Legislature Sets June 26 Adjournment Date
The Legislature of 1919 will adjourn June 26 at noon after Senate and House agree to the date amid expected rapid action on revenue and appropriation bills. A Philadelphia-focused agenda includes aligned measures, while other business remains limited to admin bills. In another item a dramatic war story describes 5,000 colored troops and 10,000 white soldiers in a mock standoff with a nervous Henry commenting on media headlines.
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Ontario Post
Phynola Weight Reduction Promise Prompts Local Ad
An advertisement touts Phynola tablets as a quick easy weight loss aid. It claims to fix metabolism without dieting or exercise and directs readers to Gorgas drug stores at 16 N Third St Third and Walnut Sts and Pennsylvania Railroad Station to buy a box and take one tablet after meals and at bedtime for fast results.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Station
One Month Before Coal Advances Urged for June Orders
June is urged as the best month to buy coal before a July 1 price increase of 30 cents per unit. The notice notes summer mine conditions affect transport and delivery and warns buyers to anticipate next winter's fuel needs by placing orders in June.
Eyre bill passes Senate amid party lines and pay raise bill
The Eyre bill repealing the nonpartisan judicial act cleared the Senate 30 to 11 despite Senator Boles Penrose’s opposition. A pay raise for the Workmen’s Compensation Board drew debate as Senator Smith opposed higher salaries, though the bill passed 30 to 7. The chamber also approved a $10,000 appropriation for the Pennsylvania Legion convention and other measures, including the Heaton bill boosting legislative staff pay. A cemetery mine-damage crime bill and a resolution for Twenty-Eighth Division investigation moved forward with mixed votes. A Perry senator’s absence briefly affected Eyre’s inquiry vote, then abstention was noted. A census-taker anecdote follows on regional attitudes toward dogs and family.
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Senate
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Dewitt
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Martin
Miller
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Snyder
Smith
Dauphin
Workmen's Compensation Board
Pennsylvania
American Legion
Germany
Leslie Allegheny
Heaton
Davis
Lackawanna
Scott S. Leiby
Perry
Eyre
France
Lesby
House
Rotan bills go to governor in Philadelphia measures
The Philadelphia District Attorney bills passed the House with one vote against. They create a sixteen‑member detective force under a chief county detective, add four assistant district attorneys, and establish fees. Senate actions include tax board reconsideration and a salary bill for legislators. resolutions urge pensions for Spanish War veterans and protest Polish Jewish massacres.
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House
Allegheny County Board of Tax Revision
Allegheny County
Meecers. Martin, Vickerman
McVicar
Marcus
Simpson
Congress
Rebert Schuylkill
State Insurance Department
Sprowls
Washington
United States
Poland
Glass
Golder
Tells of Experience in the Far East
Major John Reifsnider, formerly of Frederick Maryland, now with the American Red Cross in Tokio, arrives to escort 1500 Czecho-Slovak soldiers from Vladivostok via the Suez Canal to Trieste and Prague. He recalls train runs into Siberia and clashes with Cossacks, plus prior Red Cross missions to Omsk. The piece also recounts Henry L. Stimson citing artillery as decisive in WWI and Cambrai tank actions in a Scribner’s excerpt.
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Tokio
John Reifsnider
Frederick, Md
American Red Cross
Siberia
Vladivostok
Suez Canal
Trieste
Prague
Reifsnider
R. B. Teusler
Virginia
Red Cross
Russia
Omsk
Chicago dealer sells 40 airplanes in first week
A Chicago auto mobile dealer who expanded stock with airplanes announced that he sold 40 planes in the first week. He bought Canadian army training planes and made Chicago the first commercial airplane selling center in the country. A Chicago clothing firm also announced an airplane delivery program to serve dealers within 500 miles.
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Digestion runner savoring sixtieth wedding anniversary feast
Richwood New Jersey June 2 Joseph Mungan has thrived on a diet of strong black coffee fried foods buckwheat cakes and warm mince pie. This unusual regimen fed his appetite as his sixtieth wedding anniversary dinner was served at a family reunion.
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Richwood
N. J
Joseph Mungan
Repeal Plan A Resolved Defeated in House Vote
The Repeal Plan A resolution sponsored by Mr. Ringler of Berks to repeal the beer and wine prohibition, effective July 1, failed 85 to 85 in the House. It was a test vote on liquor bills with debate over jurisdiction between Mr. Wallace of Lawrence and Mr. Lanius of York. The roll was to be verified amid several questioned votes.
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Ringler
Berks
Congress
House of Representatives
Wallace
Lawrence
House
Lanius
York
State Police Bill Referred Back as Governor Decision Looms
The Powell bill reorganizing the State Police Department and adding one troop to be located here is up to the Governor. In the Senate final passage vote 36 to 6 with amendments concurred by the House 137 to 13. A roll call was repeated after confusion over the bill.
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Powell
Senate
Leslie
Allegheny
Mearkle
Crown Fayette
Daix
Philadelphia
House
Thirteen Errors Alleged in Beer Injunction Appeal
United States District Attorney Caffey filed appeal papers accusing Federal Judge Mayer of thirteen errors in granting a temporary injunction that restrains the government from interfering with beer production of 238 4 percent alcohol content while the brewers challenge whether the beverage is intoxicating.
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Mayer
United States
Caffey
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