The Lure of Lotteries in American History
An overview traces lotteries from colonial times to modern era, noting promoters of questionable Canadian stocks and gambling ads. It details how lotteries funded colleges, roads, and public works, the 1815 moral backlash, postal bans in 1890, and the Louisiana lottery shutdown, ending with Puerto Rico funding social welfare via lotteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Barnum
United States
Pric
New York Stock Exchange
Havana
Mexico City
Republic
Kings College
New Gollumbia University
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
William and Mary
Faneuil Hall
Bostol
Continental Congress
New York City
Congress
Puerto Rico
Daily Dozen Quiz Questions From Medical Society
Quiz questions appear on a classified page gauge: seven items asked with multiple choice style prompts. Topics include Rudolf Hess, a famous epigram, pendulum use, opera about a terrorist artist, Shirley Temple’s husband, sugar sweetness, Garry Hopkins age at death, riot law requirements, silent film actor with many faces, and Roosevelt dime release timing and rationale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolf Hess
International Military Tribunal
Shirley Temple
Garry L. Hopkins
Man
Roosevelt
Twenty Years Ago Prom Journal Piles At Prom Night
Twenty years ago on February 26 1926 Miss Allie Terrill broke her left arm after a fall on the sidewalk near the St James Hotel while en route to the Lyceum program at the High School Auditorium. She rests at the home of Mr and Mrs L W Olds on East Smith Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum Court
Allie Terrill
St. James Hotel
Vision Through Day and Night Eyes
The article explains how humans perceive light from bright sunlit landscapes to dim starlight. It describes two vision modes day vision for clear, sharp form and color, and night vision for faint light where shapes are vague and colorless.
Arrest in Baie After Hitting Three Cars
Charles Earl, 29, arrested on a warrant issued by Alderman Merchie Calabrese after allegedly striking three autos at South and German streets. His car, driven through 40 feet of the Altsman machine before continuing to hit Hess and Goff vehicles, then stopped after about a half block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baie
Charles Earl
Sth
Merchie Calabrese
Edward Altsman
East 6Th Street
Earl
Altsman
James L. Hess
Marguerite H. Goff
West 6Th Street
Court Ends Delay in Bromley Case After New Evidence Request
President Judge Elmer L. Evans ordered Frank Bromiley Sr to produce any new evidence for his motion for a new trial and to end delays. One witness is available for interview, another remains in service in China. Arguments are expected within two weeks. If denied, Bromiley faces life imprisonment for the 1942 Good Friday murder of Lloyd Wilkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin
Elmer L. Evans
Frank Bromiley, Sr
Darian ™ M Laighlin
Bramley
Lloyan Wilkinson
Efense
Jesse Jiuliante
Bromley
Alb
Jiuliante
Mel Laughlin
J. McLaughlin
Warren McChesney
Prank Magna
China
Wilkinson
Two Suspects Held in Death of Clarion Man
Two suspects are being held by the State Police in the death of Invin R. Radaker, 28, of New Bethlehem, whose body was found on a Fairmount City highway February 23. A coroner's jury labeled the death homicide. Names of the suspects and further details were withheld pending further questioning. The investigation is led by local troopers with additional corroboration pending. Treasury data shows February 21 receipts and totals, but no direct link to the homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Andrew Hichenko
Corp
Paul A. Winger
Glarion, Barreles
Corry Chief to Witness Executions at Rockview
Corry Chief John Flanigan will serve as official witness for the planned executions of Jack West and Bob Peppermn at Rockview penitentiary. Sheriff Babbitt announced the schedule as March 25 with county officials Wired toamberton assisting. The notice names County Commissioner and local law officers including Detective John Coates and court crier Brei. Babbitt fears he may have to witness the executions himself and seeks guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack West
Bob Peppermn
Rockview
Paul [Dabbite
Ore
Wired Toamberton
John Flanigan
Corry
John Coates
John F
Pep” Brei
Babbitt
Saegertown Man Receives 4 to 12 Year Sentence
Melvin D. Heald of Saegertown was sentenced by Judge Kent to a minimum four years and maximum eight years in the Western Penitentiary for beating and maiming his wife. Additional terms include 1.5 to 3 years for aggravated assault and 2.5 to 5 years for maiming with a poker. The second term begins after the first. Heald must pay 2100 in costs. The death of Mrs Heald was ruled a suffocation with uncertain cause. Heald admitted setting a trap and striking his wife but denied causing her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saegertown
Mardville
Melvin D. Heald
Navy
Kent Monday
Western Penitentiary
French Creek
Heald
Healt
Masked thieves loot Dunkirk VFW Club
Two masked men described as local talent broke into the John 7 Murray Post Veterans of Foreign Wars in Dunkirk early yesterday. They looted about 150 in coins, forced guard Michael Pagano to guide them, and damaged juke boxes and other devices with a pickax found in the cellar, spending about an hour inside. Pagano said the intruders appeared perfectly at home and knew where everything was located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
John 7 Murray Post
Michael Pagano
Deer Street
Pagano
Sid
Farm Sessions at Columbus on Wednesday
Rural men and women are invited to an all day extension meeting at Columbus Community Church on Wednesday February 27 starting at 10 a.m. A noon dinner by the Columbus Ladies Aid and afternoon talks include Dorothy Truax on frozen foods J C Nagelle on calf improvement A E Cooper on better roughage and H Menyron on practical uses of DDY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Columbus
Columbus Community Church
Columbus Ladies’ Aid
Dorothy ‘Truax
J. C. Nagelle
A. E. Cooper
H. Menyron
Robert Damon
Warren
Frank Dodd
Betty Jane
Erie
Clifford Aikens
Hollis Toperman
Walt Disney
Wendell Gage
Grange
Grange Hall
Norton Wickwire
Corry Hospital
Sherman Man Faces Charges In Main Street Crash
Mayville February 26 1936 Joseph W Spacht 29 of Sherman is free on 100 bond pending arraignment before Peace Justice W Minford Douglas Westfield for alleged driving of a truck that crashed along Main Street destroying several cars including those of Mabel Sandberg and the Engle family. Police say the truck dragged a car 200 feet and then hit another pulled backward 700 feet before colliding with Sandberg’s parked vehicle. The incident damaged multiple autos as it rolled on leaving a trail of wreckage amid Westfield and Sherman residences and relatives nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayville
W. Minford Douglas
Westfield
Joseph W. Spacht
Route 1
Sherman
Ill
Spach
Robert Peterson
Spacht Wits Driviag
John Rondenell
Portland
Mabel Sandberg
Main Street
Amnesia victim identified in Oil City incident
In Oil City on February 28, Lawrence Ealy, 35, a World War I veteran from Chicora R D 2, was identified as the amnesia victim injured after a night out. He recalled picking up two servicemen on the return trip but could not remember further details. His car was found abandoned along the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ze Haney
Sunoay Wu Anid Hee
Oil City
Oil
Chicora
Lawrence Ealy
Vateran
Chicora R. D
Bar
Butler
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the Medical Society of the
State of Pennsylvania
Geneilne Beusni
Mikers
T.S. Kelsey
D.D
Optometrist
Middle-West
Cory
Ralph Ely
East Pleasant Street
Bridge
C. Sumner Bentley
Ernest Schuyler
Covell
Warren Ross
A. Stermett
Wo Uman
Humus
Zenith
Hearing Center
Corry Hotel
Raymond Schuster
Palace Hardware
Gris
Treasury
Washington
Masked Thieves
VFW Club
Loblaws
Calif
Florida
Donald Engle
Janette
Alta
Crosby Hore
Elmer Christensen and Sons
Harrisburg
Coudersport
Nancy Curtis
Ernest Button
Panama
Dale and
Hoy Upperman
Sam Upperman
Dorian Gray
REX Theatre
Phillips
Butcher Steels
Walt
Washington, Pa
Jol W. Tove
Te First Christian Ghlisedy
Washington Hospital
Ez Ra
Ul Fa
Uxelin
the National Bank OF Corry
Foderal Deposit Insurance Corporation
McA
Beckwith & Turner
Atlantic Station
North Center Street
Willys Sales & Service
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