Floating along the Allegheny inspires local boating trend
Warren residents join a growing pastime as Lee Van Dyke of Arnold builds an eight foot flat boat at Seneca Lumber. He planned a downstream voyage toward East Brady with plans to reunite with his wife, while nearby coast guard officials investigated a reported plane crash off Eagle Tree Point later deemed a probable waterspout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
al- Tegheny
Lee van Dyke
Arnold
Seneca Lumber Company
East Brady
Davison-Fagle Lumber Co
Dunkirk
Coast. Guard
Lake Erie
Eagle Tree Point
Plainview Neighborhood News Highlights Local Death and Incidents
Obituary notice for George W. Luce of 43 Clay Street North East, a lifelong farmer and former salesman for B M Hess Brothers in Philadelphia, following months of illness. Jamestown reports a power outage at Abrahamson Bigelow store from a lightning strike that damaged the compressed air motor. Also notes on church suppers, a fire incident with a tank truck, Labor Day events in Albion, a Bradford hospital injury from a fall, Red Gun Club bingo details, and public assistance case reductions. Additional items include a Dunkirk airport project update, a Norfolk area tornado aftermath in Gly, and various small notices across Ridgway Titusville and Erie regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell Motors
George W. Luce
Clay Street
North East
Creenfeld Township
Dnd
8. M. Hess Brothers
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Jamestown
Abrahamson-Bigelow
Wresscape
Boston House
Str
Jamestawk
Company 7
Flaya Renaldo
Palmer Street
Newton Streets
Newton
Albion Albion
Lexion
Jey K. Cobb
Bradford
William J. Green
Gifford
Grant & Mohan Ol Company
Bradyford Hospital
Billy
Green
Red & Gun Club
Department of Public Assistance
Samuel ¥. Ramage
Aorth Seneca
Grove
Hill Cemetery
Titusville
Crawford Emirity
Raymond D. Thowret
Meadville-Titusville
Wayland
Boston House Stf
S-M
Episcopal Diocese of
Erie
Camp Carleton
Allegany State Park
Henry S. Skzet
Church of the Ascension
Aaron Bennett
Clearfield
P. Visser
Warren R. Newell
Dunkirk
Rowte 20
Nett North East
Visser
Thomas Barber
Vissar
Meschler Quits Erie School Board Race
Robert Weschler, Hrle shoe dealer and former Erie school board member, withdrew as a Democratic candidate for the school board in the September primary. He cited many qualified candidates already seeking the three nominations and said he preferred others serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meschler
Erie School Board
Erie
Robert Weschler
Hrle
Weschler
Tme
Education Board
Democrati
Lance
State Traffic Toll Down 38 Percent
Harrisburg July 31 Wartime traveling restrictions caused a 99 percent drop in Pennsylvania traffic fatalities in the first six months of 1943. The Department of Revenue reported 563 deaths versus 994 in 1942, with an estimated overall traffic reduction near 30 percent. Pedestrian fatalities fell from 451 to 306 in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynssucmven Tress
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Revenue
Meadville Man Crushed to Death in Railroad Accident
July 31 a verdict of accidental death was issued for Winfred Mulier, 82, of 971 Arch Street, crushed under a railroad gondola near Meadville. Trainman Miller, 86, of Bessemer & Lake Erie Rail Road, signaled the engineer to slow, the gondola uncoupled and knocked him to the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyllbe
Oronér
Goulieb
Winfred M. [Mulier
Arch Street
Meadillé Malleabie Ivor Company
Miller
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Mal- Wable
Death of Mrs Ellen Clark at 78 in Erie hospital
Mrs Ellen G Clark aged 78 died Friday at an Erie hospital where she had been a patient since May. Born near Olean New York on April 2 1865 she moved with her family to Corry as a child. Survived by daughter Olive Munger Wood of Cleveland a son Ralph Clark of Ashland Massachusetts six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Body sent to Bracken Keating funeral home with services Monday at 1 pm and burial at West Lawn cemetery Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elen G. Clark
Erie Hospital
Olean
Corry
Ralph Clark
Ashland
Mass
Bracken-Keating Funeral Home
West Lawn Cemetery
Columbus
Foresee Heavy Crop of Blackberries at Kane
Kane Pa July 31 Blackberries sufficient to use up most of the canning sugar in northwestern Pennsylvania are ripening in forests and brush areas and will be ready for picking in about a week. Local residents clearing patches of strawberries and raspberries expect one of the best crops in years or at least equal to last year’s bumper yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Biaenverks
Pennsylvania
Drop Auxiliary Ration Boards in Girard Area
A July 3 letter to Joseph M. Faner directs the discontinuance of sub boards aiding the Girard rationing office. The Girard board serves about 5 000 people with 10 000 in Millcreek township suburbs. Sub boards in Spring Hill Albion McKean Fairview and North Girard will close after August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERIB
Joseph M. Faner
Simard Rationing Board
Howard Seabury
Erie
Millcreek
Albion
Mckean
Fairview
North Girard
Girard
Brocton Expects Best Grape Yield in Five Years
July 31 from Dunkirk report: Northern Thautaugua fruit growers forecast a record grape harvest with demand for farm help rising beyond prior levels. Portland, Brocton area growers say yields may exceed the last five years if sufficient pickers are provided. Bert F. Meyer of the U S Employment Service says over 3,000 fruit pickers will be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brocton
Dunkirk
Portland
Bert F. Meyer
United States Employment Service
Alcoholism blamed as man dies in Erie jail
William Fisher, 45, of 2898 3rd Street, died in a city jail cell after being found severely intoxicated near his home. Sheriff Fred W. Lamberton said acute alcoholism caused the death. Officer Oscar Adams found Fisher stretched on the cell floor shortly after attempting to move him to the county jail. Fisher was a laborer with no known relatives in Erie.
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Prie
Fred W. Lamberton
William Fisher
3Rd
Priday
Fisher
Oscar Adams
Erle
97 Percent of America Wounded Recovering
Chautauqua speaker David Dietz, Selene editor, told an audience that about 97 percent of American soldiers wounded in the present war have recovered. He credited rapid battlefield medical care and sulfa drug kits, plus blood plasma use to reduce surgical shock. a Quinn funeral home was noted for the removal of the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Iivety
David Dietz
Mit
Unclear Text Fragment Fails to Name Any Event
Readable portion contains no identifiable persons organizations places dates or events. Unable to determine a coherent news item or produce a factual headline or summary from the fragment.
Fragmented OCR: War story fragment from a nation
An incomplete OCR excerpt references a country and war context with garbled phrases. It mentions conflict, possibly a nation’s actions and a foe, but the indecipherable text prevents clear events, dates, or names. The readable bits hint at wartime reporting without verifiable specifics.
Vetting the Rabies Life of Heed in Law Nest
A fragment notes a vetting search tied to rabies laws and a life of heed within a declared nest. The text hints at oversight by authorities and ongoing examination of safeguards. Specific names, places, or dates are not readable.
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Wing-Willi Star Stores
Chase & Sanborn
Java
Davis Radio Lab
Damestair
Wom
Tamnestown Royal
Frederickson Brothers
Mercer
Counnty
Mercer Barmers
AC. Baines
Biadley
Goa
Center ST
Corry,pa
Stuart W. Jackson
Meadville
John WU. Shroyer
Fred Ross
Worth Street
Corry Hospital
Jom McCray
R. D
Cory Nina Camp
Alfonse Stankenley
Spartansburg
Elizabeth Ann Dubinsky
Willard Shreve
Essex Street
Dorothy Bigelow
West's
Pleasant Street
Arctics
Antarctic
Ellen Clark
Girard Area
Bete
Calif
Wheaties
Watson’s
Gaberdines
Bernstein Brothers
North Center ST
Orry, PA
Corry's Greatest Clothiers
America
Tum
Theody
Quinn
Zuckerman
North Center Bt
the National Bank OF Corry
Federal Deposit Instranch Corporation
Washington
Dad
Gghtee Agy
Avery
Joo Anil Wre
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