Chairman David L. Lawrence pled voters would hear tax relief messages before the campaign ends. He criticized Governor James for raising pay for 29,121 state workers and vowed to spotlight taxes in the race. Lawrence warned Republicans of a fight over John W. Murphy's Lackawanna seat after Patrick Boland's death.
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Harrisburg
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
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John W. Murphy
Lackawanna County
Patrick J. Bolland
Democratic Organization
Scranton
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Boland
Supreme Court
Republicans
Jamestown Sends 93 More Selectees to Army
Jamestown sent its 56th contingent of men to the army yesterday morning. The 43 volunteers assembled at the State Armory at 6 a.m. behind American Legion colors and marched to Erie station, with over 1,200 relatives watching as the Jamestown Concert Band played Remember Pearl Harbor. The article notes earth's equatorial diameter as 7,996.677 miles and polar diameter as 7,499.988 miles.
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Erie Station
Minimum Terms Must Be Served in Pennsylvania Enlistment War Plan
In Harrisburg on August 27 the State Parole Board director T.T. Taylor said there is no legal authority to release convicts before their minimum terms. Dr. Herbert N. Goddard proposed letting inmates with good records enlist in the U S military, but Taylor warned many could be inducted only after release if rules allowed.
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Aarrisburg
Pennsylvania
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New State Parole Board
Herbert N. Goddard
Eastern State Penitentiary
Taylor
War Department
Corry serviceman thanks locals for War relief gift
Technician Al R. Buressi of the First Armored Division in Ireland sends thanks to the Corry Rod and Gun Club and Veterans of Foreign Wars for a relief check. He notes stationed near Belfast, praises Ireland, and describes life there while confirming his New York City mailing address.
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Smokey Fund
Colery Rod and Gun Club
Belfast
Ireland
England
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Baressl
A. R. Baresst
1St Armored Division
New York City
Bradford Oil Man James M Fraser Dies of Heart Attack
Bradford Aug. 27 James M Fraser 65 long known in the oil and gas industry here died today from a heart attack at his home in nearby Rixford He was born in Philadelphia and moved to Rixford with his parents in the early days of the oil boom He was active in Otto township serving as school director for several terms and for the last 20 years as township assessor
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James M Fraser
Rixford
Fraser
Philadelphia
Otto Township
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