Erie County Industry Payroll and Output in 1927
Erie County factories in 1927 employed about 21,250 industrial workers with 15,? salaried staff and paid wages totaling around 25.7 million to wage earners and 5.0 million to salaried employees. Metal products dominated production at about 78.9 million, with paper and printing second at 18.1 million, and total industrial payroll near 89.99 million.
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Erie County
Tobhteco
Therie «Ity
Sali Fedr
Second by the saving we make on improved machinery
The passage notes that advances in machinery reduce lettering costs by about one half, highlighting the efficiency gains from newer equipment and practical financial benefits for production.
Express merger takes effect at midnight
The Railway Express Agency assumes control of the express business from the American Railway Express Company effective at midnight, consolidating operations across about eighty five rail systems. The change will keep local staff and lines intact, while the new agency gains authority approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The article also cites city payroll and industry figures for the period, including total industrial payroll of 30,641,200 and metals sector valued at 78,464,600, with 38 plants operated by various entities and a diverse workforce of 1,290 wage earners plus 188 salaried employees.
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Dot
Bring &Oy
Railway Express Agency
American Railway Express Company
American Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Im Ordes
Bie Lly
Fly
Lurber
Grange meeting previews and Lincoln program notes
Corry Grange plans a Saturday meeting with regular session and extra business, Pomona Grange to entertain, and a literary program. The piece recalls a prior Grange opening with Master Howard VanTassel, including Lincoln and Washington tributes and later notes on industry and salaries.
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Corry Grange
Pomona Grange
E. D. Falkinburg
Reeturar
Drivenilé Grange
Howard VanTassel
Abe Lincoln
Kathryn VanTassel
George Washington
Cecil Akemi
Washington
Lincoln
Stanley VanTassel
Howard S. van
Meadville Shooting Case Nears Break in Police Probe
Reported mystery over the Meadville shooting of Mrs. O Connors and the nearby Pardyk child’s narrow escape as Richard Bisbee, 16, claims Walter Kauser, 17, fired three shots from an upstairs window near Kahler home. Mrs. O Connors seriously wounded with a lung entry. Police continue investigation.
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Michael O'Connors
Meadville
Josephine Pardyit
Pardyk
Richard Bisbee
Walter Kauser
Kahler
Mrs. O'Connors
Pardyks
Bisbee
Dorcas Sunday School Class Entertained At Erie Home
Twenty six members and guests of the Dorcas Sunday School class were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Campbell in Erie. Plans for a tureen dinner at the Methodist church were made with committee assignments for kitchen dining room and serving. The evening featured visiting, radio music, piano selections and singing, with fruit salad, hot rolls, ice cream molds, cakes and coffee served.
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Dorcas Sunday School
Cliiis
Arthur L. Campbell
Erie
Helen. Dahlstrand
Ruth Dahlstrand
Frances Balthaser
Cameo
Worth Hammond
Hubert Heerlein
Ray Wolford
Vincent Anderson
Donald Miller
Frank Gratt
Sh.nichols
H.C. Carr
Opal Wads
Chaplin Improves After Illness Amid Serious Condition
Charles Chaplin, recovering from ptomaine poisoning and intestinal illness, showed improvement at home but remains serious in status. Carlyle Robinson, Chaplin studio official, says progress steady with recovery possible early next week. Dr Geelf Reynolds and a nurse continue in attendance.
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Holl
Wouw
Van
Charles Chaplin
Carlyle Robinson
Chaplin
Geelf Reynolds
Russell Man 96 Years Old Celebrates Birthday
Charles Choe Warren county's grand old man, residing at Russell, quietly marks his 86th birthday anniversary. Born in the township he still calls home, he once piloted river rafts on the Conewango to the Allegheny and later down to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, returning after four to five days. Also reported, Dr J D Bogrand chiropractor dies by suicide at his Pittsburgh home.
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Warren
Charles Choe
Warren County
Russell
Whiere
Chiat
Allegheny River
Allegheny
Ohio
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
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Department of Internal Affairs
Erie Industrial Progress Reviewed
Harrisburg
Bureau of Statistics
Pennsylvania Department of Industrial Affairs
Secretary of Interi Affairs
James F. Woodward
la Erie City
Corry
Ahre
Rogers
Irem
STARR
East Washington
Masia
Szuguces
Siblaud
Tauebes
Pital
Tobacca Rae
Ely
Tennilen
William Holder
Jamestown
Strick
Goodrich
Newhouse “Shoehouse
North Center Street
Corry, Pa
Dorcas
Cecil Willis
St. Joseph's Hospital
Cecil Hamilton
Coverdale
Willis
Allegheny County
Hamilton
Russell Man
J. D. Bogrand
Citizens National
Etta Kett
Lee
Dandruty
Ployers
Oil City Trust Companys Oil City, Fa
E.E. Guignon
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