Flood of Bills in Legislature Brings Prohibitions and Reforms
Harrisburg reports indicate nearly two dozen measures in the Senate and House tackling liquor prohibition civil service wage hikes school code changes and marriage laws. Prohibition would bar manufacturing except for medicine science and sacraments while a civil service bill targets counties under 250 000 and third class cities votes. Other bills touch dairy pensions for judges widened election official pay and lobbyist registration with a $1 hunter license and underground wires for municipalities. A Crow resolution seeks broader state department scrutiny amid loan debates and a push to reference the Highway Department.
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Harrisburg
Tax Commission
State Senate
House of Representatives
Steele
Alegheny
Williams
Tioga
Commonwealth
Berger
Montgomery
William H. Kern
George W. Richards
Aleghany County
State Department of Health
Pennsylvania
E. Lowry Humes
Crawford
Register of Wills
T. Henry Walnut
Philadelphia
Ita
W. W. Ulerich
Westmoreland
Gans
Bureau of Medical Education
Department of Public Instruction
Bander
Baldwin
Beaver
Capitol Hill
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Davis
Lackawanna
HOUSE
Humes
State Highway Department
Richards
Allegheny
Ramsay
Delaware
Lowers
Brown and Brown's Work Guides State Revenue Reform
The Legislature receives the joint committee report on revising state corporation and tax laws. It outlines four years of revenue statute study and a monetary report largely authored by Francis Shunk Brown, detailing recommended bills and a comprehensive inquiry into corporate law.
Legislature Unveils Broad Bill Roll In Philadelphia Session
The Senate introduced a 16 member Philadelphia council bill identical to a House measure by Samuel B. Scott. Buckman Bucks seeks 25000 for a general Delaware River crossing area park. Herbst wants a narrow flange for streetcars. Snyder Pottsville corrections in third class city laws. A blue sky law and teacher retirement reforms appear among many bills before adjournment. House bills include highway funding for county distribution and a disability retirement rule. Votes for Women bill on suffrage amendment referred to committee.
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Senate
Mellhenny
Philadelphia
House
Samuel B. Scott
Buckman
Bucks
General Washington
Delaware River
Herbst
Berks
Snyder
Schnykill
Pottsville
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
Judiciary General Committee
Coatesville Citizens Meet Governor Tener On Lynching
A Coatesville committee met Governor Tener to discuss the local lynching and steps to bring ringleaders to justice. The governor was joined by Deputy Attorney General J. H. Cunningham, State Police Superintendent John C. Grooms, and former Chester County District Attorney Robert S. Gawthrop. The issue will be reviewed by the legal department.
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Coatesville
Tener
J. HE. B. Cunningham
John C. Grooms
Robert 8. Gawthrop
Chester County
Legal Department
Suffragists Plan Circus Like Parade Inauguration Week
Washington stage is set for a March 3 suffrage pageant on the avenue between the capitol and the treasury. A mass meeting will follow as 6000 participants from suffrage states promote a constitutional amendment for voting. Prominent riders Miss Goldsborough, Miss Morgan and others showcase horsemanship while press agents push publicity to draw crowds.
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George Clinton
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Great Avenue
Capitol
Treasury Building
Congress
Wilson
Julia Goldsborough
Mary Morgan
Glenna Smith Tinnin
Churchill Candee
Janet Allen
Katherine Elkins
Lucille Cherbonnier
MacVeagh
Margaret Foley
Boston
Psanda
Old
Buchanan Charity Fund Supports Lancaster Coal For Poor
The former president James Buchanan left a lasting charity in Lancaster Pennsylvania. The income now totals about $3000 yearly used to buy coal for the poor at Christmas and for other benevolent purposes.
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Buchanan
United States
Lancaster
Notice of Private Sale In Indiana County 1918 Appren
Cunningham Fisher attorneys announce a private sale of land from the estate of Joseph Lines deceased to pay debts. The Orphans Court will hear the matter on Monday March 3 1918 at 12:00 pm. The land, 3200 acres or more, lies along the Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad Company center line. The bid offers six hundred dollars. The tract is described with bearings, distances, and parcels tied to deeds from 1905 and 1905 1905. The sale is conducted by The Savings and Trust Company of Indiana Pa acting as assignee.
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Orphans Court
Indiana County
Cherryrive and Vixongle Railroad Company
Josh Lines
Cherry Tree and
Dixonville Ailroad Company
Sarah Fetterman
Sd Railroad Company
Joseph Hines
Jang
Joseph Glues
Wit
Sald Railroad Co
Hind
Toscp Utnes
Sarah Potter
Thee Savings and Trust Company OF
Indiana
the Savings & Trust Company
Mary A. Tlolden
Public Sale of Timber in Banke Township tract
Public sale notices timber on a fifty five acre tract in Banke township. The parcel bounds include a hemlock start near Holland tract No 5 and 3, with mileage perches and lines described. The timber is mostly hardwood with virgin hemrock in about six percent. A railroad passes near the site.
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Banke
Wong Holland
Slong Holland
Tomes Graham
Agnes Graham
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Game Commission
Ramsey
Anty Drudge
Bride
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Fels & CO
THE
Wallace Dry Goods Company
Coats
J. C. Wallace & Son, Proprietors
Cunningham & Fisher, Attorneys
Banks Township
Tadinna County
Ermb
A. W. Gailey
Mary A. Holden
J.S.& W.S. Kuhn, Inc
Co. M. Kennedy
Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
London, Eng
Geo. D. Leydic
Undertaker
L. Pattison
N. Sixth Street
Frantz Bros
Rossmoyne, Pa
Parcel Post
Philo. St
Levine
Indiana, Pa
St. Clair, Rinn & Co
Water St
Florida
Newark
Jacksonville
Merida
Pinehurst
Pines
Otel Carallya
O.T. Boyd
Hoom
Henry W. Oliver
Pittsburg
R. R
John L. Getty
Lewis Deabenderfer
White Township
H. B. Chabenderfrr
Deabenderflr
Orphans’ Court
David Carnahan
Washington Township
Aald
Marchant Building
Borough of
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J. N. Banks
Peter Riddle
Indiana Borough
John P. Martin
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