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McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - August 28, 1924, Smethport, PennsylvaniaMarkka a col qty h great St we news Al Khz the Muat a etim for tie along readers sworn 12oo i tin Mii Orrant Earllm round or fining in Smethport and Rand i a cml count r tikk trip re rhed by other countr it in by Tenti volume 48. Of. Inc. , u Smethport pa., to our Day August 28, 1934. Per year. No. 35 i will i in ii Iet intercepts heavy traffic at Farmers Valley Corners passes through Smith i port will be completed in two years one of the Highway routes in the will be the Roosevelt j Trail running i Ruuk i Sinot port which starting at port Jervis. X. A. Will the Northern tier comity seats of Pennsylvania Taurie. The Democrat s attention has j called to the fact Attiat the completion of the to Jewett Highway this fall and the paving of the to she held Highway will be next year Wilt com plete the Trail from Smethport to Erie. From pct Poi to to port Jer vols the to be Are the helmet a and Abee and the Highway .Mi pol the lat cold Ali Agneil to Boink under construction at the. Grandson of or. And mrs. Job of present time. Two years should sue j Marvin Street was so Riou Siy injured this great Scenic route completed j when hit by a Sedan Beloncir to uie Sinei Henrt to Bradford .Mi Smethport to Eldred saturday and the result of their Cluck Iii of vehicles was astounding. O clock i. M., until o clock p. M., a total of 1.200 be Lilles thu Point. Tie of the party informed theocrat saturday night. A similar traffic Survey by the National government is in Progress All Over tie country. Car hit i boy his Skull fractured flow county Telec Tivo Lack Al Sou i uni i he i . Teipo rarely. Of of Rul Teliin Aiu dirt Bikini alcohol i liter j copied tiie it being1 j by express f l 0111 Alt. I cwt to. This in line w policy of the couiit1 of checking the illicit. 1 i. Allison had been lipped off re a steady of liquor from Bufalo to and had been on he look out for mysterious express Cun wi.mle.-l3.iy tote look ing v. Of Len or. Ann to i a u u a w i r l Bridge is again attracting hundreds . I. I r i and lev i Lii Iii Lime popular so Ollil in Liy which tin . p. A . Tin. Or Lluu Issis tin .1 Short ills inti fur . i j a. Stikl in of this a Minim a i new of of Witti from ill Nair main discover in i id. Which is s lil one of Tho air i Sirini this Marvel , Ilva led in Uerlin .Mi the Lumini Wiful Only Cluj which spans the i Une of i he sput of Zijic of Vlot Oria in Africa. Tho was hundreds Why visit tile hrs Dino every St and Kutulas find Ilu i selves Well i Conid one of which Nellie is and each sunday i i Urs Lons from Buffalo., for their visit and the finest hoc Hosier. . .Mi j paradiso which Tho Bridge us far is new York City l.rcuisli-. Him affords wonderful opportunities of be Piile to View this wonder of Tho a hundreds of cars which pass a that time the world s greatest via Siroi Isoli Smethport bound duct the tired go. from new Yore with the arrival of he autom Lille St i the predominate. Reorganized Smethport team plays Rixford Here sunday a. H. Bengs summoned by death on a Rilday evening August 22d, id another splendid Clatl by lilo death of Arvold h. At a Ives Street. Sir. Songs was poor Al it on fur intestinal trouble at lilo Mountain clinic. . Liinus 4tli last. For a time to seemed to. Rally from to operation but recovery Wels to that considerable fear arose that the out conic might to fat Ixl. A i was brought to ills Homo a for seven weeks in lilo Hospital Anil in spite All tint could be done finally succumbed. A general poisoned condition arising from the original trouble had gradually Iho blood Stream so that death came As the inevitable result. Or. Nengas i born at was a fun Iii l on june 1s7s, the youngest of six . Ife enjoyed the and entire a nth. T. C. Cosu Llo. Of ii Adfor a. The Kane Republican in a. Honor san any a fix Moor. Is in Highway Neicle in a verent is la. I wad liken to Tho Uia Lovd sue sir rises tie unusual Ini Poi Tanco j re of kane1.-? a Cayou on the now High Way system. Tha t town a the Ihu fact i i f inc i red Nihil i his condition Junction Point of Lii be important is trails the Koose Veu Highway the the boy had just alighted Genera Kane Highway and the but it Roni Rui automobile belonging to his Falo Pittsburgh Trail. Sain Bolloli. And had started routes to lie. Touched by tie new the pavement towards tie Resi Dence of his and stepped found to contain four c ins tilled wit i Al Chuoi. Uric of the Bouxa j Hail identify handled Rongley train ii Ojie of the sprung Tell tale leak. The cargo will ill dumped. V the la Yuoi consigned to la i via. Kan., i ill i.ddtls-1 to " 1 being give i As Sam Cortes-.-. Ooi Xia Nigara. St., Luffa to. X. ii the of n lint nil will at the Home Lipori fur nne As announced by manager u m. Us of is .mi-Riou-.-Ui. C. Clark p. Isiline. La Hull Kolin is 3d. If Mcke tinn , if. The Loc in fans Are Jwa interest the Lite Surnson Jenme pm i u. Be smell part learn. Uio o ton Siren Dong of Hel Rixford and Hiland then after i year la Fin Nuli proven Clyl army four yours at Ihu Royal technical College of i or in Runny Toni which he wan a Adu ated with the degree of of sol once in . In la Fiji he uni Ruscil Hilda Krysl Lilii Helman it port monday of two Chadron Wero born Aio fact Lions. So chances of Ombina Jon a real run for its Mon port Allegany labor Day tie Roosevelt Highway Are As follows Jull us. I to by Lii Actu. At Kane the Cina at Vatert Ord will be met the route South to Meadville Franklin Butler and Pittsburgh also to Mercer new Castle and reaver. At Corry and roads leading to the. Improved Highway sys join by the Gen eral Kane to Clarion a Short route to Pittsburgh and other Points. At Smethport the Short direct route to Buffalo through clean. At Coudersport the route North to clean the old Pike South to Williams port or lock Haven. At Putnam the Trail. At Troy a route North to Elmira a route Softli to at Scranton the Lackawanna Trail. At Milford the route to strouds Burin. The lock Wanna Trail and Points South. At port Jervia n. A. A route to Newburgh x. Y., and Points North on the Hudson River. Co. Auto dealers hold meeting Here the members of the Mckean county automobile dealers association enjoyed a six o clock Chicken dinner Munn a restaurant Smethport monday evening after which ail re tired to quirk s Hall where a enthusiastic meeting1 wag held. A commi11ee consisting of i. Hungiville James quirk and a. Anderson was appointed to Complete the Auto show directly in front of the costollo car. The Driver swerved tiie vehicle so the wheels missed the lad but the fenders hit him and threw him to the pave ment with great Force bruising him us Day and fraction Long his Skull. To the office of or. Hamilton and that physician at tended his injuries. Tuesday when the extremely serious aspects of the boy s condition could ascertained he was taken to the Hospital. A few weeks son of or. And mrs. Ross was injured in similar Accident at this Point. Back from legion convention or. A. Ostrander returned Home sunday morning from Greensburg. Pa., where he represented Bucktail Post of Smethport at the state convention of the american of Pennsyl Vania which ended saturday. The convention largely attended. O. Matchell Chase of Clearfield was elected state commander Cor the coming year. Erie was chosen As the for holding next year s Conven Tion. Or. Ostrander a elected District Delegate to Tho american legion convention in St. Paul. Minn. Jany arrests being Are Renille. J the Bradford Star record of Mon Day gives the fallowing parti Tuiai s of another anti prohibition calamity in the Krie Railroad Yards stands a car filled with Iso half barrels of four per cent Beer which was confiscated saturday night by county detective j. J. Allison of Smethport and the local police. It is expected that the will be destroyed. A tip was received by. get. By. Were from St. Marys that a car filled with Beer was being shipped through Brad Ford. The Captain investigated and came across a. Car from which Beer was leaking from a Keg Tho odor be ing Vety and easy to Trace. The car was on the Way to James town to the Jamestown beverage company and Lead been shipped from Kau Lmont. Pa., by Morris the names of both shipper and con signee were found to he fictitious so that no arrests will follow it is believed. Captain Sweet asked the train master not to move the car and then notified the county authorities and the county detective procured a search warrant. He went to the Yards to find that the car had been made up by. A of the Smethport and Rixford team teams is always the signal with the fast will play two p team in great outpouring of of both morning .Mi . And sunday s game should be lie Day in port marked by dance. A record breaking a feature of in will be a Atten wrestling match Between Smith of Duke Center and Slegel of Dubois. Peeler going Strong with Montreal club Harold Peeler of rest Smethport Catcher with Montreal. Canada club in the Ontario Quebec league a having a very successful Jason. He is batting at clip and 1.1 Homo runs of Date. To is tie hardest hitting Catcher in he league. In the arrangements Foi at the county fair in Smethport in a Gime recently at Quebec he hit Hept. L-12 which to surpass nut n in 5 trips to the plate. Fie any similar Effort in the history 2 homers in 3 time. To the county. H. J. Rice was present the other Flay. Mis season to the association .Mi september 1st. Manv goad i Maiks. He the full c fair r will i had narrow escape when Ford ran away on Steep Hill and at Uio the. We the car cold de into a through freight Buffalo and ready to leave. The Crew at first re fused to switch the Beer car. But Attar an argument and threats of arrest on charge of illegally transport ing liquor ii waa removed from the train and is under heavy guard. Son Clint had a miraculous from serious mishap their Ford touring car ran away on the Serop Bill this Aldo of Coryville Loat Friday morning. They were proceeding in Tho direction of Ellred and about half Way Down Tho Bill Tho steering Post of the car which was being driven by Clint Oviatt came Loose and the vehicle with n Telephone which fortunately was rotted at the Bottom and snapped Oft easily. Continuing the Ford went Over a. Three foot embankment diving nose Foremost Irto the Creek alongside the Bridge. Or. Oviatt was thrown out Over the Hood and landed on the opposite Bank uninjured. The Oiler of the car like Wise Escen Ped injury and Tho damage started a mad flight Down the pitch done to the Ford was alight. 3 stand Are Tho flying Moores. A High three bands have been furnish music for the Mckeun county 9-10-11-12. Will play fair in Smethport sept. The port allow Runny Bam for. the it Al r h to ill i in. Int 40 Pivot longer Toimi ins Itsuki for a him from r i ors to join in or in1 from a i. Or a in in prof err in to Ali no y to i Robt i Lyrl Mir i Filroy Spock a n i., k i no n r. To re o s t j o f on Tod. Plovc new v. I and the m or in Isra Donl. Thursile in 4. When Niom Bors of the True Tion and a or Cox Nin lives of to in he Irinco u local Young Man awarded scholarship in Smoth por Las. Weol that i Hildwin of in Ifil Denb a Nonra of he raft for a scholarship in the of Pennsylvania. . Finishing Larabee Bridge d. In. Dpi Niiori. Tiie forint in the to Over to at i in l to .1 air on 11 r. 5 i v e j in i a i s a tic jail in i on t and the Neil .1 in of is in f o r to i n n it to n to 11 r i in n i n e up Iho to Riff of Earth re i Iii a Hsih attended governor s con Ference of attorneys District attorney 10. Us j Oval of Jinx up t Hil r inn i , f of. If thl will run by y i god. I. I Inu Illy to . By any Coni Infinity. The Demorn. Unites with Smethport in 11 in of ten fling Ron Lole if ? to sorely s. Rick on family. Olill Cairn schools re open monday Thi snip port Borough to next m Tinl w t n by summer on11 who 3 i and a. V. Till Iho Tho Iii i ivol Hore Jor is miss Drnka Juat before train oos duo to for Krie. 1 Nih Lugon. I us from we a Thornb in o cd Ell fix j r i j a n 3 re Tuluii Holny own i mind of mowers p n by t la re Kane won tourney j time Henrt country j Clit by Tih i in i tourney on the j course last thursday afternoon Kane winning by n score of 46 to stolen a few they to he cemetery. N o Type of exists Hin at Aix o clock the visitors were it n Plinner at the a Toto Ilist Church Linins Hill. L. Micili a 1 o i 11 w. I r h of 11 y r o t h n Al hoped t i e i divid n of this Urett tiry of Loc to Rory of Tho in in my Tholf i co i Tod in i ii ugh a which i will n in Forth u Sis when Al let. For tie demo i Al. I Tho in pm of . For Nativi n ionic this line. Concrete work started on Hazelhurst it. Jewett Road Tho construction co of nut Ilo which the contract for Tho Jewett Road started Layin Oon Croto this work. The minor is working on the Hnz Cohurst end

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