Spring events and police reports across Montgomer y Ward finances and education meetings
The item notes a city council meeting this evening and a March 24 25 All District Band Festival in Car ry. It cites Montgomery Ward net income of 10 424 950 for the year ended January 4 1949 up from 19 279 020 prior. Police report drunkenness incidents and highway conditions are mentioned along with upcoming education board and cemetery association meetings.
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Montgomery Ward & Company
Carry
Board of Education
the Journal
Solon
Regglar
Oil City Men Sentenced to Penitentiary in May Court
In Franklin on May 20, Judge Lee A. McCraren sentenced two Oil City men and two others from nearby areas after guilty pleas in a May shooting and related theft cases. Frank Gamineji on assault with intent to kill received a penitentiary term of three to six years and a $500 fine. Baker, linked to larceny and burglary charges, drew two to four years with fines and restitution. Engagement announced: Helen Mary Prouse of Erie to Lawrence R. Donaldson of Erie. wedding planned in May.
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Oil City
Baker
Columbus
Ohio Grate Pusn
Judy Mo~ Craken
Western Penitentiary
Erie
Mar
Grover ‘Prouse
Colonial Farms
Wattsburg
Helen Mary
Lawrence R. Donaldson
Ralph W. Donaldson
Arbuckle, Pa
Down Trend in Pennsylvanias Direct Relief Rolls Continues
The Pennsylvania direct relief rolls decline for the week ending March 11 continued the downslump begun the prior week. Net relief caseload fell by 2 005 to 8 277 persons since November end, with expenditures dropping to 1 880 212 dollars, down 20 847 from the prior week. Applications for general assistance totaled 7 927, down 279 from the week before, while private employment reduced openings and WPA turnover aided the overall decrease. Unemployment compensation activity cut 486 cases, and 256 674 cases remained on direct relief statewide as of March 1, with 786 747 persons on the rolls.
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Pennsylvania
Ernest Kelly
Department of Public Assistance
Woman Loses In Death Claims 95000 Action
A suit seeking 19000 for injuries suffered in an automobile accident on Route 20 near Erie was filed by Ernest Kelley Harborcreek through attorney Samuel Rossi. Kelley alleges a truck driver halted suddenly, causing his car to crash. Kelley, WPA project worker at Worth East, was unable to work for months. Death claimed an elderly resident of this vicinity Saturday in Hosea Southwick of Upton City. Survived by daughter Mrs Royal Goldwill and others. funeral Tuesday at 2 from the ealing chapel.
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Rie
Mar
Mies
Erie
Ernest €. Kelley
Harborcreek
Samuel ¥. Rossiter
Kelley
Wia
Mellent and Weidner Co
Medina
D.towbnys
Worth East
Hosea Southwick
Arthur Barton
Upton City
Beaverdam
Clinton Matthews
Barton
Beaver‘gem
Queen's Heart Enshrined in Black Sea Monastery Chapel
The heart of the late Queen Mother Marie of Romania is enshrined in a golden arch inside the chapel of a monastery overlooking the Black Sea at Baleike.
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Marie of
Romania
Black Sea
Baleike
Genuine Flu Cases Rise in Erie City
Five genuine influenza cases are reported in Erie with one additional case noted, while thousands of milder instances are prevalent nationwide. Health officials list 58 communicable diseases for the week, including 27 chicken pox and several cases of whooping cough, scarlet fever, measles, and pneumonia. August Wittman records 43 deaths and 42 births for the week, with heart disease as a leading cause.
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Brie
Mar
James R. Smithy
Heia
Health Department
August Wittman
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Heart
Erie Victory In Test Suit Over Trespass Case
The city of Erie won a civil suit Friday when Judge Miles B Kits granted the motion to nonsuit a trespass case brought by Miss Lole DeMonch of West High Street. DeMonch sought $2,000 damages for injuries alleged by volunteers in the city. City Solicitor Edward At Murphy announced the ruling as significant for about 58 similar pending cases. City Claim Adjustor Louis Sweitzer estimated potential city liability could top $90,000 across all claims.
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Wice
Edward
Murphy
Lole DeMosch
West Hight
Miles B. Kits
DeMonch
Vmteers
Louiis Sweitzer
Local Roster Fragment Notes Various Reasons
Partial OCR excerpt mentions players labeled piente two by preamonia four by nanker two by Luberculosis with the remainder set for various other reasons. The text is fragmented and lacks clear context or dates.
State union groups urge national truce
In Pennsylvania the state industrial union council CIO affiliate joined with the American Federation of Labor urging a peaceful truce between labor movements. John A. Phillips, president, and Lester Thomas, secretary, sent a resolution to Washington asking labor leaders to work to settle differences between themselves.
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Tatrissuitg
Maroh J
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Qudustrial Union Coun Wk Cio Afiate
Ongn
John A. Phillips
Lester Thomas
Washington
Mocking bird makes home at Lovell Smith feeding station
A southern mocking bird establishes residence in South Hadley Massachusetts and fights off starlings that threaten its food supply. The bird regularly visits the Lovell Smith feeding station and defends its claimed feeding area against intruders.
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Yankee South Hadley
Mass
Lovell Smith
Wassail Wassail Contraction Meaning
The phrase Wassail Wassail derives from Middle English waes haeil meaning be thou well. It explains the festive term used in caroling and toasts during yuletide celebrations.
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Wassail
Love and Jealousy Entangle Constance in Veranda Tryst
Gordon seeks Avis and confronts Constance about affection while she struggles with jealousy and guilt. At a Northwood party he pursues Constance, Avis reveals love and deceit, and Constance faces a painful choice between Gordon and Terry as she contemplates marriage and truth.
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Constance
Gordon
Aone
Terry
Avis
Rosalind
Gordon Keith
Ruth Darby
Dor
Phe A
Arma
Weill
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