Bequests Made To Erie Institutions In McClure Will
Erie on November nineteenth reports the will of Jeanette McClure Smyth leaving eighteen thousand five hundred dollars to Erie and outside institutions. Beneficiaries include Rev R R Bryan two thousand dollars Mrs Grate Jull four thousand dollars and several church and mission bodies within the Presbyterian and United Presbyterian churches plus other scattered donations such as YWCA Erie Luxor school for girls in Egypt and the Mountain Whites School in Kentucky. The distribution totals reflect funds from the 1821 estate probated by the register of wills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Jeanette McClure
Reg Hmowellister
Arml
RR. Bryan
First Presbyterian Church
Grate Jull
Ben Avon
Pittsburgh
Warren Borough Tax Assessment Discussion Meeting
Tuesday morning Warren Borough tax assessors from the wards met in the Chamber 6% Commerce rooms with the chamber president secretary burgess and other officials to discuss findings from a study ordered by Rotary Club. The January 1995 Conewango Club meeting had tasked a Rotary committee Henry Reist W E Yeager and N P Stone with taxation facts. today’s session covered criticisms and differences over ward assessments, especially Ward 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Cook
Conewango Club
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Warren Hotuuihs
Henry Reist
W. E Yeager
N. P Stone
Mr. Rei
MELLO-GLO Face Powder Promises Longer Hold
Advertisement touts MELLO-GLO a new French process face powder from N. F. Ames & Co. Claiming longer wear prevents shine and dull color, the copy urges remembering the name MELLO-GLO as a unique product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. F. Ames & Co. Advil
Local sportsmen mark end of bird season amid hunts and tempers
Hunters and bears draw attention as the bird season closes at sunset. Residents report mild November weather and a busy Saturday night in Kane. Conductor James Hendricks, a 46 year PRR veteran, is added to the pension rolls. Texas Turkey Trots ship Thanksgiving birds, with over three hundred cars sent to northern markets. Local wildlife sightings include squirrels in City Park and a fawn near East Smith streets. A red fox and a 54 inch fox pelt are noted in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
James Hendricks
Renas
Listo Pensionis
Hendricks
PRR
Port Worth
Texas
H Ome
Ned Jerice
East Smith
Crowell
Pollimbu
Paul Lines
Carter Hill
Mysterious dual shooting in parked car in Waltham
In Waltham Massachusetts a 19 year old Grace Mills was killed in a parked car after she fired a revolver at her forehead. Her companion Joseph Buckley, 28, was dying at hospital after he shot her then turned the gun on himself. Police suspect possible self inflicted action.
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Waltham
Mass
Grace Mills
Joseph F. Buckley
Weston
Buckley
Hospital Auxiliary Plans Purchases and New Officers
The Talies Auxiliary of the Corry hospital met yesterday in the Nurses home on North Center Street with twelve members present. Mrs Barker and Miss Florence Bair were re-elected president and vice president respectively. They voted to buy two hospital beds, bed-side tables, and new curtains for the Mary A Harrison and auxiliary rooms, appointed chairmen for membership and a December 11 card party, and accepted Miss Clara M Widdifield’s offer to use the Nurses home for future meetings. Tea and sandwiches followed the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talies
Corry Hospital
Nurses Home
North Center Street
GG Barker
Nise Florence Bair
Perence Blair
Sidney J Elston
Clara M. Widdifield
Reduction Sought on Coal Freight Rates by Railroads
Washington Nov 16 railroad shippers seek lower coal freight rates from southern lines to 10 lake ports. Chesapeake and Ohio and others warn the move could cost about 850,000 annually to C and O yet a failure to cut rates could bring far greater losses. P M Whitaker C O traffic chief testified at ICC hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Southern Lines
Chesapeake and Ohio
P.M. Whitaker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Man vows to brave dangers for love in local tale
A man swears he would wade through ell fire and water for a girl, but a columnist notes she would likely choose Lincoln or the bills rather than accepting his dramatic pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin May
Atchison Daily Globe
Fragment of tank strikes vinegar office wall calendar
A fragment from a struck tank pierced the window of the Vernon D. Price Vinegar Company office and lodged on the wall calendar date M4. The metal piece, by chance, appeared to pick the explosion date, according to United Press dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Pres Plvisburgh
Pormany
Vernon D. Price Vinear Company
Equitable Gas Company
Vinegar Company
PLT A ORGANIZED AT JUNIOR HIGH
About twenty five parents attended the meeting at Union High Elementary to organize the Patent-Teachers Association. Officers elected for the year include President Mrs J E Mount, Vice President Miss Lotta VanTassel, Secretary Mrs CE Weir, and Treasurer Mrs Brank Toveland. Activities for the term will begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unio High
Remove Callous On Foot For 25 Appears Ad
An OCR style ad promotes a foot callous remover described as a thin wafer that sticks to the spot. It claims immediate pain relief without razors or acids and includes references to shoe wear and a product line called Ovjoy Callous Waters offered at druggists.
Funeral for William Wood at Union City Baptist Church
William Wood of Union City died after brief illness at Corry Hospital. Funeral held yesterday afternoon at the Baptist Church with Rev. AL Roth officiating. Members of the community and relatives attended. interment planned in Sherman, New York. Relatives from out of town joined the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jia Wood
Union City
Corry
Baptist Church
AL. Roth
George 7
Thomas
Mise Mays
Howard
Sherman
Ne VY
Fred Wood
Vert
George Mathews
Bert
Almy
Jack Andrews
Frank Sheldon
Charles Sheldon
Sid
Winans Sheldon
Vern Matthews
Eva Baldwiny
Radtwin
Tom Gilmore
Witsbures
Clymor
Bred Wood
Brocton
Negro Breaks Jail in 1912 Dunkirk Prison Escape
Article describes a Black inmate named Hamada or Hamada who escaped from Dunkirk police custody in 1912 and was expected to be rearrested. It notes prior crimes, multiple jail stints, and a parole violation leading to potential return to the Eastern Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
Noy
Oman
Sears
Hamada
Rustern
Philicdedphia
Parol Hamada
Parate
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Jeannette McClure
Presbyterian
Hichester Spillsch Ten
Newhouse “Shoe-House
Corry, Pa
Journal
Tear Lake
Irs
Estella Matthews
J. E. Mount
South Street
William Wood
R. E. Palmer CO
Simmons
North Center St
E. E. Guignon
Cretonnes
J. A. Lanston
N. Center St
Uabl
Eres
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