Bills Pushed In Quickstep Time In Harrisburg
Senate moves fast after Grady reveal. General appropriation bill set at 15 million dollars advances with swift passage. Shott constitutional revision bill revisited then postponed, signals possible death. Governor Stone signs Pittsburg Ripper amendments while mine operators oppose store order tax as harmful to workers in Schuylkill region.
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Pittsburg
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W. K. Woodbury
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Samuel H. Kaercher
Schuylkill
Schutt constitutional bill defeated in House again
In Harrisburg on June 21 the Schutt constitutional convention bill was reconsidered after a 73 to 45 vote and postponed for the session. The move equals a second defeat as no time remains to pass it through both chambers before adjournment.
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Harrisburg
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Philadelphia
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Bureau of Industrial Statistics
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Senate
Senate Acts On Bills And Appropriations In Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on June 21 the Senate screened reports from committees and advanced first and second readings of bills. The general appropriations bill was amended, reported again, and will receive a second reading Monday night. House hospital appropriation bills moved to second reading. Several appropriation measures passed final House action, including funds for Beate institution, West Penn Hospital, Polk Feeble-minded home, Brane o Bs German Protestant Home, and Florence Crittenden Home Erie. Senate bill creating detention houses in certain cities passed second reading.
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Erie
Governor Approves Bills Printing Advance Sheets and Taxes
Harrisburg reports Governor Stone signed measures authorizing immediate printing of enacted laws, banning dressed lamb and sheep with hooves, and reforming tax collection in third class cities. Other acts regulate label and brand registrations and protection of business rights for partnerships or corporations.
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Murder Suspect After Body Found Near Railroad Trestle
The mutilated body of Roy Johnson of Pittsburgh was found under a railroad trestle near Washington, Pennsylvania this morning. His clothing had been rifled and a bloody knife was found nearby. Police suspect murder.
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Washington
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Pittsburg
Borstown
Here
Subscribed Funds OKed for Wilkesbarre to Hagleton Electric Line
The state announces full subscription for a Wilkesbarre to Hagleton electric railway and says construction will start soon. A tunnel of 2700 feet will be driven through Wilkesbarre Mountain to connect Hazleton and Wilkesbarre. River Jackson, 75, saved himself from drowning after being pulled from a quarry hole.
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David Bartholomew
Shamokin
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Ambler’s
Escatee
Ontgomery Ug Company
E Trent Calle
Ruin in Cloudburst Triples Beech Creek Damage
A cloud burst near Beech Creek last night turned Hunter's run into a raging torrent. The flood moved a school house off its foundation by 100 feet, swept away several bridges, washed fields and roads, and caused extensive crop damage along the public road from the Beech Creek area.
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Beech Creek
Senator Flinn to Retire in Pittsburgh Politics
Senator William Flinn announces he will not seek re election after retirement as Republican city committee chairman. He aims to devote time to private business, backing Representative Thomas J. Ford as likely successor, while local control remains contested. R. H. Douglass may run, signalling Governor Stone gains in Allegheny County.
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Stone
Allegheny County
Berks County Prohibition Convention Nominates Ticket
The Berks county Prohibition convention met today and named a ticket: Controller James H. Wagner Mohrsville Sheriff Henry H. Ahrens Kutztown Clerk of Quarter Sessions William H. Bell West Leesport Surveyor C. M. Dechant Reading Prison Inspector Daniel C. Wiest Mobrsville Poor Director Jonas T. Pierce Mohneaville.
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Reading
Luzerne Democrats Agree to Work in Harmony
In Wilkes Barre on June 21 leaders of rival Luzerne County Democratic factions agreed to unify. The meeting ratified J Ridgway Wright as chairman, ending six years of disruption and related defeats for the party.
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Philadelphia Times
Wilkesbarre
J. Ridgway Wright
Schuylkill Valley Veterinary Association elects officers
The Schuylkill Valley Veterinary Medical Association named Otto G. Noack of Reading as president and G A Webb of Danville as vice president. Frank McCarthy of Pottsville will be treasurer with W S Belcher of Kutztown as recording secretary and K D Longacre of Shenandoah as corresponding secretary. A resolution urged infection control to prevent spread between cattle cars and asked for a December 18 meeting in Reading to discuss the issue.
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Schuylkill Valley Veterinary Medical Association
Otto G. Noack
Reading
G. A. Webb
Danville
Frank McCarthy
Pottsville
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Belcher
Kuttown
K. D. Longacre
Shenandoah
Commission to locate tennis farm in Westchester township
A commission heard testimony to determine which township owns the old Tennis farm in Westchester. John Frederick Lewis, the owner, seeks a single jurisdiction to avoid taxes from two townships. He will be satisfied with a decisive ruling.
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Westchester
John Frederick Lewis
Cattle Die From Poison Spill at Booths Corners Pastures
In Chester on June 21, several cows belonging to local farmers including Robert Stevenson and George Bergdell died after poisoning. Investigators found Paris green scattered over cattle pastures by an unknown person.
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Chester
Booth’'s Corners
Paris Green
Robert Stevenson
George Bergdell
Valley Forge Camp Sold in Philadelphia Purchase
Fifty five acres of the original Valley Forge camp ground were sold by J. W. Bean to BH. J. Matthews and General B. F. Fisher of Philadelphia. The tract lies west of Valley creek and the revolutionary trenches and redoubts remain visible.
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Philadelphia Times
Phoenixville
J. W. Bean
BH. J. Matthews
B. F. Fisher
Philadelphia
Valley Creek
Robbery Foiled After Silverware Vault Move
Burglars entered the residence of Mrs. C. I. Nes in York on a night visit but found the home emptied of valuables after she had moved silverware and other items to a vault in the Security 1st Building before leaving to visit her brother, Supreme Judge J. Ray Brown, of Lancaster.
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York
One Graduate Receives Diploma at Lansdale School
Graduation exercises at Music Hall featured Chester Haldeman as the sole graduate receiving a diploma. Rev. C. S. Kriebel delivered the address, and Horace Idle was elected principal for a term of years.
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Lansdale
Music Hall
Chester Haldeman
C. 8. Kriebel, Princi
Perkiomen Seminary
Horace Idle
Democrats Will Not Ignore Negro in Wilmington Council
Wilmington June 21 Democrats elects city council majority names committee chairs Prince A. Mousley James Kane Thomas M. Monaghan Henry R. Smith Charles M. Zebley George A. Willis A report that 8 E. Postles a negro would be left off all committees is denied.
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Wilmington
Police
Prince A. Mousley
James Kane
Thomas M. Monaghan
Henry R. Smith
Charles M. Zebley
George A. Willis
E. Postles
Love Finds A Way For Sweethearts
Harrie Alan Baxter and Miss Mabel Wills were married in Camden in a private office ceremony led by Rev. W W Van Horn. The couple and witnesses traveled to Philadelphia for a wedding supper and will honeymoon at Great Neck Long Island starting today.
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Mabel Wills
Harry
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W. W. van Horn
William T. Boyle
Richard Wills
Philadelphia
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Great Neck
Long Island
Richard
Harrie Baxter
Mount Holly
Mr. Scovel
Expulsion Follows Hazing Incident at State School
J EB A Link of Newark and James Davison of Belvidere were expelled for hazing Byron Bradford at the State School. Bradford, an unwilling witness at the faculty investigation, faced sandpapering of his body and was denied a diploma that would have been awarded to Link yesterday.
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Newark
James Davison
Belvidere
Byron Bradford
Link
Bradford
Tragedy on Freight Train Leaves Teen in Atlantic City
James G. Heslop 19 dies after being crushed under Pennsylvania Railroad freight cars while alighting at a drawbridge in Atlantic City. John Bergman 17 and William Akers 19 are detained pending coroner's inquest. Bergman had just left the schoolship Saratoga. Heslop previously worked at Cambria Steel Works. his father Alfred Heslop lives in Johnstown, Pa.
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James G. Heslop
John Bergman
William Akers
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Camden
Heslop
City Hospital
Bergman
Saratoga
Cambria Steel Works
Alfred Heslop
Johnstown
Man Declares Involuntary Bankruptcy Fight in Delaware
Judge Bradford in Wilmington heard William D. Armstrong Mackey challenge a ruling to show cause for involuntary bankruptcy. Mackey says his main business is farming in Chester County Pennsylvania, outside Delaware’s jurisdiction, arguing he cannot be declared bankrupt under the law.
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Turnpike Value Questioned in Atlantic City Visit
Atlantic City June 21 Henry I Budd State Commissioner of Public Roads and the Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders inspected the old turnpike between Pleasantville and Atlantic City. The board voted to buy the road for 95000 but Budd rejected the purchase due to the state's exhausted annual appropriation. Protests have been filed over the deal with claims the county could build a new road for 000.
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Pleasantville
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Deserted Soldier Held for Visiting Stepmother in Wilmington
Special to THE PHILADELPHIA WILMINGTON reports William F. Coyle, on duty at Fort Riley, Kaw, is locked in a Wilmington police station cell charged with desertion after seeking permission to visit his ill step mother. The incident ties a military desertion case to a family health emergency.
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William F. Coyle
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Kaw
Heavy wagon passes over man yet leaves him unharmed
In Atlantic City on June 21 George Wilkins, a Black man, was run over by a heavy wagon. He was brought to City Hospital as dead but discharged after doctors found no injuries. He left smiling as he walked out of the hospital.
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Atlantic City
City
George Wilkins
Share Club excursion set for Wilmington July 8
The Share Club of Philadelphia plans an excursion to Wilmington on July 8. Delaware notes show local county officials have not been paid for several months due to cash shortages in the county treasury. A Wilmington resident suffering a severe ankle injury after a game rooster attack is reported. City Councils consider electing the next Assistant City Solicitor despite the prior appointment by the City Solicitor.
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New Castle
J. BR. Brown
Cart Lishes River Navigation Company
Philadelph
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Warner
Local storekeeper and banker dies by suicide in Rancocas
Special to Toe Philadelphia reports Jacob H. Leeds a Mount Holly storekeeper and Union National Bank director, prominent in local politics, cut his throat in his cellar. He was found in fair health earlier, with the tragedy shocking the community.
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Rancocas
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Mount Holly
Pastor's House Besmeared in South Bridgeport Incident
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports the residence of Rev. George E. B. Ford, pastor of the Second Methodist Protestant Church in South Bridge, was besmeared with rotten eggs in an act believed to be linked to local tensions. Police investigate the vandalism and seek witnesses.
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Bridgeryon
N. J
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Second
Millville boy dies after freight train accident in Sea lele City
Benjamin Cramer aged 16 of Millville was fatally injured when he fell beneath a freight train at West Jersey and Seashore Station in Sea lele City yesterday. Rev. A Moule, noted Episcopal pastor from Binghamton NY and formerly of Philadelphia, accepts a call to Bridgeton. Stevens Brothers canning factory at West Cape May begins season with fifteen hundred cans of peas processed.
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Dragon Boat Festival Celebrated by Philadelphia Chinese
Chinese men and women in Philadelphia observed the fifth moon festival with dragon boat races and river offerings. Rev. Frederic Poole notes the ceremony mirrors Washington’s Birthday, tied to Ken Yuen’s story and legends of spirits and demons around the river rites.
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Race Street
Frederic Poole
Washington
University of Pennsylvania
Ken Yuen
Democratic Senator Clay Opposes Populism and Looks to Party Reform
United States Senator Clay of Georgia denounces third party plans and urges rehabilitation of the Democratic party on historic lines. He argues the party should favor business interests, uphold law and order, support commerce, and adapt to new issues while maintaining core Democratic principles.
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Georgia
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American Hobo in Cuba A Curious Sight
A Washington Star report notes American hobos appearing in rural Cuba near Havana. Tramps travel with improvised independence, seeking shelter at fondas and country stores while avoiding military posts. Local bodega keepers joke of their demand for free drinks, reflecting cross cultural impressions of American humor.
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Spain
Tramps in Spanish Colonies Face Boundary Pushback
The text notes royal efforts to compel itinerant men to labor in Spanish colonies, using statutes and viceroy oversight. An 1585 ordinance ordered deportation of colonial tramp workers back to Spain, hinting at a planned solution to manage urban migrants by shipping them to the States to prevent overrun.
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Inquest Held On Death Of Frank Shields
Chester coroner’s inquest into Frank Shields death near the White Horse Hotel along the Chester and Darby trolley line heard Dr. Lehman testify that the jugular vein was severed and knife wounds marked the face head and shoulders. The jury called for a full county investigation. District Attorney Smith will take up the case.
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Chester
Fry
Norwood
Frank Shields
Chester and Darby
White Horse Hotel
W. F. Lehman
Shields
Smith
Tornado Wipes Out Entire Nebraska Family
Tornado struck near Napper Nebraska last night killing seven members of one family and injuring others. Two members of another family died with several others fatally hurt as details continued to arrive from Specials.
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Woman Slashes Throat in Attempted Suicide
Mrs. Mary Bailey, 24, made a desperate attempt to end her life by slashing her throat with a razor while under arrest for lifting. She was overpowered before finishing the deed and is in a hospital in dangerous condition.
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Washington
Mary Bailey
Law West of the Pecos Ends in Saloon Clash Aboard Train
Judge Roy Bean famed as law west of the Pecos causes a stir on a Pullman car near Langtry as two East travelers attempt a drink. Bean demands 35 cents, brandishes a revolver, and warns passengers away, then jokes to the crowd that he is the law west of the Pecos. The conductor calms the scene, advising travelers to respect western custom.
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Roy Bean
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Langtry
Cannon
Hasterner
Honeymo ons A Wheel From Tit Bits
A Guilford England wedding featured a motor car for the couple’s honeymoon with the husband a Worthing cycle and motor maker. Similar motor fueled honeymoons followed in Rouen Paris and Ardennes carriages drawing cheers from crowds. The piece notes cycling honeymoons and seaside excursion ads from June rail services.
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Ardennes
Xhonna
Ely
Mercury in Manhattan deposits sparks rumor at Bridge Street site
A New York Sun item reports a rumor of quicksilver near the Bridge Street site for Cheseborough building in Manhattan. Contractor Smith and workers reportedly collected about a quart of mercury from pockets in sand behind the new Custom House area, though investigators doubt a virgin deposit.
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