Skewed Democratic notices and war on dynamite shells
The piece contains a parade of miscellaneous items: a press notice about Thursday publication and authenticated communications. reflections on Democratic spoils and Civil Service law. anecdotes on saloons skating rinks and Philadelphia Times anniversary. commentary on Gould railway wage cuts and counterfeit currency. St Patrick's Day notes. and a report on new dynamite shell experiments showing potential to devastate armor, with caveats on dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Tobacco and defense notes mix with local ads in Lancaster item
A fragmentary Lancaster column blends war talk about nitro explosives for coast defense with a bustling tobacco market. It lists sales by Skiles Frey and others, receipts by regions, and notes on cigar manufacture demand, plus local society items and a trapped tramp tale.
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Skiles & Frey
A. Mayer
Grove & Collins
Harrisburg
Benjamin Brubaker
Fsune Kauffman
John Wilson
Martin Bickham
C. A. Reese
Shindle & Hershey
Newberg & Co
B.S
A. Reese
Detwiler, Hershey& Co
Lancaster Intelligencer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Sumatra
Havana
Connecticut
Ohio
York State
Wisconsin
Virginia
Lexington
Henry Firestone
Loeb
Lancaster
Benjamin Hacker
Lacres
James Shoemaker
Devon Miley
Jerome Miley
Addison Miley
H. HW. Brubaker
Biemesderfer
Petersburg
Levi Eckert
M. M. Fry & Co
Shuremstertown Shimmings and Local Doings
Local notes report on the Ciceronian literary society event planned for March 28 to raise funds for a good cause. It also notes the funeral of a seven year old child of Jacob Siechkist, recent tombstone improvements in the cemetery, Rev. Bachman’s sermons, and Harry Schrump’s return to Rex Weigley’s store after typhoid. The piece mentions a premature blasting accident involving Jno 8 Bomberger, rising railroad hopes, and various society meetings with poems and essays delivered by Willie Mann Jacob Horst Harvey Royer and others.
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Cicerunian Literary Society
Jacob Siechkist
St. Paul’s Reformed
Bachman
Jacob Z. Rhoads
Peter Zimmerman
J. M. Gressler
Philadelphia
Ieinsler
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Harry Pburp
Rex Weigley
Fernster
Brickerville
Jno
Bomberger
Ciceronian Literary Society
Willie Mann
Jacob Horst
Harvey Royer
John M. Krall
Clara
S. Krall
Maggie Miller
Benson
Weekly Star
Underground wire bill faces hostile expert testimony and political maneuvering
Harrisburg dispatch notes that both chambers passed bills while the underground wire measure met heavy opposition from telegraph and electric light firms led by Western Union. The committee examined feasibility, heard expert witnesses, and returned a negative report amid efforts to place the bill on the calendar. Legislative debates grew heated as lawmakers aimed to restrain the monopoly and decide if underground wires are viable.
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Harrisburg
Fref. D’irfreville
Fleetiigian
Western Union Company
Medina
Committee On Municipal Corporation
Ivish
Western Union
Lancaster Convicts in the Penitentiary
County Commissioners report from the Eastern Penitentiary listing county prisoners and costs through December 31. Individual accounts show boarding charges, credits for some prisoners, earnings by others, and a total maintenance cost of 8599.94 with 281.55 earned, leaving a county balance of 304.99.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Penitentiary
Lewis Sowers
Edward Sanders
Sowers
Sanders
Richard Miller
Wiliam McLouilin
Thomas Long
Charles E. Wise
Herman Ballinger
Gen. W
Charles Fisher
Young Ballinger
Wisher
Taylor
Wise
Welsh
Thieves loot New Holland hotel keeps liquor store
Thieves entered the New Holland hotel of O P Brubaker Sunday night and stole over one hundred dollars worth of liquor. They bored holes to access a cellar, spilled whisky on the floor, and carried away a twelve gallon keg of old whisky and a ten gallon keg of gin. An empty twelve gallon keg was found nearby. Brubaker suspects certain parties.
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O. P. Brubaker
New Holland
Brubaker
Work at home offer guarantees big earnings
A sensational mail order pitch from STINSON CO Portland Maine promises easy profits with no capital. It claims 50 cents to $5 nightly, urges sending Li cents postage for a free sample box, and offers $1 for dissatisfied applicants. Frantic tone targets working people and all ages.
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Oyal
STINSON # CO
Portland
Maine
Iilat
America
H. Hallett & CO
Wittek
Troe &Co
Augusta
Linen handkerchiefs and black dress fabrics at Da Namaker’s
Advertises pure linen handkerchiefs with varied prices and qualities, noting Irish linen concerns and low prices. Also promotes Black India silks, Guinet black cachemire, Lupin dress-stuff remnants, and French check fabric with regional directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ireland
Telegraph Oale
Sarah
Lupin
Ippin
Dollar cloths and overcoats lure spring shoppers
In a bustling market scene an extensive sale showcases a dollar cloth at seventy five cents praised as the best value with a wide selection of colors and styles. The piece highlights light overcoats for men and boys, tapestries, carpets, and Wiltons, urging readers to visit the Market Street location for deals and wide inventory.
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Market Street
Joan Wanamaker
Market
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D. D. Burkholder
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