Local News Briefs From Meadville Area and New Castle
A mix of notices and community updates including a protest hearing on moving an outlet from Oil City to Erie, WLBW’s Erie move approval and protest, a voice culture class rescheduled, city pest inspections by John Reed, VFW auxiliary meeting notes, evangelist Homer Rhodebeaver at Meadville gospel tabernacle, a dinner party honoring Mrs. Gilson, Fresh Air Children program plans in Clymer, fresh broilers ad, a Sunday school reminder with music, a pick your own cherries notice, Lehigh Portland Cement’s resumption in New Castle with shift changes and job recalls, and classifieds hinting at search ads.
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Crawford M. Woods Company
Neil
WHEW
Oil City
Federal Radio Commission
WLBW
Erie
al Erie
Ruth B. Taylor
Plesse
Homer Rhodebeaver
Meadlyills Gospel Tabernacle
Fred Snapp
Ing Chase
West
Congress Street
Anna Gilsop
Hydetown
Chase
Gilson
William Weidner
G. J. Meyerink
L. Carlisch
Clymer
New York City
Jamestown
Weeks
Piccadill
Joe Gratton
Mindley Lake l
State Line Bridge
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
New Castle
Local notices and items from Corry area shops
City and Vicinity offers include fancy broilers at 32c each, green glass pepper and salt shakers, 4-lb boxes of black pepper for 25c, with Will J. Wilcox as grocer. Canning cherries and dairy/ poultry feed ads follow. Various local notices report postmaster changes, road and dam funding cuts, police cases, court actions, church events, sales, and town updates from Corry and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will J. Wilcox
Brle
Mortiamer E. Graham
Tis
Gratgi
W. R. Covert
North East
Spencer's
William H. Hunter
Tionesta
Fugundas
Hunter
David B. Teone
Clarendon
Post Office
Pymatuning Dam
Harrisburg
Wife Preservers Cloth Wrapped Around Ue Cure
A fragment notes cloth wraps used as a remedy and cautions about care, mentioning a person and a household item. The legible text hints at traditional curing practices and domestic remedies, with limited names or places readable.
117 Year Old Woman Dines With Son At 217th Birthday
Jersey City July 16 United Press Mrs Dora Meyers aged 117 marked the 217th year of life by dining with her son John 88 who has been jobless for 10 years. Flowers cakes and the meal were provided by Union City Plattdeutschs Verein helpers who have cared for the couple. The first hundred years were easy says John Bigchof Verein member. She came from Hamburg at age 1b. Her husband died with Union troops in the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Jersey City
N. J
Dora Meyers
John
Union City Plattdeutscchs Verein
John Bigchof
Verein
Hamburg
Days Refuse Direct Hoover Endorsement
Washington July 19 The prohibition board of strategy rejected proposals to publicly endorse President Hoover in the 1932 race after hours of heated debate and a close vote. The group decided to focus on opposing specific congressmen and to publish past records of Hoover and Roosevelt on prohibition rather than endorse a candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Prohibition “Board of Strategy
Hover
Hoover
National Prohibition Forces
Prohibition Board of Strategy
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Surges Attacker Violet Valli Freed by Chicago Court
Violet Popovich Valli a 21 year old ex show girl who shot Chicago Cubs shortstop William Jurges was freed by Judge John A Sharbaro after Jurges declined to prosecute Jurges had been ordered to testify but refused claiming he believed she did not intend to harm him The report notes a birth announced at Corty hospital a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Walter Pier and mentions Mrs Albert Wiggers and a companion going home from Corry hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Ida
Sarah Golub
Reuben Golub
DuBois
Warren
L. L. Showers
State Bureau of Animal Industry
Edward Burkett
West Hickory
Siggina Run
Forest County
Ey United
Chicago
Violet Popovich Valli
William
Billy) Jurges
Chicago Cubs
John A. Sharbaro
Jurges
Sharhare
Miss Valli
Corty Hospital
Walter Pier
Ast’ Street
Corry
Albert Wiggers
Iba
First Avenue
Corry Hospital
Older brother may open probe Reynolds death
Winston Salem July 19 Richard Jr Reynolds may demand and finance a full investigation into the death of his younger brother Smith Reynolds. A cable from Reynolds aboard a freighter yacht in the Azores said he cannot reach Winston Salem for a week. Neighbors describe him as quiet until roused, then decisive, and expect action once he arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prose
Winston-Salem
N. O
Smith Reynolds
Protier
Richard, Jr
Tnbaveo
Reynolds
Winston Salem
Azores
Tla
Win‘ston Salem
Smith
Ziegfeld Ill in Hollywood Revealed by Billie Burke
Florenz Ziegfeld remains seriously ill in a New Mexico sanatorium after a pneumonia and a demanding season with the Follies. Billie Burke says he is not in immediate danger and asks for privacy. Also notes Dr Razmond L Ditmars pursuing a Panama bushmaster in the Bronx Zoo lore and a Columbus man offering a fresh cow and two springers for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hollywood
Calif
Florenz Ziegfeld
New York
New Mexico
Billie Burke
Ziegfeld
Miss Burke
Razjmond L. Ditmars
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Msemweres Ssr
ESIS
Willi
Western Beef
Broilers
Lamb
Veal
Ivanhoe
Hershey
Chase & Sanborn
Reek
California
Corry Or
Lake View
John Reed
Wily of
Reed
V PW
A. Chapman
Allen Spencer
Model Dairy Co
TEL
Corry, Penna. Se
Harry Halley
Meadville
Mike Rees
Water Street
James M." Henderson
American Legion
West Second Street
State Armory
The
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
A, & P, Tea Co
Bilas
Waterford
Ray Olin
Ke Shinberg
LeBoeuf Gardens
Charles Shaw
Ike
Olin
Main Street
Shaw
Keystone
Lakeview
Tbs
A. H. Homer & Co
A. Johnson
Advent Christian Church
Staples Sisters
Barlow Block
Corry Electric Shop
Taquity Journal
St. Paul's Bible Clans
H. Zeppel
Findley Lake
Ant Geel
Vanderhivot
John Vanderhoof
Hyderows
Igains
Meedlecrest Shop
State Election Bureau
Bureau
Dempsey’s Market
Amelia Tryon
Percy Clarke
Ridgeway
Weedville-Medix Run
Gray Brothers Constructing Co
Bureau of Plant Industry
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Board of Strategy
Flo Ziegfeld
Springers
Wloyd Hammons
Colunsbus
Lise
Lincoln
Washington Street
Lincoln Market
Pou
Poland
Pounti
Rex Iren
J. . Warn
Alice
Matildaia
Detroit
Jack
Stanley
Anta
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