Governor Hastings Demands Detailed Expense Proof From Legislature
In Harrisburg on July 16 Governor Hastings ordered chief clerks and committee leaders to provide a weeklong itemized account of expenditures tied to the general appropriation bill. He also seeks testimony records, personnel rosters, and explanations for specific items including funds for state normal schools and the margarine scandal investigations.
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Hastings
Mr. Seyfert
Harrieburg
Mastings
Rex and Smiles
House
Senate
Lucius Rogers
Kane
Senate Appropriations Committee
Seyfert
George C. Baker
Baker
T. J. Byre
West Chester
al Arms
Capitol Fire
Charles F. Ettler
Philadelphia
Beltler
Poisoned by Wheat in Schwenksville Farm Incident
Henry B Wie mer, a noted local farmer near Schwenksville, was injured when two small splinters lodged in his shoe while hauling wheat. Persistent pain and blood poisoning followed, requiring surgery from the knee, and his condition worsened with death expected imminently.
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Schwenksville
Henry B. Wiemer
Boy Falls From Barn Roof Near LeRaysville
Towanda is told that Eugene Devine a young boy about eight years old fell from the barn roof of H A Wilson just north of LeRaysville to the ground a distance near fifty feet. The accident occurred on a July afternoon and the boy was injured though the report provides limited details on his condition.
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Towanda
Eugene Devine
Worline
H. A. Wilson
LeRaysville
They Fought a Catamount in Pennsylvania
James Hough and John B. Hanlon of Freeland chased a catamount from a tree as they picked berries in Oley swamp. The beast leaped, injuring Hough and tearing Hanlon’s clothing before the men subdued it with a club. Both men endured multiple injuries in the struggle.
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Trazleton
James Hough
John B. Hanlon
Freeland
Oley
Hough
Hanton
Hanlon
Fire Burns Barn in East Brandywine Tolling Property Loss
A lightning strike destroyed Robert Love's barn in East Brandywine township near West Chester Pennsylvania. Five horses and seventeen head of cattle perished along with farm machinery and this year’s harvest. Love was awakened by the blaze and injured in the fall, breaking several ribs. A fine Alderney bull and a high bred donkey were among the losses.
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West Chester
Chester County
Robert Love
Brandywine Township
Mr. Love
Stranger Turns on Gas in Lancaster Hotel Room
A man who registered as Charles Miller of Lebanon attempted suicide by gas at the Globe hotel in Lancaster. The room filled with gas, a note on his chest identified Joseph Bates claiming a child in Chicago, and he was revived and hospitalized after a physician's intervention.
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Lancaster
Globe Hotel
Charles Miller
Lebanon
Trie
Joseph Bates
Chicago
Rosie C. Highiner
Bates
Brakeman Killed On Lehigh Valley Railroad
Wilkes Barre July 16 Fred Geesey brakeman on the Lehigh Valley railroad was killed yesterday on the mountain cut off. He was standing on a box car and was struck by an overhead bridge.
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Wilkes-Barre
Fred Geesey
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Hoe
Death by Own Action Of A Bad Character
Philadelphia July 16 Annie Kerchall four lives on Nive Street Gortiantown survived an attempted assault yesterday afternoon in woods near her home. The assailant fled but was found hanging from a tree near the scene this morning. He appears a tramp with no identification.
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Philadelphia
Annie Kerchall
Nive Street
Gortiantown
Penalty for Kisses Seventeen Men Sought for Illegal Fishing
Detective Lyon investigated after a woman from Rhoe makeraville provided information leading to warrants for seventeen men charged with illegal fishing by throw nets. Alderman Clemson issued the warrants and Constable Sharp served them. The woman said two fishermen forced a kiss on her on a public road and she sought punishment for illegal fishing.
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Lyon
Rhoemakeraville
Thhat
Clemson
Sharp
Freeing of Monongahela Celebrated in Pittsburg Navy Parade
The United States government purchased Monongahela Navigation property and marked the event with a grand naval demonstration at Davis Island dam. Sixty five boats took part in the parade, described as the finest naval display seen in Pittsburg, with addresses by George C. Sturgis Hon C L Magee Mayor Ford John Dravo and others.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Monongahela Navigation Company
United States
Davis Island Dam
George C. Sturgis
C. L. Magee
Mayor Ford
John 8. Dravo
Helped convict a murderer in Northampton Township case
Torbert Ganges, an aged Black man who aided in the Burt arrest, died at the almshouse. He had guided officers to Wallace Burt, the half breed Indian murderer of the Rightley couple, and received part of the $1,000 reward.
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Doylestown
Torbert Ganges
Wallace Burt
Rightley
Northampton Township
Ganges
Burt
Morrisville
Local Dog Attacks Reported in Norristown
Caleb Cilisson reports a St. Bernard which allegedly went mad and bit two men and seven dogs yesterday. Victims include WH Vomsmith and farmer George Brook. bites also recorded for Wiha Butcher’s dog, two of Charles Levan, two of Henry Haines, and one each of Mrs. Henry Wager and John Shaw.
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Norristown
Caleb Cilisson
Whvomsmith
George Brook
Wiha Butcher
Charles Levan
Henry Haines
Henry Wager
John Shaw
Miss Agnes Flood Faces Toll Evasion Charge
Chester, July 16 Miss Agnes Flood of Ridley Park was served with a warrant for passing through tollgate No 2 on the Darby and Chester turnpike without full payment. Alderman Beott imposed a $2 fine plus costs totaling $7.20 after she pleaded guilty. Toll gate keeper McGrann testified Flood drove through the gate on several occasions paying only part toll.
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Chester
Agnes Flood
Ridley Park
Darby and Chester
Alderman Beott
Coats
McGrann
Mise Flood
Fortune Comes to Reading Native Reich Receives 15000
Frank Alexander Reich, a Reading resident and German-born, was notified that his aunt in Stuttgart left him fifteen thousand dollars. Reich, who has lived with Colonel D C Keller on South Main Street for several years, is the second local young man to receive a fortune within a week.
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Reading
Frank Alexander Reich
Germany
Stuttgart
Wurtemburg
D.C. Keller
South
Siarh Stryet
Rising Sun Hotel Fire in Altoona Causes Narrow Escape
Fire gutted the Rising Sun hotel on Tenth Avenue Altoona early this morning. Servants on the lower rear portion escaped with their lives as flames broke out from an unknown cause. Insurance will cover about $26,000 in losses.
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Altoona
Rising Sun
Tenth Avenue
Veteran James Mc Glaughlin killed near New Oxford on railroad
Gettysburg dated July 16 reports James Mc Glaughlin a First Pennsylvania Reserves veteran was killed on the Western Maryland railroad near New Oxford while en route to the Soldiers Home at Hampton. He attempted to move between cars and fell breaking his neck. He fought at Gettysburg.
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Gettysburg
James McGlaughlin
Western Maryland
New Oxford
Hampton
First
Pennsylvania
Mastiff Attacks Men Near Brickerville. Dog Killed
A mastiff owned by Emanuel G. O. Greiner of Penville went mad and bit Murrell and Henry Kauffman near Brickerville on the legs and arms. The dog was killed with a pitchfork and an axe after mauling the men. Both victims suffered serious bites. The mastiff had previously been bitten by a mad dog.
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Manheim
Emanuel GO. Greiner
Pen- Ville
Murrell
Henry Kauffman
Brickerville
Eight-year-old girl collapsed in heat in Pottsville
In Pottsville on July 16 Florence Williams aged eight walked with her mother when heat overwhelmed her and she collapsed unconscious on the pavement. She remains in critical condition.
Fatal Tumble of a Farmer Near Lebanon
Peter Rauch a farmer living about four miles from Lebanon was bringing in grain from his fields when he fell and died. The accident occurred in the midday heat, leaving the community shocked by the sudden death of the local agriculturist. Skillful efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
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Lebanon
Peter Rauch
Fatal Wagon Accident Leaves Widower and Child
A field last evening saw part of a wagon rig break, tossing a man to the ground and breaking his neck. He leaves a widow and daughter.
Philadelphia Executive Fails Suicide Attempt with Oxalic Acid
H Baring Powel, secretary of the Robert Hare Powel Coal Co, tried to end his life at Philadelphia's Broad Street Station by ingesting oxalic acid mixed with whisky. He awoke at Hahnemann Hospital and confessed the attempt, citing six weeks of courage to summon. Wealthy, with offices in the Philadelphia Bank Building and a country home at St David, he attributes the act to typhoid fever effects in his wife.
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Philadelphia
H. Baring Powel
Robert Hare Powel Coal Company
Road Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hahnemann Hospital
Pennsylvanian Railroad
Hie Fe
Arm or Plate Test Shows Strong Defense at Bethlehem
Bethlehem tests armor plate at Redington proving grounds for 650 ton side armor of the battleship Kentucky. Two shots were fired with 138 and 220 pounds of powder, velocities 1479 and 1090 feet per second, penetrating seven to eight inches and weld-joined impact, no cracks observed. Government observers present.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Iron Companys
Proving Grounds
Redington
Kentucky
Newport News
Charles O'Neill
Naval Ordnance Bureau
Naval
Dashdell
J. Seymour
Two Men Held on Murder Charge in Edna Crider Case
Paul Koltech and John Cushan faced a preliminary hearing on charges of feloniously assaulting and murdering 5 year old Edna Crider whose mutilated remains were found near Haneyville last week. The hearing drew large crowds in Lack Haven as no counsel represented the defendants. Koltech’s testimony was circumstantial but damning and he was held for court. Cushan was held for a further hearing next Friday.
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Lack Haven
Paul Koltech
John Cushan
Edna Crider
Haneyville
Aldermins
Koitach
Cushan
Child's Body Found Near Mount Pocono After Search
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on July 10 a ten day search ended with the discovery of the two and a half year old child of Amandus Dunlap and wife near Mount Pocono. Berry pickers found the body two miles from the last location. The child appears to have suffered greatly and the parents retrieved the remains promptly.
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Stroudsburg
Amandus Dunlap
Mount Pocono
Appearancss
Death by Suicide Among Philadelphia Society
Had poems on love. Guy G. Hetherington, a Philadelphia society figure, died at the Lafayette hotel from an intentional overdose. Authorities link unrequited love to his act. A card with Emily Louise Gunther’s name and scattered poems on love were found in his coat pocket.
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Philadelphia
Guy
Hetherington
Lafayette Hotel
Mmily Louise Gunther
Mary Burk Attempts Suicide Over Mother’s Check
In Chester on July 16 Mary Burk, daughter of Mrs. Mattie Hurk, drank ludantin at Second and Tilghman streets. Found by her mother, a physician saved her life. Alleged motive is the mother's check on the girl.
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Chester
Mary Burk
Mattie Hurk
Second and Tilghman Streetz
Mary
Veteran Shooter Lewin W. Mertz Fates at Home
Allentown July 14 Lewin W H Mertz 58 year old war veteran and Libby prison survivor fired twice at his home. The second bullet entered his left eye and he may die. He cannot explain his bad aim.
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Allentown
Spiritualist Services Stir Smithton Community
Smithton, a 500 resident village near Weet Newton, Pa, is stirred by spiritualistic services led by Mary B. Stevenson of San Francisco under the Psychical Research Society.
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Weet Newton
Smithton
Mary B. Stevenson
San Francisco
Psychical Research Society
Roberts visit to Muhlenburg kin noted
Peckville reports Mr and Mrs George W Roberts left yesterday to visit relatives in Muhlenburg Lugerne county. Several collieries here will pay today Miss Minnie Champion has been active in local affairs and remains in the community.
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George W. Roberts
Muhlenburg
Lugerne
Minnie Champion
Local Notes and Upcoming Sun Day School Excursion
Scranton residents connect with family visits and social events while planning a large Sunday school excursion to Farview on July 28. Other items include illness updates, fire alarm at Blakely, and ongoing Methodist Episcopal church meetings led by Evangelist Shelhorn and Rev S C Simpkins with a full day program planned.
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Ed. W. Swinfle
Scranton
Myra Oakley
Maud Kelley
Lena
Emma
Ed. Barner
Ocean Grove
George Watkins
R. J. Wren
Farview
George W. Roberts
A. A. Swingle
Florence
B. B. Swingle
Shickshinny
C. A. Battenburg
Archbald
Ida Mowrey
Nelle DeGraw
Main Street
Frank Pickering
Julian DeGraw
Mayfield
George
Mott Haven
Consumers’ Powder Company
Holford
R. N. Taylor
Olyphant
Methodiat Episcopal Church
Evangelist Shelhorn
C. Simpkins
Shelhorn
Cc. Simpkins
Epworth League
Walter Willams
Hev
Lewis Shethorn
Local Notices and Social News from Clark's Green
Misa Mabel Gherman returned to Waverly on Saturday. Howard E. Northrup from Stroudsburg came back Thursday. Mrs. Ella Chapman and Mrs. J L Lutsey left for the Toronto Epworth league convention. Mrs. Jancy Loder and Cora Smith with Merton Cook visited Tompkineville. Harry Austin and Bessie Depew arrived from Montclair. An orchestra organizing meeting was held at N Davis's home. Bibel Binner, of Old Mount, returned home Wednesday. A A Davie will take Tribune subscriptions. Merton Cook accepted a season position near Tompkingville.
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Misa Mabel Gherman
Waverly
Howard E. Northrup
Stroudsburg
Ella Chapman
J. Ll. Lutsey
Toronto
Jancy Loder
Cora Smith
Merton Cook
Tompkineville
Harry Austin
Bessie Depew
Montclair
N. J
N. Davis
Bibel Binner
Old Mount
A. A. Davie
the Tribune
Tompkingville
Amateur Ball Notes Show Tycoons Triumph In Twelve Inning Win
The Tycoons beat the Wizards 1 to 0 after twelve innings at Carbon street grounds. Blewitt and McCarick paired with McWilliams and Gillern in defense while Staples starred at short. Wizards challenge any city team with players under 18 years old. other matches include Sliders vs West Side Stars and Olympics inviting July 18 game. Taylor Reda vs West Side Athletica. Crockets of Jessup vs West Side Crowns. Grassy Island shaft workers vs Inside team. Lillies of Archbald beat Nonparecila 10 to 6 with Duffy fanning 15.
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Tycoons
Wizards
Batteries
Blewitt
McCarick
McWilliams
Gillern
Staples
Dr. Hughes
Ike Smith
Sliders
Stara
G. Schlager
Olympics
Gomer Eb, Davis
Crockets
Jessup
The
Tribune
Mike Barrett
Grassy Island
Grasby Grounds
Dennis Connors
Will Watkins
Lillies
Archbald
Dunmore
Duffy
Icules
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H. Baring Powell
Paul Koitsch
Baby
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Connolly
Wallace
Foulard Silks
Cheney Bros
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Washington, D.C
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Howe
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James Eddinger
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Court OF Common Pleas
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Taylor & Lewis
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Rae
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Caehler
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Humphhrey
Jefferson Brombe
Gituation
Addren
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J. J. W. Dunsmore
Vienna
Washington
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Inken
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