Twenty Years Ago Notes and Local Events
Journal items from January 12, 1915 recount move plans for Patron's Mutual Fire Insurance to Meadville by April 1, fire and chamber of commerce efforts, hospital nursing and busy surgical cases, Municipal Club reception deemed successful, Dr Kibler injured when a horse ran away, birthday gathering for Mrs Christensen, Mrs Sarah Buroh in serious condition, thefts and arrests involving Erie and Buffalo, talks on national affairs at Corry High, surprise party for Mrs Jewell, furniture orders from Grand Rapids show, William OBrien and Anna Lusey marry at St Thomas, minstrel preparations by Corry Elks, and preparations for the ancust minstrels.
Paris Styles in Sweaters for All Occasions
Paris fashion notes highlight feminine sweaters crafted by Parisian hands with fine wool and silk threads. Emphasis on long sleeves, high necklines, minimal trimming, metal thread embellishments, and versatile wear from evening to sport. The piece ends with a brief studio anecdote about artist Russell and a quick sketch.
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Paris
Hollywood film shop and celebrity divorce news mix
Hollywood gossip notes include financier woes of Willim Pagersham seeking bankruptcy relief, while stars like Lor red-haired actress and Jamis Seymour plan a Sunday wedding. Page shows multiple divorces and marriages, with Paul Patrick and Consible Evans among names, amid travels and social rumors from mid enterprise era.
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United Press
Hollywood
Juewyn Lor
Artress
Jamis Seymour
Socialium
Miss Bee
Planties
Kane Factory Re-opens To 350 Workers
Kane, January 12. Production resumes at the Kane Shirt factory with 54 workers on payroll by next week. Under NR A code changes, workers will log 88 hours per week across shifts, eight hours on most days and four on Fridays, with weekends off. About seventy workers left last week but more return as output scales. Walter Miller, manager, says a good year is ahead for the plant.
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Kane
Kane Shirt
N. R.A
Phorteneis
Walter Miller
Venango Receives Two More RWD Job Approvals
Oil City dateline reports Venango County RWD approvals for two projects. The state Game Commission clears brush on three Venango game tracts Nos. 47 48 and 29, requiring about 65 percent labor hours at a $6826 cost with local unemployed workers to be hired. A federal housing survey in Franklin will need 4320 labor hours and cost $4402.20 with materials and equipment prepared for installation. Both projects await Harrisburg approval, with Oil City expected to back late today or tomorrow.
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Federal
Franklin
Oil City
Venango County
Harrisburs Board
State Game Commission
Venanun County
President Township
Pinegrove
Cranberry
Mineral
Victory
Franti
Onlcla
Ol Ciy 13
Harrisburg
RWL
Tamorrow
A Yale professor's plan to ease liquor dangers
The article discusses Prof. Yandell Henderson of Yale and his New Deal in Liquor. It argues abstinence is unlikely and proposes guiding drinkers toward milder options such as beer and wine, with dilution and a graduated tax. It notes cocktails as a dangerous form and suggests highballs to reduce alcohol concentration.
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Yandell Henderson
Yale
Tims
Henderson
Payable in Gold and the Gold Clause Test
A New York man, Norman C. Norman, seeks $15.30 in extra value on a $1,000 bond as interest under the gold clause. A Supreme Court verdict could dramatically affect public and private debt by increasing principal and interest, with broad implications for national finance.
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New York
Norman C. Norman
Norman
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Tribunal
National Finance
Great Britain
Hiei
Government Laboratories as Political Experiments in States
The piece extols federated government benefits, describing states as political social and economic laboratories. It notes Huey Long and others operating laboratories for research and highlights how semi independent states profit from each other s mistakes and improvements.
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Ab Zeuis
Jana
Huey Long
STAR SIGNALS Unfavorable day to start new plans warn petty irritations
The reading warns postponing major decisions until clearer judgment. It notes two favorable periods in 1935 from Jan 26 to Feb 16 and Sept 22 to Oct 4 for forming new friendships and joining clubs. It lists a danger window Nov 24–27 and a socially favorable period Aug 6–15, reflecting cautious advice on state and European governance.
Quotable Washington Figures Stir Up Old Tim Timbuctoo Gossip
A United Press digest from Washington reviews Morganthau and Roosevelt remarks on rumors about Timbuctoo Shangai and the nation’s state message. A Republican aide notes a cocktail recipe metaphor while an Irish poet Nimuelé AG arrives to discuss cooperative movements with the AAA, sparking humorous chatter about storytelling.
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Charles Baton
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Congress
Eaton
AAA
George William Russell
Nimuelé “Ag
Russell
Poplar book firm reports 20000 copies sold of Decline and Fall
Reading Gibson notes a publishing firm sold no less than 20000 copies of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in the past two years. He adds that sales include other publishers and second hand editions and ponders if wartime and recession sparked renewed interest in a great civilization's passing.
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Gibson
Poplar Books
Gibbon
Five Bullets Fatally Wound Five Bobcats in Montana
In Billings Rosa Albin, described as a dog breeder, used a shotgun to kill five bobcats near the area. He reportedly killed the cubs two at a time and dispatched the 18-pound mother with a single shot. Separately, Jack Grieves, a dancer, collapsed during a performance. a physician arrived too late, death due to acute indigestion. Grieves is survived by his widow Feleta Crawford and an 11 month old baby.
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Billings
Mont—Rosa
Albin
Jack Grieves
Tian
Grieves
Feleta Crawford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Journal
Patron's Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Meadville
Chamber of Commerce
Huilding
Mise Buse
Wwe Municipal Club
Dr. J. ©. Kibler
Bear Lake
Mra
Martha Christensen
Sarah Buroh
W. J. Bailey
Alexander and Company
Erie
Buffalo
Herold Morris
Lucile Love
Harold Jewell
Spring Street
Mrs. Jewell
William ¢. O'Brien
Jamestown
Anna Lusey
Daniel C. Lusty
Marion Street
St.Thomas Church
William Myers
Corry Lodge of Elks
Goois
Fly
Hollywood Film Shop
Willim Pagersham
Mto
Nlovolay
Debis
Paul Patrick
Denylhip
Rumurg Alt
Robert J. Cobh
India
Oren Evans
Consible Evans
Aon
William Evans
Chicago
Evans
Kane Shirt Factory
Venango
Europe
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Shanghai
Morgenthau
Ian Forizep
Nelly
F.C. Chapin &Sons
Nash & Lafayette
PE Pci
Corry, Pa
John Wiggers
North Clymer, N. Y. and
Lafayette
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