Holiday express guidance and 1934 outlook
Express agents urge careful packing, legible addresses, and complete street details to speed holiday shipments. Charles J. Ennis of the Railway Express Agency predicts improved business and a 1934 uptick as a New Deal in expresses boosts shipping, with two million special Christmas labels issued for shippers. A Springfield quilt contest recounts Mrs. John H. Smith paying 20 borrowed dollars for a patchwork quilt that later won up to 100 in prizes.
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Charles J. Ennis
Railway Express Agency
Ennis
Roosevelt
Express
Springfield
Mass
Patricksburg
Ind
John H. Smith
Medical relief plan explained to Corry Kiwanis
Dr W W Graham outlined phases of a state funded medical relief program to Kiwanis at the Hotel Corry. Eligible cases receive service after a relief secretary certifies need and selects a physician. doctors receive 1 for office visits and 2 for home calls. Sam Irvine discussed aviation advances, giant Pan American Air Lines planes, and possible South American and trans Atlantic use.
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Corry Medical Society
Meadville
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Corry
W. W. Graham
Graham
Service Club
Sam Irvine
Aero Supply Corporation
Pan-American Air Lines
Irvine
Lister
John Lanston
County waters stocked with bass and other fish
The fish commission announced October stocking in Erie county waters. Species planted include bass in Presque Isle Bay and various lakes and creeks, yellow perch in Presque Isle Bay, catfish in several waterways, frogs in Lake Erie Bay and French Creek areas, and sunfish in multiple lakes and bays such as Lake LeBoeuf and Edinboro Lake.
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Erie County
The
Fish Commission
Presque Isle Bay
Lake French Creek
South Branch
French Creek
Lake Pleasant
Lake LeBoeuf
Adinboro Lake
Lake Erie Bay
West Branch
Edinboro Lake
Benefit Bridge at K of C Hall Monday Night
St Thomas Church sponsors a benefit bridge party at the K of C Hall Monday evening December 11. Five hundred will be played and attendees are asked to bring donations for baskets to be given to the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. OF C. Hall
St. Thomas Church
K. Ofhall Bridge
No partiality in examination for liquor jobs
Harrisburg December 14. The public instruction department will conduct Saturday's liquor control board exams with unnamed examinees and numbers only through grading to prevent favoritism for about 2500 positions. If a candidate writes a name, the paper is rejected for a zero score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Civil Service
Liquor Control Board
Department of Public Instruction
Liquor Board
Examination process details and state tests in Harrisburg
The article describes the governor's signing on November 2 of rules for a state examination system. Applicants are identified by numbers, rooms assigned for Saturday tests, and papers graded by number at distant scoring centers after grades are recorded. It also notes a Turkish postal edict requiring names and addresses on letters, warning that a dead letter area may die if not followed.
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Pinchot
Department of Public Instruction
Harrisburg
Istanbul
Joe
Turkey
Persoms
Funeral services for Harvey Springstead
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon from Alexander and Company's Funeral Parlors for Harvey Springstead, a retired Erie railroad engineer who died suddenly at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cathers. The services at 2 o'clock were led by Rev. H. R. Harris of the United Brethren in Christ Church and were well attended. Interment followed at Pine Grove cemetery with bearers Peter Dobbs, Ralph Vanilerho, Leroy Dickinson and Marvin James town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander and Company
Harvey Springstead
Erie Railroad
Raymond Cathers
H. R. Harris
United Brethren
Christy Church
Pine Grove Cemetery
Peter Dobbs
Ralph Vanilerho
Leroy Dickinson
Avid Marlin
Jamestown
Joseph, Mo Lynching Murder Charge Filed
Dec 1 Em ery Donnelly 21 employed charged with murder in connection with a recent lynching and burning of a Negro at the town. Charge filed by W Sawyers assistant state attorney general. Two other suspects, a man and a woman, were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Emery Donnelly
W. Sawyers
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