RILEY BILL FACES FIGHT IN STATE LEGISLATURE
Harrisburg reports show both legislative branches aiming to adjourn before spring elections. Key items include the Riley bill authorizing 100000 for railroad line measurements, Dunsmore two cent fare bill, and debates over railroad taxation and state authorities. Large rail interests mobilize to oppose measures.
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Dunsmore
Harrisburg
Senate
House
Scranton
Williamsport
Superior Court
Allegheny County
Blair County
Fayette County
Capitol Park
Shamokin
Homaker
Philadelphia
Riley
Pennsylvania
House -Railroad Committee
Dunsmore Dill
Friends of the State Administration
House ‘Ways and Means
Stuart
Capitol Investigation Committee
Auditor ,General’s
State Treasury Departments
James A. Stranahan
James Scarlet
Danville
Capitol
Hebrew vag peddler shoots self in Meyers Quarry area
In Sterhenville Mey er Qroga a Hebrew peddler despondent and ill shot himself in the head and died instantly. The tragedy was reported February 12. The incident adds to a day of varied reports across Ohio and Pennsylvania involving health, accidents and local officials.
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Sterhenville
Meyer Qroga
Azo Dt
Broad World Notes of Feb Aboard United Press
Rochester to Rochester. AString of terse world notes from Rochester N Y list deaths and accidents from Feb 8 through Feb 11 across the United States including actress Ilsabette Uranhart dies of pneumonia in Rochester and several industrial, political, and transport incidents. Washington pres Roosevelts Alaska hunting plans after term, and many local cases of fatalities, arrests, and official actions appear in brief wires.
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Rochester
N. Y
Ilsabette Uranhart
Washington
Roosewall
Alaska
Olean
Formar
Senate
New York
Mse
Trenton
Sea
Sion
Frank 0. Briggs
John F. Dryden
United States Senate
Sacramento
Cal
Sacramento River
Mass at St Thomas Church Sees Man Preach Blow Lights
In Corry Pennsylvania on February 11 a Mass at St Thomas Catholic Church was disrupted when a 24 year old migrant named Jim Crane stood in the rear, walked to the sanctuary and blew out candles then preached incoherently at the altar. Officers removed him as townsfolk watched. Crane lives on a farm and went insane during the service. Also local reports note a name change for Cherry Tree post office to Skiddoo about February 11.
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Corry
St. Thomas Catholic Church
Father Tracey
Jim Crane
Insano
Skiddoo
Oil City
Gambler Killed by Mistake in Pendleton Saloon
John P. McManus editor of the Pilot Rock Record shot and killed gambler Robert Hates in a Pullman saloon on Main Street. Officials say McManus fired believing Hates was another man who had robbed him earlier.
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Pendleton
Ore
John P. McManus
Pilot Rock ‘Record
Robert Hates
Pullman
Main Street
McManus
Heten
Alimony Paid Weekly in Brookhaven
In Coppers Fork on February 11 James Brown, a keeper of Brookhaven, pays $8 weekly alimony. The note records the pennies paid and mentions WAEQ.
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Coppers Fork
James Brown
Eper
Brookhaven
Duck shaped sweet potato exhibition in Indianapolis
A sweet potato raised by Andrew White eight miles from Indianapolis resembled a duck in size and form and drew crowds to the Indianapolis News office window. Comments split between calling it the sweetest little duck and a perfect duck of a sweet potato. A blade of grass reflection follows, noting the mystery of life and existence in a fragment from an English writer. A stockholders meeting for Oakland Cemetery Association is set for February 18 at 7:00 PM at J Wood Clark’s office to elect directors and address business.
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Athens
Meb
Hubert Reeder
Henry Harling
State Hospital
W. J. Barnes
Bobo
Reeder
Harkins
Eveland
Hastern
Ohio Traction Line
Gates Milla
Fladiay
W. J. David
Blanchard
Taston
Northampton ‘Traction Co
Edward Hopkins
Peter Willams
Belfast
Quintus Hellaman
Palmer Township
Chicago
G. J. Grammer
New York Central Lines
Buffalo
Presbyterian, Hospital
St. Paul
Minn
New York
James Simpson
Riverhead
L.L
Bartley
Horner
Mt. Sterling
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Colby
Shouse
Marshall
Berry
Wilmington
Del
Charles E. Simmions
Matthew Hanna
Simmonses
Hanna
Simmons
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Waldeck
White Plains
Meads
Sullivans
Big Tom
Little Tim
Bowery
Chattanooga
Parker
George Kelly
Will D. Stirley
Bob Bass
Washington
Allen Roosevelt Longworth
Longworth
Ohio
Lagrip
Albany
N. Y
Panama Construction Co
Panama
William J. Oliver
Knoxville
Salida
Col
Monarch
F. Y. Harris
Cynthiana
D.mitchell
Atlas Frank Powell
Kentucky
Julius Mayer
American Ice Co
DesMainas
Chicago & Northwestern
Des Moines
Peter Pilstrum
Peter Exner
Olaf Anderson
Albert Olson
Carl Anderson
Samuel Drew
Andrew Lundquist
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Charles N. Chambers
Steubenville
Jimory Coyle
Marietta
O. Ohicago
Linolg Steel Co
Indianapolis News
Andrew White
Indianapolis
News
Ife
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Polie
Edward
Hoover
Mahanoy City
Neill
Tidewater
Sandusky
Cincinnati
Tech
Walden
Metropolitan Opera Co
Sandusky,c
Edward Hodgkinson
Weathy Bloomingville
Lonton
England
New Castle
New Castle Savings & Trust
Clain
Canal Dover
Denton Young
Paoli
Cy” Young
Tuscarawas
Adam Bucksles
Buckries
Wilkesbarre
Wanamie
Waynesboro
Winnesboro
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Bradford
M. J. Connors
Watton
Erie
Kinzua Bridge
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Oliver
American Reduction Co’s
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