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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1894
Page
8
Westerners oppose delay while eastern members favor keeping pressure. about 25 of 37 Republicans met at Senator Sherman's home for nearly four hours but failed to reach a party declaration. Speakers numbered around 20 with no two offering the same approach. the bill's fate remained unsettled and no formal vote was taken.
Olney holds the Windem and Foster settlement with American Commerce was illegal, affecting the government. The secretary now must decide the rent and skin tax for 1893. About $320,000 is claimed, with $132,000 alleged as due.
Wasuixeton May 15 Senator Walah introduces a bill alleging acts to retard trains carrying United States mail and government property. Senator Squire also pursues measures involving remote stations and related legal ramifications amid ongoing debates.
Shenandoah Pa May 15 All the Lehigh Valley Coal Company collieries have begun a six day week with nine hour shifts. The report notes a strict enforcement mood and mentions an accountant Frederick C Fink from New Bloomfield who found 55493 30 unaccounted for at county bank.
A May 15 report notes a mine explosion or explosion-related blaze that killed one man and injured three others. The incident damaged mills and lumber in the area. A separate May 15 entry cites Lomber and Company with a loss of 1400 due to fire.
Four thousand workers at the National tubeworks in McKeesport strike for a 20 percent wage raise, affecting about 8000 including the lapweld group that led the action. They left after the whistle, claiming orders exist to sustain six months of production. Superintendent Patterson condemns the move as unexpected. In Dunbar, nearly 1000 renters seize and camp on adjacent land near Hill Farm works to shelter families evicted by the strike, planning to stay until the dispute ends.
Pottsville May 16 Christ Brown a watchman at Ulmer Packing company tripped and fell 50 feet down an elevator shaft striking his head on basement stone flagging fracturing his skull He was mangled severely 65 years old leaving a large family Public court list notes 25 cases of which 15 continued to next term including James and Ann Jenkins vs South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club owner of South Fork dam linked to Johnstown flood cuts.
Altoona May 15 The first session of the seventy first grand encampment of the Pennsylvania Independent Order of Odd Fellows opened with the city decked in decorations. Hotels filled and about 3500 visitors crowded for today’s street parade and activities.
The market notes show butter, eggs and cheese prices across Ohio and Pennsylvania, with fresh poultry, live birds, ducks and turkeys listed by weight or pair. Grain items include red and yellow corn, oats in multiple grades, timothy and clover hay, and feeding prairie mix with wagon day prices. Hogs and sheep trade details show receipts light and prices steady or slightly changed. Also included are ads for bred horses, a cook-store, a laundry, groceries, insurance, photography, and club-ticket offers.
Grand, traverse and third week jurors listed by township and surname. Names include Burrell Fairman Rhodes Pattison Widdowson Wissing Welling Hastings Aul Young Fritz Miller Stitt Steffy Braughter Bracken Thomas Learn Morgan Miller Little Tincum Powell Graham Learn etc. Many townships covered: Mahoning Center Grant Indiana Blairsville Conemaugh West Mahoning Washington Salisbury Buffington Pine West Wheatfield White Homer City Armstrong Cherryhill etc.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County a partition in the case of Elliott Ferguson et al was confirmed on March 12 1894 and a rule ordered for the parties to appear in open court on the first day of the next June term. The record lists numerous heirs and guardians in the proceedings with names including Hazlett Barclay Andrews Rice Ferguson and Beatty among others.
A 12 year scrofula case from Laker 3 describes long trouble with head sores dry skin and red eyes. After visiting four doctors and trying several cures the patient found relief with a product named Curivouka. The account notes daily labor, dirt, and a final positive outcome credited to the remedy.
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