Senator Snyder Proposes Liquor Shipments Ban in Dry Counties
Senate considers multiple measures including a bill by Blair's Senator P W Snyder to bar liquor shipments into dry counties to curb a state traffic. Other proposed laws cover fire relief funding, state bonds for financial institutions, branch railroads, penal employment, and court officer salaries. The legislature advances the Millersburg bridge bill and approves reforms reorganizing the Secretary of the Commonwealth, expanding Valley Forge Park, creating a markets bureau, regulating mausoleums, and mandating state workers to accept the compensation act.
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P. W. Snyder
Blair
Senate
Sproul
Delaware
McKee
Allegheny
Nason
Eric
Millersburg
Department of Secretary of the Commonwealth
Valley Forge Park
Bureau of Markets
New Hair Removal Method Promises Root Elimination
An advertisement touts a new product Phelactine that claims to remove hair roots completely. The method is presented as odorless non irritant and safe enough to eat with impunity and offers money back if it fails to meet its guarantees.
Legislature Recovers Ground Undoing Last Week's Actions
In Newville on June 12 the House spent over an hour reviving bills defeated Friday. A 107 to 59 vote passed the Sassanian Senate bill boosting county court clerks fees. Walter Franklin opposed. Hofflet Northampton accused him of blocking a Democratic bill. The State salary board bill was reconsidered and amended to exclude state institutions. The talking machines levy bill was not reconsidered. salaries for registration commissioners were reconsidered and passed. Burial: Dr. W. B. Reynolds, 69, longtime physician of Newville, June 12. He leaves a wife. funeral at Prospect Hill cemetery. In Marietta, Joseph H. Wimer of Camargo plans to remodel the old Nissley mill at Basslertown to revive historic flour-making activity in Lancaster County.
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House
Senate
Walter
Franklin
Hofflet
Northampton
Newville
W. B. Reynolds
Main Street
Marietta
Joseph H. Wimer
Camargo
Basslertown
Lancaster County
Ice Coupons Save 10 Percent of Cost of Ice
United Ice and Coal Co offers a book of 21 ten cent coupons worth 2.10 for 1.90 cash, redeemable for any ice order under 100 pounds per delivery. Coupons reduce bills, avoid change, eliminate accounts, and provide a cash exchange option for unused values. Foster and Cowden promote the up to date convenience of coupon purchases.
No Changes in Compensation Debated in the House
After a lively debate the House voted 91 to 84 against the Graeff bill to let workers choose their own doctors under the State workmen’s compensation acts. A prior measure to cut disability from 14 to 3 days failed. The Woodward bill to pay attaches of the State government was approved, and 28 bills opened on first reading. The session closed in memory of Rep. Harry W. Bass. In Carlisle, a new equity action seeks to remove a West High street siding of the Cumberland Valley Railroad.
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Graeff
Hess
Lancaster
Ramsey
Delaware
Schuylkill
Messrs. Reynolds
Philadelphia
Schaeffer
Maurer
Berks
Senate
Concord Township
Delaware County
General Assembly
Powell
Erie
Harry W. Bass
Baldwin
Bass
Carlisle
Cumberland Valley Railroad Company
West High Street
Dont Be Bald Hair Growth Solution Promoted
A historical advertisement urges readers to treat thinning hair and dandruff with Parisian sage from Giroux's, crediting Dr Sangerbund as discovering dandruff causes. It promises relief and new growth after few applications, notes the product’s perfume, non staining formula, and offers Kennedy drug store as supplier with a money back guarantee.
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Dr. Sangerbund
Paris
Giroux
Kennedy Drug Store
Ambition Pills touted as nervine tonic in ad
The ad promotes Wendell's Ambition Pills as a nerve tonic to restore vigor and vitality for nervous debility, mental low mood, and overindulgence effects. Sold for 50 cents with a refund offer if unsatisfied. H C Kennedy authorized to handle distribution and refunds.
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Wendell
H. C. Kennedy
H. Co. Kennedy's
Big Bill Bears 36 736 237 15 in Largest State Budget Move
A massive general appropriation bill clears the House on third reading, totaling 36 million plus, with extensive allocations to executive, public safety, education, health, and infrastructure. The measure faces Senate scrutiny and anticipated alterations before final passage.
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BIG Bill Bears
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
State Department
Auditor General
Internal Affairs
Treasury Department
Attorney General
Banking Department
Bureau Professional Education
Bureau
State Board of Education
College and University Council
Dental Council
Adjutant General
Armory Board
Insurance Department
State Library
State Museum
Free Library Commission
Legislative Reference Bureau
State Reporter
Commissioners of Sinking Fund
Board of Public Accounts
Board of Pardons
State Commission of Agriculture
Dairy and Food Division
Livestock Sanitary Board
Forestry Department
Department of Mines
Department of Fisheries
State Board of Censors
Department of Public Printing and Binding
Department
State Highway Department
Board of Revenue Commissioners
Labor and Industry
Philadelphia
Department of Health
Water Supply Commission
Public Service Commission
State Board of Charities
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Common Pleas
House of Representatives
Legislative Journal
Carlisle High School Graduation Class of 1917
Carlisle Pa June 12 The graduating class of 1917 at Carlisle High School will include 56 pupils Exercise week opens Sunday with a sermon by Rev F Berry Plummer Commencement on Thursday June 21 Honor winners include Mildred Masonheimer Jessie Holtzman Frank Wolf S Kathleen Lefevre Lucy Woodburn Sollenberger David Thompson Catherine Shupe Earl Myers Hazel Garland and Clarence Sollenberger.
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Carlisle
Carlisle High School
F. Berry Plummer
Mildred E. Masonheimer
Jessie Holtzman
Frank L. Wolf
S. Kathleen Lefevre
Lucy Woodburn Sollenberger
David W. Thompson
Catherine M. Shupe
Enlistees Report for Service From Local Area
Chester M. Sheffer of 229 Seneca Street has joined the Engineers Corps and trains in Columbus Ohio ahead of France service. He formerly worked as a clerk at Dauphin Deposit Trust Co and studied at Valparaiso University and Wharton Extension School. Harry L. Page Jr aged 19 trains at the Naval Training School in Norfolk Virginia after enlisting as a bookkeeper and formerly served as night clerk at the Senate.
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Chester M. Sheffer
Seneca Street
Engineers Corps
Columbus
Ohio
France
Dauphin Deposit Trust Co
Valparaiso University
Wharton Extension School
Harry L. Page, Jr
Harry L. Page
Naval Training School
Norfolk
Page
The
Senate
Garrner's Business College
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Upper Branch
United Ice & Coal Co
Foster and Cowden
King Oscar
John C. Herman & Co. Makers
Eckman
Woodward
Cees
Leahrie
Masiaeli
Weiveaty
Copenhagen
Madras
Fes Artiae
Pongee
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