Local store ads and notices mix with town events
A collage of items from a small town paper includes grocery prices, holiday gift suggestions, a local boy’s escape from a state school and recapture, bank dividend notices, furniture ads, parking and traffic notes, a deer hunting incident, a jail transfer, a classroom survey plan, a fire police report, and community happenings from Meadeville to Jamestown and Corry with several injuries, deaths, and a collision report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcox Grocery
St. Mary's
Lanston’s
Tittsville
Theodore Long
Gilson Ridge
Polk State School
Clarence Maynard
Tilnsville
Franklin Motor Police
Polk
Elgin Watch
C.F. Curtis - Jeweler
Hyman T. Cohen
It City
Miaight
Mr. Cohen
Bradford
Barnes & Carrig
Lanston's
M. Hall
New York Public Service Commission
Jamestown
Deluxe Metal Furniture Company
Shelf
Warren General Hospital
Samuel T. Bowers
Rainhold Wallin
Reich
Jamestown Retail Merchants 'Association
Barness
Deanna Durbin Announces Wedding to Vaughn Paul
Hollywood gossip ends as Deanna Durbin confirms engagement to Vaughn Paul through mother Mrs James Durbin. Durbin displays a bright new diamond to friends signaling a forthcoming wedding after a year of speculation in press and gossip circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanna Durbin
Associated Press Hollywood
Vaughn Paul
Deanna
James Durbin
State to seize twelve hospitals in nine counties
Arguments were heard before the State Supreme Court over the right of the Commonwealth to take over 12 local hospitals without compensation for investments in buildings and real estate. Four county institution districts Blair Lackawanna Somerset and Chester challenged the 1983 legislation enabling state takeover. The 1939 legislature deferred the law to June 1 1941 for economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Blair
Lackawanna
Somerset
Chester
Slayer of kin to accept life sentence in Sunbury
James EB Bickford, a Massachusetts longshoreman, was condemned to life imprisonment for killing his father-in-law George Chalfont in Milton. The jury deliberated five and a half hours before returning a guilty verdict. Bickford’s counsel indicated there would be no appeal. Chalfont intervened in a dispute over Bickford's estranged wife and two infant sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Britain Health Improves Despite War Strain
London officials report Britain's health is better now than at any point during the war, even with sleep loss and exposure in air raid shelters. They say there is no current evidence supporting dire predictions in medical journals of a winter of infectious disease unless urgent measures are taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associny
London
Ben Bsar
British Medical Journal
Civil service tests set by Liquor Board in Harrisburg
Harrisburg reports that new civil service tests for state store jobs will be instituted by the Liquor Control Board once several technical details are arranged. A light note adds that radio sound effects work can involve unusual prep such as brushing teeth on mic or slapping and flinging for dramatic scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board
Splendid Medicine Borsoma Tablets Advertisement
An old ad touts Thompson's Borsoma Tablets to stimulate kidneys and purify blood, claiming relief from pain and distress by clearing poisonous waste. It recommends Golden Lax Tablets for constipation and notes prices of 50 cents and 25 cents, with availability at all drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
Old Springs
Kenneth W. Momeyer
Erie
Pennsylvania
Department of Military Affairs
Harrisburg
Weber
Tamn
R. He Flynn
Manister
Pennsylvania Railrang
Pittsburgh
Thompson
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Sanka Coffee
SCOTT
Scott Tissue
Zic
Marachino
Dixie
Campbell
Calif
Lhe Tinen
Chuck
Morrell Pride
Callies
Idaho
Morrell Pride Tender
Cal, Val
Texas
IDA
Rashel Courtlands
Crisco
Bisquick Ey
Tangerines
Lake Shore
Bliss Coffee
Wing-Willi Star Stores
Richard
Calvin McMillen
Tionesta
Oil City
Freddie Eimers
Arthur J. Hotabilis
Pleasantville
Thuraday
U.S.P
American Medical Ass’n
Model Dairy Co. Ftf
Crawford County
Pomona Grangers
Guys,Mills
Reich‘s
Kissinger Mills
Rimersburg
Raymond Rankin
Butler
Schick Razors, C
Curtis - Jeweler
8. G. Foster
Ventingo County
John A. Brannon
Barrette Flats
Franklin R. D. 1
McCray
Western Auto
Corry
Meanville
Meadville
Jimmy
Grange No. 65
Sin
Sparta
E. A. Hook
West Spring Creek
Harbor Hall Church
F. E. Root
Russell
Richard Amadon
Garland Inn
Franklin
Thomas A. Irwin
South Park Street
Ontario
Lakes
Stewart
Charlotte Ann Legters
Clarence Legters
North Clymer
Corry Hospital
New
Boston
Wellejus Bakery
Robert R. HI
Joan East
Atslis Paulson
Tabor Street
Min
Main Streets
Wren Edgar A
Miller's News and Short Store
Deen
Santa
Slayer OF Kin
Britain
GBS
Linga Morse
NBC
Dim Slade
Raymond Massey
Bealing
H.P
Tudor
Incom
Powell Motor Coml
Forth Center
the House OF Bargains
Trade and Terms
Oor
Poliansony
Caits
Christoph
Erie Polici
Polic
Pata
Wright
Chile
Vic
Spartansby Southern
Plannes
Wil 'Christ's Sun
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