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McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - September 8, 1921, Smethport, Pennsylvania The Democrat this week goes into More Homes in Mckean county than any other weekly newspaper Mckean Democrat the Democrat the entire Fie of Mckean. It to be your paper. Era volume Xiv co., to. Smethport pa., thursday september 8, 1921. Per year. No. 36. Has leased local Creamery a. Miller will conduct local Plant As a butter making opens in Smethport tuesday will Bej Janner meet great racing card next tuesday the Mckean county fair opens its Gates to the Public for the seventeenth time. The manage ment has arranged the greatest pro Gram Ever offered by them. On new feature will he the night hair. The Delco Light people will Light the grounds. That everybody May enjoy the evening the association will give free admission to the ground evenings. The Secretary expects a Large aerl cultural exhibit. The association has met from time to time with the diff Erent Granges and has received their Hearty cooperation in appealing to the Farmers to make a Good showing of their product. Besides these meetings Fetters arid bulletins have been mailed to Early every Farmer in the county by the association and the farm bureaus. The Young people will have their usual display of vegetables cooking and fancy work. The fifth annual love Stock judging contest will be held on the grounds at 10 a. M. Wednesday sept. 14th. Entries close Friday sept. 9th. The free attractions which will appear every Day in front of the grand stand Are Dan Leon s performing ponies and the Aerial faults. Both attractions come highly recommended having played Keith s vaudeville Heaters Ringling. Bros., Barnum Bailey a circus. Wednesday sept 14. Pace Trot. ,j300.00 the Plant of Tho num Dah Cream Ery company this Borough which was converted into a Swiss cheese factory last Spring by the cooperation of local business men with Farmers of the com Muity a venture which terminated several weeks ago has been leased by Anthony Miller owner of the Claranett Dairy farm this Borough who will con duct this Model Dairy Plant As a butter factory. At a meeting of the backers of the Swiss cheese factory this week it waa accept or. Miller s offer to sub lease Tho local Plant. He took Possession of the property tuesday and is now busily engaged in getting the Plant ready for business. This is a Happy solution of the local Dairy situation As or. Miller is a butter expert of Long experience. During the past two seasons the business of his Cretaro has his Ery at the Claranett Dairy farm expanded to great proportions. Tai urday sept in co l f 2 Binning 6 8 mlle Friday sept 16 1 Pace 00 2 2t Trot i 1 running race j 2 mile pc Tho i to n l the Harry copping shows one of t the biggest carnivals make fairs has been booked for the Midway my the Republican commenting in this carnival which flayed that oily the other week says n a the carnival arrived in Kane butter has found an eager Market and he has purchased Large quantities of milk from Farmers of this Section and has paid top prices for same. Checks to local dairymen from the Claranett Creamery during the past summer have aggregated As High As in one week. With Complete Creamery equip ment and Model Plant or. Miller s bus iness will expand to the Point the excellence of his butter warrants and it will be a splendid thing for the Unity generally. Or. Miller states that he has been receiving much milk. Dairy men from other Points particular Al. Dred and Points in new York state most of these patrons Are big Dairy men who prefer sending their milk to butter factories rather than cheese factories so they can retain their skim milk for their herds of Swine. The Swiss cheese factory subscribers have authorized Fred Santschi who was in charge of the local venture to sell the Brick and Salsa cheese manufactured at the Plant this summer which has been in process of curing or. Santschi will remain in Smethport until Tho Stock on hand in disposed of Moat of this will be bold locally or Miller Baa ordered new in eluding an automatic Bogue Aid a milk the creat Aery w fail in attempts to enter drug store and garage work of amateurs monday night eggs tried to Force a trance to the Corner drug store and he Smethport garage building. In he first instance a Jimmy was used to by open a seen door on West Side of he drug store building. Numerous gouges in the Wood attested that the Ulp Rila had difficulty doing this. Afer opening the screen the Obber. Could not make any impression m the door after repeated efforts. An Effort was then made to orce Entrance through a door in the which bore numerous Marks of he , but this Effort also failed. The attempt to Force Entrance to he Smethport garage was undoubted y made by the same person or persons As a door on the West Side of the Gar age bore Marks similar to those made on the Corner drug store doors. The indications Point to the culprit being a Novice possibly local Talent. Day morning in fifteen were taxed to their Load cars the a Moat to which carry the Rideg devices in a merry go Mammoth Terris wheel aeroplane swings and f f _ that and laugh producing de vice known As the whip which to be the big feature and is loaded to the capacity Coveny trip sam.6 paper speaking of attractions says there Are a dozen Good tent Showa including the old Plantation Freak shows posing which do Worth Phile Sittl Rojs in the living pictures Over the attraction top is a mirth provoking there la a big athletic the it Rey h overs Bish up of. Liberia speak at St. Luke Church Lith Mornin and evening Bishop overs was for a nerdy Rector of the Church of the Cei Sion Bradford going Parish to his Dut Jea in Liberia the past summer Bishop overs has been in the United states has accomplished to interest the people of this country in the a Jjck african Republic whiskey still near Bradford Thomas Perry proprietor of a re sort known As Over the on West Washington Street beyond the City limits was arrested on a charge of violating the state prohibition enforcement Law yesterday after a raid conducted jointly by City and county . It is alleged that the officers found a still in full operation a Kettle Mash boiling on a above and a smal Quantity of Moonshine whiskey. The raiders confiscated the apparatus am beverage which in alleged to hav been about 140 proof. The raid Ink bout if i 3" t Sev Jpn noon stolen car recovered was taken from of col Grovo Man two weeks ago. An Overland five passenger touring pm that was stolen from the garage of in Stranberg of Colee Ove on the ight of August 2c, was recovered by in Salamanca police on wednesday f last week. Tho officers found the a standing alongside the curb and a cognized it from descriptions of Tho Tolen vehicle sent out by the local a Horl Les. The occupant of the vehicle Vas arrested and gave his name As her Ert Weiser of Carrolton n. stated that the car had been Tolen by Fred Brougham who also re ides Salamanca. Brougham had Een employed at Betula and Notor Tealing Tho Stranberg car drove it to he Vicinity of his Home and went into id lip. Fos several Days Weiser car led hib Friend food and during the tiding period the men ventured Foth and stole a suit Case filled with cloth no from a Railroad Section men s Bhan y. Their Dow Val came when they visited Salamanca. Brougham made get away but police throughout this i action Are on the Lookout for him and Hia arrest is expected. Brougham once before was arrested or stealing an automobile for which in was sentenced to the Erie county s new York penitent Larj. He escaped of that institution soon after and came to Betula. He is a bad actor. Weiser was Given hearing in Sala. Manca on a charge of stealing the Sull and was sentenced to jail for 60 Days. While Brougham waa on the Way rom Colegrove to Salamanca he stole to. New extra tires from an Automo bile he passed on the Road. Or. Stranberg went to Salamanca last week and drove his car. Home. Electricity explained to town lawmakers band concert saturday. Saturday evening at o clock the Smo Thorl band will Render the following program at the court House band stand of veterans de lame Moor Fox Jubilee Chapel one rag Fox and peasant one Are travelling fast work progressing rapidly on Creek Road Job. Marvin women jurors Here next week the september term of civil court will Convene before judge Joseph w Bouton at the Coua Thouse this Bor monday Iid in the f. L. Cohen construction com Pany is making rapid Progress on the Marvin Creek Road Job Between Smith port and Kasson. Concrete has been Laid from Kosson to Cornea approx. Mately half the distance of the six Milo stretch under construction. The Large mixer will be moved this week to the we. Jones farm just outside the Borough and will work Back towards comes. In Tho meantime the work of making the big fill on Marvin Street this Bor Ough Between main Street and the Jos Mundy reside he will tie rushed with a View of having the new Grade ready for Concrete by the time the mixer a finished to Comee. Tons of Earth a to be used in this fill which in places raises the Grade of Marvin Street Fly get. Work on the new 90 it. Span con Crete Bridge on Marvin Street is near no the end and when completed tit work on the Borough end of the to will be greatly expedited. The Satruc ure will be a Beautiful Dourty fax lion police Harry g Garden Carl sensor Ando Sarnesi if rails free rail a Toad detective f Perry was taken to police acid later a Williams Alderman who hell Hon to court in 000 bail on a charge of violating the act. Perry furnished the requisite Vail Perfy s troubles were not confined to his disregard of the dry Law revolvers were found in Possession As is an alien a levied and collected by game Warden Benso Bradford show 6t wrestling and boxing Elm and Zam Are a Clever pair of old gets and contrast strangely with the fat lady in the Freak show tick ets sell for each containing four single i miss ions none Pell afer sept 12 during a a Jolt to the United Over a year Agor i shop oyers spoke at 8t Luke of Hirch Fofi held bound interest of two Large congregations by hib absorbing recital of conditions in Liberia where the Church is performing miracles to improve the condition of the natives who have pro Gressed but slightly from savagery Smethport residents will Welcome this Opportunity to hear Bishop overs once More to a far off Field of labor t Independent football meeting will be held Friday evening at Hose House to organize. There is a Strong possibility that a Smethport will lie represented on t in 4 Gridiron by a Strong Independent foot Ball team this season if the matter of financing such in organization can be. Provided for there in a wealth of locally f or. . An of Sanaa ti6n including a Mrtin apr of College stats met it should be an attn Cut drawing card which would be self sustaining if a. Was once mide a will to held it Tho Hose y House Fonda evening at which he pro atm broken Roswell employed b Den. A is Shea on Marvin Creek Road Job sustained a fractured right fore Arm last thursday Hyphen. The motor of tin was in the. Act of cranking or. Buff Chad Wick attended his in jury Oviatt Murray popular Young of up United in mar 5 Fiagle monday sept. O the Home of it idea Mother mrs f Oviatt Farmers Valley the. Marriage of miss beatrice1, Oviatt to or David t Murray Buffalo n t was solemnized by the Rev w e Van Dyke rec Tor of St Luke a episcopal Church this Borough the waa performed in the presence immediate rela. Lives and friends the wed Ding a delicious luncheon was served after Whie i the Happy couple left on a wedding Toumey they will reside in Buffalo the Bride is a Charm ing Young lady who is Dotso redly popular with a wide icicle of Frinda. For some time she Coilty equal effect Lye ladies Jiose from the privilege of declining service but with the Del so on of the supreme court declaring women of Pennsylvania eligible for Liiri service must fare just same As their male neighbors in re Rares the Duy of serving the county a jurors on the docket for week Are 26 cases the surcharge cases against a Flaherty Marsh former commissioners of Mckean county arising from the Auto Mobile maintained by the officials drawn Lor jury duty Are of interested in football is re with a View of perfecting Purpi mratin to Hick in in in pendent team baseball. Sunday. Suh Day at the Community. Easl Smethport the East Smith port team will. Meet the fast Johnson Surg independents this is a new organization which includes a number of Semi pro Ess Lonal to should prove one of tft4 most con tests of the season game called at 3 o clock. Conthbiitiqn.50c. White s millinery Here you will find the a Isons choicest offerings the line of chime nov silk Plush Beaver it and nov 2t mrs. Clairv White women will aerie As the Farsi tame in tie he Story of Mckean x men to resumption of to Talvitie a resumption of drilling activities the local Field predicted Jay Oil n the Negr it Fiat Era Wells are1 prompted j j the local contractor has Nellie Bartley of it Alton Margaret Conant of Bradford Pearl Ely of be Tula Flora c Evans of Bradford Ber tha ruler of Rixford longshore of Kane been Lawry of Derrick City Mary b Magee of Foster township Theresa Olson Mabel Span Gler of Kane mra at b Rice of Eldi Margaret e Strane of Kuah Equa and Sadie. Trimble of Kane. Will have Booth at fair the ladies of theeas4 Smith Peri civic. Improvement club an Organiza Lori which has accomplish a d Mueh to bring about the splendid improvements brought about in that live Community during the past summer will conduct a refreshment tooth at the Mcke an county file next week. The Money realized will be Devou a to the find be Smethport. Resided in Simiet port and attended the no raised for the erection of a hand local High school she after Irdy in some Honor Roll of the service o dated As a professional nurse from kiting township to be erected it was the Buffalo Genera Hospital and had since followed the nursing profession in that City. Of mrs. Murray is to Lilg plans for the Eirv plans for of worked out at the meeting of Tho pest next Morr a it is the a Trade and Public Wuh he annual Post ban Juet and Ball 1p the Overil psf Lenl ire deter mined that the spirit Day shall in .s.methport. The Democrat with rests off it is Thuli idea that oven incr Lith of friends in extending Iris to e sch be a turion Daj of Tho the couple service men of this Vic Init and shall Var n a it and mra Clair White and Ana Clark 6f Smethport a after the ceremony a Wedd Lily breakfast waa be Rcd the Bride i parents Home covers were id for Twenty five colors bolng1 carried out in Yello a and White after a Sho t honeymoon trip to Atlantic c to and Vork or and Rosida in Bolivar n t port Alle Gany reporter Argus Helen Arthe Maui Al Tei of or in mrs. William Marks and Clayton a Tealor Jere United . Irr lag Olean saturday aug 27th. Or. Tentor la a resident of gun Osseo came Here recently 8j manager of the Fao Torr the who is a Era Duritt at Clarion state is one of Hazelh refs most popular Young teach of Jjo oth Tarkington s Story in Joon. The Bride of Thea Happy mar naga for Ong a potion at whits ill winery this Borough she Eido ared Honcle. To in ii fronds in so Carport who in unite with Tho Democrat in extending chemical Plant resumes East Smethport chemical factory Wiki help Industrial Sitka tier no Sas in Fet Porf chemical it the Sornick of Emcil Comuni in inn if Oil Ai i his projects of a Bui Iti the be surer lion of do to s a huge Force of will 1c a Kiel help to the tha acetone employ ing i goofy f a r re h s of a i f. Bal Bra Fichta of cil Minutto sme Pori wih b production in the near figure to formal Atlon of of the Democrat s months for

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