Jailbreak Mystery From Bradford County Jail
Bradford police solved how Charley C Catlin escaped by crawling through a 12 by 18 inch side wall aperture into a ventilating chimney, climbing to the roof and leaping to safety, leaving footprints and a puzzling six inch hat width. The escaped inmate, later recaptured in Meccutinn, was linked to a string of valuables including diamonds and watches found after the incident. A county league meeting discussed the establishment of a League of Nations and U S participation, aiming to promote freedom and security worldwide.
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Charley C. Catlin
Qlenn
Ty Morris Mendelson
Bradford
Claude Cox
Mark Caulin
Lwekun
League
Heahferd
Meade
Sdep- Gen
League of Nations
Amerca
Pennsylvania
Washington
Willem Hycht
Sea York
Bathree Pewee
Daring Bradford Jewelry Heist Nets $500 Value
In Bradford last Friday morning, a burglary at the Buchmann Dewey jewelry store on Main Street netted about $500 in jewels after intruders smashed the show window with a brick. Amelia Cameras, a witness at the New York Cemetery vicinity, reported seeing two or three men flee as the glass shattered. she alerted her employer Tam Kallos, and police were dispatched though the burglars had departed by the time Captain Foster arrived.
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Brads
Strowuman
New York
Cefetery
Afra
Amelia Cameras
Main Street
Buchmann Deweley
Tam Kallos
Storm devastates Burr farm hillside washing crops
A June 2 1919 Port Allegany Reporter Argus item reports a severe regional storm with heavy hail near A Widow Bridge Creek Valley. It washed away four acres of potatoes and corn, flooded fields, carried tools and items downstream, inundated a potato ground, and drowned eighteen fine chickens on the Burr farm.
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Port Allegany Heporter-Argus
Awibridge Creek
Burr Fama
Almond Bure
Burr
Fred Burr
Plan electricity plan for Port Allegany
Port Allegany reporters note a Croat delegation from Emporium visiting to study an electric lighting plant. Borough council favors pursuing information and possibly bonding for a municipal plant estimated at about 45000 dollars, including building, two units, poles, meters and wiring, with generator and engine costs around 16000 dollars.
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Port Allegany
Arguk
Tune
Croat Tore Allemmny
Burgess Ai Bydohosen
Couetimen
Videns
Fdag
Atttenoan
Tbe
Aviators to Fly at Bradford Fourth of July Celebration
Bradford braces for a three day Fourth of July pageant with flying thrills by an eight cylinder Curtis plane. Lieutenants Parker Cramer and Amory Emery, recently discharged from the U S Army Corps, will lead a morning military parade and afternoon aerial flights. The event features baseball, dances, a grand concert, and hopes for special train rates for visitors from McKean County towns.
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Bradford Your Sen
Parker Cramer
Amory Emery
U. S. Army Corps
Curtis
McKeah
Arival Oneessiana
Politeiam and Statesmanship Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts politics and statesmanship with lines about politicians and service. The superficial observer and Senator Sorghum debate the nature of political effort, implying that true statesmanship involves practical hustle for national aims.
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Politiea
Eynte
Sorghum
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Alvie R. Livermore
Stours
Smethport
Penna
Cleveland
Smethport Garage Co
Hogarth's Pharmacy
Rexall Store
Halpern
Main ST
Hearby
Unis
Cudie Gabiilous
Clinton Cool
Beng Gola
Cook Kros
D. Clin Cook
Drs. J.J
F. M. McCarthy Dentists Suite
First National Bank Building Clean
Xray Laboratory
Masser
Charles W. Masser
Smethport, PA
Lillibridge Creek
Vamaageu
Aviators
William W. Clark
Optomatket
West State
Swinehart
H. C. German Smethport
Bankes
E. W. Strong Smathport, Pa
H. H. Sasse Smethport
Anderson Smethport
Carrie Clark
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