Election week hints and local notices from Corry
Just days before the election the community prepares for installation of newly elected officers at Odd Fellows Lodge 1.0.C.F. A Corry High School graduate Miss Dors Phelps wins a four year Allegheny College scholarship and departs for Meadville. A protest at the San Francisco AFL convention arrives from the Cloth Cap Hatmakers Union against hatlessness and a demoralizing trend. Ellen Ross suffers fractures and dislocations after a fall. she is cared for at home. Cries report Democrats lead Republicans in Erie precinct totals by 2,058 with five districts missing. Governor Pinchot accepts to speak at the Butler Pittsburgh highway opening October 27 at the Pittsburg-Butler airport. Daugherty reports painful injuries from a fall. Guffey to address via statewide broadcast at 8 p.m. This week’s cinema shows Death on the Diamond featuring the St. Louis Cardinals. Local farmers showcase bumper crops with unusually large cabbage and potatoes. State tax receipts from beer and liquor total 10,604,204 since legalization with September beer receipts 26,289 below last year. A stray dog attack near East Street is investigated. Corry Kiwanis participates in district convention in Wilkes-Barre. patrol finds a wrecked meat machine near the Corry Country Club.
Democrats Lead in Erie City Voter Registration
Erie, Oct 9 Democrats take first in city registration, reversing years of Republican edge. Officials note city totals show Democratic gains while county and boroughs remain Republican. Final city count expected near 26,000 with total county filing around 59,474. East Side and Eighth District show strong Democratic presence contrasted by GOP dominance elsewhere.
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Erie
Erin
Inter
Ralph C Benedict
Jestlers
Benedict
Evie City
Fourth Ward
West Side
Readers Club Meeting Highlights A Gardening Talk
Mrs. Hh. W. Auverson hosted Readers Club on Monday at Mascit Street. Members answered a general knowledge prompt from current events. Mrs. F Whittlesey delivered a splendid paper on fall care of gardens, followed by a social visit and refreshments.
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Hh. W.auverson
Mascit Street
F. ©. Whittlesey
Ang Nour
Construction Advances on New Sparta Highway
Spartansburg news notes progress on Mellert Wellner Co road work from the Erie county line to the fir intersection with cement pours underway and abutments completed. The article also lists local events including Sparta Grange meeting, cleanup plans, and social visits among residents, plus church activities and a play to be staged by Centreville Epworth League.
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Mellert-Weidner Company
Epworth League
Webb
Grange
Sparta
Spartansburg
Mellert Wellner Co
Medina
Erie County
Steve Glavis
Tae Smith
Sparta Grange
Glenn Steadman
North East
Steadman
Daniel Livenspire
Pittsburg
Charles Livenspire
Harry Hoffman
Titusville
Livenspire
James Paul
Stewart Settlement
Paul
C. L. Rexford
Lionel Thorogood
Washington, D. C
United States Navy
L. V. Thorogood
Richard Webb
Richard
D. F. Andrews
Joseph Andrews
Franklin
Howard Martin
Meadville
Billy Dicky
Frank Jones
Richard, Jr
Charles Penoyer
Youngsville
Gordon Clark
Looting Home Break-In At Fitch Residence
Robbers broke into H J Fitch at 313 West Pitt Street between 7 and 8 30 pm Sunday, taking a small cash amount and jewelry including a $9 necklace set, a $12 Cameo ring, a $6 50 class ring, a $1 50 silver ring, a $3 50 wristwatch and a $7 savings bar. Family returned at 8 30 pm surprised by the intruders who fled with two packed suitcases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
H. J. Fitch
West Pity Street
Democrats Gain in Western Pennsylvania Amid Record Registrations
In 1998 party registration surged across western Pennsylvania with Fayette county alone reporting over 70 000 voters signifying intent to vote and Democrats leading in city and county totals. Oil City and Greensburg showed mixed results while DuBois Bradford Butler and Sharon areas reflected varied Republican and Democratic dominance.
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Fayette County
Monton
Erie
Greensburg
Greensbury
Duwrente County
New Castle
DuBois
Bradford
Butler City
Butler County
Huntingdon County
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Wun
Jonathan ‘Lodge 1. 0. C. F
Odd Fellows
Dors Phelps
A. L. Phelps
East
Wayrie’ Strict
Corry High School
Allegheny College
Phelps
America
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Capan Hatmakers Union
New York
Ellen Ross
Phoenix Hotel
L. B. Bromley
West Smith Street
Court House
Gifford Pinchot
Pittsburgh-Butler
Joseph F. Guffey
United States
Will
Pennsylvania
WLEW
Rex Theatre
St. Louis Cardinals
Ruie Orsatti
Popula Outhelder
Olin Moore
Carter Hill
Tus
Arthur Morris
Commonwealth
State Department of Revenue
Robert Alford
D. M. Alford
Fifth Street
Button
East Street
Kiwanis Club of
Corry
District of Kiwanis International
Wilkes-Barre
Char W. Loveland
McEvoy
Corry Country Club
Dorothy Gray
Condra
Warren Hospital
F. J. Furgeson
Francis
Anna Stowell
Harbor Creek
Addie Hyde
Mabel Bennett
Britton Run
Charles Roth
Eastern Star
Hull Thurston
Ashtabula
Henry Thurston
Clayton Patchen
Harborcreek
R. H. Patchen
Natal
L. J. Westland
Medina, C
Sparta Hotel
Westland
Mellert-Weidner Co
Geneva
Donna Jean Morrison
Tpworth League of the Methodist Church
Freda Morris
Lucy Morris
Ruth Rexford
Dorothy Blakesley
Helen Bates
Doris Blakeslee
Pay Sayre
Howard Lindstrom
Edna Rhodes
M. E
Miis
Dorcas
WLEBW
Eddie O'Brien
Kryptok
New Deal
Riftion's
Optical Fest
Eri
Howard Smith
P. Smith
Hatchtown
Howard
Bradford Hospital
Mary Johnson
Centreville
Watkins Glenn
N. Y
Mercer County
Sharon
Farrel
Pekoe
Brown
Oumibiy
Mickey
Minnie
Attern
Suimble
Root’s Furniture
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