Twenty Years Ago Journal Snippets From 1910
Reading through the journal files dated December 1, 1910, the column notes Ira Cady and T H Brown returning from a Clin ton county hunting trip with a fine tuck. A birthday surprise for M ter Kenney Jones draws about twenty five friends to North Center street. Footballers Frank Kinley and Will Leiptein Jett head to Hammond Indiana for work, Fenton Dempsey goes to Cleveland, Maymé Mulderici to Erie for business school, and several residents plan winter trips or relocations. December brings heavy snow and postponed Indian summer. Kenneth Gilson returns from Spitzbergen where he works as a mining engineer. Mrs W A Cleveland prepares to move from Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Gilson
Spitzbergen
Mr. Gilson
Grand jury to hear four Jamestown cases
Assistant District Attorney John Leonard will present four cases to the grand jury convening at 10 in the courthouse. Justice Clarence MacGregor will preside as December term Supreme Court opens. Baker, 26, of 125 Cole Ave., faces grand larceny charges for allegedly misappropriating 6717.20 from Hagle Garage over two years. Gustafson, Jamestown, former Railway Express cashier, is accused of misappropriating 200. Eldred Davey, 18, of 804 Worth Main, charged with second degree grand larceny for allegedly stealing a light coupe from East Fifth and Spring streets after a high-speed chase including gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
John §. Leonard
Muyville
Clarence MacGregor
Buffalo
Supreme Court
S. Sheldon Baker
Cole Avenue
Hagle Garage
Baker
Motor Car Company
Golden Gristafson
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Gustafson
Express Company
Eldred Devey
Main Street
Davey
Eugene Rogers
Gerry
East Fifth
Spring Streets
Donald Leid
Allen Street
Leid
Pepper's Book Sheds Light on Cal Coolidge Philosophy
United Press reports former Senator George Wharton Pepper discusses Cal Coolidge in his book In the Senate. Pepper cites Coolidge's restraint and quiet rectitude, noting he praised service without public thanks and preferred silent influence over denunciation.
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Pepper
Cal
United Press Philadelphia
Coolidge
George Wharton Pepper
University of Pennsylvania Press
Mr. Coolidge
Roosevelt
Foyth
Death claims Mrs W D Rowe in Comy residence area
Mrs Luella D Rowe wife of florist William D Rowe died Sunday evening at 8:30 at Dr W Irwin's Hospital West Pleasant Street after extended illness. Born Sept 7 1878 in Columbus township she lived in Carry about fifty years and was 54. Survived by husband daughter Mrs Ar Une Palmer father W A Dodd of Liss City two sisters Mrs V We Doolittle and Miss Laura Dodd. Funeral Wednesday 2:30 pm from East Wayne Street with Rev A Whiner, interment Pine Grove cemetery.
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Luella D. Rowe
William D. Rowe
Ad. W. Irwin
West Pleasant Street
Sibyl Dodd, Mors, Howe and
Mare
Carry
Ericety
Itray Valley
Amiermai Revolution
Corey Wormin
Union City
Laura Dodi
Bite
East Waynestrent
FA. Whiner
Methodist Monacopal Chuecty
Pine Grove Cemetery
Population Growth Projections Amid Immigration Controls
The Census Bureau notes a current population of 3,122,776,046 with a projected decade gain around 17,000,000. The era shows continuing upward trends despite tighter immigration, suggesting large domestic markets for goods and rising real estate. Also discussed is national debt reduction, noting one third of WWI debt paid and planning to ease federal tax burden to restore prosperity.
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United States
Census Bureau
Mexico
Canada
Central America
Egypt
Persia
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Germany
Gas Tax Revenue Shared Across States in 1930 First Half
The Department of Agriculture reports that in the first six months of 1930 the 48 states and the District of Columbia collected over 230 million dollars from gasoline sales. After costs, 157 million funded state roads, 45 million county roads, 14.9 million bonds, and 12.8 million for various uses including streets and waterways. The tax per gallon ranged 2 to 6 cents, averaging 8.89 cents, slightly higher than 1920. Despite complaints, gas tax remains highly useful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
District of Columbia
State Departments of Commerce and Navigation
Daily Lessons in English by W L Gordon
A compact language note column showing common word usage misuses mispronunciations and misspellings. It highlights palliation as a moral cover for faults and urges daily vocabulary growth through focused word study.
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W. L. Gordon
Mary
Rabbit climbs 280 ft with 6 ft net per hop
A rabbit starts at ground and hops 8 ft up then slides 2 ft back each hop. Net gain per hop is 6 ft. To reach 280 ft, after n hops the height is 6n. However on the final hop the rabbit reaches or passes the top without sliding back. Solve 8n - 2(n-1) = 280 for n gives 6n +2 = 280, n=46. Therefore 46 hops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inelin
Answers to Saturday's Questions
The best seller in the book market is Genesis. The equatorial circumference of the earth is 24,901 miles. The President called prosperity's Advance Agent is William Jennings Bryan. The precious stone composed of carbon is diamond. The states with laws against tipping include Berlin.
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Prosperity
William Jennings Bryan
la Fontaine
Berlin
Sexes of Mocking Birds Distinguished by Song Not Plumage
The Bureau of Biological Survey notes plumage cannot distinguish male from female mocking birds. Sexes are separable by song, as males are better singers and females may not sing at all.
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Bureau of Biological Survey
Tom Sawyer at Rex Tonight with Child Prodigies
Tom Sawyer opens at the Rex tonight with Jackie Coogan in the title role and Junior Durkin as Huckleberry Finn. Mitzi Green plays Becky Thatcher as the stars lead a cast of youngsters in this famed screen adaptation.
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Tom Sawyer
Mark Twayn
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
Partn
Huckleberry Finn
Junior Durkin
Broadway
Janet Beecher
Becky ‘Thatcher
Tom
Mitzi Green
Marivel
Hollywood
Tors
Death of Mrs Henry Dryer in Erie
Word comes to Mr and Mrs John F King of 120 West Frederici Street of the death of their niece Mrs Mabel King Dryer of 319 Mast 24th Street Erie. Funeral services will be held at her late home in Erie on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mos
John F. King
West Frederici Street
Mabel King Dryer
Mast 24Th Street
Dryer
Henry Dryer
Charles King
Erie
Sunday School Pageant Planned for Christmas Event
Clarence Wallace and Presbyterian Sunday School officers selected a Bethlehem themed pageant for the annual Christmas entertainment. Plans, committees, and enthusiasm followed at a Sunday conference. The date is Tuesday evening December 28 with a tree and children's treat to follow. Harold Marsh departed for New York City to enter Postal Service.
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Clarence Wallace
Presbyterian Sunday School
Bethlehem
Birth
Harold Marsh
New York City
American pilot quits Dornier Do-X in Lisbon layover
In Lisbon on December 1 American pilot C. H. Schildauer left the Dornier Do-X after joining a proposed trans Atlantic flight. He boarded the liner Vateanis for New York. The Do-X suffered wing damage from a fire on Saturday, but Dornier officials expect quick repairs with cloth wing coverings replaceable.
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United Press
Lisbon
Portugal
C. H. Schildauer
Vateanis
New York
Dornier Works
Carage
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ira Cady
T.H. Brown
Clinton County
Mter Kenney Jones
North Center Street
Frank Kinley
Will Leiptein Jett
Hammond, Ind
Fenton Dempsey
Cleveland
Ohio
Maymé Mulderici
City Is Business School
Harry Proctor
Spartansburg
Jake Freno
Mayville
W.D. Rowe
Ks. H. By Mudge
Govery
Odmy
Portland
REX
Montgomery Ward & Co
Center St
Corry, Pa
Spain
Root’s Furniture Store
Union-City Corry, PA
Studebaker
Sax
Theworld
Pri
South Bend
Walter H. Merrick
West South St
Chapin
F.C. Chapin & Son
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