Wonderful pair of black bear goblets tale ends
A 1921 McKean County tale reports two small bear cubs facing removal due to state game laws. Alonzo Dikeman and Harriett Dikeman fear losing the bears as a local woodsman update notes timber estimates and a nearby county concert is announced with a Smethport Band program including American Cadets and Stars and Stripes Forever.
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Democrat
Kane's Siding
Winstedt
Conn
Per
McKean County
Alonzo Dikeman
Woodsman
Har_ riett
House of Dikeman
McKean
Court Horse Band
Fillmore
Mareh, Sousa
Stomp thereof for a seat in noisy feeder
Fragmented narrative describes a noisy feeder scene. A murky investigation finds two small bear babies under a log while Lon hurries home with beans in coat pockets. Harriett's emotions rise as a trap near a sheep fold is mentioned, hinting at further continuation.
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Sheep Fold
Harriett
Band Dance at Galco Park June 17 in Smethport
The Smethport Band hosts a public dance at Galco Park pavilion on Friday night June 17 to raise funds for band uniforms. Tickets are $1 and on sale now. Also noted is the funeral likely Sunday for G Gallup, with Bucktail Post American Legion planning participation.
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Smethport
Galco Park
Galco Park Pavilion
Former local girl Miss Hewitt on Alaska and its resources
Former Smethport girl Miss Victorie Hewitt lectured at Public School No 5 on Alaska Today and its undeveloped resources. She described possiblities and history of Alaska, shared travels to mining camps, and was praised by Brooklyn Evening Journal readers.
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Victorie Hewitt
Board of H Education
Alaska
Miss Hewitt
Uncle Sam
Orig
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Evening Journal
Smethport
Mia
John Hewitt
New York Historical Society
Emma Willard Resn
McAlpin
Camera ‘Chit
Franklin Simon Co. Post
American Legion
Preston F. Wright
Baltimore
Wright
Wilkson
Democrat
Train damages delivery truck at Green's feed mill
Lloyd Kohn in a Ford delivery truck from Denning meat market left it by Shawmills switch at Green's feed mill. A passing train struck the vehicle, ripping the top and injuring the side. Smethport Lodge and band plan to travel to Eldred for the Elk Nekean anniversary events on June 15.
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Lloyd Kohn
Denning
Shawmills
Green's Feed Mail
Smethport Lodge
DO. O. F
Smethport
Elred
Shawmut
Eldred
Yautos
Marvin Creeks Road Work Underway On Smethport Route
Chas P Gabrouy superintendent for L Cohn Construction reports early progress on the Smethport to Kasson road improvement. One gang pours a concrete bridge opposite E W Jones farm, another lays culverts, a loading station at Comes is under construction, and steam shovels have arrived signaling full operation soon.
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Marvin Creeks
Chas. P. Gabrouy
L. Cohn Construction Company
Smethport
Kaskoa
E. W. Jones
Comes
Kasson
Smethport Votes Electric Power Next Tuesday
A local election set for next Tuesday asks borough residents to approve an electric light and power project. The piece argues financing via bonds and unsecured loans, touts benefits like street lighting and industrial growth, and urges a unified turnout at the Court House to back the plan.
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Smethport
Citizens’ Committee
Jn Hae
Clean Light & Power Company
Portville
Sendin
Eldred
Westinghous Electric Company
Fand Oat ‘Company
Democrat
Rom Porivitle
Derkis Murder Trial Nearing Jury Deliberation
Derkis murder trial heads to the jury this Wednesday afternoon as a reduced grand jury sits due to excused jurors. The case, tied to a November shooting of Jake Reid in Smethport, proceeds with Claude Shattuck aiding District Attorney B. G. Potter. Derkis claims Reid pressed his wife leading to the fatal confrontation in Bradford.
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Derkis
Renton
Claude Shattuck
Tsa
Bouton
B. G. Potter
Jake Reid
Smethport
Lewis Run
Bradford
Abandoned lamp incubates birds in town puzzle
A messy OCR note reports a live bind inside an abandoned street lamp on West Klugestreet last week. It claims a hutp hatched and mocks outdated street fighting systems, using odd spellings to argue against electicity and a looming power decision next Tuesday.
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West Klugestreet
Bmethport
League Of Women Voters Plans Bradford Convention In October
In Bradford the county executive committee of the League of Women Voters met in Smethport last Thursday and voted to hold the annual county convention in Bradford in October.
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Bradford
League of Women Veters
Smethport
Thoreday
League
Rew Hill work and Hallstrom Johnson marriage reported
The War ren and Moore Company place a third concrete mixer on the Rew Hill grade from Smethport to Rew City with seven Mack trucks hauling from a new landing station Bradford. Progress aims at completing the Smethport to Bradford road stretch before bad weather. Edith Elizabeth Hallstrom marries Manford H. Johnson in Smethport with ceremony by Rev. Hallmertz. couple to bridal tour and reside in Bradford. Ford price cuts announced by Quiry & Sons. doors open for Wednesday dances at Gate Park with Smethport Laundry operating.
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Warren & Moore Company
Smethport
Rew City
Rew Hill
Coleville
Bew City
Hradford
Bradford Road
Farmers Valley
Herzog's Corners
Herzog’s
Rew
M. A. Aldrich
Brdford
Buffalo
Iardies
Johnson
U. S
Revenus
Bradford
Democrat
Connie
Commencement Week at Smethport High School Highlighted by Baccalaureate and Play
The Smethport High School commencement week drew large crowds for the Baccalaureate at St. Luke's Episcopal Church led by Rev. William S. Van Dyke, stressing education's value beyond finance. The Senior Class, directed by William Brownell, staged the three act comedy A College Town at the Lyceum, centering on Jimmie Cavendish and his social circle amid college ambitions.
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Smethport High School
William 5.van Dyke
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
van Dyke
Peraga
Lyceum
Wiliam Brow_nell
Jimmie
Cavendish
Bof
Bryan May Speak There
Bucktail Post and the American Legion seek to bring William Jennings Bryan to Smethport for a Legion sponsored address. The event would draw hundreds, boosting Americanism. A Bucktail Port meeting reported $1100 gross from a recent carnival, netting the Post $834. Charter members of Bucktail Post’s newly formed Women’s Auxiliary plan to meet and elect officers this week.
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Bucktail
American Legion
William Jennings Bryan
Smethport
Legion
Bucktal Port
H.C. Wells
Wormen’s Auxiliary
Bucktail Post
Removable etcel flag pole on court house lawn gone
Sam Fry M H Kelly and Bernard Pratt removed the 100 foot steel flag staff from the courthouse lawn after it had stood since 1916 and was weakened by time. The pole fell during lowering, crushing a chestnut tree but no injuries were reported.
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Sam Fry
M. H. Kelly
Bernard Pratt
Court House
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Jennie
Bennie
A . Super_Bear
Keno
G. Gallup
C. B. Gallup
France
L. B. Gallup
Colegrove
Wotal
Setare
Jesus
Warren.Moore Company
FORD
Quiry & Sons
Fort Motor Corporation
Detroit
Gateo Park
Smethport Taundry
St. Luke's
Bryan
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