Butcher Dies In Mishap At Oil City Store Meat Block
William Shaffer, 34, a meat cutting employee at the P. H. Cribbs Co. store on East First Street, was fatally injured when a carving knife slipped while slicing a bacon rind. He died at Oil City Hospital from loss of blood. coroner cited a stab wound to the left femoral artery.
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Oil City
William Shaffer
P. H. Cribbs Company
East First Street
Shaffer
Cribbs
J. J. Zerbe
Venango County
Shaffer Hiad
Weekend Burglaries Reported in Crawford County
Crawford County detectives report two weekend burglaries. At Meadville Titusville road station owner J J Roane says about $20 in change and 16 quarts of oil were stolen early Sunday. He heard a car at 3 30 a m as it drove away. Union Service Station proprietor W G McMaster in Saegertown reports a break in with no loss documented.
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Meauvinus
Crawford County
J. Floyd van Winkle
J.J. Roae
Meadville
Titusville
Roane
W. G. McMaster
Union
Saegertown
Infantile paralysis hits Union City youth at home
In Union City on September, the home of Mr and Mrs Donald Wastman at 34 Fifth avenue is under strict quarantine after physicians diagnosed 14 year old Frank Fastman with infantile paralysis. A political advertisement accompanies the report.
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Union City
Donald Wastman
Fifth Avenue
Frank Fastman
Washington first discovered oil in Washington state claim
W. D. Pierce of Torpedo asserts in a Times-Mirror letter that General George Washington found oil in Pittsfield township, Warren county, over a decade before the 1859 Drake well. He places the discovery during wintering with troops and Indian guide, detailing the exact spot and months spent there.
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Washington
Waterford
Franklin
Pierce
Juvenile cases flood police over holiday weekend
Juvenile delinquency kept police busy during a holiday weekend with four youths ages 16, 16, 15, and 16 arrested for offenses from stealing a car to larceny. Phalla Mae Daniels, 18, was charged after allegedly stealing jewelry from a domestic employee at 47 East South Street and arraigned under $500 bond for grand jury appearance. if bond defaults, she faces Erie detention. Four youths, Joseph Taylor, Thomas Ressler, Donald Brigham, all 16, and Sam Baressi, 15, were taken into custody near Elgin after officers found them in a car owned by the Pennsylvania Electric Company. questioning indicated they had taken the automobile from a garage.
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Phalla Mae Daniels
Smith
East South Street
C. B. Porter
Erie
Joseph Taylor
Thomas Ressler
Donald Brigham
Sam Baressi
Corp. Carlson
State
Elgin
Pennsylvania Electric Conmeny
Frie Woman Fatally Injured In Jersey Turnpike Crash
Olga M. Maxham, 40, of 137 E 29th St, died from injuries after a car crash on the Jersey Shore Turnpike south of Coudersport Pa. A companion escaped with minor injuries. Frank Prue, 99, of 817 W 7th St, was discharged Sunday morning and accompanied the body to Erie. Authorities blamed a faulty steering mechanism for the crash and charges of taking an automobile without permission were filed against the quartet. Baresi, a juvenile, pleaded guilty and faces the county court as probation is arranged.
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Olga M. Maxham
29Th Street
Philadelphia
Jersey Shora Turnpike
Coudersport
Maxham
Prue
Street
Coudersport Hospital
Erie
Clifton M. Howard
Wright Street
Baresi
B. Porter
Rites Held For Victim Of Gun Mishap
Erie Sept 5 Dean Francis Blodsell officiated at funeral services for William G Swainsbury 26 of 1017 Brown Ave. Interment followed in the cemetery. Friends listed include David Schabacker Dirron Schatacker Eugene Shunahan Lawrence Long Edgwars Van Zandt and John Britton. Swainsbury died after being accidentally shot in the neck while hunting woodchucks with three companions misidentified as a woonsluck. He was taken to Gorry hospital where internal hemorrhages developed.
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Erie
Francis Blodsell
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
William G Swainsbury
Brown Avenue
Abe
David Schabacker
Dirron Schatacker
Eugene Shunahan
Lawrence Long
Edgwars, van Zandt
John Britton
Hupild Gorenflo
Gorry
Crusader District Attorney Rapped Over Grand Jury Case Handling
Mrs Hills files petitions with Judge Lee A McCracken criticizing District Attorney Maurice P Breene over the August grand jury proceedings in the Lloyd Brown Harold Gahagan and Frank Galbraith cases. She says she sought consultation before the cases were presented but was blocked by the DA’s absence and later refusal to meet during the session.
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Franklin
Sept
Malyeons
Lee A. McCracken
Venango County
Lloyd Brown
Harold Gahagan
Frank
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Chester W
Chet
Republican County
Pull Jever
Frie
William G. Swainsbury
Crusader
Avenue
Follett’s Market
Robert Taylor
Rex Theatre
P. O. Box
Corry
First Ave
Wing
Willi
Wheaties
Clarence Wallace
Chrysler
First Avenue
Ape
Ac Ae
LL Spiesman
Philca Conservador
Franz Furniture
Crawford M. Woods Co
Guy E. Rogers
and Friendly Service
Dial
Richard
Rossbacher
Insurance Agency
National Union
Desmond
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