City council eyes Erie station deal in Jamestown
Jamestown residents learned at the city council meeting that a revised Erie Railroad contract to prepare for a West Second Street passenger station was approved. Changes include excluding the station project from grade crossing elimination costs and preventing the city from being charged for paving or similar work in front of the station. Tenants in the Whitney block were ordered to move by January 1.
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Jamestown
Erie Railroad
West Second Street
The
Erie
Kessler
Mt Jewett boy hurt when gun mishap occurs
A late Saturday shooting in Mt Jewett left thirteen year old Chutney Reading with a bullet injury to the groin after a 322 caliber rifle discharged while unloading. Donald Comet, a companion, was nearby. Readings was treated at Summit hospital and remains at his Mt Jewett home in satisfactory condition.
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Mt. Jewett
Fewe
Chutney Reading
Young Reading
Donald Comet
Seow
Summit Hospital
Cleveland
Mt Jewett
Blizzard Proves Star Prediction Amid Local News Snippets
A storm delivers on Ben Starrs forecast as Lawrence Park rifle team readies for a city visit to challenge Northeastern Pennsylvania shooters. The report lists local officials taxes, staff changes, electric output records, a Pulaski stamp, Mussolini broadcast, a Girard accident, and a Meadville death from a roadster crash.
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Lawrence Park
Two Brie Men Struck by Cars While Hitchhiking
December patrol officers investigated a hit and run that injured two Brie men along Perry Highway ten miles south of Brie city about 6 PM. Lewis Hogue, 44, of 498 Parkway, and Martin Krieffler, 624 East Sixth Street, were hit while signaling cars for a ride to Erle and were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital in unknown condition.
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Brie
1Ocal Highway Patrol
Perry
Lewis Hogue
Parkway
Martin Krieffler
East Sixth Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Erle
Maintenance pledge for Maple and First avenue crossings
Erie Railroad superintendent HD Barber assured City Connell that Maple and First avenue crossings will be kept in good condition until permanent repairs are done. Immediate temporary fixes were made after a city complaint, with plans to install new crossings like Center street once concrete slabs arrive. Repairs to Pennsylvania avenue crossing will follow weather, and council seeks a grade reduction to ease a dangerous dip at the tracks.
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HD. Barber
Meadville
Erie Railroad
Maple
First Avenue
Barber
Center Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lutheran Brotherhood Forms At St Pauls Church
Newly organized Lutheran Brotherhood, a lay society at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church, held its first meeting with a large turnout. J A Hillstrom spoke as president, ten new members joined, officers were announced, and a social hour followed with light refreshments. Meetings are set for the last Monday of each month.
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Lutheran Brotherhood
D. A. Hillstrom
Luthera Brotherhood
St. Pauls
PORECASIS OUTLOOK FOR 1931 RECOVERY CONTINUES
Porecasis predicts 1931 will be a profitable year for steel and dairy sectors, though less so than 1929 and better than 1930. McInerney, president of National Dairy Products, remains optimistic about American institutions. Bunnell of the Chicago Board of Trade notes agriculture faces a complex outlook after a tough year for grain farmers.
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Thomas H. McInerney
National Dairy Products Corp
American Aciumen
John A. Bunnell
Chicago Board of Trade
W. B. Storey
Teat ‘Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Frank J. Dame
Nort American, Co
HT. Parson
F. W. Woolworth Co
County tax settlement praised for 1930 handling
Frank E. Westley, county collector, earned praise from the board of county commissioners for the settlement of county taxes in the city. He settled with the commissioners, reporting upwards of $800 collected on property that had been misassessed in prior years. The board voiced satisfaction with Westley’s work and indicated his reappointment for 1931.
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Frank E. Westley
Board of Coimuty Commissioners
Westley
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Henry
Soustables
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Erie Insurance
Paul Longo
Lawrence Park State Police
Butler
Longo
Wallace Farm
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Casimir Pulaski
Benito Mussolini
America
Girard
Ada Weber
St Vincent's Hospital
United States Radiator Corporation
State Bureau of Internal Revenue
Herrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Edward Shannon
Columbia
Waters
Edward Martin
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Woodward
Schrader
Blatt
Res Theatre
Billy the Kid
James McCoy
Spencer Hospital
West Conneaut Road
Vv. E. Phillips
the Jeweler
E.R.R
Maple Avenue
Nron
Nizon'a Ghinarold
Downey's
Brig
Grand Union
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Berma
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B. Reeser
American Petroleum Institute
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McClurg
Akron ‘Times-Press
Keister
Santa Claus
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Federal Reserve System
Dancin Church
Tomar
Johnst
Johnstown
Constansky Child Ware House
Radi
Gloria
Mildred
WABC
Vince
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