Raids in Jamestown Target Prohibition Violations
Local police and Federal agents raided three Jamestown sites on February 21 to enforce Prohibition laws. At 65 Buffalo Street they found 65 pints of illegal beer and summoned Mike and Joe Baglia. at 108 Foote Avenue the fish market, now raided, yielded one quart of wine. 26 Harrison Street near the Swedish Salvation Army Barracks saw Mary Gullo cited for a home brew beer offense. Commissioner Bootey presided over hearings in the afternoon results.
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Jamestown
United States
R. Bootey
Buffalo
Mike
Joe Baglia
Bootey
Foote Ave
Peter Gugiana
Harrison Street
Mis & Dwell
Salvation Army
Mary Gullo
Irving Tole
Tootty
Jlaevetl
Obituary notices for Swanson and Nywelde from French Creek area
Mrs Leni Swanson 78 dies after long cancer illness at Findley Lake home of daughter Laura Smith. Survived by four children Fd and Ernest, Laura Smith, Lulu Haight. brothers and sister also noted. Funeral Friday at 1 pm at Findley Lake home with Rev Anderson, burial at Mitia cemetery. Mrs Dora Mina Nywelde Newhouse dies influenza illness in Holland born 1851 Alden. survived by Hattie Van Erdem Benjequil Nywelde, step-son John, grandson Garrett Nywelde. married William Newhouse 1911. Funeral Friday 1 pm in home and 2 pm Reform church Clymer with North sie cemetery burial.
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Wrench Creek
Leni Swanson
Charles Swanson
French Creek
Laura Smith
Findley Lake
Ernest
Lulu Haight
Cambridge Springs
Charles
Albert
Matilda Petbody
Conneaut
Ohio
Charles Peterson
Findley Lake Village
Anderson
U. B. Church
Mitia
Dora Mina - Nywelde - Newhouse
Alden
Holland
Henry
John
America
William Nywelde
Hattie van Erdem
Benjequil “Nywelde
Garrett Nywelde
Geloron
William Newhouse
Reform Church
Clymer
Northsie
Patrolman Transfers Move Meadville Station Leader Shift
Patrolman Rex Bills, previously stationed at the highway patrol offices in Meadville, is transferred to Greensburg. Patrolman D. C. Naddeo of Harrisburg will succeed him at Meadville.
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Rex Bills
Highway Patrol
Meadville
Greensburg
C. Naddeo
Harrisburg
Erie station hearings before Pa Commission debated crossings and permits
Erie County residents petitioned the state Public Utility Commission over the closing of Turnpike Street tied to a new depot. Hearings covered Pennsylvanias railroad permit to abolish a crossing near Albion station and West Ridge Transportation Co petitions to operate as common carriers. Decisions were expected later, with results released from Harrisburg.
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ERI
Ice Commission
Erie City
Erie Transportation Companies
Turnpike Street
Yiemity
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Elgin
Harold F. Mook
Erie County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Albion Station
West Ridge Transportation Co
Haprisbig
Alathians In Fine Meeting At Methodist Church
The Alathians held a meeting in the Methodist Episcopal church parlors yesterday with 42 members present. Two new members, Mrs James Klinger and Mrs Lavern Smith, joined. Plans were made for Epworth Leaguers menus, a bake sale in March, and club business. Lunch was served by four members. Four people sustained slight injuries and a 24 passenger Welch Bus Company vehicle was badly damaged in a collision with a large truck near Clarion yesterday morning. State patrol said both vehicles claimed the right of way.
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Alautian Sucly
Methodist Episcopal Church
James Klinger
Laverne Smith
Frank Lillie
Epworth Leaguer
Satuday
Charles Ross
G. Kaupp
V. Doolittle
Rouse
Welch Bus Company
Clarion
Guard Against Flu And Pneumonia With Bulgarian Herb Tea
Medical warnings urge vigilance as a new flu wave looms after 1918. Do not ignore a cold and follow a suggested preventive: drink 2 Guptil portions of steaming hot Bulgarian Herb Tea twice weekly during danger months. Pharmacists widely recommend Bulgarian Herb Tea to fortify the system against illness.
New Curtains at Rex Theatre Enhances Local Stage
Fire Hex Cheater completes installation of new curtains and stage settings at the Rex Theatre on West South Street. Artists have spent the past week decorating the theater, with the updated curtains described as final stage accessories that will noticeably improve the venue's appearance.
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West South Street
County CMTC quotas listed for six Pennsylvania counties
Col L R Burgess of the Officers Reserve Corps at 26 Post Office building is named assistant county chairman to oversee six Pennsylvania counties for the 1929 Citizen Military Training camp next summer. Recruits per county include Erie 71 Clarion 17 Crawford 20 Forest 5 Venango 25 Warren 18. Camps will be held at forts in Maryland Virginia New Jersey including Fort Washington Fort Howard Fort Bastis Fort Hoyle Fort Monroe Fort Myer Wil tind Fort Monmouth.
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ERIB
Col. L. R. Burgess
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Pennsylvania
Co. J.T. Conrad
Baltimore
Erie
Clarion
Crawford
Forest
Venango
Warren
Fort Washington
Fort Howard
Fort Bastis
Fort Hoyle
Fort Monroe
Fort Myer
Wil
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Invaluables? Society Women Endorse Mello Glo Powder
An advertising card touts Mello Glo Face Powder as favored by society women. It claims long wear, no flakiness, no irritation, and a youthful bloom from a French process that minimizes visible pores.
Byrd Discovers Vast Antarctic Territory Named for Marie Byrd
New York Times and others report Commander Richard Byrd, during a two-plane flight last Monday, locating a vast new Antarctic area and naming it Marie Byrd Land after his wife. He also identified a second mountain range east and south of a prior find, the Stella Rocker range, with peaks 8,000 to 10,000 feet high, north of the Ross Dependancy boundary.
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United Frep
New York
New York Times
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Associated Newspapers
Richard B. Byrd
Antarctic
United States
Marie Byrd Lund
Byrd
Rocke Steller
Ross Dependancy
Marie Byrd Land
Ross Sea
Graham Land
Oltier
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French Creek News
Speedy
Goughs
Smith Brothers
Elgin Station
PA. Commission
Alathians
REX Theatre
CMTC
Col. L. R. Burges
Citizens
Lot Union Suits
Just
Jacquard Velour
Axminster
R. E. Palmer CO. Quality Furniture Store
North Center Street
Deing
Mero
Bay of Wales
Captaan Andley MacKinley
Army Air Service
Horton Davis
Corry
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