Big Increase in Personal Property Tax in Pennsylvania
Report shows a dramatic rise in personal property subject to state tax in 1902, with fifty six counties up and eleven down, net increase about 54.97 million. Auditor General Hardenbergh finds possible assessment gaps and proposes amendments to tax returns. industry notes highlight steel, coal, and rail traffic trends and winter price expectations.
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Pennsylvania
Hardenbergh
Fall River
Theiroin
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago
Chafee to Head the Army as Generals Retire
The article predicts Chaffee will head the army after Wood and Robbe, with Miles and Young preceding, and discusses upcoming retirements of Civil War veterans and a return to slow promotions. It notes Funston may become commander after Wood and mentions future gray-haired captains and middle aged lieutenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leose
Spain
Miles
Young
Chaffee
Wood
Robbe
Grant
Funston
Aguinaldo
Ekz
Pennsylvania National Guard Receives New Uniforms
The Pennsylvania National Guard will replace worn uniforms with new attire purchased from a special fund. All enlisted men receive blue flannel blouses and trousers, campaign hats, and rain gear, with canvas trousers for specific units. Some guardsmen to be present at the governor’s inauguration. full issue delayed until after January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Unclear Market Tone Reflects Holiday Trade Surge
The text notes looser money, firmer sterling, and improved trade sentiment amid legislative movement toward currency reform. Venezuela tensions barely shift the economy while London orders rise. NYC holiday shopping drives money-demand and bank activity with a week over year increase, amid continued urban commerce activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Venezuela
London
Iron Industry Strains UK Trade With Rising US Output
British Telegraph reports Sheffield aging markets shrink as American protective policy boosts US production. UK iron and steel output surges toward 18 million tons this year, with US imports exceeding half a million tons in ten months. The piece cites long term shifts and predicted recovery to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York ‘* Tribune
Sheffield
United States
Germany
Cobden Club and Free Trade in English policy
A report discusses English fears of American economic rise and the push for Protection. It notes Prof John A Hobson of Oxford criticizing reliance on free trade and cites Cobden Club membership with many foreigners, suggesting the club now harms British interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
John A. Hobson
Oxford University
League For Political Education
Cobden Club
The Bishop Wins in Conspiracy Suit
The Rev. Dr. I N W Irvine sued Bishop Ethelbert Talbot and Mr and Mrs Alexander Elliot for 25000 damages claiming conspiracy to unfrock him. Judge Bailey directed a non-suit entered and dismissed Irvine while the case had dragged on for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. N. W Irvine
Ethelbert Talbot
Alexander Elliot
Huntingdon
Bailey
Oe Irvine
Trial records reveal no conspiracy in rector deposition case
Judge Bailey states there is no evidence of a conspiracy among defendants to depose the plaintiff. The jury is told to verdict for the defendants. Public testimony reveals alleged improper conduct by Doctor Irvine toward several women during the ecclesiastical proceedings.
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Talbot
Episcopal Church
Bailey
Elliot
Irvine
St. John’s Church
Doctor Irvine
Philadelphia
Non-Union Voice Gains Ground in Anthracite Inquiry
The anthracite strike commission shifts from union supporters to include the non union workers. The report suggests arbitration offers a learning moment for union men, non union workers, corporations and independent operators as the inquiry reveals wider facets of the labor conflict.
Michigan and Wisconsin Vote Irregularities Under Governor Races
The report analyzes governor and lieutenant governor tallies in Michigan and Wisconsin from the November election, noting gaps between governor and lieutenant governor votes. It asserts Republican strength remains comparable to 1898, despite discrepancies in party support across states.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Blisson Michigan
la Follette
Timber Lands Sold By Kulp Sumter Company
The Kulp Sumter Company ends its Milroy Pennsylvania timber operations after Forestry Commission accepted a 42 000 acre offer in Mifflin and Huntingdon counties. Railroad and mills will be sold while stock and equipment move to Lewisburg for new branches. About 5000 to 6000 car loads of prop timber remain, reducing supply.
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Kulp Sumter Company
Milroy
Pennsylvania
Monroe H. Kulp &Co
Shamokin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Forestry Commission
Mifflin
Huntingdon
Lewisburg
Forestry Department
Pijj
Mount Carmel
Author's Workshop at Knebworth Shores and Boathouse Study
From Lord Lytton's recollections in Youth's Companion, the writer finds freedom to craft work in a boat house by an artificial lake at Knebworth Park. He recalls how early bans on library writing pushed him to a boat house desk with pen and ink, where he produced his best writing.
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Charles Mackay
Lord Lytton
Knebworth
Knebworth Park
Prospects For a Strenuous Life
A well dressed lad, son of wealthy parents, tries to earn money by selling papers. A tattered newsboy questions if he could match a newsboy’s skill. The boy concludes the well dressed youth is no good in the newsboy biz and should pursue lighter work with his people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Happiness as a social habit and personal responsibility
A London Spectator quote asserts happiness comes from sacrifice of laziness and social ease rather than sincerity or others, urging shared effort to create a pleasant living atmosphere. It argues we all breathe the environment we help form and challenges simplistic aims if happiness is despised.
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London Spectator
Origins of Printer Marks and Early Typesetting Symbols
The interrogation mark grew from a q and o with the o beneath the q to spell questio. The exclamation point originated as a 1 over o, denoting Io the Latin exclamation. The paragraph mark traces to a Greek p from paragraph. Daggers warned printers to cut out objectionable words or sentences.
City Hall Quake Note Adjourning Minutes Recorded
In Macon Georgia an old town official recalls during the 1886 earthquake that the city council were in session when the tremor shook the city hall. Fearing collapse, they fled and the clerk finished the record with On motion of the city hall the council adjourned.
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Macon
Breaking It to Him Gently
A humorous exchange recounts Carrie remarking about a tall hat left by Mrs Soper and Harry nearly laughing at the mix up, noting the hat was the joke. The Detroit Free Press cites thoughts on a literary couple and a husband claiming every idea, ending with a cannon image from a soldier scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie
Riage
Detroit Free Press
Holland a Dutch land with dikes and historic rule
Holland or North and South Holland forms part of the northern Netherlands. The provinces are land rescued from the sea and protected by vast dikes. Historically inhabited by the Batavi, they joined Gallia Belgica, later came under Austria, and were governed by counts under German emperors from the tenth to fifteenth centuries. It became a Dutch republic, then a kingdom in 1806 with Louis Bonaparte as king.
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Holland
North
South Holland
Netherlands
Cesar
Gallia Belgica
Austria
Louis Bonaparte
Napoleon III
Matrimonial Philosopher Delights Wife by Arguing
A Chicago Post quip frames a matri monial philosopher who says he seeks the wrong side of trivial disputes. He explains the ploy lets his wife prove him wrong, which pleases her and makes her agreeable on more serious issues.
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Chicago Post
Boy asks to visit Mr Diggles home
A boy asks to see where Mr Diggles lives after his sister claims his company is inferior. The exchange reveals curiosity about private spaces and social impressions. The moment hints at family influence on friendship choices.
The Value of Singing from a Medical Perspective
The article extols singing as vital exercise improving respiration and lung development. It notes professional singers’ excellent overall health, useful for defective chest development and chronic heart disease, with cautions about tuberculosis or aneurismal hemoptysis and optimal free chest movement through loose clothing and apparel. It lists many names in association with the discussion.
Mollie Crowned Queen of Ventura Street Carnival
A Ventura county town honors Mollie a German immigrant daughter chosen queen of a local street carnival. Her mother proud calls Mollie the best clerk and a superb cook musician and dresser, praising her many talents in a vivid self congratulatory chorus from the Los Angeles Herald.
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Ventura County
Malaprop
Neffer
Mein Mollie
Mollie
Los Angeles Herald
Auditor's meeting to distribute estate funds in Bloomsburg
An auditor appointed by the Columbia County Orphans Court will sit at Wilson Rhoads estate office in Bloomsburg to distribute funds. On January 15, 1903, at 9:00 AM, all claimants must appear to present their claims or be forever barred from the fund.
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Orphan’s Court
Columbia County
Wilson Rhoads
Bloomsburg
Orphan’s Court of
C. H. Troy
S. 8
Troy
John G. Freeze
Briarcreek Farmers Mutual Insurance Plans Annual Meeting
The Briarcreek Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Lime Ridge Pennsylvania holds its annual policyholders meeting at the Hall of Centre Grange No.56 P. of H. on Tuesday January 13 1903 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to elect twelve directors for the coming year and conduct other business.
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Bloomsburg & Sullivan Railroad Company
Bloomsburg
H. J. Conner
Sec’y
Briarcreek Farmer’s Mutual Insurance Company
Lime Ridge
Centre Grange No
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Millville
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Satis
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Maslin and
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Isaac V. Lyons
Scott
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E. A. Schneidman
Bloom
B. B. Freas
J. H. Mercer
Arthur Smith
Robert Watkins
Benton Boro
James Conner
E. O. Little
Benton Twosong Buckle
Berwick
W.H. Catterall
George Oen
Otto J. Smith
J. G. Boensnberg
Pubegrookets
J. Adams
Abraham Lockar
Catawissa Boro
John Kline
Josiah Yeager
Center
Elias Wertman
Centralia
James Levan
E. J. Troutman
Cleveland
John Mowrer
Conyngham
John Grant
James Grant Martin Malaney, Jr
Fishing Creek
David Alegar
C.S. Runyon
Franklin
Geo. W. Getty
Greenwood
G. B Appleman
Locust
William Adams
Charles Hughes
Aaron Yoder
Mailison
Warren Masteller
Harvey Shultz Row
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A. W. Snyder
Horace Sweppenheiser- Montour
Harry Deiley
Mino B. Stevens & Co
14Th St
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Peerie
E. F. Carpenter
Ashier
William
Bey
H. Mont. Smith
Ait
Martha Moyer
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WM. Chrisman
J. S. Grimes
Beaver
Miles Smith
J. B McHenry
Frank Gable
Frank Miller
W.H. RoboSoer
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Henry B. Knorr
Charles_ Beaver
George George
Edward Rooney
John Wilson
A. B. Eveland
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Weat C. I. Hess
Jackson
Z. A. Butt
Main
Harvey Low
MiMik Hrosman Harter
Henry Nuss
M. L. Keller
A. F. Terwilliger
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A. G. Briggs
William Hassert
B. W. Hagenbauch
Harry Kleim
John Kneiss
Otto A. Wolf
Thomas Webb
Simon Hors
Ira Hess
D. H. Steadman
Benton Two
W. C. Coleman
T. E. Edwards
Emanuel Snyder
Berwin
Lewis Beishline
I G. Clewell
Thomas Croft
Briarcreek
Wilmot Furman
W. A. Hughes
Samuel Houck
J. D. Bodine
John J. Cleveland
Ranslow George
Ea — George Chael
William Ice
H. H. Brown
Uditor
Daniel E. Troy
Beaver Township
Eice
Ellis Eves
Leading Agricultural Journal of the
Moin
Luther Tucker & Son
Albany
N. Y
Parker
Ures
Crosby Frisian Fur Company
Mill Street
Rochester
N.Y
The
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Gant Herring
H. A. M’killip
Dr. W. M. Reber
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C. A. Kleim
Ir. J. J. Brown
C. W. Runyon
M. H. Moore
Cor. Mainandron Sts
Bloomsburg, PA
Dr. Peal
Meyer Broreera
Coats
Capes
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Blomsburg
Anguet
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