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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
4
The James B. E. Roderick report cites 224 tons produced in the anthracite region and 73,066,945 tons in the bituminous region. It notes many mine accidents stem from worker carelessness, urges more inspectors, and warns electricity in mines as a risk.
May shows a reduction of over 11 million acres of wheat from last year, with spring wheat down about 500 thousand acres. The impact will lower this year's crop and push prices higher as the report circulated. Flag Day marked Betsy Ross and the first Stars and Stripes in 1777 with uneven observance nationwide. The University of Pennsylvania received more than 200 thousand in additional benefactions this year.
The Ephrata township school board met at the Eagle hotel to approve teacher appointments. Listed are Academy J M Fry Lincoln secondary 3 14 Bard Lincoln prenary Miss Catharine Baker Springville L O Hacker Middle Creek Inyton Musselman Steinmetz Miss Minnie Wenger West Akron Miss Clara Miller Mast Akron Frank J Jacoby Bethany John Rochrer Pryville TH 8 Jacoby Tinhastown Alvin Wisaler Berestrasse Harvey Falkman Moh ler Martin Mosser.
Wheat prices rose quickly causing a rush of cereal into the market. At Ratter's warehouse in the borough teams lined up daily to unload. By yesterday noon the week’s receipts reached 4,210 bushels with more loads expected, possibly surpassing 4,000 bushels for the week.
Lancaster daily reports a directors meeting of the Lancaster Mechanicsburg and New Tolland Traction Company approving construction of a line from Lancaster to Mechanicsburg and then to Ephrata. Contracts worth hundreds of thousands will be awarded. a modern power house on North Prince street will house a 600 horsepower Hamilton Corliss engine, Westinghouse generator, IT rails, eight foot ties, stone ballast, and substantial bridges. The line aims to be running by December 1, 1900 with sub stations at Mechanicsburg and street occupancy agreed with Ephrata borough.
In Washington a naval bids fight over armor plates for battleships tests Secretary Long and two trust firms with the sole armoring plants. The issue hinges on price reasonableness and the alternative of building a government plant. The article also covers China policy, anti-foreign Boxer unrest, and political bluffing around trusts ahead of the 1900 campaigns.
The 153d annual session of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania met at St. John German Lutheran Church in Philadelphia with 350 ministers and 500 congregations. A $201,890.61 receipts and $54,622.01 expenditures for benevolent and educational purposes were reported, plus a $15,000 floating debt and a £13,000 Mt. Airy Seminary debt. The assembly ordained eighteen Mt. Airy Seminary graduates and planned new mariners mission and lay deacon efforts.
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