Tr steamer Lady Grace sails Allegheny test voyage
In Warren a small craft named Lady Grace led by J W Zehn of McKeesport and Capt Fredericks Way Jr. departed from Ohio River flats near Hickory Street Bridge after a four day trip aiming to prove river navigability upstream. The crew plans camps at Salamanca New York Quaker Bridge New York and Sugar Run Pennsylvania then reach East Brady for Saturday city event.
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Warren
Hickory Street
Olown
Allegheny River
J. W. Zehn
McKeesport
Fredericks ‘Way, Jr
Allegheny River Improvement Association
Lady Grace
Salamanca
N. Y
Quaker Bridge
N.Y
Sugar Run
Oi City
East Brady
of the River Association
Dairymen Plan Friday Meeting At Mayville Center
A mass meeting of milk producers is scheduled for Friday evening October 11 at 8 o'clock in Mayville Central School auditorium. Walter C. Hannum, newly elected president of Chautauqua Maid Cooperative, Inc., calls the gathering to protect milk production and delivery against disruptive factions trying to incite a strike that could trigger shortages in New York City and widen the milk shed, risking loss of market orders and local profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayville Central School
Walter C. Hannum
Mayville
Chautauqua Maid Cooperative, Inc
Hannum
New York City
LaGuardia
Plan for Six Month Parking Meter Test
The city studies a parking meter ordinance to install meters with a two hour limit on nearby business district streets. A Friday meeting decides on limits and curbside clutter, with meters costing about $56 each funded by the city. Financing for eighty five to one hundred meters would take about fourteen months.
Sparser antiseptic ad claims quick relief for sores
An old time advertisement urges immediate use of antiseptic OINTMENT and medicated soap to protect against germs. It mentions Barry and Mom in a quirky promotional tone and promotes drug store availability and relief from pain.
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Barry
Mom
Bender
Gale
Sparta Family Hosts Shower As Community Helps Fire Victims
The Sparta area reports a well attended miscellaneous shower at Harry Stranahan’s home for Eugene Stranahan and his bride from Erie. Gifts were displayed as well-wishers congratulated the couple after their September 12 wedding. The Red Cross and Harbor Hall community groups seek items for a fire victim’s cupboard and clothing needs. Numerous locals attend church, social events, and travel for regional gatherings and weddings, sharing well wishes and support.
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Red Cross Chapter
Sparta Girl Cops
Erie
Spartansburg
Harry Stranahan
Leora
Eugene Stranahan
Presbyterian Church
Stranahan
Martha Thien
Phillip North- Top
Ladies Aid Society
Harbor Hall
Spoml
Harry Reed
Miriam Crosby
Reeds
Juanita Stranahan
Kittanning
Mabel Rhodes
Jack Rosenberry
Jesse Goodwill
Harry Daggett
Predonia
Franklin Daggett
Buffalo
Boughton
Spartansboro
American Red Cross
Sit
Grandin E. Drake
Glenn Steadman
B. D. Bryant
N. Y
Katherine Little
Evie, Pa
Confession in Polk State School shooting murder case
Franklin reports Arthur Peterson, a 30 year old Polk State School resident, confessed the shotgun murder of attendant David Ernest Boylan, 52, after arrest near the school grounds. Peterson pleaded guilty to murder and was remanded to county jail while petitions seek counsel and a sanity commission.
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Hei
Polke
Franklin
Arthur Peterson
Polkce State School
David Ernest Boylan
Peterson
Foster I. Dale
Maurice P. Breen
T. , Bell
Lie Aldermaan
Sunday visitors and camping tales from local towns
Sparty residents welcomed guests including Shieves and Mrs Emory Reeses and Mrs Andrews of Townville who visited Mrs Anna Roth. The party toured Hermit Springs Hearts Content camp on the return trip claiming they saw Beaver Camp. An odd tale notes Meredith Willson’s imagined name changes and a group with 21 fiddlers accompanied by Raymond Paige for a violin solo.
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Sparty
Shieves
Emory Reeses
Andrews
Townville
Anna Roth
Hermit Springs
Hearts Content
Granpa Wilson
Wilson
Willson
Meredith Willson
Willison
Raymond Paige
Incidental Fund of City Bolstered By Unappropriated Funds
City council approves an ordinance to bolster the incidental fund with unappropriated funds totaling 6,434,133. The measure passed first and second readings at last night’s meeting. Tax penalties yield 1,661, sundry receipts 2,632, and fines 47.
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Lish
Hear Appeals on Assessment October 23rd City Council
City Council will sit as a Board of Tax Revision and Appeal on the 1941 assessment on Wednesday, October 23, as voted at the regular meeting. Assessor Heath reports close to finish, with notices to added or changed properties. Only one-day hearing with hours 9 am to 12 noon, 2 to 6 pm, and 7:30 to 9 pm. no general revision this triennial year.
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Board of Tax Revision and Appeal
Han
Frank L. Heath
Court of Appeal
Acton
Counnell
Astd Complain About Blast Nearby Homes
A report notes complaints about a blast and its effects on homes near West W, with no damage observed nearby. Authorities are reviewing the situation and documenting extended impacts.
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Allegheny R
Allegheny
Sparta
Robert Davis
Mildred
Corry
George H. Davis
F. A. Soby
Cline Titus
Ripley
Lake Region
D. D. Stranahan
ON City
Ruchard Webb
Elmira, N.Y
Prank Jones
Richard Webb, Jr
Afr
Lyle Stranahan
Bruce Shreve
Clifford Shreve
Cehadohin Lake
Howard Atlee
Cambridge Springs
Mary Holford
Theodore Hutchison
Slippery Rock
Hutchison
Shirley Tillotson
Warner Theatre
Lynn ‘Howlwell
Elein
Imys
Josephine Boutwell
fOf Riceville
Wice
Penn Sayre
J. A. Whitney
Rey
Arnold Lundberg
Methodist
Women's Society of Christian Service
Ian Smith
Baptist
Cartie Taylor
Ina King Bowen
Sparta Township
Gerry Shreve
Philadelphia
Keystone
Temas
Man
Polk
Board of
United States
Brazil
Rugby Knitting Mills, Inc
Tong
Corry Hospital
Brigham Young
Tyrone Power
Dean Jagger
Linda Darnell
REX Theatre
Martha J. Williams
Carl A. Marsh
Follett’s Market
First Avenue
Crawford M
Woods Company
Dial
Tivine J
Young John Fenton
R. D
Hazel D. Weeks
MIP
Hse
Lena M. Severin
Condon
Rossbacher
Agency
Hamer Berkhaus
R.D
Chevrolet
Margaret Roehrig
Clarence Wallace
Chrysler & Plymouth
First Avenue Corry, Pa
Evanoil
TEMCO
Anthony Slava Samuel Boyer
Franz
J. L. Spiesman
Emme Spitz
Tred Crawford
Campbell
Cora
Theobald John Mober
Moore
van Vleet
Prank Darrow
China
Ekly
Harrie Ask
SENSE
Philad Miral
U.S
Corry of
Tion
BT. A
Atlantic
London
Europe
NBC
Gen. Jacks
America
Fletcher W. Science
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