Reservoir plan for flood control rejected by engineers
Pittsburgh Aug 2 The War Department through U S engineers rejects a reservoir system on the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers as a flood control measure after a congress authorized survey dated May 31 1924. The report favors hydropower development and local flood works and notes appeal rights to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors.
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Allegheny
Monongahela
War Department
U. S. Engineers
Jarvis J. Bain
Pittsburgh
Congress
Crue
Bain
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Washington, D. C
Mercer County Cloudburst Causes Severe Damage in August
Mercer County reports indicate a major cloudburst last night, with West Middlesex hardest hit. A mile of Pennsylvania railroad track damaged, homes flooded up to second stories, and roads impassable. A 20-foot bridge washed away and two mills flooded but resuming today.
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Mercer
Mercer County
West Middlesex
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Farrel
Deaths and Funerals Donald C. Davis Dies in Buffalo
Donald GC. Davis formerly of Tionesta died in Buffalo New York Tuesday after a three week illness. He was born December 1 1878 in Tionesta. A brother James D. Davis resides there. Funeral services were set for Thursday with burial in Williamsville. Card of thanks from Frank Moran and family express gratitude for kindness and floral tributes. Falls into River Drowns In Elminton Pa John Ralston 11 Canton Ohio drowned while fishing in the Allegheny river yesterday. body recovered.
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Donald C. Davis
Donald GC. Davis
Tionesta
EB. L. Davis
Buffalo
N. Y
Mr. Davis
James D. Davis
Williamsville
Emlenton
John Ralston
Canton
Allegheny River
Eye Removed After Altercation Near Tionesta
Harold C. Ellis of Hunter Station had his left eye removed after a gunshot to face and body in a dispute with his uncle Robert Ellis who is jailed at Tionesta for the September term on a shooting with intent to kill charge with bail set at 3000. Growth of Auto Industry A study by Benjamin G. Eynon shows motor vehicle receipts rising from 42460.42 in 1906 to 25916220.45 in 1927, totaling 159,735,290.56 since 1906. Kittanning Bridge task ordered by War Department to raise the Allegheny River span enabling navigation for 71 miles to the Ohio.
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Harold C. Ellis
Hunter Station
Tionesta
Robert Ellis
Oil City
Robert Ellis J
Ye Jis
Benjamin G. Eynon
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Burasu of
Kittanning
Armstrong County
War Department
Allegheny River
Ohio River
Night Flights Over Bradford by Harry Emery
Two successful night flights were made by Bradford aviator Harry Emery over his native city Tuesday night. Landings were guided by airport flares and parachute flares.
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Harry Emery
Bradford
101 Ranch at Jamestown at Falconer on August 15
The 101 Ranch Wild West circus will perform at Falconer on Wednesday August 15 with an afternoon and evening show. There will be no street parade.
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101 Ranch
Jamestown
Wild West Circus
Falconer
WAR ON STICKERS
State highway patrol combats windshield stickers with a new law. Since Monday 56 motorists have been stopped as enforcement spreads across Erie barracks and Western Pennsylvania.
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Highway Patro
W. B. Smoot
Erie Barracks
Smoot
Applicants Notified for Agents Examinations in Harrisburg
The state insurances department notified 767 applicants to appear for agents and brokers examinations in Harrisburg on Saturday August 4. Four hundred twenty one applications are for life agents. The Ford owned by Sheridan Baker stolen from near the First Presbyterian church has been recovered at Cel Teron Park, according to Warren Police.
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State Insurances Department
Harrisburg
AUTO
Sheridan Baker
First Presbyterian Church
Warren
Cel
Teron Park
Navy recruits quota completed at Jamestown station
The Jamestown Navy Recruiting Station reports August quota met with George Sexton Paul H Conklin and Harold A Mount Kane accepted for service. The trio departed for Buffalo on Thursday. September quota set at five men. Weather forecast calls for thundershowers and cooler weather with partly cloudy skies Thursday night. Reverend H A McNitt to preach at First Baptist church Sunday morning in pastor’s absence. Marcus White of the Pennsylvania State Constabulary, a Warren native, visited and assisted in traffic control at the Grand Valley picnic. Oil roads program: oiling between Pleasantville and Torpedo and in Grand Valley Borough to begin next Monday. 11-year-old John Ralston of Canton Ohio drowned in the Allegheny River at Embleton. Modern Pied Pipers attempt to rid Erie County Prison with poisoned bait and music. Mrs G A Cusick of Garland sent in a bouquet of double dahlias. Mr and Mrs George H Dunham returned Wednesday night from a three week motor trip through New England.
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United States Navy
Jamestown
Navy
George Sexton
Parker Street
Warren
Paul H. Conklin
Pittsfield
Harold A. Mount Kane
Mem
Buffalo
Monty McClure
Warren County Motor Club
State Highway Department
Pleasantville
Torpedo
Grand Valley
Allegheny
John Ralston
Burt Ralston
Canton
Ohio
Allegheny River
Embleton
Plan Big Program for Knights of Pythos Visit
Old City chapter plans an entertainment program Thursday night honoring the visit of Pennsyl vania grand chancellor L. G. Chorpenning from Uniontown for the official convocation.
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Old City
Knights of Pythos
Order of Pennsylvania
L. G. Chorpenning
Uniontown
Oldest Attendee at Grand Valley Picnic in Snyder's Grove
Thomas Babety of Warren, likely the oldest guest at the Grand Valley picnic, attended Wednesday at Snyder's Grove. The Herald notes Babety is past ninety, a former oil worker, and enjoyed reunions with longtime friends during the afternoon.
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Babety
Titusville
Thomas Babety
Warren
Grand Valley
Snyder's Grove
Herald
Drop in Allegheny River stage sets summer record
Government Observer Ralph Simpson reported another drop in the Allegheny river stage to four tenths of a foot no precipitation occurred that day. Court house staff attended the 31st annual Grand Valley picnic with County Commissioners E D Stewart Mr Brady and Mac Olney County Clerk George Leavy Prothonotary B B Whiting. Mr and Mrs Brady drove to the fair while others traveled by car. Marriage license issued to Rea Franklin Pooley of Kane and Kathrine Evangeline Pascal of Sheffield by Register and Recorder Danelia Widner.
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Ralph Simpson
Court House
Grand Valley
E. D. Stewart
Brady
Mac Olney
George Leavy
B. B. Whiting
Danelia Wilder
Rea Franklin Pooley
Kane
Kathrine Evangeline Pascal
Sheffield
Scout executive Roud in Warren on camp trip update
Frank Roud, a Boy Scout executive, stayed in Warren on a business trip from the summer camp near the Cornplanter Indian reservation. He planned to return to camp Thursday and said 51 boys remained healthy and enjoying their outing. C Knapp, county superintendent of schools, returned from Harrisburg after talks with the state department of public instruction.
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Roud
Frank Roud
Boy Scout
Warren
Cornplanter Indian Reservation
Enapp
Knapp
Harrisburg
State Department of Public Instruction
Warren County Fair Handbill Distribution At Picnic
Handbills advertising the 1928 Warren county fair were distributed at the 31st annual Grand Valley picnic on Wednesday. Fair officials placed the bills in all of the 1,000 automobiles parked on the grounds. Judge D. A. Arird and court stenographer Misa Almo Lund returned to Warren Thursday after a short Forest county court session at Tionesta.
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Grand Valley
Victim of Swindle Over Diamond Rings in Jamestown
Morris Lipsett a 35 year old automobile supplier from Jamestown was duped after two strangers offered three diamond rings for 1000 dollars. The stones appraised at 500 dollars each, but Lipsett later learned he had been swindled in the incident. No trace found of the unidentified man involved in the gunpoint drive from Jamestown toward Buffalo. In other notes, Salter and Miss Dunn were forced to drive by a gunman. Erickson limited General Tires to two outs in a recent game. a Jamestown fielder had six chances with one error. Steiner rested comfortably after an arm and shoulder injury. a car collision near Celleron caused minor damage. and Joseph Rogers displayed a two-pound bass caught in Jackson Run at Venturetown.
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Morris Lipsett
Jamestown
Lipsett
Ernest Salter
Fredonia
Mary Frasten Dunn
Buffalo
Swat Erickson
Midway Park
Red Swanson
Warren
G. O'Malley
Spiders
Joseph Rogers
Jackson
Venturetown
the Tribune
Durant City to host East Side Fruit Independents game
East Side Fruit Independents of the Industrial league will face Durant City on Sunday afternoon in Durant City. Manager Steve Massa announced on Thursday he is assembling a fast lineup for the game after arranging it midweek.
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East Side Fruit Independents
Industrial League
Durant City
Steve Massa
Homer Leads Starbrick and Pirillo's Market Game
A homer by Greer sparked the ball game featuring teams from Starbrick and Pirillo's Market played Wednesday.
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Greer
Starbrick
Pirillo
Warren man fined for intoxication and jailed ten days
A Warren man was arrested on a charge of intoxication and, after a Thursday morning hearing before Justice Watts N. Davis, ordered to pay a $7 fine including costs and to serve ten days in the Warren county jail. The Hudson coach stolen from a garage on Eddy street was returned to owner B. F. Kelley, police said. the vehicle was taken after the garage was broken into.
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Warren
Warren County
Watts N. Davis
Eddy Street
B. F. Kelley
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