Johnstown
Americannoun
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But John Silvia, the former chief economist at Wells Fargo, writes in his Dynamic Economic Strategy note that the dam in Johnstown, Pa., held—until it didn’t in 1889.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
Speaking from the family home in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Gino says he was both scared and calm, "half and half", when the shots rang out.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024
“We’ve got a GSD attitude in the Shapiro administration that means we focus on getting, you know, stuff done,” he told a news conference Monday with local officials at the Johnstown YMCA.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024
Marches are planned in major cities including Boston, Chicago and Miami, as well as much smaller gatherings in towns and suburbs like Eureka Springs, Ark.; Durango, Colo;, and Johnstown, Penn.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2023
By the end of the month, half the steel industry, including almost all the mills in Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Wheeling, West Virginia; Lackawanna, New York; and Youngstown, Ohio, had shut down.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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