Erie Concerns Fires Men By Mail
In Erie Pennsylvania on July 10 Reed Manufacturing discharged about 90 workers by special delivery letters with checks for money owed. Unionized employees claim the firings stem from labor activity while officials cite no stated reasons and dispute the union link. The move halted work as many remaining unionists refused to continue.
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Erie
Reed Manufacturing Company
E.P. Wright
Herald
Wright
Fish Market Ad at 110 Pirkt Ave Seeks Repairs
An old listing shows a fish market at 110 Pirkt Ave with Martin Ressler Sr. advertising old stoves bought, sold and repaired. The note implies a small local business focusing on stove trade and repair services.
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Pirkt Ave
Martin Ressler, Sr
Washington Anxious 50 Years Ago Remembered Siege
Washington and Georgetown veterans recall the 1864 siege near Fort Stevens when Confederate forces threatened the capital. The Sixth Army Corps arrived from Gettysburg to aid Fort Stevens defenders, saving Washington from occupation as Lincoln stood briefly at the line.
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United Pres
Washington
Georgetown
National Capitol
Early
Sixth
Army of
Potomac
Lee
Gettysburg
Richmond
Virginia
Harry
Treasury Department
White House
War Department
Northwest
Fort Stevens
Leig
President Linco
Barber Arrested for Wife Desertion in Kane
Kane Kane County Kane Borough details a scandal as barber C. H. Barnes is arrested for desertion and non support. Constable H. Hummell says Barnes abandoned his lawful wife and child in Windber while living with Carrie Wagner of Cumberland Maryland in Kane. Wagner accompanies arresting officers back to Windber.
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Fane
Kane
H. Hummell
Windber
Somerset County
N. R. McCullough
Temple Theatre
Fraley Street
C. H. Barnes
C. H. Barnes, A Barber, Who Had Been In Mr. McCullough
Barnes
Bayard and
Dawson
Carrie Wagner
Cumberland
Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as easy to remove corns. It promises quick relief by softening tissue and lifting the corn core, leaving the toe smooth. The copy urges use via druggists and bottles sold by Thos. Downey.
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Thos. Downey
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Woman’ S Magazine
The
NEW Idea Pattern Company
the Ladies Furnishing Co
Erie Concern
Crex
B.M. Jourdet
Hoosier
Barber
N. Cohen
Chautauqua Lake
Corry
Sonsute
Pennsylvania Railroad
Vas Iy
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