State Board Awards Compensation in Mine Death Case
The State Workmen’s Compensation Board rules John Marcey of LaBelle is entitled to compensation for his son’s death in a Luzerne Coal and Coke Company mine as the son was dependent. The incident involved an electric flash when a sledge struck live wires. The board affirms the referee’s award in Given vs McClure Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Workmen's Compensation Board
Leech
John Marcey
LaBelle
Luzerne Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburgh
Marcey
Given Vs. McClure
Philadelphia
Free Zone Corn Removal Promises Quick Relief
An old time consumer tip touts an at home corn treatment using a quarter ounce of Free Zone bought at a drug store. A few drops supposedly relieve pain instantly and shrink the corn by removing root and all without harming surrounding skin.
Paper costs soar as newsprint prices rise in 1917
Newspapers face a sharp 60 percent increase in newsprint costs after January 1 1917 with larger papers paying as much as 960000 more annually and smaller papers up to 130000. Trade groups offer little relief while publishers cut copies reduce sizes and seal waste to curb usage amid scarce chemicals and higher material prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsepaper
Chicago
New York
Trade Board
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Buffalo
Washington
Farm Loan Board
Spree
Horizontal Tax on All Imports Proposed by Garner
Representative Garner of Texas on the Ways and Means Committee announced plans to introduce a resolution for a horizontal import tax of ten to twelve percent, with salt as the sole exception. The proposal aims to apply evenly across all imported goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Garner
Texas
Ways and Means Committee
Peace talk shifts steel orders and prices in Steelton
The steel trade feels the first impact of peace talks with halted new orders followed by a partial return to prewar activity. Prices may rise in the near term as demand remains strong for pig iron, billets, light rails and wire products. Italy and France placed additional orders in 1917, while U.S. mills anticipate price readjustments and continued supply challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Steel
France
Italy
Iitaly
Steel Corporation
Final Honors To Memory Of Seitz
Dauphin county officials judges and lawyers among honorary pallbearers for city solicitor D. B. Seitz funeral at 2 30 PM at 1211 North Second Street Rev Dr Rex to officiate viewings tonight memorial services by united bar of Dauphin county then city council to act on his death this evening active pallbearers listed with Mercer B Tate and others plus a $1 000 000 Wells Fargo employee bonus announced for 8000 workers earning 2000 a year or less across multiple cities including New York and Pennsylvania firms also reporting wage increases and year end bonuses for workers in several plants across New Jersey Pennsylvania and nearby states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratz Electric Company
Public Service Commission
Brecht
Lancaster
Paradise Electric Company
Brumbaugh
Mothers Pension Funds
Nellie McConnell
New Brighton
Beaver County
D. M. Clelland
Sandy Lake
Mercer County
August C. Markus
McKeesport
Daniel E. Giles
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
Department of
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Department of Labor and Industry
Juniata Township
Huntingdon County
State Prison Labor Commission
Kun
Stage Society of
Philadelphia
Frankford
Oadelphia
Foust
Dairyland Food Division
Bureau
Dauphin County
D. 8. Seitz
North Second Street
Johns D. Rex
Grace Methodist Church
Friends Kes
United Bar of
Seitz
George Kunkel
S. J. M. McCarrell
Dauphin County Court
Edward Moeslein
Thomas T. Weirman
A. Carson Stamm
E. E. Beidleman
Thomass. Hargest
Warwick M. Ogelsby
Samuel Kunkel
J. Ross Swartz
Spencer C. Gilbert
Donald McCormick
Robert M. Rutherford
BE. B. Betser
C. T. Mackenson
Charles B. McConkey
New York
Wells Fargo & Company
Newcastle
Pennsylvania Engineering Company
Gloucester City
N. J
Delaware & Atlantic Telephone Company
South Jersey
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Fashion Park
Ias
the Globe
Son
Western Mine
Holman’s
Harrisburg
Frank B. Musser
Rotary Club Municipal
Clark's Valley
Market
Front Streets
News OF
Steelton
Schwalb
Presbyterian Sunday School
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Highspire
Aterer
Bethlehem
Charles M. Schwab
Joseph I. Ray
Bethlehem Steel Company
Christian Endeavor Society of
St. John's Lutheran Church
First Methodist Church
Bande de Musique
Ronald E. Ross
Arthur Miller
State College
W. A. Miler
South Second Street
W W. Leck
Stel
Senate
Mr. Leck
R. C. Parsons
A. C. Burke
F. H. Kelley
C. B. Wright
T. J. Bittner
J. G. Metzler
A. T. Gilmore
R. M. Crouch
H. K. Shook
J. ©. Goodwin
S. Miller
J. C. Craig
I. E. Wolf
J. P. Bennett
J. Huber
W.W. Leck
John Hohman
Lochield Row
Russel Deardorff
Lincoln Street
Harrisburg Hospital
Gulf Refining Company Today
Kinney’s
Everettes
G. R. Kinney & CO
N. Fourth Street
United Bar and City Council
Huntingdon
J. B. Kunz Company
Altoona
Holidaysburg
Juniata
Schwartzenbach Huber Company
W. E. Hoffman Ice Cream Company
Liverpool
Wittenmyer Lumber Company
Seventh
Schuylkill Streets
Samuel Wittenmyer
Bell
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