Governor Hastings withholds mercantile tax bill oppose burdens on merchants
Governor Hastings disapproved the mercantile tax measure and parts of the general appropriation bill while signing the 100000 aid to Jefferson Medical College and the Hauer license bill. He called the tax measure unconstitutional and unfair to merchants and rejected the Simon electric light bill, citing municipal tax burdens and prior failed similar measures. The veto also covered numerous line items in the appropriation bill, trimming salaries and state expenditures.
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Harrisburg
Hastings
Bellefonte
Simon Electric
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Thie
Commonwealth
Borouchs
Mercantile Tax Measure Vetoed by Governor Hastings
The mercantile tax plan vetoed by Governor Hastings aimed to raise revenue by a half cent per gallon on beer brewed in the state and, after redraft, taxed vendors and merchants. It projected receipts from businesses ranging from $7,000 to $19,000 annually, with Attorney General McCormick estimating total revenue near 400,000.
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Harrisburg
McCormick
Valley and Penny Earnings for June 1897
Philadelphia reports Lehigh Valley Railroad June earnings 244701.17, up 21018.70 from 1896. Lehigh Valley shows a 4073.72 loss. Pennsylvania Railroad lines operated show gains and losses across June 1897 and six months, with net earnings up 2334.04 for the month and up 1059.19 for six months, while western lines show higher gross earnings and substantial six month decreases in expenses and net earnings.
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Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Roailroad
Pittsburg
Black's Assailant Thought to Be Markley
Altoona July 20 There is little room to doubt the man who shot Huckster Black between here and Hollidaysburg yesterday was James Markley recently discharged from the Altoona fire department Markley who was raised by Stock Dealer Andrew Briddle is twenty six and matches Black's description He left his boarding house yesterday morning saying he would go to the country and was later seen near the attack site The sheriff's posse continues to search the woods for Markley Black was taken to his home in Fredericksburg Bedford county this evening and will recover.
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James Markley
Fins
Altoona
Huckster
Black
Here
Hollidaysburg
Markley
Andrew Briddle
Huckster Black
Fredericksburg
Bedford County
Delegates Gather for Young People's Alliance Convention
About two hundred delegates attended the second session of the first biennial convention of the Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Association in Pittsboro Pittsburg on July 320 Rev8 P Sprene opened the meeting. Representatives came from nearly all states and several from Canada. J C Hornberger read the corresponding secretary’s report showing encouraging conditions. The session concluded with an address by Rev C F Zimmerman of Cleveland Ohio on the Alliance’s work.
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P. Sprene
Young People’s Alliance
The
Evangelical Association
United States
Canada
J. C. Hornberger
C. F. Zimmerman
Cleveland
Young People's Alliance
Storm destroys home as Carmflo'd family escapes lightning
Storm saves the Carmflo'd family of Forest county near Whighill after a July afternoon trip to visit relatives. Returning, they hid in a farmhouse from a fierce thunderstorm. The next morning their house lay wrecked by lightning with only a fragment of plaster, the beds and walls torn, the parents injured, and their dog dead on the porch.
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Riceway
Henry Carmflo
Forest County
Whighill
Fatal bicycle fall claims Pittaburg broker Leggate
Alexander Leggate, a 42 year old Pittaburg real estate broker and president of the Weverly club, died after a bicycle fall in his yard striking his head on a stone. He remained unconscious for eight hours before death from presumed brain concussion. Leggate was an officer of the National Association of Real Estate Dealers.
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Pittsburg
Alexander Legrate
Allegheny
Tis Yard
Leggate
Weverly Club
Fcotland
Andrew Carnegie
National Association of Real Estate Dealers
Dynamite Blast Injures Three Men in Pittsburg
A premature dynamite blast on Beechwood boulevard around noon injures three men. The victims are August Wauteh Andrew Ayer and Thomas Terpy with Wauteh said to be in critical condition and likely to die.
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Pittsburg
Beechwoml Boulevard
August Wauteh
Andrew Ayer
Thomas Terpy
Wauteh
Boy Burns In House Fire After Lamp Accident
In Smethport on July 40 a one year old boy named Joe Molander suffered severe burns when an oil lamp shattered during an argument between his father John Molander and the family. The child was near Mr. Jewett when the lamp exploded and clothing caught fire, and he may die from injuries.
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Smethport
Joe Molander
Mr. Jewett
John Molander
Pennsylvania pensions sold in Washington on July thirtieth
The list notes pensions sold in Washington with the original designation Harvey McNeal of Parsons Luzerne County among others.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Harvey McNeal
Parsons
Luzerne County
Decoy Letters Stolen Reported in Lancaster
A Lancaster incident notes mail security breach where decoy letters were robbed. The report mentions a newspaper distributor named Harry Itner and references a July theft. Further details were not clear from the fragment.
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Lancaster
Harry Itner
Ait the
Canter Post Office Worker Arch Robbery Demanded
A Canter post office employee arrested last evening for robbing malls was dismissed from government service today. Investigators say letters were rifled with four stolen from one decoy and one from another, leaving no clear clue.
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Canter Post Office
He Hatch ed Lizards on Farm Drink Suspect Source
Lancaster July 30 Howard Overly a young farmer in Providence town ship has been ill for months. Dr Frew Paradise recently gave him an anthelmintic and hours later he vomited twenty four lizards two to three and a half inches long many dead forty lizard eggs and many worms were expelled. A spring on his farm from which he drinks while lying prone is thought to be the ingestion route.
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Lancaster
Howard Overly
Providence Township
Frew
Paradise
Overly
Man Killed at Rifle Range Near Williamsport
James C. Forman, 45, married, was instantly killed at the Twelfth regiment rifle range while picking berries 250 yards back of the target. The ball pierced his head as riflemen from Company D practiced at 200 yards. Three guardsmen fired 21 shots earlier. which man fired the fatal shot could not be determined. Coroner to complete inquiry tomorrow.
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Williamsport
James C. Forman
Twelfth Regiment
W. G. Stair
John Bond
W. J. Davie
Forman
Somiarrow
Wasps in Bonnet Causes Unusual Scare in Buckingham
In Buckingham County, Mrs. Charles Buckman found a live wasp inside her sunbonnet after taking it off. She was stung multiple times on the head and face, with swelling and eyes swollen shut, following a momentary exposure while washing clothes.
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Bristol
Buckingham
Charles Buckman
Death of a Coaster
Daniel Meehan aged 18 met death while coasting a bicycle down a steep hill in Philadelphia. He crashed into a low stone fence at Wissahickon creek and fell headlong into the about ten foot deep water, drowning. He likely struck his head on the wall and lost consciousness before reaching the creek.
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Philadelphia
Daniel Meehan
Wissahickon Creek
Meehan
Boy's Deadly Surgery
Elden Atkinson a Hebron township 15 year old hunter was shot in the head while examining a woodchuck hole. His brother first filled the wound with buckwheat flour then tried to cut out the bullet with a razor before Dr Reese arrived to tend a severely worsened injury.
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Galeton
Elden Atkinson
Hebron
Reese
Beav er Meadow Killing Sparks Probe
Hazleton July 10 George Martini killed Andrew Albertini in Albertini s Beaver Meadow home after a quarrel over a love affair Martini used a gun stock as a club crushing Albertini s skull Albertini died instantly Martini returned to Hazleton and then disappeared leaving his father and brother at the Washington hotel, no trace since 2 am.
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Hazleton
George Martini
Andrew Albertini
Beaver Meadow
Martini
Albertini
Washington Hotel
Tariff effects widen as mills extend overtime hours
Norristown July. The Conshohocken woolen mill will begin working overtime on a large cloth order Monday. Hammond Edge Tool works at Ogonta will resume operations after a six week stoppage, employing about seventy five hands.
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Norristown
Conshoheokwen
Hammond Edge Tool Works
Ogonta
Kingston Branch Backs Dingley Tariff Plan At Meeting
In Philadelphia on July 30 the Kingston branch of the Workingmen's Protective Tariff league, largely textile workers, held a large meeting to endorse the Dingley tariff bill as an era of textile prosperity. President McKinley sent regrets for not attending.
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Kensington
Workingmen's Protective Tariff League
McKinley
Robert Brownlee Named Chief of New Bureau of Mines
Unofficial word from Harrinaburg reports Robert Brownlee of Ralston Lycoming County chosen by Governor Hastings as chief of the new bureau of mines. The appointment will be announced after the governor returns August 11. Brownlee is a practical miner and superintendent of fed Run coal mines.
Death of Huntingdon Judge Geissinger at 65
Huntingdon Pennsylvania July reports associate judge William J Geissinger died today after a long illness of Brights disease He was 65 and had planned to retire next year A leading Republican in Huntingdon county he held several important elective offices.
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Huntingdon, Pa
William J. Geissinger
Bright
Geiesinger
Huntingdon County
National Meet at Willow Grove Draws Top Cyclists
Philadelphia hosts a grand National Meet with top professionals and amateurs, including Major Taylor, set for August 6 and 7. The L A W enhances safety with a full emergency corps and around the clock physician coverage at Willow Grove, Broad Street headquarters, and Atlantic City excursion plans for clubs.
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L. A. W. Emergency Corps
Arena
Broad and
Cherry Streets
Bt. Joseph's Hospital
Seventeenth Street
Girard Avenue
Dra
Dare
Kusel
Savidge
McCombs
Gana
League
Atlantic City
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Chestnut
South Street
Philadelphia
Cushen Discharged In Murder Case Near Haneyville
Cushen, arrested with Paul Knoltch Jr. for Edna Crider’s murder near Haneyville, was discharged at Lock Haven after District Attorney Hall argued the commonwealth lacked sufficient evidence. He left for Hyner to resume lumber camp work.
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Jersey Shore
Joe Cushen
Paul Knoltch, Jr
Edna Crider
Haneyville
Lock Haven
Cushen
Hyner
Hall
Anthony
Tattne
Commonwealth
Poem Selection and Praise Across Poetic Styles
A fragmentary critique praises various short poems for their vivid imagery lyric completeness and emotional range. The narrator highlights the enduring value of concise verse and lauds poetic genius across diverse examples.
Sold House Sparks Quarrel Over Wood Scent
A dialogue plays out about a house sale between neighbors Mrs Hohmboddie Dear and Mr Hohmboddie. A dispute over wood and coal stored in a cellar leads to one woman buying the house from another after accusations of a fishy smell and a quarrel about entry and ownership.
Sickle talk: Cobwigger explains its use to Freddie
A fragmented exchange cites Cobwigger describing a sickle as a grass cutter to Freddie. The dialogue notes a tramp seen with one in winter as he seeks work, reflecting a small slice of urban life from the New York Journal.
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Freddie
New York Journal
Pronunciation Query Sparks Old Phrase Misreadings
A customer asks how to pronounce the last syllable of butterine. The tradesman responds with a playful misreading involving the word eilent, reflecting a humorous language exchange.
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Eilent
Wanted agents 875 per month with expenses paid
Wanted well known men to solicit stock subscriptions in every town for a monopoly. No capital required. Experience for agents preferred. Address Joruer Hox 408 Boston Mass. Wyanted- well known man in every town to solicit stock subscriptions Monopoly. DC Fish Co Borden Block Clearg TL.
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Boston
Mass
Wyanted
Dc, Fish & CO
Borden Blook
Wanted An Experienced Lady Agent and General Help
Classified ads call for female agents and general housework roles across multiple cities. Positions offer commissions, large wages, or steady income with promotions. Applicants expected to mail stamps or letters for details and to join networks in Dayton Lawrence Scranton Cincinnati and New York.
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Benefi
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Rade
T. Wanyder
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Cincinnatti
Mango Chemical Company
Jobo Street
New York
Real Estate Classified Ad Listing Hackett Agency
For rent or buy and sell notices appear under this column. Describes 1168 rental houses offices barns factory space and related property services. Hackett agent at 125 Washington Ave offers buys rents and insurance and advertises desirable modern houses at 126 Washington Avenue.
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Hackett
Heckere
Washington Ave
Washington Avenue
Por sale A Smith Premier Typewriter in first class
Classified ad notes a Smith Premier typewriter in first class condition for sale at a bargain price. Contact inquiry room 1 Arcade City or inquire at 412 Madison Avenue for carriage or related items.
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SMITH
Lnquire
Arcade
City
Eaquerre
Madison Avenue
Sealed Proposals for School Supplies Requested by Board
The Scranton Board of Central seeks sealed bids by 7 2 o'clock Monday evening August for furnishing specified school supplies. Bids must be ink written with separate per item quotes. samples only if called. freight and packing not charged. Board may reject all bids. Items include pads, foolscap, paper, pencils, erasers, ink, envelopes, thermometers, and other classroom items. Eugene P. Fellows, Secretary.
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Fabyiuin Mille; 1%) Reams
Fabyan Mills
Reania Commercial
Fabyan
Waltham
Carter’s
Brafford
Karnes
Gillott
Baterbrook
Kinterbronk
Faber
Basle
Eagle
Dixon's Artisan
Penci's
Bogie Mercantile
And
Dixon
Beranton Board
Eugene P. Fellows
Reading Iron Company puddling department to resume at cut rate
Reading Pennsylvania reports after a two months strike one puddling department at Reading Iron Company employing 126 men will resume work next Monday at a rate of 2.46 dollars per ton.
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Reading
Reading Iron Company
State officials extend deadline to August for accounts
Harrisburg reports State Treasurer Haywood and Auditor General Mylin will take until August to straighten out their accounts under a stalled process. The measure aims to resolve funding and audit concerns.
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Harrisburg
Haywood
Mylin
Desirable Lot with House on Rear in City Neighborhood
Property listing details a desirable lot at 618 North Washington Avenue with a rear house, offered as owner plans to leave the city from 601 Quiner Avenue. Includes location notes and transfer implications.
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For &Ale
Washington Ave
Nue
Quiner Ave
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