Cost Overruns Plague Penn Capitol Project
A fragmented report details soaring Capitol building costs and multiple commissions. It cites sums exceeding $12 million with components for construction, furnishings, lighting, and decorations. Notable figures include wages to Joseph Huston and payments to George F Payne & Co. The record references a 1901 appropriation and extensive expenditures by the Capitol Commission and related boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Newgit Building Commission
Board of Grounds and Hardinos
Capitol Commission
Joseph Wolluston
Pheladillphia
Bulld Mts
Readlet
Thpes
de Mas Huston
Tm Feud of Grounds and Maldhing
Wnten Conmes¢man
Burd Cassel
Lancaster County
George F Payne & Co
Philadelphia
Canned Grapes and Preserving Techniques Featured
The article outlines methods for preserving grapes and pears with boiling syrup and vinegar mixtures, including selecting firm fruit, making sugar syrups, and sealing jars. It notes steps to blanch, simmer, and seal, plus a short item about Lind Milner receiving an address through the Duke of Somerset and a London note on motor car registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lind Milner
Legic Commissioner
South Africa
Duke of Somerset
Magnetic rock guides ships near London in 1905
A scattered fragment notes that stationary objects serve as guides for vessels. It mentions a rock with magnetism beneath the sea surface, affecting compasses as ships pass over the area near London. The record cites 27,098 vessels entering in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fragmentary OCR Keeps Hidden Story Alive
A damaged OCR snippet hints at a scene with a door and heat near a station or room. Names and full actions are unreadable, leaving only scattered phrases about a person and a potential incident.
Fragmented OCR item with unclear events
A garbled OCR fragment describes a scene with a person named Tabby and various numbers and actions. The text is incoherent, lacking clear names, places, or a definable event to summarize reliably.
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Anthony Nieding
Elba B. Joy
Dell Tucker Lorain’ County Real Estate Company
Last Avenue
Middle Avenue
Real Estate
Faria A
Penna Capitol
Ana
Hemant
Board of Publi
Penny Packet
Aidite
Snyder
Mig Dent
Phos Wall
Pittesbrewt
Pennsylvania Construction Co
Elyria
A.R. Champney Go
Victor Gas Queen
Seemed
Algana
E.F. Whitney & Son
Broad Street
Liberty Clothing Company
Len
Greater Emigria’s Greatest ClotHing House
Libery
Wen
Hoys
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the Liberty Clothing
Ohio
Reyk
Dently
Beso
Newark Sa
Evandas
Halis
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