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Newspaper
Mckean Democrat
Location
Smethport, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
4
An OCR fragment blends a Thoreau style prolegomenon by Thomas D. Ware with scattered legal notices. It lists names, property transfers in Bradford and Port Allegany, and a long sequence of judgments and suits from 1922 including bank actions, replevin, appeals, and divorces. The readable portions show multiple named individuals and entities, several $ amounts, and case numbers, but the text is garbled and incomplete.
The State Highway Department will begin placing six foot tall poles along highways to mark routes with color bands blue for north south red for east west and yellow for diagonals. Poles will be white washed to five feet with a one inch deep color band indicating direction. Initial link will run from the New York line south of Binghamton to Philadelphia via Scranton the Poconos Stroudsburg and Easton. Directions will appear at crossroads to keep drivers on route. Municipal care for markings will be by motor clubs and the Pennsylvania Motor Federation at intersections the far side of the intersection will bear the pole marker.
The commencement exercises at State College on Tuesday June 14 will award diplomas to McKean county graduates including Rolf Herman Beck Kane Clwi Engineering Sanford Bill Decker Smethport Dalry Husbandry Harold Perry Enestrom Kane Commerce and Finance William Herbert Howe East Smethport Mechanical Engineering Corwin Simpson Knapp Turtle Point Mechanical Engineering and forrg Lawrence Frederickson Kane Nearly all of Pennsylvania is represented in a record 845 graduates with 36 percent from the state The class is the largest in the college history total graduates over 600 for the year about 65 women will receive degrees Some veterans in the class will be recognized with military certificates in addition to diplomas A Senior Memorial endowment of 50000 will be presented to the college each senior pledges 100 toward a swimming pool project
Deed records list transfers from Staunton Jar Corp to Vacuum Container Corp for $1, Celestia Sloan to Jane Weadburn of Smethport for $2250, and multiple 1922 June transfers including Milo Adams to HG Bentley $1 and others with amounts ranging from $1 to $7000. Names include Baller, Garngey, Reed, Holisville, Cochran, Haight, Tatl arica, Bengtson, Nelger, Bovard, Adovish, Dolley sil wife, and Cale vor.
Fragmentary OCR shows a list item with monetary figures: George Butterfield et al $400 and Ned Gi ahson v e duh £ look $271.30. The text is garbled but indicates financial sums possibly from a court or legal docket dated November 1, 1922.
County Jigaway Superintendent CG M Carlson and a group including H Morrison, Mrs Choate, Mrs Lincoln Green, and Ruth Walker traveled from Morrison in a car to visit Mrs John Ruffalo in Youngstown Ohio. Also visiting were Mrs Victor Bouton and sons Bil and Bob from New Kensington Pa at Mrs Mary Hosney’s request. James Quirk went to Buffalo this morning for avisit. Also noted, 1 200 000 railway workers are casting strike ballots over wage cuts with forecasts of a strong rally and strike activity.
Caroline Javuson Pattison, born May 16, 1845 in Susquehanna County Pennsylvania, died May 9 at Hazelhurst. She married Steven W Pattison on February 3, 1863. Survived by four children, Mrs. Mary E Terry, Eben Pattison, Mrs. R Tity, and ?. Pattison, and one brother Alonzo Hopkins of Metros Michigan. Lived on Marvin Creek and later with her son in Hazelhurst at death.
Potter County hunter Dewey Penn of Wharton captured three wild black bears in one outing. On Track Stump Run five miles above Wharton, he found an old shed and two young cubs in his traps as game protectors Harry Van Cleve and C B Logue arrived late Saturday afternoon to verify the catch.
A careful operation ferried two bears in a crate with the old female sedated to prevent attack. If aroused, the mother might have killed the cubs to spare them from a worse fate. The crate was loaded at Hulls station on the Buffalo and Susquehanna mail railroad and sent to Altoona. There they were released into the Bob’s Creek Game Preserve.
Mrs Margaret Ballinger of Olean declares loyalty to her husband Edward E Ballinger now jailed in Little Valley on an abduction charge involving 16 year old Blanche Foster. Ballinger, once a Salvation Army captain, is defended by his wife who seeks bond and bail referee. The Democrat reports the update.
Classified notice seeking a chauffeur with fourteen years of experience. Mentions wave driven and repaired Cunningham, Piercea Ar row and many other makes. Contact H Herbeck at 6 6 Carria Oviatt for arrangements.
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