Banked Local Notice On Library Week Appeal Read
A corry journal features a public notice urging readers to wake up and read. It cites Gallup polls and a Commerce Department study on book reading, highlighting Pennsylvania's low library service rank. Local citizens are invited to visit and learn about public library services during Library Week.
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United States
West Germany
Gallup
Commerce Department
Pennsylvania
Russia
Library Week
Warren
Fimes-Mirror
Bear Lake News Letter Of Interest BEAR Lake
George Hall is a patient at Hamot Hospital in Erie. Mrs Will Borgetding spent Friday with Mrs Gertrude Newhouse. Mr and Mrs Richard Price and family of Jasper visited Sunday with their mother Lucille Price. Frank Cooper is a patient at St Vincents Hospital in Erie. Miss Yvonne Jones of Erie spent the weekend here with Normatees. Alton Crosby returned home from Warren to visit son Max Crosby and family. A number from here attended the basketball game between Sherman and Penama last Friday at the South Western school in Lakewood. Mr and Mrs Perry Mead called on Mille Burch Sunday afternoon. Attorney Frances M Gutler died yesterday in St Louis. Curlee, board chairman of Curlee Clothing Co., was a relative of Daniel Boone.
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Bear Lake News
Bear
Lake
George Hall
Hamot Hospital
Erie
Will Borgetding
Gertrude Newhouse
Richard Price
Jasper
Lucille Price
Frank Cooper
St. Vincent's Hospital
Yvonne Jones
Norma Tees
Alton Crosby
Warren
Max Crosby
Sherman
Penama
South Western School
Lakewood
Perry Mead
All-Out Probe Of Erie Fires Under Way
Erie police chief Edward V Williams led a joint investigation with city county and state authorities into a spree of seven major unexplained fires since January 22. Acting Mayor George Brabender called a top session as detectives patrol businesses citywide. Arson suspect Eugene B Hurley was jailed for 10 days while background checks proceed. Police stress no proof yet that arson is involved.
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ERIE
Erierie Department of Hickls
Wes
George Brabender
Arthur J Gardner
Edward V. Williams
Williams
Eugene B. Hurley
Eric
FBT
Suite Polle
Stanley Seymino- Wiez
Hal Boyle's Americana miscellany quirks and trivia
In Hal Boyle's Americana, a列 collection of odds and ends reveals quirky facts and wry observations about modern life. It notes that Irish oak forests yield Germany’s shillelaghs, millions named Smith exist in the U.S., and Panama hats mostly come from Ecuador. It cites a poll on a corporation president’s background, explains pasteboard cards, and pokes fun at fashion, habits, and fears with dry wit. It also recalls King Henry II’s locks, Panama hat origins, and oddities about beaver size and Oscar history.
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New York
Ireland
Germany
Smith
United States
Smythe
Avenue Corporation
New England
Cai & Man
Thousand Islands
Panama
Ecuador
Robert Q. Lewis
Aspinster
Marie Refuses Lie Detector Test in Kidnap Case
OS ANGELES Marie McDonald refuses a lie detector test amid kidnap allegations against her estranged husband Harry Karl. Karl underwent a 90 minute test and was declared to show no guilty knowledge. McDonald’s lawyer Norman Brand says such tests are untellable and unhelpful while she plans to meet with the district attorney today to discuss charges against Karl.
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OS Angeles
Marie Mc
Marle McDonald
Karl
Miss McDonald
Norman Brand
Brand
Jerry Giesler
War fever peaks in Vilna mass meeting calls for invasion
Polish crowds in Vilna demand elimination of Lithuania at a main square rally. County tax collections in 1937 rose over four percent. Irene Mullen reports Corry taxes for city school and county were settled with county commissioners. Donald Miller named state game protector for Erie Crawford Warren counties, setting up Corry headquarters.
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Warsaw
Poland
Vilna
Lithuania
Irene Mullen
Corry
Donald Miller
Erie
Crawford
Warren
Protector Miller
New Grocer Edward Erasper Opens On South Center
Forty years ago on March 18 1918 Edward Erasper opened a fine new grocery at the South Center street location. Word today says 12 to 15 tractors will be sent into Erie County this spring to help farmers prepare fields. Ten Bell Telephone Company girls enjoyed a retreat yesterday afternoon at A. E. Bugbee’s north of town. Walter Brennaman has accepted a job at the Standard Screw plant and spent yesterday in Jamestown N C arranging for moving his household goods.
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Edward Erapser
South Center Street
Erie County
Bell ‘Telephone Company
A. E. Bugbee
Walter Brennaman
Jamestown
N. C
Local Ministers Lenten Meditation Mockery on the Cross
A sermon by Rev. Burkett L. Smith reflects on the soldiers mocking Jesus on the cross, noting their doubt and the crowd’s cry for a sign. It argues that staying on the cross fulfilled God’s plan for salvation, else humanity would have had no chance and creation would be destroyed.
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Burkett L. Smith
Jesus
Cross
Bie
Beting
God
Mani
Hame
Fire Leaves Erie Family Homeless After Wiring Short
A shorted wiring fault caused a fire in a second story Erie apartment last night, leaving Herbert D. Graham and his wife and their four children aged six months to eight years homeless. No injuries reported. fire crews contained the blaze and estimated damages to the dwelling.
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Erie
Herbert D. Graham
Bartender and Girl Shot to Death Near Washington
Washington County deputy Carbone reported a bartender John L Leser, 39, killed Esther Scott, 34, a Meadowlands waitress, near Washington, then shot himself with a 22 caliber rifle. Barnhill cited no motive yet. Esther Scott was unmarried.
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Wherursiueny
Washington County
Gil Néend
Carbone
Stewart Buenhill
Sulcide
Barkhill
John Leiter
Washington
Esther Scott
Meadowlands
Barnhill
Miss Scot
Miller
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Booth Street
Corry Evening Journal
George R. Sample
William Chiricurio
John McLaughlin
G. T. Bergman
Bottinelli-Kimball, Inc
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Sociated Press
Gary
Currier
ST. Louis
Francia M. Gutler
Curlee
Curlee Clothing Co
Frontieraman
Daniel Boone
Pearl OF the Antilles
Hal Boyle
Society of Primitive Friends
Henry II of
France
Emil Jannings
Utah
Manhattan
William E. Woodward
Marie
Robert G. Tunnell
West Park Place
F.C. Chapin & Son
Gilson’s
Columbus
General Electric Appliances
N. Center St
Sears & Roebuck
Erie— Corner
Eighth & State Sts
Enon
Ganassini Consumer Discmeat Co
Bevefiia
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Al’s
Aia Se
Realtor
Loe Mtn Toy A Nd Octo
Ted Nesaene Pe
Nelly
Olds
Wiggers Garage, Inc
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