Florida Canal will reshape east coast trade says editorial
A long historical editorial argues a Florida Canal would cut travel times and fuel use, linking Gulf Coast ports with the Atlantic. It highlights key hubs like New Orleans, Galveston, Savannah, and Jacksonville, predicting vast toll, shipping, and strategic benefits for the United States and regional commerce.
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Tax Tangle Reflects Tax System Critique Across Levels
A hometown writer argues that tax systems at federal, state, county, and local levels are poorly aligned and cause political manipulation. The piece laments overlapping duties and calls for real statesmanship to rebalance taxation and reduce political leverage tied to public payrolls.
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America
Gossipy Town Corner Humorous Local Column
A town gossip column surveys curb chatter and local rumors about meat prices and community concerns. It recalls a resident who threatened to sue over barking dogs but backed down when asked to sign the complaint, noting the town’s stubborn signatories.
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Haron
Plan for safety lights at Pennsylvania crossings
Harrisburg The Public Service Commission approved a program to modernize red flashing light signals at 905 grade crossings in Pennsylvania at an estimated 47000 dollars. The plan calls for additional flashing light units and reflector signs at busy crossings and reflector signs at medium traffic crossings on highways.
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Harrisburg Health Dept Inspects Restaurants in Rail towns
The State Health Department conducts an intensive survey of eating and drinking places in towns under 10 000, examining facilities cleanliness sanitary conditions and medical examinations of food handlers. About four to five thousand restaurants in smaller towns are included in the program.
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Hycylene Cysss
State Health Department
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Harrisburg Officials Study Municipal Water and Pool Projects
Engineers from the State Department of Health are studying municipal waterworks sewage disposal and swimming pool projects submitted to the PWA and WPA as part of the relief program. All plans must be submitted to the Department of Health and a permit issued by the secretary before development.
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Department of Health
Safety drive urged for highway survey crews in traffic areas
Warren Van Dyke, secretary of highways, today extended a safety campaign stressing full cooperation within the department. New instructions require survey fragments to be clearly visible and set back from work zones to permit traffic speed reduction. maintenance foremen must provide extra staff if lagmen are needed.
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Harrisburg
Warren van Dyke
State Farm Board Appointments Named by Governor
Harrisburg Raymond B Arnold Milan Bralford Fred Cook Beaver Beaver County and Paul Thayer Carlisle Cumberland were named to the State Farm Prov Commission. The Governor selected these figures from six recommended by the State Farm Products Show Committee representing statewide farm organizations of the Commonwealth.
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Fred Cook
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Roosevelts Breathing Spell Sparks Political Scrutiny
Washington September 19. President Roosevelts promise of a breathing spell for business prompts wide scrutiny by politicians across parties. He says the Administration will focus on recovery and balance the budget, sparking debate on reform limits and 1936 campaign strategy. Republicans push for policy outlines as party leaders discuss young reformers and possible leadership changes.
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Educator Lenroot to keynote Pennsylvania education meet
Harrisburg officials announced that Katharine Lenroot chief of the children’s bureau United States Department of Labor will deliver the principal address at the Pennsylvania State Conference for the Education of Exceptional Children to be held in Harrisburg on September 27 and 28. Dr Lester K Ade superintendent of Public Instruction will also speak with sectional meetings for teachers from across the state focusing on services for the blind deaf and mentally backward. Several hundred public and private school teachers and administrators are expected to attend.
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Katherine Lenroot
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Pennsylvania
Lester K. Ade
Ade
Nazareth Polls Biggest Primary Vote In Years
A fragmented historical notice discusses Nazareth voting patterns and a dominant primary tally. It references broad themes on literature and moral influence, framing the polling as part of a larger civic and cultural legacy with historical significance. The piece signals a reflective note on long standing political engagement.
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Nazareth
Lord Macaulay and Dickens on the English Bible
The passage notes Macaulay praising the English Bible as a supreme text whose power endures even if all else in English perishes. It adds Dickens writing to his son that the Bible places a New Testament among…
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Charles Dickens
Bible as literature, praised by scholars of faith
Professor Huxley and James Anthony Froude defend the Bible as a rich literature within its own right. Frederic Harrison notes the English Bible as the true school of English literature, possessing the language at its highest form. The book stands as a premier source of thought and imagination.
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James Anthony Froude
Frederic Harrison
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