Transit bill put on calendar in Philadelphia effort
The Senate backed rapid transit for Philadelphia sees the bill reach the House at 12 35 this morning. Aron mayor and officials led hearings as the subcommittee reported negative, later overturned by signatures of fourteen men. The House first reading passed amid protests by Ehrhardt as the session moved long into the night.
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Senate
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Aron
Smith
Baker
Washington
Ehrhardt
House
Phillips
Clearfield
Glass
House Appropriations Committee
Tells Dyspeptics What To Eat
Medical authorities attribute indigestion largely to excess hydrochloric acid. To counteract acidity, Bisulated Magnesia at meals can neutralize excess acid, aid digestion, and prevent gas and sourness. Use a teaspoonful with water, powder or tablets from a druggist. it is not a laxative.
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Geo. A. Gorgas
Vigorous Ambition Pills Promise Quick Health Boost
H C Kennedy advertises Wendell's Ambition Pills as a fast nerve tonic to restore energy and vigor. The ad claims relief from nervous troubles headaches poor appetite and low mood with results in two days and a 50 cent box, guaranteed by Kennedy and local dealers.
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H. C. Kennedy
Wendell
Adv
Senate and House clash over bills and late session adjournment
The Senate advanced a busy calendar while the House fought over the full crew bill. Key actions included Philadelphia transit bins approval, a minor age drink misrepresentation bill defeated after opposition, and a favorable report on the free lunches ban. The chamber passed many measures and adjourned past 2 am after a long recess for a mine cave hearing.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Philadelphia
Stoffler
Superior Court
Public Service Commission
Bureau of Township Highways
War Department
Retail Milk Dealers Set Final Action on Price Rise
Retail milk dealers who agreed to raise the price from eight to nine cents a quart on July 1 meet tonight to act finally. Public protest spreads citywide as several dealers resist the hike and stage an active campaign against the increase following last November’s eight cent raise.
Thief Steals Trousers Empty of $600 in Denver Burglary
In Denver on June 28 Sam P. Debber reports a burglary at his home netted a pair of trousers and not much else as a wallet with nearly $600, six silver dollars, and a trail of coins led detectives to track the thief. The wallet stayed under the pillow and the burglar escaped.
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Denver
Col
Sam P. Debber
Arapahoe Street
Debber
Larimer Street
Sanders
Schumacher
Man Kills Self After Ice Cream Visit
Butler Pennsylvania June 28 J E Pinner 35 a contractor carried ice cream home to his invalid wife and shot himself in the head as she ate it He died at Butler County General Hospital at midnight Derangement of mind due to business worries said to be the cause.
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Butler
J. E. Pinner
Butler County General Hospital
Harrisburg Pa Post Office Week Ending June 23 1917 Letters
Post office Harrisburg lists remaining letters for week ending June 23 1917. Ladies list includes Carrie Adams Carrie Berkheimer Clara Boyd Annie Brown Christ Demmy Mabel Hacket Florence Hobkirk Ray Hoy Edna Hyde Mary Johnson Anna Ketner Della Kuntz Mary Mezak Anne Miller Hattie Moyer Marie Naftsker Emily Natt Agnes Robison Hilda Roger Ida Walker Clara Wentling Larnie West Irene Wingert J J Zimmerman. Gentlemen list shows Anderson Atticks West Baldwin W M Beatty Frank Brisbon J W Burdette Ted Butz John H Chapman John Collins William H Dennis James A Dorsey Edward Dorsey A H Cryst Sam Durborow Amos Earhart Arthur Euramy Mack Ellison Willie Farnell James Gordon Rev James M Gray J J Groff Paul H Hoffman Thomas Horn J H Howard Carl Kinnedry G H Long Edw n Logan Fred T McDonald Harry Matters Charles Meads Logaia San Michele B Miles Charles Miller Henry L Mills Jacob Ort Dr David Owens T W Parker Hanford Jegues George Walters Popel Charlie York John E Posey Raino William Ray George E Rowley Ed Ryan Charlie Saspoo Jacob Scheaffer Charlie Shomans George G Shelihamer H Shenk T G Shiffert Charles Simpson G Smith Charles Snyder Charles H Stewart J D Strayer A C Taylor M A Teward Joseph M Uhler J B Walker Charles Weaver C J Williams Firms American Order Steam Engineers Lewis Knitting Co Mallalein Conney Minor Supply Co Standard Stove Repair Co Sight Optical
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Harrisburg
Carrie Adams
Bessie Baltimore
Carrie Berkheimer
Clara Boyd
Annie Brown
Christ Demmy
Charles Durborow
Annie Gamber
Mabel Hacket
Florence Hobkirk
Ray F. Hoy
Edna Hyde
Mary Johnson
Anna_ Ketner
Della Kuntz
William
Lewis Knitting Co
Mallalein Conney
Minor Supply Co
Standard Stove Repair Co
Sight Optical
Full Crew Bill Passes In Fierce House Filibuster Fight
A three hour parliamentary battle on Capitol Hill ended with the House approving the Full Crew bill by 113 to 84 after a tense filibuster led by Campbell Butler and Black of Dauphin. Speaker Flynn Elk steered the measure to the desk amid frequent rulings and roll calls as opponents argued over emergency authority and labor needs.
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Capitol Hill
Senate
House of Representatives
Messers
Campbell
Butler
Black
Dauphin
Flynn
Elk
Ramsey
Samuel Gompers
Maurer
Berks
Swartz
Phillips
Clearfield
Fowler
Lackawanna
Spangler
York
Ehrhardt
Howarth
Allegheny
Wickman
House
American writer Caldwell faced possible deportation from Cuba
John R. Caldwell, an American newspaper correspondent and writer long based in Havana, was arrested and reportedly to be deported by order of the Cuban government. He is charged with composing an anonymous article in a U.S. magazine that mocked President Menocal and American Minister Gonzales and disparaged the president's wife.
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Havana
John R. Caldwell
Caldwell
United States
Menocal
Gonzales
Governor Urges A Sane Fourth Observance Across Pennsylvania
Governor Martin Brumbaugh issues a proclamation urging Pennsylvanians to celebrate July 4 safely and wisely. He calls newspapers to publish constructive items, ministers and officials to promote peaceful observance, and public officials to curb dangerous fireworks without permits.
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Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Independence Hall
Annals of Nations
Martin Grove Brumbaugh
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Worthington Stamp Collection Sells for About $1 Million
The world’s second largest postage stamp collection, owned by George H. Worthington of Cleveland, has been sold to a New York collector. The buyer’s name was withheld as he intends to keep part of the stamps and sell the rest. The Worthington collection is valued at about $1,000,000.
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New York
George H. Worthington
Cleveland
J. C. Morgenthau
Worthington
Senator signs draft slips but hates war
State Senator George C. Thompson signed the state military enrollment form in Lockport New York after a heated dispute with County Census Director Foley. He refused signing until guaranteed he would not be enrolled in the state militia or National Guard. After signing it was revealed he is forty six and not subject to draft in either organization.
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Lockport
N. Y
George C. Thompson
Foley
National Guard
Indians Protest Barring of Medicine Dance
A delegation of about 1,000 Chippewas from Red Lake asks Governor Burnquist to intervene with Washington to reverse an order banning their medicine dances. They say the rite is religious and unobjectionable, but an Indian agent’s last summer order led to arrests and further suppression. The group, led by Louis Carpenter and including Dan and Perry Perkins and Neohequay Carpenter, traveled from Deer River to press their case. Governor Burnquist will weigh whether to seek revocation of the order, with a protest already filed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Red Lake
Burnquist
Washington
Louis J. Carpenter
Dan
Perry Perkins
Neohequay Carpenter
Deer River
Yielnity
Carpenter
Eric L. Thornton
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Minnesota
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