Round the Square

PORT ALLEGANY — The S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library is holding a lottery board raffle again this year. The raffle winner will be drawn on November ...

MYSTERY: The veiled lady mystery appeared again at a Hilton Street home as the lights were turned on, The Era story of Sept. 16, 1944, said. “With her...

FUZZY . Andy Heffner called on Wednesday to let us know he had found a “wooly worm” and wanted to share it with everyone. He laughed and said, “good t...

WOODS: Gov. Tom Wolf has proclaimed Oct. 2 as this year’s Walk in Penn’s Woods Day. On this day, hosted walks offered throughout the state will provid...

PLANT: Phil Kennedy of Smethport has a tomato plant in his garden that’s about the size of former NBA player Yao Ming. He called us to share the news ...

SHOPPER’S NEED: “Nowadays it is absolutely necessary to take a strong and roomy bag when doing the daily shopping,” read the introduction to a small a...

REMEMBERING 3: More on the A.J. Olsen Company, as shared by Sam Sylvester. He has described the management, the interior of the store, its remarkable ...

REMEMBERING 2: We have more on the A.J. Olsen Company, courtesy of Sam Sylvester. “The left side of the store featured hosiery, millinery and a ‘fashi...

REMEMBERING: In a prior column, we shared some Bradford history from Sam Sylvester. Today, we’re going back in time again with Sam as he tells us abou...

REMEMBER: Local veteran and businessman Sam Sylvester was kind enough to share with us some history of Bradford from the 1940s and 1950s, out together...

SOBRIETY: National Sober Day occurs annually on this day, as part of National Sober Month. Founded in 2019, by Real Aligned Women and the Substance Ab...

WHERE: We promised more to come on some old addresses for Main Street from a 1919 copy of The Era. It’s not comprehensive, but we think it’s pretty ne...

ADS: We grabbed some old microfilm of The Era at random to see what wonderful things we could find. In 1919, we came across a gem for Hoover’s electri...

PAID FORWARD: Every once in a while, we get to hear from someone special, someone with something new to tell us or a story to share. It just so happen...

FEEDING FALL BIRDS can be confusing due to many misconceptions. The 2022 Farmer’s Almanac offers the following correct information to help fall birder...

ADS: Old advertisements, such as those seen in the Era in the late 1800s, are so different from today’s ads. For one, it was long before the Federal T...

ADS: Old advertisements, such as those seen in the Era in the late 1800s, are so different from today’s ads. For one, it was long before the Federal T...

PITT-BRADFORD: Due to the recent Labor Day holiday weekend, we missed an opportunity to recognize The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Founders’...

OLD BRADFORD: Back in September of 1895, The Era cost three cents, no photos graced the pages of the paper and the advertisements told of businesses t...

105 YEARS . On Tuesday, September 5, Paul Monjar, a long-time Bradford resident who currently resides at the Bradford Ecumenical Home, will celebrate ...