Raccoons from Pymatuning on display at Harrisburg show
A pair of unusually large dark raccoons from the Pymatuning swamp in northwestern Pennsylvania are showcased at the State Farm Show in Harrisburg. Experts say they are not a subspecies but a distinct strain likely from escaped raccoon farm stock. The exhibit covers their origin, habitat, and relation to local wildlife, alongside forestry and water department displays.
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Harrisburg
Pymatining
Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Waters
State Farm
Chin
Pymatuning
Crawford Co
Sparta Grange Meeting and Community Notes in Sparta
Sparta Grange No. 110 held an active session with visitors from Corry and Columbus and a noon dinner. The afternoon featured installation of officers at Sparta Gate, with Leonard Swanson of Corry delivering a recitation and Mrs. Pennyer providing music. Community notes record visits, sickness, travel to Harrisburg for farm show, church activities, and social gatherings across nearby towns.
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Spartansburg
Sparta Grange No. 110
Grange
Corry
Columbus
Sparta Gate
E. D. Walkinburg
Jesse Goodwill
Sparta Granger
Hany Kimmy
Pauline Swanson
Betty Casey
Leonard Swanson
Charles Pennyer
Granges
Morton
TO. O. F. Hall
Bilca Condrer
The
Nest
Hf Stranahan
Pillsburgh
Lyle Stranahan
Harrisburg
Howard Clark
Buffalo
Neva Boyd
Howard
Frederick Tannehill
Therome
Pittsburgh
Dewitt Snapp
Glyndon
Ki Rhodes
Ross
Minslie Mastman
Jasoph
Charles Ruckmant
Brie
Ruckman
Edwin Morris
Titsville
Delmar
Clifton Orrey
Ralph Webb
Richard Webb
Johnsonbure
Webb
Scott
Travel Talk and Club Meetings Hit Corry Women’s Club
Mrs. EE Hawkins will present a travel talk on southern trips to Florida and Cuba before Corry Women’s Club members on Wednesday. Citizenship department meets Thursday at 2:30 at Mrs. J A Cassidy’s home. Ways and Means hosts saucy kraut supper next Tuesday at the club house at 6. Tickets from multiple organizers.
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EE. E. Hawkins
Florida
Cab
Corry Womans Club
Citzenship Department
J. A. Cassidy
Maple Avenue
Crawford County T B Association Meeting Attended
Baker and Mr and Mrs Glenn Steadman with Mrs Lloyd Saunders of Centerville attended a Crawford County TB Association meeting at Mendville Monday afternoon. Oscar Most of Cleveland is spending several days at the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Pfeiffer and family. The Merry Maids Sunday School class with teacher Mrs R S Wadsworth will meet Tuesday evening at Dorotha Blakeslee home. Members of the M V church plan a work meeting Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Ins Smith home. Children’s boy will be held Thursday at 1 o clock. Bible study and prayer at M E church Thursday evening. Ladies of the M E church plan a food sale Saturday at 10 30 at Bayton’s store.
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Teir
Guy Lindsay
Corry
Kilburn
Bya Fisher
Cory
Anna’ Jones
Leon Morris
Clarence Messinger
Birie
Mary Bates Ormshee
Posumoni
Ormshee
Memshiges
Charles Roth
Emery Reese
Townville
Waite
Glynden
C. ¥. Bennett
Eli Schreckengast
Jesse Whitney
J. D. Whitney
Beaverdam
Glenn Steadman
Addie Hyde
Union Gily
Frank
M. &. Vhurch
Ins Smith
M. Ti. Hitch
Orelock
M. E
Poison ends Scotland Yard manhunt in perfect murder case
England’s so called perfect murder led to the death of Samuel James Furnace in a London hospital after he allegedly swallowed poison while under guard at Kentishtown station. The killer’s body was later identified in the ruins of Furnace’s office, tying him to the Walter Spatchett murder through a staged death and fire. Police across Britain, Ireland, and France had hunted Furnace for weeks. Alfred Morrison, who underwent appendicitis operation yesterday, is reported in good condition.
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W. G. Quisenberry
United Press
London
England
Hic
Scotland Yard
Samuel James Furnace
Walter Spatchett
Te Yard
Kentishtown
Furnace
St. Pancreas Hospital
Purnace
Spatchett
Congelor
Furnaceles
Britain
Iréland
France
Hnn
South-Find-On-Sea
Edgar Wallace
Lotela
Alfred Morrison
Corky Hospital
Plans for Military Funeral for Gen George Rickards
Jan 17 report states plans for a military funeral for Major General George C. Rickards who died Sunday. The body will lie in state on West Third Street until Thursday morning, then move to Grace Methodist Episcopal Church for services led by Rev. Dr Samuel Maxwell and Rev. Dr Martin Aigner. An escort from the 112th Division and the American Legion will accompany the casket on a gun caisson to the burial ground at Jim Grove Wil Cemetery, with taps at the grave.
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West Third Street
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Samuel Maxwell
Martin Aigner
Franklin
Bottle found on beach carries 1906 card from Wilbur Ruffner
A beer bottle found on a Ventura beach by William J. Pesss of Pasadena contained a card dated May 10, 1906. The card bore the name Wilbur Charles Ruffner and the code 7 Mires G H 15 3 8, suggesting a personal or locating note from the era.
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Ventura
Cal
U. P
William J. Pesss
Pasadena
Here
Wilbur Charles Ruffner
Drake Well Site Accepted as State Park in Pennsylvan ia
The Drake well site and surrounding acres have been approved by the Pennsylvania attorney general for formal acceptance as a state park. The project, financed by the American Petroleum Institute through its Pittston affiliate, will be supervised by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission once dedicated. Deeds transferring land from Cunardo chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and heirs of David me were approved, paving the way for park status.
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Pennsylvania
The
Ark
Cunarohta Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolutsins
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