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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1919
Page
13
After an executive session the Law and Order Committee re reported the Ramsey measure to the Senate for third reading. The Snyder enforcement bill was postponed. Governor Sproul sent a letter to Senator Eyre calling Ramsey undesirable politically and legally and noting federal law may supersede state action.
The Woodruff teachers' salary increase measure faced amendments in the Senate led by Senator Schantz of Lehigh, aiming to shift costs to districts on a fifty fifty basis. The move, backed by the bill’s sponsor and Attorney General, passed 19 to 12 amid debate over its impact on rural districts. A conference is planned to finalize the changes. Also, George W. Smith, 37, a Lykens businessman, died at Hazleton State Hospital after a goitre operation complicated by pneumonia. He left a wife, two children, and his parents, Mr and Mrs William H. Smith of Tower City.
The administration anti sedition bill, defeated last week, was reconsidered and passed by the House 107 to 2 after over three hours of debate. The measure drew heavy lobbying claims, feisty rulings by Speaker Spangler, and a lively roll call as the Senate also took up and passed the bill amid partisan clashes and calls for rights protections.
The Senate reconsidered the Dawson bill giving the Auditor General authority to appoint mercantile appraisers outside Philadelphia and Allegheny, passing 34 to 6. also approved appointing clerks for inheritance tax collection in all counties except Philadelphia. The Zanders measure for poor directors in Carbon county passed 37 to 6 amid partisan debate. Additional measures on markets, mine department salaries, and grade-crossing abolition were acted on or sent to committees. A rural carrier examination for Dauphin county was announced for July 26 in Harrisburg and Millersburg.
Charles Fitzpatrick of Plymouth Pa reports dropping from 155 to 110 pounds and regaining weight and strength after using Natonex. He cites improved appetite digestion and sleep and invites others to learn how the remedy builds blood nerves and overall health at Gorgas drug store 16 North Third Street.
The Pennsylvania House reconsidered and passed the consolidation of telephone companies after a heated debate between Philadelphia and Lancaster members. The vote to reconsider was 124 to one, and the final pass of the bill was 123 to 65. The session also saw reconsiderations on cinema hours for minors, out of state dentist licensure uptake, and a near beer bill, with the latter defeated after 1:30 a.m. adjournment.
A French discovery marketed by Geo. A. Gorgas and other druggists, Blood Iron Phosphate is advertised to restore nervous energy enrich the blood and increase endurance. The product is sold in original three week packaging for 1.50 dollars, with a 50 cent weekly rate and a money back satisfaction guarantee.
The Workmen's Compensation bill was restored to its original form in the House at 1.15 this morning without discussion or dissenting votes, proceeding by formal adoption without debate.
An amendment by Mr. Fowler of Lackawanna restoring the wage computation basis drafted by the Attorney General passed second reading. The resolution ratifying the Woman's amendment to the federal constitution also passed second reading without comment at 1.20 am and was set as a special order for final passage at 12 noon Tuesday.
A reader reports fourteen years of gall stone pain and severe gas and indigestion. After doctors urged hospitalization, she used Mayr's Wonderful Remedy and improved, praising it as effective. The ad promises one dose will convince and offers a money back guarantee. Stores and druggists nationwide carry the product.
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