Rochester Burner Frauds Exposed In Ice Lens Plot
Catesby investigates a Rochester insurance claim tied to a department store fire set as a deliberate fraud. He tracks Peter Hanson, reveals an ice lens burning scheme using sun heat, coerces a settlement, and forces Hanson toward confession before Rochester-bound train.
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Catenby
Rochester
Lillian Burke
Scaraboro
Reagan
Miss Burke
Catesby
Johnny Roche
Peter A. Hanson
Jim
Jennings
Hanson
Dea
Ft.waa
Upshaw
Hook Was There to Stay on a Sunday Car Ride
A Broad Ripple streetcar crowd including fishermen and women crowded in on a Sunday evening. A hat with ostrich feathers was snagged by a stray fishing hook, pulling it off the wearer and leaving about 80 cents of fake hair attached to the line. The conductor freed the hat with a pocket knife after several tense moments, leaving the rider hatless and the car laughing at the mishap in Indianapolis News.
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Amokors
Conta
Sixteenth Street
Sherman
Indianapolis
Distortion camera and constitutional amendments from the commonwealth
A German engineer uses a pinhole based camera with vertical and horizontal slits to distort images, producing flat or elongated scenes for architecture, typography, and art. The second item presents a joint resolution proposing amendments to Pennsylvania’s voting and gender language, including equalizing voting rights and updating pronouns.
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Billy
Nechaaicu
Royalty and Politics Strain Montenegro Alliance
The Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg, wife of Prince Danilo and Montenegro’s heir, is in Jena for a serious nervous illness attributed to a recent court reception in Cetinje. King Nicholas blocks her pardon and bans Germans, sending her toward the frontier, as Danilo pleads for a more welcoming stance amid Austrian and German pressure on Italy.
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Europe
Jutta
Mecklenburg
Danilo
Montenegro
Jena
Germany
Cettinje
Michalis
Austria
Italy
Lcutard
Nicholas
Princo Danilo
Mel
Noted Pennsylvania Prelate Egan Dies a Century Ago
Rt Rev Michael Egan first bishop of Philadelphia died in Philadelphia aged about 100 years after arriving from Ireland. He was ordained in Belgium and spent years in Home before 1801. He served in Lancaster and Mary’s Church Philadelphia, consecrated in 1810 by Archbishop Carroll. In his final year he introduced the Sisters of Charity to his diocese, sending the first colony from Mother Betton’s Emmittsburg asylum to Philadelphia.
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Pennsylvania
Michael Egan
Philadelphia
Nate
Ireland
Huan
Belgium
America
United States
Lancaster
Mary's Church
Carroll
Egan
Order of Sizters of Charity
Fifteen Coffins for One Man in Astonishing Funeral
In Farfield Connecticut the residence of Edward Spring burned to ashes and no substantial remains were found. A mass cremation was arranged with ashes collected and placed in fifteen coffins for burial. The ceremony was described as one of the most extraordinary ever performed.
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Farfield
Conn
Edward Spring
Debria
Pennsylvania Joint Resolution Amends Article Nine Debts
Joint resolution proposing to amend section eight of article nine of the Pennsylvania Constitution. The text rewrites debt limits for counties cities townships and districts, allows Philadelphia to raise debt for transit and wharves under elector consent with a sinking fund, and tightens overall borrowing rules while preserving key exemptions and conditions.
Credit ascertainment and Philadelphia debt provisions
A constitutional framework describes capitalizing net revenue to secure repayment plus sinking fund charges for city indebtedness. It outlines method approval by the General Assembly, authorization to issue obligations within fifty years, and the period for interest and sinking fund payments post completion, with no local tax levy required for those charges. Robert McAsh, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Bitereut
General Assembly
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Robert McAsh
The
Commonwealth
Nummber Tires Joint Resolution Proposes PA Constitution Amendment
A joint resolution proposes amending section twenty one of article three of the Pennsylvania constitution to allow reasonable compensation laws for injuries in employment and occupational diseases, preserving actions for death and enabling action across cases while maintaining existing general time limits against corporations. The text outlines shifting limits on recovery and keeping survivors’ rights, with a true copy certified by ROBART McArn, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Heniesylvania
Senate
Men of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Penmky Tyke
Pirat
United States
Abe
Robert McAfee
the Commonwealth
Nummber
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Common Wealth of Pennsylvania
General
Robart McArn
The
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania abolish secretary of internal affairs amendment
A joint resolution proposes amending the Pennsylvania Constitution to abolish the Office of Secretary of Internal Affairs. It directs transfer of powers to other state departments or officers as may be directed by law, and is authenticated as a true copy.
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Robert McAapek
The
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania constitution amendment on land titles system
Fragmentary text outlines a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution to establish a state and county land title registration and transfer system. It notes powers for county recorders, funding from county treasuries, and court involvement, with provision for ongoing title registration and indemnity funds.
Joint resolution proposing amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania
A joint resolution proposes amending section eight of article one in the Pennsylvania Constitution. The language and purpose outline changes to constitutional text and are filed for consideration by the House of Representatives. The document notes legislative steps toward ratification and potential implications for governance.
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Westion
Pennsylvania
Senate
House of Representatives
Gom
Pennsylvania constitutional amendments on debt limits for cities and counties
The draft amendment to Article Nine sets debt caps for counties cities and municipalities at two percent of assessed property value, with exceptions for Philadelphia subway wharves docks land reclamation and port development. It requires voter assent for increases and outlines exclusions for debt servicing and cancellation funds, noting a twenty five million limit for Philadelphia port projects and a plan to collect annual taxes to cover interest and principal.
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Philadelphia
Gatd City
Saidity
County of
Csty Anid County of
Pauadelphia
Phiadelphia
Delaware and Schuylkill
Gald
Wald
Robert McAfex
the Commonwaralth
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