Golden Rule Club organizes amid frost and crime notes
West Spring Creek Democrats meet in Grange Hall to form New Deal Club units in Warren county. Golden Rule Club dinner at McCray Church next Tuesday at 6:30. Roy Goodwell case in Warren. Sirdeyan retained from Titusville. Golden Rule Day sale and a theft incident at Woolworths. police records show minor charges dropped. Frost warnings and crop damage reported. Pennsylvanian rail and transport statistics cited. William Mark elected Pennsylvania County Commissioners president. Reading chosen for 1935 convention. Postage stamp change announced for Crater Lake. labor events and local dances planned. Ford doubles expansion funds. power and steel mills investments detailed.
Erie Payroll Bandits Seek Pardons for 1927 Heist
Sam Frenchmore and Anthony Palisano, Erie payroll bandits jailed for the 1927 $15,000 Erie County Electric Co. holdup, apply for pardons. District Attorney Graham protests to Harrisburg, hearings slated for Sept. 9 week. Frenchmore serves 10 to 20 years, Palisano seven to 15. They maintain innocence, while Graham asserts guilt from prior trial. The caper began when gunmen seized a satchel from Gus Driggs and Ray Pinney as the two fled in a car.
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Wrib
Sam Frenchmore
Anthony Palisano
Bufalo
Western Penitentiary
Erie County Electric Co
Mortimer E. Graham
Harrisburg
Frenchmore
Palisano
Graham
Gus Driggs
Erie County, Electric
Ray Pinney
French Street
Engagement Announced at Florence Youngs Home Party
Mrs. Florence Young announces the engagement of her daughter Frances Winifred Young to Richard Harry Hurlbut at a party last evening. The event featured pink and green decor, surprise place-card reveal, games, a three course luncheon, and attendance by William Fleming and others. Also notes a 100-year-old five dollar gold piece found among Mrs. Clara Tomlinson’s effects and Mrs. George Bridges painting a large mural in Decatur Alabama for a civic museum plan.
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Florence Young
Frances Winifred Young
Richard Harry Hurlbut
Floyd Hurlbut
Wilsle
William Fleming
Robert Fleming
Florence VanCise
Gerald Fisk
Elaine St. Pierre
Frank Geiger, Jr
Mary Reyda
Clatasville
Clara ‘Tomlinson
Birmingham
Ala
George Bridges
Decatur
All Bran touted to relieve chronic constipation
A reader praises Kellogg's ALL-BrAN for easing long standing constipation after two months of use with daily bowel movements rising to two or three. The letter claims All-Bran adds bulk and vitamin B and contrasts it with harmful patent medicines, recommending two tablespoons daily and doctor if not relieved.
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Frank Piratzky
98Th St
Corona
Kellogg's
Atall Grocers
Kellogg
Butle Cred Ee
State warns on dog caused livestock damage payments
Harrisburg August 30 The State Department of Agriculture warns livestock and poultry owners that the Commonwealth aims to pay all verifiable losses caused by dogs but stresses owners must keep flocks closely watched and report attacks promptly so fresh carcasses can be examined. Agents are available statewide or by contacting county farm agents or the county treasurer for contact details.
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Harrisburg
Sureau of Animal Industry
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Commonwealth
Matain & Claim
STE
Venango Murder Trial Nears End
In Franklin Pennsylvania Walter Witherup, 21, faces a murder trial for the slaying of his father at Little Canoe Creek. He claims the shotgun exploded accidentally while cleaning it. Prosecutors present expert testimony arguing the gun fired with Clark Witherup's head in contact. Walter testified that parts of his earlier account were inaccurate but admitted fear after loading his father’s body into the car.
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United Press
Franklin
Walter Witherup
Little Canoe Creek
Clark Witherup
Walter
Harvey Watkins
Auperinte
Death claims Major Fred E. Stuard of Spring Creek
Major Fred E. Stuard died at Walter Reed Hospital Washington after an operation. He is survived by his wife. Funeral services will be at 10 20 Saturday morning in Washington with burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Mrs Sickler Wilson of Spring Creek Mrs Mildred Henry and Clayton Damon of Erie travel to the capital for the funeral.
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Fred E. Stuard
Spring Creek
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Arlington ‘National Cemetery
Expert testimony on youth's behavior after shooting
Dr. Watkins testified the youth appeared perfectly normal on April 14 and July 26. He attributed the flight after the shooting to fright and fear, calling it a sudden impulse rather than a deliberate act.
Brocton Man Badly Burned In Tar Exploding Incident
Charles Smith aged 31 at Brocton Wine Co plant on West Main street suffered severe burns to eyes hands arms chest and face when a tar can in a carton ignited and exploded in a fire box. He was taken to Minch hospital for treatment with burns of uncertain degree.
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Brocton
Charles Smith
Big Dunce
Nreman
Brocton Wine Co
West Main Street
Smith
Minch Hospital
Giant Sassafras Tree Destroyed In Missouri Storm
In Boonville Missouri a giant sassafras tree described as the oldest in the state and possibly the largest west of the Mississippi was blown down in a recent wind storm. The tree measured about 50 feet tall with a girth estimated at 18 feet 12 inches.
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Boonville
Missouri
Mississippi River
Delta Pi adds 19 new members in Tuscaloosa ceremonies
It ran in family as Kappa Delta Pi, the national educational fraternity, tapped 19 new members in Tuscaloosa with a notable cluster of relatives among them Mrs. Janie Sullivan of Decatur and her daughter Grace Huff of Drew plus son Walter Sullivan of Benton Mississippi.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Kappa Delta Pi
National Educational Traternity
Janie Sullivan
Decatur
Grace Huff
Drew
Walter Sullivan
Benton
Miss
Killed in Auto Crash in Arizona
Mya Hattie Byham aged 61 of Guys Mills Pennsylvania was killed when the automobile she rode in overturned between Tucson and Casa Grande. Her husband Miltod Byham escaped with minor injuries after telling officers he fell asleep at the wheel. The Byhams owned a Mount Hope farm on Titusville road and had wintered in Florida before a Western road trip.
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UCSON
Aviz
Mya
Hattie Byham
Guys Mills
Miltod
Here
Caga Grande
Byham
Mount Hope
Titusville Road
Florida
Mr. Byham
Delma Byam
Ridgway Girl Escapes Fiend
In Ridgway on Jackson avenue near South street a young girl was attacked by a stranger who gagged her with an oily rag and dragged her into a ditch. An automobile passage frightened the assailant and he fled. two suspects are under surveillance and police have a description. No arrests have been made.
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Ridgway
Jackson Avenue
South Street
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Himer C. Carvier Post
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Oil City
Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners
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New York Stock Exchange
Division of Safety
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Youngsville
Ar. Warren
Jamestown Chamber of Commerce
Concord Township
Pennsylvania
W. 5. Hagar
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Wyandotte Sanitary Cleaner & Cleanser
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