FUND PASSES 70,000 MARK IN ERIE R R FINANCE
Byboard approves 1929 budget of 3 209 428 to fund re equipment and new station work in Jamestown Meadville and other yards. Meadville gets major water sewer and yard upgrades while Corry area sees slower pace and overall extensive division improvements across the system within fifty miles of the city.
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Cory
Jamestown
Corry
Grit
J. J. Bernat
Erie Railroad
Bernet
Meadville
Ibaingy
Taumestown
Niobe
N. C
Union City
Cambridge Spring
Mendville
Meadvisle
Shenango
Merrona
Pai
Errona
Ic Gecessar
Contagion Rise After Flu Outbreak in City
Health officials report a surge in contagious diseases in the city following the flu outbreak. January and February saw 108 quarantined cases, compared with 47 in the same period in 1927-28, with whooping cough and scarlet fever among noted afflictions.
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Hewth Omier Tipton
Board of
Hearthi'Pxcievea
Community terrorized by the Black Ghost in Kingston
Police trace a mysterious figure named the Black Ghost seen in Kingston, Pennsylvania. Reports describe a cloaked Azure figure appearing near homes, causing fainting and public alarm as residents seek the truth behind the eerie sightings.
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United Press
Wilkes Barre
Poisies
Kingston
Ochere
pHost
Merchants Plan $600 Gold Giveaway At Local Stores
Worth Hammond of the Sorry Credit Exchange announced a $600 gold distribution by merchants here. Four prizes of 250, 200, 100 and 50 will be awarded to participating members with $1 coupons issued with each purchase and for settling old accounts. Coupons will be distributed next week as the contest opens.
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Worth Hammond
Sorry Credit Exchange
Exchange
Corupons
Ben Visite Inter
Funeral for Mother and Five Children in Carrolltown
A large congregation attended the St Benedict's Catholic church funeral for Mrs Mary Mangold and her five children who perished in a house fire last Thursday. The mother lay in one casket and the five children in another, the tragedy unfolding at their home in Altoona Pennsylvania.
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Altoona
St Benedict's Catholic Church
Carrolltown
Mary Mangold
Today’s Five Best Radio Entertainments
Radio guide listing networks and programs for the day. Edwin Franko Goldman and son perform on NEC and NBC networks. Nikolai Golokoff conducts symphony selections. Old-time melodrama and light opera offerings fill the schedule with multiple station broadcasts and times.
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United Prose “War
NEC
Edwin Franko Goldman
Soncerh Hand
Nikolai Eckoloff
Wiz
NBC
WHAM
Rolfe
Amd Dawen Oi Cpeatric
Bentley Heads Lake Erie Postmasters Association Again
C S Bentley postmaster of Corr was reelected president of the Lake Erie Postmasters Association at its annual meeting held yesterday at the Riverside Hotel in Cambridge Springs. Officers were renamed including Sareesto RSE McCord as first vice president Ruby Austin as second vice president Frank Hood as secretary treasurer. The gathering featured talks by Ralph Weigel on handling COD matters Major Clyde on handling special delivery and supervisor William Williams on keeping service efficient. Dinner followed with entertainment by Joseph Hanley postmaster of Erie. The next meeting will be held in Brien in June.
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C. S. Bentley
Corr
Lake Erie
Malls of
Bele
Clyde
Meddville
B. Williamson
Philadelphia
Wiliams
Joseph Hanley
Erie
CS. Bentley nSnce Sareesto Rse
McCord
North Hast
Ruby FL Austin
Rdinhorn
Png
Frank C. Hood
Cambridge Springs
Brien
HELP IT CLIMB 10000 GREATER CORR INDUSTRIAL FUND
Help it climb the ten thousand dollar greater goal for the corr industrial fund lists contributors and amounts from Ajax Iron Works to Hammond Elevator Co and others. The note shows multiple names and pledges with varied sums as part of a continued page six item.
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Ajax Iron Works
Asso, Gas & Electric Co
Rogers Structural Steel Co
G.R. Rogers
C.F. Bliss
V. Stewart
HLH Reppel
J.B. Patterson
W. & A. P. Howard Co
Raymond Go
Whittlesey
Corry Credit Exchange
Gerry Evening Journal
Hh, Keppel
Zncay
Neco
Nearly 100 Autos Stalled by Snow Drifts on Mountain Roads
Somerset reports almost one hundred automobiles halted in snow drifts on mountain routes affecting Corbin area today. Authorities work to clear the blocks and reopen the roads.
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United Press
Somerset
Corbin
Two American Engineers Slain in Mexico by Bandits
Mexico City dispatch reports two American mining engineers, J. M. Underwood and C. Aisthroppe, kidnapped February 20 and killed, bodies brought to Guanajuato by federal troops. Company ties tied to Guana juato Reductions and Mines. Curtailed oil production also announced in Oklahoma.
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Columbus
Mexico City
Amerian
Guanajuato
Alsthroppe
Chécoldle
Cerro Hullote
Guanejuato
Mexico
Guatnajuato
Lone Bandit Holds Up Erie Mail Room
Police search for a lone bandit who robbed Hal Johnson, messenger for the Marine National Bank, at Erie post office. About $500 in cash and money orders were taken as the thief demanded “stick them up” and fled down stairs toward a waiting car on State street.
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Erie P. D
Hal Johnson
Marine National Bank
Erie
Johnson
Jobinson
Rusin
New Charges Brought Against Alleged Slayer in Tenn
HASHVILLE Tenn Feb 23 Walter L Liggett a wealthy grain dealer who shot and killed Turney H Cunningham in an argument over Cunningham s wife is charged with another intimate wills of married women
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United Press
Hashville
Tenn
Walter L. Liggett
Turney H. Cunningham
Cunningham
Womass
Delegates Attend Mid Winter Institute at First Methodist Church
Seventy eight delegates from the Erie district attend the Mid Winter Institute at the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Erie. Sessions run from Friday afternoon into today with Bible, social service and missions topics, meals by the Golden Links class and Ambian Society, and a closing program including a pageant.
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Methodist Episcopal
Erie
Wayne Furman
Edinboro
Sedrie McCall
Cody High
J.B. Roberts
Chautanya
Albert Marriott
Eric
A. Gerardie
Mayvills
Cmo Hartshorn
Girard Church
Corry Fund Drive Surges with Pledges Daily
Pledges to the Corry Intrudental Fund rose to 370 000 today with major gifts from local firms and citizens. The campaign reports new contributions from groups including the Studies Aid Society and the National Bank of Corry while others pledge over the weekend. Central committee and workers plan afternoon meetings to boost totals before Monday’s deadline.
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Corry
Corry Uits
Ness
Garge Machowd
A. Ayer
Harrigit Elston
Syudies Aid Society
No Wasted Brethren Church
Unm
Baty
Cihes Farsaveers
Bur. Green
Thubnal
Standard Automate Products Company
Tkve
Tn O
Iit
Hice
Yortay Cine
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Leon Trotzsky
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Ceworthiat Institute
First Methdist Episcopal Church
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