Four centuries worth of winter news mix on a page
A collage of items from a 1930s era paper covers a winter meeting of a board of education, a bill to extend fishing season backed by local sports groups, a large sheriff’s sale of 203 Erie county properties, a dramatic stage adaptation airing on NBC, and appeals for tuberculosis library donations. It also notes snow impact on state jobs, film projects at MGM, dam construction progress in Columbus, a sportsman’s game commissioner appointment, a chicken dinner fundraiser, and several legislative and local government actions.
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Erie County
Dell Darling
Friikty
Mercury Dips to Fourteen Below In Winter Weather
Skeptics who doubted Punxsutawney Phil’s six more weeks of winter saw the forecast confirmed as a harsh cold snap hit western Pennsylvania. Snowfalls piled up to four to nine inches, with Pittsburgh reporting 17 degrees and Venango County at ten below. Cold lingered with roads treacherous yet traffic moving. no additional snow was expected.
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Marmot
Toin
Merk
Zaper
Pennsylvania
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
Venango County
Franklin
Questions on Dual System in Care of Mental Cases
Harrisburg February 6 The dual system of state and county care for mental patients in Pennsylvania is deemed unsatisfactory by state mental health authorities. They favor complete state care to standardize treatment and ensure equal recovery chances regardless of residence. Dr. William C Sandy notes delays from residence determinations and inter-district cost disputes. State care would reduce these issues, streamline funding, and improve supervision and care across institutions.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Syberry
State Department of Welfare
Commonwealth
William C. Sandy
Bureau of Mental Health
Sandy
Death claims Dr David Vaux in Corry
Dr David Vaux died at his home in Corry after several months illness of heart trouble on Tuesday January 29. He was married to Elizabeth Hare of Corry. His sister in law Miss Margaret Hare, a former Corry teacher, resided with them and later taught in Pittsburgh schools. she graduated Corry High School, class of 1808.
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de Wavs W. Vous
Saediy Burgh
Elizabeth Hare
Corry
Margaret Hare
Vaux
Cony
Pittsburgh
Corry High School
Timely Farm Calendar from The State College Page
The Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture offers farm calendar reminders on site selection near homes for easy harvests, ventilation to counter humidity in pool houses, and notes on milk quality and odors. It covers smoke deposit removal with meta phosphate solution, sheds light on farmers keeping accounts with Extension aid, and urges poultry dressing to boost market returns.
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Pennsylvania
School of Agriculture
Dr Deissler Speaks To Meadville Junior Auxiliary
Dr Colleta Deissler guest speaker for Meadville City Hospital Junior Auxiliary. She discusses hospital equipment and its importance, demonstrates an oxygen tent for gas poisoning and pneumonia and an electro cardiograph for heart disease diagnosis. She explains diathermy use in pneumonia and nervous troubles, answering questions from attendees. A Yale Law School Journal key lost fifteen years ago is found and returned to William A. Kelly, now a judge.
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Meadville
Colleta Deissler
Meadville City Hospital
Beiesler
Stamford. Conn
Yale Law School Journal
William A. Kelly
New York City
Jacob Brown
Kelly
Darien Town
Creomullion Demand Promises Quick Cough Relief
A fragmented ad states Creomullion as a seven-in-one remedy for coughs and colds. It claims powerful yet harmless relief and offers an on-the-spot refund if symptoms persist, authorized by your druggist.
Erie council awaits lighting plant report
Brin Feb 1 report on Erie city power plant drafts reveal a 9 million dollar cost to compete with two established utilities. Loftus will present to council Friday, with details on a 6 cent per kilowatt hour base charge and potential rate reductions if the city builds its own plant. The full findings, months of engineering work, will be released at the meeting.
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Brin
Peter
Loftus
Erle
Mays James P. Rossiter
Health play set for next week at junior high
Health fund production Mother Goose in the Land of Nod will be staged at the Corry Junior High auditorium next week. Tickets go on sale Thursday with Wallace Young and Mise Helen Johnson leading the P T A ticket distribution. Proceeds benefit health work in the schools.
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Steels
Health Fund
Land of Nod
Wallace Young
Mise Helen Johnson
Jory
P T . Council
Ucket
Corry Public Schools
Historical Circle studies US Constitution and notable nineteenth century figures
The Historical Circle met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. J. Young in charge. Members listed ten distinguished nineteenth century figures who influenced history, including inventors authors painters and statesmen. Edith Lewis read an article on influential men and women in history. Also a rental ad noted a modern five room house with furnace and garage available March 1 at 870 East Pleasant Street, Merle Bralson.
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Historical Circle
J. Young
United States
Edith Lewis
Merle
Raelson
East Pleasant Street
Peekaboo games at court trial in Pittsburgh
Testimony in a $50,000 alienation suit against Dr Julius I Gross, a prominent physician, alleges illicit Peekaboo games between a physician and a negligee clad patient. Benjamin D Sachs, married in 1915 and separated from his wife in November 1982, filed the action.
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New Press
Pittsburgh
Julius
Gross
Benjamine D. Sachs
Revenges Persist Throng Nine Centuries The Sage of Chipm Town
Fragmentary OCR yields a quoted line about revenge and endurance spanning centuries. Unclear surrounding context. mentions a sage from Chipm town and a view that triumphs may be temporary suspensions of hostilities. The readable text is sparse and inconclusive.
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Trevenges
Chipm Town
Van Destroyed by Fire En Route to Kane and Emporium
A Jamestown storage company van carrying cheese and merchant goods, two miles west of Kane on the Roosevelt highway, was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon. The driver escaped unharmed. cargo damage estimated at $2,000, total loss unspecified. The van and contents were fully consumed, and the cause was not immediately detailed.
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Jamestown
Kane Kane
Kane
Emporium
Roosevelt Highway
Jamestown, N
Long View Inn
Crawford resigns from Jones and Laughlin post
George Crawford, president of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp from 1930 to May 1934, resigns from all ties and will return to his home in Birmingham Alabama. He previously led Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad, a United States Steel subsidiary, for 23 years in Birmingham.
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Pittsburgh
Wrep
George Crawford
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Birminghrm
Ala
Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
United States Steel Corporation
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Board of Ediucation
Interest Ag
New York State
Lloyd 3 Babcock
Assemblymail
Chautauqua County —Sportsmen's Federation
Esther
Montgomery Ward
Cresson
Western
Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Johnstown
White Pingate
Allegheny Mountains
Cresco
Sanford McGovern, Jr
Couny
Ihe
Wallace Beery
Jean Harlow
Clark Gable
Metro-Goliwyn-Mayer
China Seas
Crosbie Garstin
Tay Garnett
Lewis Stone
Charles Butterworth
Irving Thalberg
Columbus
Columbus Dam
Nicholas Biddle
Jenkintown
Sportsman
Insurance Company
George 11. Warle
Board of Game Commissioners
Adolph Muller
Norristown
Major Biddle
Senate
Veterans of Foreign Wars
House of Representatives
Marvisburg
William J. Broe
Lawrence
Frank J. Fiten
Harvisters
Marshal Lynch
Fulton
Gifford Pinchel
New York Stock Exchange
Samuel L. Gilson
Eris
Klygenis Club
Ipncheon
Gilson
A. Wi
J. P. Moran
al- Tewben
Allegheny County
Penn
Department of Welfare
David Vaux
DR. Deissler
Spiesman’s
First Ave
Corry, Pa
Erie Council
PENNA
Pennnsylvania
Health Play
Historical Circle Meets
Crawford
Jones & Laughlin
Company Glass
Califor
Ny— Omar
Pasadorld
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