Pennsylvania Legislature Ends Long Session With Broad Reforms
The legislature adjourns after extending into June, ratifying two constitutional amendments and enacting a Philadelphia charter. It passed major state government reforms, a large highway program, tax and revenue changes, expanded state police, education funding, and welfare measures, while vetoing forty bills including school Germ related ban.
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Delaware River
Camden
New Castle
Lawrence County
Auditor General
State Welfare Commission
State Council of Defence
National Guard
Ldiers
Board of Public Charities
Germany
Hires Instant Soluble Coffee Advertises Convenience
Advertisers tout Hires Instant Soluble Coffee as a low temperature extract that preserves strength and aroma. The copy promises instant dissolution in hot or iced water, no grounds, and no waste, claiming one small can equals a pound of premium coffee and urging readers to buy at all stores.
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Java
A Shampoo Worth Trying
A home remedy shampoo is proposed using a teaspoon of canthrax dissolved in hot water to create a full cup of cleansing liquid. The method claims to cleanes impurities, soothe the scalp, remove dandruff, and leave hair with brightness and softness while drying quickly.
Compensation Bill Passes Legislature in Final Form
The Senate bill amending the workmen's compensation act to raise the rate to 60 percent and revise computation was passed by the Legislature and sent to the Governor. A sequence of recalls and amendments caused brief turmoil as both chambers debated the measure before it moved to final passage without changes.
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Senate
William L Schaffer
William C. Sproul
House
John R. K. Scott
Philadelphia
Messrs
Hess
Lancaster
Dithrich
Allegheny
Spangler
Ware
Eyre
Graff
Senate approves army bill funding 400000 men
The Senate passed the army appropriation bill providing for an average force of 400000 men next year with $8838,000,000 in funds, marking an increase over the House bill by 171,000,000 and 100,000 personnel. The measure was sent to conference without a roll call.
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Associated Press
Senate
Sheet and Tin Plate Workers Agree on Wage Increase
Atlantic City N J June 26 An agreement reached on a new wage scale at a conference between the Western Sheet and Tin Plate Manufacturers Association and the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers. The scale takes effect July 1 and averages a four percent rise with a top department increase of ten percent. Concessions were made by both sides.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Western Sheet and Tin Plate Manufacturers’ Association
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Legislature Ends Overnight With Sleepy Session
The 1919 Legislature wound up between 2 and 3 AM after a long night of recesses and conference reports. The Senate adopted the general appropriation bill and the House concurred, closing main business with the teachers' salary bill and the Scott dirt road bill awaiting final action. Hats vanished during a playful aftermath as officials filed out to a morning adjournment.
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Senate
Thomas H. Garvin
Penn-Harris
House
Senator Crow
American Officer to Face Charge of Killing Germans
Lieutenant John Beggs of the Twenty third Infantry from Kansas City is jailed on a murder charge tied to a shooting at Seeburg in the neutral zone opposite the American occupation. German authorities report two civilians, a man and a woman, were killed. Casp er Boasts Launch of 38th Vessel Hog Island christened by Mrs. Charles E. Winter Casper named Cas par due to quota achievement in Fourth Liberty Loan drive. The Food Administration and President lift rice import and distribution restrictions effective June 21.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
John Beggs
Twenty-third Infantry
Kansas City
Seeburg
Philadelphia
Casper
Hog Island
Charles E. Winter
Wyoming
Governor Reveals Surprising Appointments to Senate
The governor announced numerous confirmed appointments across Pennsylvania. Names include Adolph Koenig and John M. Baldy to medical education, Wernersville and Reading figures to asylum posts, and trustees for canals, fisheries, and state hospitals. Multiple city and regional leaders named to boards, commissions, and state schools.
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Bureau of Medical Education and Licensure
Department of Public Instruction
Adolph Koenig
Pittsburgh
John M. Baldy
Philadelphia
W. M. Hillegas
State Asylum For the Chronic Insane of
Pennsylvania
Wernersville
Oscar BE
Fox
Reading
E. E. Beidleman
Harrisburg
J. Howell Cummings
J. Warner Hutchins
Howard S. Williams
Phoenixville
State Board
Frank Main
Horace P. Griffith
Joseph M. Pugh
Lansdowne
Caleb S. Brinton
Carlisle
Hale Hill
Tarentum
State College Trustees
Thomas W. Barlow
Milton W. Lowry
Scranton
Board of Game Commissioners
John 8. Speer
St. Mary's
John M. Phillips
Charles B. Penrose
H. J. Donaldson
Williamsport
Washington Crossing Park Commission
Herman Yorks
Doylestown
Samuel C. Eastburn
Langhorne
W. Hayward Myers
St. Davids
Allen W. Hagenbach
Allentown
C. C. A. Baldi
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem
William C. Ryan
Joseph E. Grundy
Bristol
Clarence J. Buckman
W. Clayton Hackett
Easton
Warren State Hospital For the Insane
W. B. Rice
Warren
G. A. Reed
Erie
Charles EB. Shenk
State Fisheries Commission
Charles H. Thompson
William A. Leisenring
State Hospital Trustees and Osteopathic Examiners Appointments Listed
Trustees and examiners across Pennsylvania are named in a formal roster. Includes Harris, Norristown, Sellersville, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Lewistown, Carlisle, Scranton, Montrose, Pittsburgh, York and Altoona. Notables include John A. Herman, Dalton D. Fretz, G. d andelot Belin, and JEB Bliss.
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John A. Herman
Harrisure
State Hospital For Insane
Norristown
Dalton D. Fretz
Sellersville
George A. Knowles
Philadelphia
State Lunatic Hospital
Harrisburg
Samuel 8. Woods
Lewistown
William M. Donaldson
Lewis S. Sadler
Carlisle
State Hospital
Scranton
Charles 8. Weston
State Hospital For the Deaf
G. d’Andelot Belin
Frank E. Platt
Edwin C
Natonex hailed by Harrisburg user for relief of stomach woes
Earl Poole of Enola Pennsylvania describes years of stomach trouble and sleepless nights. After one box of Natonex he notes marked improvement. says he no longer suffers pains, digestion improves, and sleep returns. The ad urges readers to learn more at Gorgas Drug Store 16 N Third Street and mentions other Nature remedies.
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Earl Poole
Enola
Natonex
Harrisburg
Gorgas
N. Third Street
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