Erie Day Force Launches Campaign Against Ram Peddlers
Federal agents in Erie announce new operation targeting large scale liquor operators. The plan includes stricter handling of cases in Wesleyville and aims to shield small violators from excessive penalties. Indictments against local officials prompt reforms in officer assignments.
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Ap Ques
Federal Bureau
Erie
Wesleyville Justice
R. R. O'Rourke
Justice of the Peace
K. R Morrison
Wesleyville
Fred Ister
O'Rourke
Fisher
le. Roy Search
Erie County
Birth anniversary of Admiral George Dewey noted in local item
The paper recalls George Dewey born December 26 1837 at Montpelier Virginia in a brief anniversary note. A separate item reports Mrs Will Hunt of Mayville injuring her right wrist after a fall at 448 South Center Street and resting comfortably today.
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George Dewey
Montpelier, VI
Della Sample
South Center Street
Will Hunt
Mayville
Two Erie men injured in separate crashes near Dunkirk
Michaal Horan of Erie was severely hurt when his car ran off Main Road two miles west of Dunkirk, struck an apple tree, crushing his chest and breaking ribs. He was treated by Dr. Powers and moved to St. Vincent Hospital. Jose Graca of Erie hit a telephone pole on Main Street near Pearl after veering into trolley tracks, while Antonio Vasconcelos of Erie suffered facial cuts from flying glass. other occupants had minor injuries.
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Dunkirk
Westfield
Michaal
Horan
Tenty-street
Erie
Moran
P. Tm
E. W. Powers
St. Cents Hospital
Dunsire
Jose Graca
Parade Street
Main Street
Pearl
Antonio F. Vasconcelos
Third Street
Tre
Plan Improvements Plan With United Gas Firms
John H Zimmermann president of United Gas Improvement Co announced plans to invest 81 227 000 for additions and improvements to gas and electric subsidiaries properties. Mary Baker of Pittsburgh arrived in Philadelphia for a visit with relatives and friends.
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Philadelphia
John H Zimmermann
United Gas Improvement Company
Gas and Alectric
Zalrus
Mary Baker
Pittsburon
Two youths escape from Erie Detention Home during heist
William Griesak 15 of 215 Marshall Dr and Richard Tome 15 with no address escaped from Erie Detention Home at 184 West Sun St by using an iron bar hidden in a shoe to break a second floor grate. Police searched, no trace by Friday noon. County commissioners ordered stronger window gratings. Griesak had been arrested a day earlier in a cottage at Waldameer. Tome faces larceny charges for a $50 theft. Matron Helen Patterson discovered the escape at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Erib
William JB. Griesak
Marshall Dr
Richard Tome
West Sun Street
Griesai
Griesak
Waldameer
William Griesak
Tome
Helen Patterson
Tragic suicide of former Jamestown hotel proprietor
Henry A. Hotchkiss 264 South Main Street, once a political figure in Jamestown, was found dead in a gas filled kitchen on Christmas Day. He had struggled with health and finances, later operating a small Lake House hotel and various ventures without success.
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Jamestown
Henry A. Hotchkiss
South Main Street
Hotelikiss
Lake House
Westightis Street
Murray Avenue
Hotchkiss
Gunman Tells of Attempted Contract Killing in Bradford
Sam Nicoletti 26 a reputed Brooklyn gunman confessed to police that he was hired to kill Al Ritchie and collect 600 dollars from John Sancore. Nicoletti and Sancore fought after a failed ambush. Nicoletti died and Sancore was wounded but captured. County Detective Jack Allison planned murder charges once Sancore is able to be questioned.
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Sancore
Niccoletti
Ritchie
Ubciued
Nicoletti
Sancoré
Jack Allison
Man Faces Isolation After Wife's Death and Home Sale
The passage notes Mr Hotchkiss living alone on the first floor of his house at the northwest corner of South Main Street and Newland Avenue. He had recently disposed of nearly all his furniture and faced uncertainty about his next steps after his wife died a little over a year ago.
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Hotchkiss
South Main Street
Newland Avenue
Four Die After Drinking Alcohol in Christmas Celebration
Four men died after allegedly drinking wood alcohol during Christmas celebrations. Victims include Anthony Grondine 38 of Lowell Massachusetts and George Moran 45 of Gosport North Carolina. Police say contaminated liquor caused the fatalities.
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United Press
Rochester
Man Ends Life in Salamanca Jail Cell
Stephen Smith, 30, of 316 Broad Street, hanged himself in a Salamanca city jail cell Friday morning. The body was found about 2 AM by police, coroner P. H. Bourne ruled death. Smith had been arrested about 8:30 PM Friday for alleged intoxicated driving on Hancock Street. his brother-in-law Bernard Rupple was arrested for intoxication. Smith was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, lived locally since, and was a member of the Carpenters Union, employed by Eugene Hickey.
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Stephen Smith
Salamanca
Broad Street
Ell
Eatry
P. H. Bourne
Hancock Street
Bernard Rupple
Smith
Rupple
Oil City
Remarn
Olean
Carpenters’ Union
Eugene Hickey
Olean Carpenter
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Alessi
Frank McKinney Hubbard
Abe Martin
Corry
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J. Kenneth Winter
Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association
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