Centre County Commissioners Report for 1864 Finances
Centre County commissioners certify a true statement of county receipts and expenditures for 1864. The report shows general expenditures 323000 00, repairs on public bridges, interest on notes and bonds, road and school funds, and totals for taxable property value at 11 160 159 09. Signed by John Wolf J C Henderson and A J Grist treasurer and commissioners.
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Bern
Vcicscine Escessee
Curtin's
Reopsburg
Centre County
John Wolf
J. C. Henderson
A. J. Griest
Cartin's Bridge
Roopsburg Bridge
J C Harper
TJ Dunkle
Dee AJ Greist
JH Dobbin
Sertram Gallo
Miles Walker
Bellewade Onte
Huston
Snow Shoe
Bianconi Car in Ireland Aims at Honest Roads and High Jinks
The piece extols Bianconi introduced car transport in Ireland noting roads are decent though hilly. It recounts his entrepreneurism and rival antics, describes rides from Duanglow to Ardara, and admits the car’s shakes on rough lanes while praising driver courtesy and modest posting rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Bianconi
Clonmel
Cahir
Waterloo
Duanglow
Ardara
Glenties
Carrick
Killybege
London
Midwinter sale at Wm. Welf & Son
Wm. Welf & Son advertises extensive winter stock reductions to make room for spring and summer items. Clothing at cost or half price, overcoats limited to a dozen, rubber footwear, underwear, blankets, caps, gloves, mittens, hosiery, and shawls all offered at bargains. The shop promises best effort and customer value.
Giant European Chestnut at Etna Foot Noted for Size
A hollow chestnut at Mount Etna is described as Europe’s largest and oldest, with a trunk circumference of 212 feet and a height of 92 feet, large enough for two carriages to pass. The article also notes widespread eucalyptus cultivation and Denmark’s shift to domestic beet sugar, with 1882 production rising by about 2 million pounds from 1881.
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Mount Etna
Europe
Denmark
Items of Interest
Infants die at 20 to 23 per year in France. A Paris firm proposes electric lighting for St Peter's dome at Easter. A 200 year old white oak near Danbury stands 100 feet high with an 18 foot limb girth. Italy imprisons 5,865 for life. Education costs exceed prison expenses by 2,000,050. Telegraph wire signals travel 16,000 miles per second. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 1678 copy joins British Museum. Jailer’s wife at Oconto tests pistol courage. Napoleonic relics on Elba fade. Steam engines rise in Italian cities. Dr. Spitzka mocks eye influence on insanity. Cod liver oil ad boasts harbor safety. Rail creep noted on rails and bridges. St Louis bridge shows 260 feet yearly. Paris sand bricks claimed frost-proof, light. Old Moses the giant California tree stands 340 feet tall. hollow holds 150 people. Theine and caffeine antidote to morphia shown in dogs. Fredericksburg claims Shakespeare pallbearer Edward Helden buried there. Washington’s mother lived in Fredericksburg after widowhood.
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Eer
Financial Statement
Bal Road
Ain’t
Rand
Dies
Geof Stover, Jr
Schoo
Millheim
Bor
Jan
Jan Tern
Jan Ses
Roooney
Ter
Gregg
Ai Steen
William Pennington
House of Refuge
Henry Irvin
Danville
Antenne
Martin Halderman
Uv Pab
Bald Eagle Creek
Ana Horse
Morse
Bugsy
Lucas Toun
Pete Neers Eee Nees
Commonwealth
Commissioners
DM Wolf. Co
Warren Insane Asylum
I’ Fortney
Efonte, Pa
W.A. Sandoe
Centre Hall
Havig
Harper & Kreamer
Centre Gall
Wm. Welf & Son
Hicks & Bucks
Hicks & Griffith
Bellefonte, Penn
Centre Co
Champion
Osborne
France
Paris
St. Peter's
Danbury
Italy
John Bunyan
Oconta
Wis
Elba
Napoleon
Peninsula
Marseilles
St. Louis Bridge
Tule River
California
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Edward Heldon
Shakespeare
St George’s
Burnside
Masonic Cemetery
Washington
Brockerhoft
Kmen
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