New compensation bills set limits and board to aid workers
The proposed laws provide compensation at 50 percent of wages with a weekly minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 dollars. A three member board will administer the program. In other news, Operators Coal Mining Co. buys lands in the county, including 114,003 acres in East Wheatfield and 12 of 114,008 acres in East Wheatfield, totaling 9,338.83 dollars and 666.66 dollars respectively.
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Operators Coal Mining Co
East Wheatfield Township
Joshua F. Kress
East Wheatfield
Helen Frandheiser
Churchill Must Give Up Place In Coalition Cabinet
London May 30 report says Winston Churchill likely to resign as First Lord of the Admiralty with a cabinet return proposed. Across the Atlantic experts foresee changes under Premier Asquith and Sir Howard Grey, aiming to lessen military control and ease Allied war strains.
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Coalition
Asquith
Grey
Pall Mall Gazette
Lord Kitchener
London
Conatenaue
Winston Syfencer Churchill
Gret Lord
Admiralty
Daily Mall
Joby Redmond
France
Belgium
Winston Spencer Churchill
Lord Fisher
War Office
Workingmen
England
Washington
Howard Grey
Foreign Office
Noutre
War Ministry
Pollemi
Pennsylvania 1916 Assembly Adjourns And Brumbaughs Appointments
Harrisburg May 1916 session ends with the governor's public service commission nominees sent to the senate. Appointees include Samuel W. Pennypacker Schwenksville John S. Rilling Erie William A. Magee Pittsburgh M J Brecht Lancaster John Monaghan Philadelphia Edgar A Kiess Williamsport Willam Db Ainay Montrose. Estimated session appropriations 65 million dollars against 64 million revenue. Detective Burns cites corruption tied to a bipartisan group, likely affecting the Lusow resolution and Blankenberg administration in Philadelphia.
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Harrisburg
General Assembly
Brumbaugh
Public Service Commission
Senate
Solons
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Schwenksville
John S. Rilling
Erie
William A. Magee
Pittsburgh
M. J. Brecht
Lancaster
John Monaghan
Philadelphia
Edgar, A. Kiess
Williamsport
Willam
B. Ainay
Montrose
Burns
Blankenberg
Skill of the Beaver as Man Reinvention Legend
Fragmentary text discusses the beaver as a reinvention of man per legend. It notes the beaver’s representation with a human face in early drawings and praises woodcutters and dam makers for their extraordinary intelligence and skill. The excerpt hints at canals and earthworks associated with beaver activity.
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Amd
Canals and Almanac Privileges End Monopoly Legacy
The text discusses canal construction methods with weirs and curves and notes canals are typically three feet wide and one to three feet deep. It critiques uphill work and concealment in pools. It then traces the historic alkmanac publishing monopoly to the Stationers' Company and royal grants to Oxford, Cambridge, and the crown, ending with the claim that the king’s prerogative over calendars was never valid.
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Almanac Trust
Wilzabeth
Stationers’ Company
Jimmies 1
Oxford
Cambridge
London Spestater
Travels of Bawn Moanchaueen Fragment Unclear Origins
Fragmentary notes describe Munchaven works citing diverse sources and a proposed second volume. Mentions a frat frataliment tied to a baron’s tales and possible German Italian Portuguese origins.
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Munchaven
Bawn
Bruce
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