Ridgway Faces Devastating Flood After Heavier-Than-Usual Waters
Ridgway suffers sharp flood damage with creek and Clarion river receding. Estimated losses reach 250000 in Ridgway and 400000 countywide as pumps run through night. Holmes Silk Mill and related plants incur major losses. most operations resume, 160 workers affected. Bread and dairy deliveries resume. water stood nearly seven feet in the Holmes Oil Mill.
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Ridgway
Mar
EN County
Ridgway Baking Co
Alfred's +BY Cream and Dairy Cos
Holmes
West Mind
Hutty Kirk
Superioierdent
Death claims Floyd L. Joseph in Corry tuberculosis era
Floyd L. Joseph of Corry dies at Corry hospital at 11:00 AM from pulmonary tuberculosis after an operation for appendicitis earlier in the week. Born April 9 1905 in Forest County, he was a son of Mr and Mrs Frank Joseph of Euclid Street and lived most of his life in Corry. Survived by his wife and four daughters Marie Dorothy Barbara Ann Betty Jane, one sister Laura Joseph of Corry, and one brother Paul Joseph in the U S Army in Washington. Body at Bracken Keating funeral parlors awaiting arrangements.
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Floyd L. Joseph
Brno Suet
Corry Hospital
Joseph
Perio
Forest County
Prank Joseph
Euclidstrat
Corry
Marie
Dorothy
Barbara Ann
Betty Jane
Laura Joseph
Paul Joseph
Far. Army
Washington
State to plant more trees in spring under soil program
Harrisburg March 20. Pennsylvania will expand Spring planting by 33 1 8 percent through four state nurseries led by the Forests and Waters Department. About 15 million trees will be planted, with five million for Federal Soil Erosion camps. Seed sowing begins in May at Mont Alto Clearfield Greenwood Furnace and Penn nurseries. Sown species include Red Pine White Pine Pitch Pine Scotch Pine Norway Spruce European Larch Hemlock Black Locust Banks Pine White Ash Hard Maple Tulip Table Mountain Pine Pine Virginia. Growth ends by September then hardening for winter with further shipments planned in September and October for late plantings. The program supports Emergency Conservation Work under President Roosevelt.
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Harrisburg
Mar
United States Soil Conservation Service
Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Waters
Roosevelt
Mont Alto
Clearfield
Greenwood Furnace
Penn
Women Hear Church Leaders in Erie Me to Hear Missionary Talks
Women from about forty Methodist Episcopal churches in the Meadville District plan to send delegates to missionary meetings at First Methodist Episcopal Church Erie on March 26. Visitors from South America will speak at the same events, highlighting the Church’s work in Chile Peru Bolivia Argentina and Uruguay. Mrs Margaret Ross Miller and Mrs Minnie Gattinoni will present talks on Women Under the Southern Cross and Women’s Work for War.
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Methodist Episcopal
Rte
Meadville
Hengmni Nytion
First Methodist
Episcopal Church
Erie
Thubaday
Mar
South America
Woman's Foreign ‘Missionary Society
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Argentina
Uruguay
Methodist Episcopal Church
Margaret Ross Miller
George A. Miller
Saniago
Minnie
Gattinoni
Juan
Gattifoni
Buenos Aires
Miller
Wemeh
Warac
Wind Tricks Firemen in Willoughby Wake
The wind disrupted Willoughby early as wires to the Lye siren pulled ten firemen from bed and disturbed many residents. A long Oakland train line at 809 feet and a Mountain View Cemetery line of 80 feet were described, with ten minutes service and transfer options from the city.
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Willoughby
Oakland
Calit
Daxiang Bo
Mountain View Cemetery
Ninos
Snowbound Sparta Postpones Activities and Funerals
Snowbound conditions halt village life as streets and roofs are cleared. Funeral director Charles Torrey travels to Lincolnville to prepare Mrs Mila Edminster for burial with interment at New Richmond once highways reopen. Schools and gatherings delayed through the week, with teachers unable to reach homes and the Sparta Grange sugar social postponed to a later date.
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Spartansburg
Spart
Minstly
Mila Edminster
Riesville Corners
Riceville
New Richmond
Britton Rim
Sparta Grange
Townsend
Sparta
Mable
Spartenabies
Shirley Tillotson
Betty Rogers
Alain Gres
Curtis Miller
Arthur Blakeslee
Robert Brystut
Mary Daszynios
Ardis Gree
Melen Pollack
M. Luce Bowen
Garl
Robert Still
Jess Tillotson
Phillip McCray
Covn Miller
Mity Koleja
Dorothy Leesa
Troyer
Lol Thezogood
Darning Livenspire
Ella Kelsey Morally Davis
Elizabeth Wilson
Stephen Burlingame
Marjorie Miller
Jean Wallace
Betty Kelsey
Bonlth Masl
Held Will Not Seek Erie County G O P Chair
Erie March 2 Held will not be a candidate for re election as chairman of the Erie County Republican committee he announced Thursday I should say not Two years has been beer plenty It is understood committees men and women hope to choose one of themselves to the chairmanship contending that the head should not be a person outside of the ranks of the organization
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Erie
Mar
Urney Uacey
Pypublican Comity
Hell
Connmittes Inen
Wouten
R. Owen
Corry
New Deal Optical
Erie Safe From Flood Due To Giant Tunnel
Erie reports relief as a giant tunnel diverts floodwaters and protects the city from a major surge. The concrete and steel conduit, designed for peak flood levels, has stabilized the riverside area and halted widespread damage in the core of the city.
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Erie
Mar
Pennsylvania
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