News of County Towns and Local Notices
County towns report visits and moves, illnesses, marriages, and school activities. Notable items include Daniel Stiles family visiting Reynoldsville, Mrs Julia Nelson calling on friends, and hanging health concerns among Bergquist and Hale families. Local shifts include Clyde movements to Jacksonville and church society plans, with school term endings, road work, and a cherry tree cleanup drive highlighted.
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Daniel Stiles
Hua
LaMonte
Reynoldaville
Gus Anderson
Clymer
Julia Nelson
Boyd Kerr
Hillsdale
Victor Bergquist
Conemaugh
Bergquist
Hale
Joseph Hale
Margaret Anderson
Howard
Ida Bergquist
Vance Helman
Dora Hibbard
Luther Helman
Catherine Rising
Edward Shank
Vandergrift
Mra
Shan
Clyde
H. W. Logan
Jacksonville
Young People’s Society
Bethel U. P
Ralph McLaughlin
Shelocta
Irene J. Luther
J. Merle Mack
Chilcote
New Flovence
Mrs. Mack
Bertha Mack
Clark Mack
Seward
Hiva Walback
Robert Wagner
J. W. Wagner
Imogene Clark
Paul Cornelius
Wagner
Hester Duncan
Pittsburg
L. L. Wagner
Richard and
Phillip
Indiana Harbor
Ind
A. P. Clark
New Florence
J.S. Wagner
David Cunningham
Heshbon
Mary Neely
P. L. Rehn
Merle
Doyle Luther
M. A. Wagner
Samuel McAdams
Jno. B. Worrell
W. T. Mahaffey
J. R. Brilhart
Rev. Baumgardner
Harriaburg
Worrall
Presbyterian Church
Finsthwait
Wilkinsburg
L. R. Mahaffey
Men’s League of the Evangeliical Church
Cherry Tree
E. P. Irwin
Cherry Tree Ironworks
Bellefonte
Clair Russell
Hawes Brothers
Ford
R. L. Houck
Portage
Arthur Brilhart
Canada
Legislature on its final lap ahead of big bills
Harrisburg April 18 The final phase of the 1915 Legislature hinges on progress of major measures such as workmen’s compensation and child labor rules. Local option faces delays yet will be advanced from committee next week with a special order to ensure notice. Governor Brumbaugh remains hopeful but party lines harden against local option as the house weighs far-reaching bills and adjournment timing.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Brumbaugh
Williams
Oppion
Senator Catlin Pushes Pennsylvania Harness and Running Races Bill
Senator Catlin of Luzerne backs a bill creating a five member state racing commission to regulate running and harness racing and betting on parimutuel machines. The act excludes fairs and allocates five percent of pools to hospitals and five percent to county road improvements, with projected $500,000 revenue for hospitals and roads and potential benefits to horse breeding.
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Senator Catlin
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Senator Catln
Luzerne
Wilkes-Barre
Catlin
Game Code Through Senate Prohibiting Sale of Rabbits Killed In State
Harrisburg April 13 The senate approved the house game code bill by a near unanimous vote. The measure makes changes in present hunting laws and targets the sale of rabbits killed within the state.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Statewide wildlife bill limits game kills and sales
The bill passed the Senate and moves to the House in concurrence. It prohibits selling rabbits killed in state and limits the number of ring necked pheasants that may be killed. The measure also tightens sensing provisions and related restrictions.
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Senate
House
Will Prevent Fusion Bills Pass Senate With Votes
Harrisburg April 13. Republican bills aimed at curbing fusion by smaller parties moved through the senate with wide margins. Measures would bar resignations after nomination, require new parties to form before primaries, grant the Republicans the first ballot spot, and remove presidential preference indicators from ballots while narrowing access to nomination papers.
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Senate
Harrisburg
Lheite Publican Party
Income tax plan would cap Pennsylvanian earnings
Harrisburg April 13 A proposed bill by Maurer of Berks would tax incomes on a graduated scale from 1 percent at 2000 to 50 percent at 20000. Those earning over 20000 would pay all income above 10000 to the state. Proceeds fund the unemployed, with penalties for misreturns. The bill assigns administration to the department of labor and industry and the auditor general to levy the tax.
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Maurer
Berks
Harrisburg
Department of Labor and Industry
Auditor General
Pennsylvania Lawside Highlights From Harrisburg Session
Harrisburg notes show mothers pension bills sparing alien mothers while many lawmakers oppose discrimination. Taft to address the legislature. anthracite operators and miners reach a compromise bringing miners under workers compensation. Lawmakers discuss repealing the 1913 coal storage law and raising auto registration to fund highways. Debate over coal revenue shares, judiciary timing reforms, and publishers' debt claims surfaces as Pennsylvania lawmakers push for prompt payments.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Taft
Chicago
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Lipschutz
Philadelphia
House
Dauphin Court
Brumbaugh
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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