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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1918
Page
5
Sheffield notes list many young women leaving for distant points to take better salaries, with several names and hometowns cited. Local military and community updates include furloughs, draft notices, and camp reports for area men, plus society meetings and business ventures in the town.
A local court adjourned for a recess until Thursday after Shick was found guilty on a lesser charge and fined $100. The page also reports on wartime dispatches describing British and Canadian gains at the Western Front and related legal notices including Sugar Grove highway nuisance cases.
The Court of Common Pleas reconvened and found Sarah and Henry Wright guilty of creating a nuisance on the public highway in Sugar Grove township. M S Shick publisher of the Sheffield Observer was found guilty of failing to publish the editor’s name and fined $100 plus costs. Sentences not yet imposed. The grand jury prepared to report. court recessed to Thursday afternoon. Crull and Shick cases postponed due to absent witnesses. Crull bail set at $1,000 and continued to December. The grand jury and a proposed constitutional amendment notice were also discussed in this session.
British and French forces advance across a front from Cambrai to the Somme as German defenses crumble on the 1914 front. Ten thousand prisoners are reported, with British entries at Prenville Doignies and Bertincourt and Queant taken in strategic push toward Douai and Cambrai amid ongoing artillery duels.
The passage outlines a proposed amendment to Section 16 of Article Three of the Pennsylvania Constitution. It replaces a prior provision about warrants and appropriations with language requiring a state appropriation act specifying amount and purpose and limiting the expenditure time.
Excerpt states all public money shall be paid by the State Treasurer on warrants drawn by the Auditor General. A true copy references Joint Resolution No. 2 and official signatures including Cyrus J. Wood.
The General Assembly proposes amending Article Nine Section Eight to cap debts for counties cities boroughs townships and districts. Philadelphia may borrow to a total city debt not exceeding ten percent of assessed property value with new debt limited to two percent unless elector consent. Rules for deducting existing city debt and funding sinking funds are outlined.
Joint resolution proposes amending Article nine Section 4 to allow up to fifty million dollars in state bonds for highway improvement. Public vote scheduled for November election to approve or reject the amendment. Cyrus Ki. Woods signs as official copy.
The proposal amends Article Nine Section Eight to cap district debts at seven percent of assessed property value, with Philadelphia city debt up to ten percent and special rules for debt incurred for public improvements. It details deductions for net revenue projects, bond terms, sinking funds, and delaying tax levies until work completion.
A damaged OCR fragment outlines annual interest and sinking fund charges due under a period after completion of works. It references a Commonwealth official Cyrus HL Woods as secretary and cites a Pennsylvanian legal context with a filing period after completion.
A proposed amendment to section one of article nine of the Pennsylvania Constitution seeks uniform taxes across the same class of subjects and permits classification for graded taxes while allowing exemptions for public property used for public purposes religious worship burial places and purely public institutions. The measure, Joint Resolution No. endorsed by Cyrus E. Woods, calls for voting at the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1919 to approve or reject.
Keenan pleaded guilty to driving an automobile while intoxicated in a divorce action case. He was fined $100 plus costs.
H B Thomas of 2345 Nicholas Street Philadelphia a United States Mint smelter says Tantac improved his health after years of nervous fatigue and breakdown He reports better sleep appetite and energy and compares himself to a bright new silver dollar Adv: Tantac the Master Medicine is now on sale at Skeg Tiney
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