City street repairs and local civic notices mix in Corry page
The city street dept fixed a crosswalk at South and Center after months of neglect while other city spots seek attention. Rev Fal Wilmer offers to head a fruit day for relief funds with Householders urged to back the effort. Ray Densmore visits, eyed for Prothonotary, amid party chatter. The Mutual Tire Agency changes hands. counterfeit ten dollar bills circulate locally.
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Whalis x de Jon
Fal Wilmer
C. L. Alexander
School tax collections dip under last year by five percent
Prank Westley city treasurer notes 1981 school tax collection progress is below 1900 figures with Friday marking a five percent penalty start. He expects a Monday update on totals, though he believes daily receipts today and tomorrow may raise the collection to be closer to last year’s level. The total assessment this year is about $115,000.
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Prank 1
Westley
Hay
Giant 12-Foot Lira Tire Tours United States
Goodyear dealer Sam Baumgarten of Corry announces a 12 foot high and four foot wide tire weighing over a half ton will be exhibited October 2 at 2 00 PM in front of his service station. The mastodon of highways, built at Akron factory, travels the country on a special bus.
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Sam Baumganen
Goodyear
Corry
wPhis Giant
United States
Akron
Ohio
Mr. Baum
Garten
Buila
Push Work on Kinzua Road Near Completion
Representatives of S J Groves & Company contractors said two weeks of favorable weather are needed to complete the Kinzua road project and assure its opening this Fall. Four miles of macadam remain. the work runs from Kinzua to Turtletown and from the Roosevelt highway to one mile past Wardwell. The graval base is in place but the top layer remains to be laid.
Cannon Case to Be Presented to Grand Jury
United States District Attorney Leo A. Rover announced that charges against Bishop James Cannon Jr for violating federal corrupt practices would be presented to the grand jury on February 8. The case stems from Cannon’s 1928 leadership of anti Smith forces in the South. Secretary to the anti Smith group Miss Adam Burroughs is also to be presented. About twenty witnesses were subpoenaed, including New York bankers and Methodist ministers.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Leo A. Rover
James Cannon Jr
Rover
Cannon
Adam. Burroughs
anti-Smith
Gannon
John J. Wilson
New York
Liberal Matrimonial Canon Adopted by Protestant Episcopal Church
The Protestant Episcopal Church has adopted a liberal matrimonial canon establishing ecclesiastical courts to handle marriage cases with diocese discretion. It forbids ministers from solemnizing marriages where one party is still married, with exemptions for innocent parties in some divorces, and outlines grounds for annulment including consanguinity, lack of free consent, mental deficiency, insanity, and other impediments.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Eclesiastical
Ihus
Gasoline War Feared as Detroit Receives Foreign Cargo
Detroit faces a looming gasoline price war as the tanker Pendrecht arrives with 400,000 gallons of foreign fuel for Sunny Service Oil. The ship carries part of a 16,000,000 gallon shipment from Romania via Montreal destined for Michigan markets.
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United Press
Detroit
Pendrecht
Sunny Service Oil Company
Montreal
Constantia
Sunny Service Company
Austin
Michigan
Buffalo Bill Memorials Highlight Western Legend's Tomb
The tomb of Buffalo Bill lies on Took Out Mountain near Golden ten miles from Denver where he died January 10, 1917. An equestrian statue by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney stands at Cody Wyoming near the entrance to Yellowstone National Park, with a Cody shrine and museum at Cody.
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Buffalo Bill
Tookout Mountain
Golden
Cold
Denver
Harry Payne Whitney
Cody
Wye
Police Shakeup at Pittsburgh Looms
Pittsburgh headlines a potential radical police force shakeup as Mayor Charles Kline may reshuffle the cabinet. Rumors say Treasurer Schooley could resign, Safety Director Claple may become treasurer, Alderdice to fill Clark vacancy, and Traffic Magistrate Soost to complete Alderdice term amid broader changes.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Charles Kline
Foroa
Longest Tunnels Through Alps and Cascade Found
Record details two historic tunnels: the Simplon through the Alps at 128 miles opened in 1905, and the Casade Cascade tunnel in Washington at 779 miles dedicated by President Moorer on January 12, 1920.
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Alps Mountains
Great Northern Railway
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Moorer
Landmark at Youngsville Will Be Razed
Youngsville, Sept 30. The corner building known as the Youngsville House, one of the borough’s oldest structures, has changed hands to an oil company and will be torn down for a service station. The Roosevelt Ten Rooms house hosts apartments. its history traces to Mathew Young, founder of Youngsville, with former landlords Wade, Siggins, Grey, Garfield, McGarry among early stewards. The building, once the Wade and later Youngsville House, dates well before the 1840s borough incorporation.
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Youngsville
West Main
North Main
Uie
Youngsville House
Uais
Mathew Young
John McKinney
Peter Wade
John Siggins
William Grey
Youngaville
Large and Small Stamps Show China Largest Used
A stamp dealer notes the largest stamp used originates in China while the smallest comes from the frontier. The claim highlights a wide range of stamp origins and sizes discussed in collecting circles.
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China
French Premier to spend ten days in United States
Paris reports government aims to rearrange Premier Piers Loyal’s schedule to allow a ten day stay in America and a visit to Canada. The planned trip would mark the first high French official voyage to the Dominion. Premier to sail October 14 and remain October 20 to 30 for talks with President Hoover.
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U. S
United Press
Paris
Piers Loyal
America
Canada
Vie
Dominion
France
Great Britain
President Hoover
Ie de France
Man faces three months in jail over accident verdict
Dunkirk resident Polchylski faces a three month jail term if he does not satisfy a $412.54 verdict returned by a Municipal court jury for medical services to William Doler Jr. after a June 6 auto collision. The defendant, who was under liquor when the crash occurred, had a body execution issued following the civil judgment.
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Dunkirk
Sept
Cusmir
Heaven Street
William Doler
William Doler, Jr
Pochylski
Doler
Polchylski
One Good in Vacation and Thinking Gays
A fragment notes a vacation offers four wins and personal time to think without interruptions, suggesting a neutral link between rest and progress.
Alien slated to be deported makes escape
State police hunted for Wilippo Musitam, 83, who escaped Monday from a Wetmore residence after locking an immigration inspector in a room. The non citizen, held for deportation, had been jailed for operating a disorderly house and was to be sent abroad this week. Police traced the fugitive through nearby camps but he remained at large.
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Kan
Wilippo Musitam
Stewart
al- Ten
Hie
Fir Farm
Wetmore
Miusitami
Smethport
Musitam
United States
Erie
Alten
Mushami
Elgin Chronicle Briefs and Announcements
Fragmentary items from Elgin page reference mourning notices, church events, and local happenings. Mentions Rev and Ladies Society activities, with incomplete names and dates. The scrawl hints at community plans, summer work, and learning events.
Sunday Morning Chorus at the First Church
Fragmentary notes describe a Sunday scene with a busy church and a lingering sun. The snippet mentions a first church visit and quiet contemplation as people gather and sing.
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Justa Parasraf
Ray Densmore
Hile
Max Hoetes
Mutual ‘Telephone Company
East Washington Street
Waterford
Haines
Milady
Recreation
Corry City
Erie County
Brie
Leroy Search
St. Barnabas
North East
St. Mary's Home
Rudolph Appel
Dunlop Tire
South Center Street
Meadville
Louis L. Kaufman
Crawford County
Kaufman
Allegheny
O. Clare Kent
Meadville Wrontlay
D. Watrer DeRossy
Khyanis Club
Service Club
Mr. DeRossy
Walter Merrick
Studebaker
South Bend
New Work Exchange
Meadvillé
Pister
Warren
Tony" Joy
Ted Luther
An Wallace
Archie Fostlethwait
Tewna
Hagland Tare de Or
Waa Nm Market Cross
Kinzua Road
Grand Jury
Aye Youngsville House
Associated Gas & Electric System
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Locke
Eury
Petts
Armco
Windsor
Amrying
Montgomery Ward & CO
N. Center ST
Corry, PA
Elgin Ch
Elgin
Clark
Faye
Rey Adit
le Cor
Ray Burr
Qughter
Ted
Milton
New
Clifford Soos
A “Imothy Wal’ Jara
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