Manic Captor Holds Four Nearby Residents at Dempseytown
Neighbors freed Mr. and Mrs. John Wheeling and Rudolph Larson after they were held at gunpoint by William Fuller and another youth near Dempseytown Venango County. Fuller, recently released from an asylum, kept the group captive overnight until help arrived.
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John
Wheeling
Rudolph Larson
Dempseytown
Venango County
William Fuller
Franklin Road
Young Fuller
North Warren
Larson
Fuller
Mrs. Wheeling
Fuller Farm
Clais
John Fuller
Spaire B. F. Haizlett
Venongo County
Leo A. McCracken
Oil City
Russell
Fulled
Grand Valley reminiscence recalls harsh blizzard journey
Josiah G. Winger, Grand Valley oil pioneer, shares a vivid 1884 memory from the Derrick concerning a blizzard era trip to Sheffield Hill and Bull Hill with a young lady passenger, detailing extreme cold and peril on the seven miles to refuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Kelly
Mamma
Winger
Josiah G. Winger
Grand Valley
Cla
Sheffer City
Daniel
Sheffield Hill
Bull Hill
Potato Shortages Hit New York as Potatoes Rise in Price
Western New York fields flooded last summer left many spuds undug and blight damaged crops push prices higher. State officials say prices reflect actual supply constraints rather than manipulation. Maine potato prices run higher than historical averages.
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New York
New York State
State Department of Foods and Markets
South
Maine
Football Star Kidnaps His Son
Dallas, Jan 26. A state wide search is under way for W. L. Crawley former University of Chicago football star charged with kidnapping his 18 months old son from the home of his wife's parents after knocking his wife down and beating an unidentified man who tried to interfere. The kidnapping is tied to divorce proceedings and an injunction prohibiting Crawley from taking the child out of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
W. L. Crawley
University of Chicago
Crawley
Texas
Do the Thing Law Quoted By The Scribe
The fragment cites a law of nature framed as a maxim urging action. It reads as a muddled aphorism about doing the thing, with unclear attribution or context and no identifiable entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rye Bart Thace
Tickville
Dock Hocks
Hogwallow News Brims With Quirky Local Tales
A slice of Hogwallow life features the Wild Onion school grappling with smallpox fears as grip illness spreads locally. Principal Miss Rosy Moseley leads a cast of residents including Buck Poat whose perpetual moves, misadventures, and a pet fish named Betty color a rustic community tableau.
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Wild Onion
Hogwallow
Rosy Ol Moseley
Fidity Flinders
Raz Barlow
Issac Hellwanger
Isaac
Penrose in Defiant Mood Warns of Warlike Tensions
Senator Penrose denounces local interference by the Catlin Commission and claims past political losses color current sentiment. He asserts no agreement on state officer candidates and warns that public lists reflect shifting views to be canvassed.
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Anto
Catlin Commission
Penrose
State Aid Nation
Smith
Smallpox Outbreak Feared in Dubois Hotel
The State Health Department reports a suspected smallpox case in Dubois from two weeks ago. An agent is tracing more than two hundred guests who registered at the hotel where the patient stays, following delayed diagnosis.
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Harrisburg
State Health Department
Dubois
Davis law tightens Florida liquor sales restrictions
The text outlines new state rules for liquor stores in Florida. Restrictions include sealed-packaged drinks only, no in-room consumption, no screens or entertainment, no loitering, no sales to women or minors, no credit, and no back rooms or hollow-door deals. A future legislature may prohibit liquor traffic entirely or put the issue to a public vote.
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Davis
Florida
Lawyers Before Parlor Board Harrisburg Jan 24
Notice to attorneys for applications for recommendations for the State Board of Pardons. They must appear and prosecute their cases hereafter. If applications are not promptly pursued they will be struck from the list.
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Parlor Board
Harrisburg
State Board of Pardons
Local notes from Akeley Jan 25
Akeley updates report Benson Jones recovering from grip with daughter Miss Mattie Jones of Jamestown's Jones General Hospital caring for him. Mrs Louisa Fellows ill. Mrs Homer Hale and child entertained at Mrs Fellows home. Mrs Cornelius Cole to be buried at Hale Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. Regular W B A Maccabees meeting held last Thursday with a fine time. Albert Wyman ill. Mrs T J Harrington visited Jamestown. Eliza Townsend of Frewsburg visited S T Aunis. Frank and Mrs Lounsbury of Russell visited Hale. Mrs E Marsh visiting Frewsburg. Erick Johnson of Jamestown visited Ludwig Johnson. Howard buys a registered Holstein cow and heifer calf.
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T. J. Harrington
Jamestown
Eliza Townsend
Frewsburg
S. T. Aunis
Frank Lounsbury
Russel
Frank Hale
E. Marsh
Erick Johnson
Ludwig Johnson
Howard
Local notes from Columbus and surrounding area
In Columbus and nearby towns several residents are ill with the grip including Doris Carrier Earl Carrier and other families. Property transfers report W Nollinger renting Frank Walton farm and Arthur Seers buying Stockton home. Cemetery Auxiliary to meet at Mrs. Elton Allen on Feb 2. Co E Brown Vital Statistics registrar details a Columbus registration district.
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Columbus
Doris Carrier
Ed. Whitaker
Earl Carrier
Clare Gordon
Erma
Verelia
Frank Stranigan
Verne Smith
Raymond
John Carlson
Market Street
Thomas Stranigan
S. L. Crosby
Corry
Sandberg
Will Parker
Clymer
Putman
W. Nollinger
Frank Walton
Arthur Seers
Stockton
Elton Allen
Eugene Royce
Henry Allen
Whitaker
James Hall
Co. E. Brown
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Pennsylvania births and deaths rise in ten months 1915
Pennsylvania records show 26 births and 17 deaths in the first ten months of 1915 with no births or deaths reported in November and December.
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Pennsylvania
Taft party to Florida as winter ends
Mrs Taft and daughter Ida plan to leave for Florida soon to spend the rest of winter there. The A B Sunday School class baked goods and candy sale earned nearly 10 dollars. The Teachers Training Class resumes studies. The Youngsville Telephone Company plans to move its exchange and seeks an operator. Several locals report pleasant Florida winter visits.
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Youngsville
C. A. Hazzard
Lake Worth
Florida
Minnie McPherson
Mr. Lee
Stanley McPherson
Mills
Snyder to Run for Auditor General
Harrisburg Jan 25 Senator A Snyder of Schuylkill County announced he would seek the Republican nomination for Auditor General at the May primary. Montgomery’s Speaker Charles A Ambler also entered the race. Snyder cited legal experience and state service as qualification and said he would begin a statewide campaign to win Republican support.
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Harrisburg
Has. A. Snyder
Schuylkill County
Charles A. Ambler
Montgomery
Snyder
Auditor General of
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Viscount Bryce Urges Aid for Armenian Remnant
London January 26 Viscount Bryce appeals to the American people to help the Armenian remnant driven into the Syrian and Mesopotamian deserts where many are dying of thirst and exposure amid upheaval.
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London
Viscount Bryce
aBere
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Sage
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Phile
Football Star
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Hogwallow News
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Buck Peat
Bucky
Poat
Bety
Betty
Dunk Botts
George Bingham
Adams Syn
CME
Akeley
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