Reading Referendum Votes Against Full Crew Law
The Reading Chamber of Commerce held a referendum on the Full Crew issue. The result: 261 votes against the law and 26 for it. The board had hesitated but submitted to members, with Reading, a railroad and union town, showing strong opposition to the measure. Other towns reported similar verdicts in favor of the railroad position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Reading Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Board of Trade of
Williamsport
Civic Association At Media
Scranton
Scranton Board of Trade
Ivy
Social Doings Nearby and Local Happenings
Surprises marked a first wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Spafford Reed of Half Acre as friends staged a paper shower. Kathryn Davison led a Junior Amaranth Mission Band surprise at her North Main Street home. A party honored Mr and Mrs. Joseph B. Davison in Hightstown with music games and refreshments. Rev. Sanford M. Nichols, noted Methodist preacher and former Camden district superintendent, died in Philadelphia after illness at an Atlantic City conference. Three prominent New Jersey Methodist ministers died within the month. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for quick relief from cold and cough with endorsements from J Boroff of Elida Obie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spafford Reed
Half Acre
Kathryn Davison
Presbyterian Church of
Hightstown
North Main’ Street
Joseph B. Davison
Sanford M. Nichols
Camden
New Jersey
Methodist
Philadelphia
Nichols
Atlantic City
Gall Stores
Percy Periichie
Holly
J. Morgan Read
New Brunswick
Labor Earnings And Railroad Crew Costs In 1911
Harrisburg reports railroad trainmen earned far more than most workers. The 2400 extra crew hires in Pennsylvania and New Jersey cost about 1.73 million dollars last year. Data drawn from railroad exhibits to the Interstate Commerce Commission and Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Internal Affairs compare wage earners by industry and average annual income.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Secretary of Internal Affairs of
Local Families Entertained Across Trenton and Shore Towns
Cranbury Station social notes list gatherings with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Collins and other couples visiting in Trenton Windsor Hightstown Long Branch and Lakewood. Measles and blood poisoning are mentioned as illnesses among Miss Lizzie Messler and Mrs. E. N. Malan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Collins
James Courtney
Lillian
Trenton
Stephen Courtney
John Seidler
Windsor
Thomas Conway
George Peppler
William MicDowell
Wesley Hoffman
Long Branch
William Brown
Jennie Connerty
Jamesburg
E. N. Malan
John Nolan
Edna A
Lakewood
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Cranbury Press
Cranbury
N. J
Geo. W. Burroughs & Son
Advange
Maurice Maeterlinck
John lI
France
Poitiers
Palace of the Savoy
Somerton Castle
Lincolnshire
Somerton
le Roy Des Menestereulx
London Chronicle
Clarius Cresinus
Mram M. Thompson
Battle Creek, Mich
Sanford Nichols
Lhcre
Chamberlain
BAT School
Cranbury Station
Lizzie
Roy Messler
Raymond Davison
Cyril
Frank Grover
Charles Wolf
Asbury Park
George Wolfe
RES
Ehriichs
Athena
East State Street
Jacob H. Stults
Stults & Rhenow
Hightstown, New Jersey
Mazda
Berlin
Bissell’s
Torrington Vac
Lucas Tinted Glass
Ribsam
Maine
Martin C. Ribsam
Front Street
McCall's
McCall
Cony
McCall's Magazine
McCall's Sne
Leery Church
New York Noy
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
S. Hroad St
Trenton, N
American Mills
Campbells
National Biscuit
Stahi
R. Lewis
Jamesburg, N. J
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