A Visit to Canada and Civic Lessons in Lent
A local columnist reflects on a Canadian visit, urges better roads and school directors, and criticizes snow removal neglect. It discusses floods on the Alleghany Susquehanna and Monongahela rivers, describes Bird Food Company's cage birds book, comments on France’s leadership under Napoleon and upcoming tariff debates, and advocates Lent as a period for temperance and charitable reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleghany
Susquehanna
Monongahela
Ohio
Tae Bird Food Company
The
Bird Food Company
South Eighth Street
Philadelphia
Congress
Niagara Falls toured from Buffalo to the Suspension Bridge
The narrator travels north from Buffalo on a Grand Trunk car toward Niagara River and Tonawanda. He notes river views, the Falls from the bridge, and the 258 foot high wire bridge. In Canada he observes license laws, hotels, and a government system with Dominion Parliament and provincial legislatures. He details voting requirements, county and township councils, tax duties, and school oversight amid a party split between Liberals Conservatives and Reformers. The piece ends amid a Canada politics dispute over dam and toll rights on a disputed Manitouba stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffilo
Grand Trunk Railway
Niagra River
Tonawanda
Williamsport
Michigan
Canada
Lancaster
Saratoga
U. S
Danny Beck
Dominion Government
Queen’s Counsel
Q. C
Dominion Parliament
Congress
Quebec
Ontario
Dominion
Marquis of Lorne
Province of
Manitoba
Harrisburg Political Turmoil and Lititz Trade Notes
Harrisburg reports confirmatory nomination battles over the Philadelphia controller seat amid lengthy legislative sessions and party maneuvering. The piece also notes revival of Saturday sessions, a hostile anti-discrimination bill, and Pennsylvan ia Railroad concerns, followed by an account of Lititz trade advertisements and local business offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Senate
David
Page Os
Philadelphia
Cowper
United States
Faunce
George Handy Smith
Smith
Gordon
Franklin B. Gowen
Friends of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
I Yauye
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thelititz Record
J. EF. Bucs
Advertisera
Taexe
France
Prince Napoleon
Napoleon
Niagara Falls
Tur
Mt. Joy Star and News
Lititz
Joy Bretzels
Bretzels
Lebanon
Ownng Broker, Esq
Mary Stuart
St. Julien
Fir
Chestnut Street
John Wanamaker
J. Pannabecker
Horace L. Eachbach
A. Milchsack
Lititz, PA
L. Diffenderfer
Stump's Store
Germantown
C. &C. Gossamers
New Lot
Queensware
B. Frank Saylor
Wis
Gallery OF Photography
West King ST
Amr
Chas. A. Locher
King St
Leonese
Emillion
Foo Choo
Yellow Sea
Jewelllre
Haylock & Janney
New York
Mercantile Review
Haylock & Jenney
America
Dey St
N.Y
Aurely B. H. Ritter
Biles
Ahortes
C. H. Brown
East King 8T
Katrenan & Beckler
S.call
Kauffman & Beckler
Flinn & Willson
North Queen Street
A.R. Bomberger & CO
Mendelssohn Piano CO
Diane
Mendelssorn Piano CO
New York City
Hager & Brother
West
King Street
Williamsville
Hartford
Lowell
Brussels
Body
Tapestry Brussels
Walter H. Buch
Broad Streat
Heitshu
Northern Market
Lancaster, PA
Senehkueck & CO
Krauseop
North Mulberry Street
Cigarmakers
GALL
STARK
Broad Street
Frank Mettfett
Northern Market House
Wm.h. Bollinger
North Duke Street
D. K. Grim
Market Street
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