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Newspaper
Mckean Democrat
Location
Smethport, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
7
Claude Heath circulates petitions for duty commissioner as local politics stir amid headlines of residents visiting family in Danbury and Bethlehem era. Many townsfolk travel to fairs, picnics, and dances while messages report health, travel, and community events across Smethport and surrounding townships through late summer notices.
The Warren and Moore construction firm advances toward completing the Smethport to Bradford concrete highway. Two concrete mixers operate near Cold Creek and Rew Hill as surfacing work proceeds toward the final macadam entry into Bradford. The state accelerates plans to finish the section from Rew City to Bradford with fall completion target, as Worrrent Moore crews pace shoulder finishing tasks and a large workforce camps at Herzog’s area and Farmers Valley.
Federal officers captured Earl Geer in Smethport and sent him to Warren on charges of defrauding by altering a one dollar note to look like a ten. He faced $3,000 bail at a hearing before U S Commissioner Shawkey and was later held for trial in Pittsburgh with $2,000 bail. A secret operative named Tierney testified Geer altered the note by placing a zero on the ten to pretend it was ten dollars. Geer was arrested with a full counterfeiting outfit found at his home. Reports said altered bills circulated at a Warren carnival. The Canadian Information Bureau will exhibit Canadian farm products at the McKean County Fair.
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