Sheriff sues coal firms for deputies fees in strike turmoil
Across the state Sheriff John E Shields sues La Trobe Connellsville Coal & Coke Co for 4182.81 to cover deputy costs during a strike. Other items note Huntingdon plans a big electric sign, Mayor Jacobs gifting ground for ten years and manufacturing sites, a six and a half pound California trout caught at Broadhead Creek, and eleven deer seen near Graffenburg. Additional notes cover Decoration Day car use for veterans, a 10,280 foot diamond drill breakthrough at Ashland, a rat week in McConnellsburg, and a Pennsylvania Railroad land damages ruling in Chester County. Also profiles Ziba Fairchilds, 81, North Side businessman, farming and lumbering, eight miles from Pond Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Shields
Coal Companies
Westmoreland County
Latrobe-Connellaville Coal & Coke Company
Huntingdon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jacobs
Monroe County
Roach
East Stroudsburg
Big Rock
Broadhead’s Creek
California
Gettysburg
Graffenburg
Warren
Locust Gap & Kinpmont Water Company
Ashland
McConnellsburg
Fulton County
Supreme Court
Chester County Court
William Wayne
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Wayne
Ziba Fairchilds
Pond Creek
Luzerne County
Fairchilds
No More Mineral Candy Regulation Issued after Conference
A Capitol conference with Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust and chemists from Pittsburg Erie Philadelphia West Chester and State College produced a regulation banning mineral substances in confectionery and prohibiting any alcoholic liquor or resins such as shellac in chocolate and other confections. The rule cites compatibility with the National Food and Drug act of 1906 and notes safety concerns including poisonous substances in resins and questionable sanitation practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Foust
Pittsburg
Erie
Philadelphia
West Chester
State College
Shad Abundance Boosts Palate Across Atlantic Coast
The article notes immense shad catches along the Atlantic coast, credited to the Bureau of Fisheries planting 100 to 125 million shad yearly. Commissioner Bowers says depletion ten years ago threatened future catches, but current efforts revive the fishery and palates alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Commissioner Bowers
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau
Honest Weight Law Expands Inspector Powers
Governor Tener signs a bill creating a general law for inspectors of weights and measures. It grants entry rights, allows stopping wagons, and enables seizure of false weights. County and city officials gain control over inspector compensation and salaries with state standards set by the Secretary of Internal Affairs. Suns of the Night. During the day we say that the sun shines, during the night we should say that the suns shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tener
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Boston
New York Times
Sirius
The Military Spy and International Secrets
A detailed account of military espionage practices by nations, focusing on how spies are recruited, trained, and deployed abroad. It outlines secrecy, identities, disguises, and the risks for officers who are caught, plus historic anecdotes about code books and diplomatic secrecy from the New York Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
United States
State Department
War Office
Bucharest
Stafoss
Elihu Root
St Petersburg
Berlin
New York Sun
No direct news event in source text
A quoted political boast about jailing all lawbreakers provokes shock from a prominent citizen. The fragment also presents a quotation on character building attributed to Froude. The passage ends with a general aphorism.
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Yale
Pisree
Chicago Record-Herald
Froude
Brunnerville
E. G. Geyer
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
Ind
M. Hi. Shenk
Ae Een Street
The
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Hon. J. Hay Brown
John K. Skiles Grarill E. Long
John Hertzler
John D. Skiles
Herbert ©. Miller
G. 8. Mellinger
John S. Graybill
W. A. Hensel
H. W. Hartman
John Hertlzler
John 4
Nauman
John B. Miller
J.T. Breneman, H. Weaver
Conestoga Brand
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Lancaster
E. King St
Amos
Waltham
Wertsch
Watchmaker
P. & R. Depot
PENNA
W.h.muth&co
W. H. Muth & Co
S. M. Huber
Lititz
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Waverly Oil Works CO
Algomekers
Waverly Special Auto
Waverly
Penn
America
MO. F
EO. L.reith
Justice of the Peace
UST
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