Four Emporium Businesses Destroyed in Major Fire
Ridgway January 15 A large fire in Emporium wiped out four Fourth Street businesses in the heart of the city. The blaze began around midnight and burned for three hours, with an estimated loss near thirty thousand dollars. Insurance is reported to cover the total loss. The structures included a photo gallery millinery shop a barber shop a restaurant and ice cream parlor and a pool room housed in one and two story buildings.
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Ridgway
Emporium
Fourth Street
W. G. Bair
Bair
Lena Foster
J. W. Quinn
Elaine McDonald
Grant Vought
A. A. McDonald
Broad Street
Presidents Day Observed by Corry Historical Circle
The Corry Historical Circle held a Presidents Day program in the Library building. Members studied notable presidents beyond Washington and Lincoln, with each member reviewing two presidents’ biographies and discussing administrations' key events to deepen appreciation for American history.
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Corry
Gudmundson Speaks On Russian Soviet Conditions At Club Event
Captain Sigurdur K. Gudmundson spoke at the Woman's Club and Teachers' Institute program in Corry. He described Arctic Siberia relief work and criticized the Soviet system, aided by photographs, arguing that removing faith and brotherhood would erase Russia.
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Sigurdur K. Gudmundson
Woman's Club
Teachers’ Institute
B.C. Barnes
W. Supt. Dewey
Gudmundson
Corry
Redpath
Detroit Welcomes Anti-Saloon League Delegates
Detroit Michigan hosts the biennial Anti Saloon League convention with an estimated 5 000 attendees. Delegates arrive as 15 000 speak easies operate citywide and registration dominates the opening day. Principal addresses by F Scott McBride and Rev Arthur H Barton precede a welcome from Mayor Charles Bowles.
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Detroit
Mich
Antisaloon League
F. Scott McBride
League
Arthur H. Barton
Atlanta
Charles Bowles
Legion Auxiliary Installs Officers at Parish Hall
About thirty members attended the installation of officers led by Mrs Ruby Austin western division director. New officers include President Mrs Victor Orn and Vice Presidents Mrs Stephen Brooks and Mrs Frank Schrader with Mrs J J Neylon as treasurer and Mrs Ivan Smith as secretary. Brooks named membership chair and Tyan Smith publicity chair. Austin praised the unit for 100 percent Western Division membership in 1930 earning a national citation. A salad luncheon followed the meeting with American Legion members as guests.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Ruby Austin
American Legion Auxiliaries
Edinboro
Victor Orn
Stephen Brooks
Frank Schrader
J. J. Neylon
Ivan Smith
Anna Orn
Ruth Harvey
Will Schrader
Tyan Smith
Austin
American Legion
Exit boyfriend nickname linked to Val ex relationship
A terse line describes a woman calling her boyfriend Exit as a pun on getting out, referencing Val as the ex.
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Val
Rubber Heel Betrays Thief
In Sharon on January 15 a West Middlesex robbery led detectives to arrest four suspects. A missing heel found at J W Gundy’s home linked Harry Clingensmith to the crime and to accomplices James Latchford James Peters and Bruce Gruver, with loot valued in the hundreds of dollars mostly jewelry.
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Sharon
West Middlesex
J. W. Gundy
Harry Clingensmith
Sam Leyshock
Clingensmith
James Latchford
James Peters
Bruce Gruver
West Midesex
Local Couple Quietly Married in Panama New York
Velma Lee youngest daughter of Mrs Frances Johnson of 195 Sixth Avenue and Chester Hl Kibbey of Youngsville Pa son of Mr and Mrs C A Kibbey Pittsfeld were quietly married at Panama New York Saturday evening at 7 30 o clock Rev Thea C Brown officiated at the Baptist parsonage After February 7 the couple will reside in Corry.
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Velma Lee
Frances Johnson
Sixth Avenue
Chester Hl. Kibbey
Youngsville
C. A. Kibbey
Pittsfeld
Panama
N. Y
Thea C. Brown
Baptist Parsonage
Corry
Detective Bell Jr Sentenced for Skipping Board Bills
Uniontown Pa January 15 Judge John Morrow sentenced Anthony W Bell Jr a former Fayette County detective to six months in the workhouse and a $1000 fine after his September conviction for skipping board bills He is the second former county detective to receive a workhouse term Captain R S Bledscoe is currently serving time for a liquor law violation
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United Press
Ramillies Grounds in Malta Harbor With Helmsmen Aiding
The British battleship Ramillies went aground off Fort Santa Angelo in Malta while entering the harbor after exercises. Five tugs refloated the vessel two hours later as weather remained fine and the cause of grounding unclear.
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United Press
Malta
Ramillies
Fort Santa Angelo
Customs House
Charles A Johnson Dies After Brief Illness
Charles A Johnson a prominent Jamestown businessman died at home after a brief illness pneumonia. He was about 70 and survived by his wife Hannah Johr and three daughters. Funeral arrangements were not specified in the readable text.
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Charles A. Johnson
Jamestown
Hannah Johr
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