Automobiles on Pennsylvania Farms Rise Sharply
The bureau of statistics reports that six in ten farmers own cars statewide, with twenty percent of counties above a fifth ownership. Lancaster leads with 2600 cars for 10 000 farmers, Philadelphia one car per three farms, and several counties exceed 500 cars.
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Pennsylvania
Bureau of Statistics
State
Department of Agriculture
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Chester County
Bucks
Allegheny
Washington
Berks
York
Bradford
Erie
Mercer
Montgomery
Somerset
Westmoreland
Butler
Crawford
Susquehanna
Franklin
Lehigh
Luzerne
Northampton
Tioga
Bedford
Lebanon
Schuylkill
Wayne
Resources Taxation Probe Aims At State Revenue Boost
The attorney general's department began an inquiry into taxing Pennsylvania natural resources to raise state revenue. The scope covers coal oil natural gas limestone quarry products and many minerals. A potential $25 million could be raised though the plan seeks $5 million to fund schools and roads. The group will also review exemptions and how existing taxes might be increased without injustice.
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Pennsylvania
Attorney General’s Department
Joint Legislative Commission
Baldwin
Penrose
Deaths by Diseases and Causes Totals Report
The record lists totals by cause of death including typhoid fever 81 scarlet fever 21 diphtheria 196 measles 38 whooping cough 38 influenza 183 malaria 1 tuberculosis of the lungs 801 tuberculosis of other organs 144 cancer 567 diabetes 104 poliomyelitis 1,859 pneumonia 1,859 diarrhoea under two years 248 diarrhoea over two years 58 Brights disease and nephritis 900 early infancy 582 death by own action 76 accidents in mines 72 railway injuries 146 other forms of violence 642 and all other diseases 4,356.
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Pennsylvania
State Health Department
Bright
Alate
Not a Member Ends at Harrisburg After Civil War Return
The Eighth Pennsylvania infantry and attached units arrived at their home station in Harrisburg greeted by thousands of citizens and veteran groups. Colonel Maurice E. Finney commands the regiment which left Mt Gretna in June and reportedly lost no men during its service. Umbrellas in Lancaster Are Made in Great Numbers with major plants and exports reaching worldwide. A farmer institute at Jacksonwald urges wages for sons to keep them on the farm and help future farmers. Lebanon pastors resign with Rev. Dr. J Max Hark retiring after forty years in Moravian ministry.
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Harrisburg
Telegraph
David E. Tracy
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works
Quincy Bent
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Mr. Bent
Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry
Chamber of Commerce
Eighth Regiment
Mt. Gretna
Maurice E. Finney
Farmers’ Institute
Jacksonwald
Reading
George W. Bruimbach
Lebanon
Max Hark
Clergy Changes In Pennsylvania Towns Reported
The minister will reside in Lebanon at Mount Gretna with a cottage on the Pennsylvania Chautauqua grounds. Rev. T Clifton Harris leaves the First Baptist Church after three years to take a call in Shinglehouse Pa. Succeeding pastors have not been named.
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Ment
Lebanon
Mount Gretna
T. ‘Clifton’ Harris
First Baptist Church
Snakes Kill 26000 in Year in British India
The report states snakes and wild animals in British India killed over 28,000 natives last year, with more than 26,000 deaths from snake bites. Tigers and other beasts killed the remainder. Over five years, snake bites caused about 117,000 deaths. elephants and big cats claimed more than 9,000. The government provides bounties to reduce danger. 1915 saw over 185,000 snakes and 25,000 other animals killed.
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British India
Subways Tale Sparks Curbside Ribbing at Night Ride
A girl in a subway car laughs loudly when a rough-neck sits beside her. A gallant youth from across the car tells the offender to address her as a lady, prompting a brief exchange as riders watch.
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Hoydenish
Curious Missouri man and mule settle a bite friendly dispute
A Missouri man put his hand in a mule’s mouth to count teeth. The mule clamped shut, counting fingers instead. The old joke ends with both sides satisfied and a lesson on curiosity.
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Missouri
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