Pennsylvania News Summary of Happenings Across the State
A Pennsylvanian statewide digest reports a Delaware and Hudson engine explosion near Pittston and Pleasantville with no loss of life, detailing debris fields and injuries. It also covers a county treasurer defalcation case, Emmna Abbott Opera Company incident, a Sixth Ward election fraud verdict, a Glendower colliery fire, a Marple Township murder suicide theory, and a Brunswick to Australia marriage saga ending in contested wills.
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Wilkes-Barre
Delaware & Hudson
Pittcton
Pleasantville
Wescott
Harrisburg
John 8
George Groove
Jones
Longnecker
Longenecker
James Young
Middletown
W. W. Jennings
Morning Call
Emmna Abbott Opera Company
Eccompany
R M. Larned, Jr
Boston
Miss Abbott
Misa Alcott
Neaater
Casa Game Loan
Ephram H. Schaub
Walter B. Samson
J. W. Brown
D. E. Bitner
Frank Calder
Sifth
Republican Anti- Corruption Association
Theoty
Glendower
Philadelphia and Reading and Iron Company
Almeraville
Women's Bread Brigade
Coal and Iron Company
Marple Township
Thomas Williamson
Society of Friends
Delaware County
Allen McCullough
Father and Daughter Die in Boston Alcott Family Funeral
Amos Bronson Alcott founder of the Concord School of Transcendental Philosophy dies in Boston at 37. Louisa May Alcott, born in Germantown, dies in Boston after weeks of illness. Both left a legacy in education and American literature with works like Hospital Sketches and Little Women.
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Bronson Alcott
Louise M. Alcott
Amos Bronson Alcott
Concord
Boston
A. Bronson Alcott
Wolcott
Conn
Louisa M. Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Miss Alcott
Germantown
Southern
Eke
New Tariff Bill Calls Free List Expansion and Revenue Drop
The tariff bill before the Ways and Means Committee proposes a large free list including lumber, resin, oils, salts, and numerous raw materials with a total revenue reduction estimated near 53 million dollars. Wool, sugar, metals, and other duties are adjusted, while fish and internal revenue are set for separate consideration. The measure aims to shield manufacturing while trimming overall revenue. In New Bedford, Mass, March 7, mill workers protest continue. A commercial union movement forms, with spinners and workers promising to stay at work as changes near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Ways and Means Committee
Sumatra
Chairman Mills
Canada
New Bedford
New Beprorp
Mass
Pu’ Sa
Washington News: Congress Debates Bonds and Indian Schools
The Senate passes a bill to establish a National Art Commission and debates compulsory Indian education, including Seminole and Creek youths in boarding schools on reservations. The House approves bond purchases with surplus revenue and considers pensions, trusts, and postal telegraph measures amid broader tariff and railway discussions.
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Senate Wednaday
National Art Commission
Florida
Senate
Grand Army of the Republic
Plumb
West
Teller
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
United States
Blair
Washington
Lee
Virginia
Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary
High School of
Pacific Railroad
Pacific Railroads
Committee On
Post Offices and Postroads
Edmunds and Cullen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Post Office Committee
White
Indiana
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
McDuffie
Davidson
Alabama
Helena
Mont
Ingalls
Union
Gen. McClellan
Horace Greeley
White House
Blackburn
Kentucky
Haae
Blackturn
McClelan
Hancock
Ti7ry
Kanas
McDufflses
Messr. Boutette
Maine
O'Farrell
Michigan dens of vice and the pineries of Michigan
Washington reports menacing dens of vice in Wisconsin and the Michigan upper peninsula. Democratic chairman J M Weston links these crime centers to electoral influence, describes stockades that trap victims and shield outlaws, and cites Breen’s bill to suppress the houses. He notes mining and lumber regions drifting toward Democratic strength and cites strong economic gains under the current regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. M. Weston
Democratic Committee of
Michigan
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Breen
Congress
Democratic Party
Baking Powders Compared by Ohio Study Findings
The Ohio State dairy and food commission reports on thirty baking powder brands, twenty alum-based and health concerns noted. It classifies powders into cream of tartar, phosphate, and alum groups, citing Royal as the purest and detailing gas yield versus inert residuum to gauge strength and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Dairy and Food Commission
Dr. Pri
Pearson
Cleveland
de Land
Peerless Silver Star
Crown
Wheeler's No
Carleton
Gem
Zipp
Forest City
Price
Royal
Frice
Kenton
Patatapsco
Alun Empire
Cook
Spirit Visions and Death as Transformation in a 19th Century Perspective
A passage reflects on death as a positive birth into a higher life, citing spiritualist ideas, evolution, and consoling notes from Cassadaga. It recalls griefs from a sister and father, describes signs of eternal spring and angels, and references J. J. Lewis and local notices about horse insurance, a hotel dining room, and a city restaurant scene.
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Sam
Charles Hall
A.B. Richmond
Cassadaga
Mary
Alaska
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Burham
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America
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Hoe
Tha Bier
Erastus Wiman
Erle
Maren
Erastus Wiora
Washington News
Sherp
Michigan Dens OF Vice
Sheffield
Pinney Sheffield
Cowen
Lidlow Corner
W. Ames
Waldo Megsaros
Philadelphia
Baturday
Darling
D Crawford
Tidioute
W. W. Fell
Youngsville
U. S
C M. Dawson
Barnes
Cora Brooks
Bartz
Livineton
MLUS1
Jeanette McCalmoni
T. W. Arird
A.M. Marsh
Kinzua Music
Waldo Messaros
West Chester Republican
Louia Post-Dispatch
Gough
Wendell Phillips
Foston Herald
Waldo Mescaroa
B.J. Cowey, Dranette McCcalmont, CH. W. Minnis
Irvington, Pa
A. T. Brow
Thames Green
W. Fell
Thomas Green
Herry Hall
Muzic
Temperance Instructio
Rev
Douglass
M Bleymonds
RD. Crawford
Tymonds
S. Miller
W. A Kissell
Brown
Rose
Ell
Colmittee
Lizzie Jactian
Hilverteorh
Ohio State Food Commission
Bairstow
Spirit Visions
Heaven Grant USA
J. J. Lewis
Corry
Red P. Hue
Hotel de Ville
Sceand
Henry
A. Gusrtty
London Times
Boericke & Tafel
Arch St
Laxador
Dr. Bull
Ely
J. W
Pawtucket, HI
J. Cline
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