Our Serial by Clinton Scollard Readers in Clinton Context
An old subscriber explains Mall serial details locating Illica Utica Hintonville and Mohondaga as Mohawk River Ham ilton College Hill near Clinton Village. He notes Barney as a local character and Hop yards nearby, and says the story will finish in fifteen chapters.
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York State
Clinton Scollard
Clinton
N. Y
Illica
Utica
Hintonville
Mohawk River
Hamilton
Clinton Village
College Hill
Barney
Mail
Editors Meet in Harrisburg Against Press Muzzle Bill
A large Harrisburg gathering of editors and proprietors urged Gov. Pennypacker to veto the press muzzle bill. Speeches by Charles Emory Smith and P. C. Boyle opposed the measure while lawyers Alex Simpson and R. C. Dale supported it for potential gains. The meeting served as a social contact event for newspaper workers.
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Gov. Pennypacker
Harrisburg
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia Press
P. C. Boyle
Oil City
Philadelphia
Alex. Simpson
R. C. Dale
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Judges Salary Bill
Governor Pennypacker signs the judges salary bill effective January 17 1904. The act sets chief justice at 10500 dollars per year, associate justices at 10000, superior court judges at 9000, Philadelphia common pleas at 8500, Allegheny common pleas at 8000, district judges in smaller counties at 6000, Dauphin county at 6500, other districts at 5000, with Warren county receiving 5000 marking a 1000 raise.
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Gov. Pennypacker
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Common Pleas
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
Dauphin County
Warren County
Pennsylvania Frog Hunting Ban Passes Legislature
A new law prohibits taking or killing bull frogs between July 1 and July 31, after the bill passed the Legislature and was signed by the Governor. The measure targets boys who previously used frogs as targets for stones or rifles.
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Pennsylvania
Greenbackers
Navy
Governor Pennypacker Signs Good Roads Bill
The governor wasted no time signing the good roads measure which promises vast future benefits for Pennsylvania. It makes $500000 available for the first year once the State Commission is created and aims to improve routes including the Warren to North Warren interval.
Tobacco sale ban to under 21 enforced by fines
The law states that any person selling cigarettes or papers to anyone under 21 is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined from 100 to 300 dollars. Tobacco dealers are warned to comply.
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Warren
Wilmington
Delaware
Pittsburg
Simonton
State Pharmaceutical Board
Pennsylvania
Legislature Approves 152 Bills Before Adjournment
Up to last Thursday 621 bills reached Gov. Pennypacker. Of these 29 were recalled, 26 vetoed, and 152 approved, marking a heavy legislative session.
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Gov. Pennypacker
Cigarette Age Limit Rally Echoes in Tionesta Republic
The Tionesta Republican advocates raise the age for cigarette use to 81, urging a total prohibition of smoking. Proponents call cigarettes a dangerous nuisance and push stronger controls nationwide.
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Tionesta Republican
Definition of a politician in Life magazine
A Life magazine caption quotes a definition of a politician as one who promises what he cannot deliver to gain office and acts against his pledges to retain power.
Local Paper-Hanging At Low Spring Prices
N. K. Wendelboe offers cheaper paper hanging this spring with a display of new papers. Good service and prompt attention to all orders.
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N. K. Wendelboe
Sy Sa
Grant and Lee on the War in Late Civil War Reflections
Briefly quotes Grant and Lee from Gen John B Gordon's May Scribner's piece. It contrasts Grant’s remorse over Confederate surrender with Lee’s claim of sacred principles and duty, noting Gordon's excerpt from My First Command and the Outbreak of the War.
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Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Robert E. Lee
John B. Gordon
Scribner’s
The
Union
Scribner’s Magazine
Causes of Insanity from Opium and Cocaine Use
Dr Guth discusses drug-induced insanity focusing on opium morphine and cocaine. He notes rising cases among young men, outlines physical and mental effects, withdrawal risks, and the need for gradual weaning, preventive ordinances, and stronger controls on cocaine sales to minors and proprietary remedies.
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East
Miss Prettyman Sets Record at Patent Office Copy Work
Miss Mary Ke. Pretyman a typewriter operator at Washington copied 17 500 words in six and a half hours the other day and is regarded as the world's champion. New goods and latest styles in spring millinery at Kertcher's.
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Mary KE. Prettyman
Washington
Kertcher’s
State Laws Expand Licensing and Governance Proposals
New laws from the Legislature and Gov Pennyacker include licensing of non residents and foreigners for hunting, creation of a department of mines, election place changes by county commissioners, funding for a National Guard camping ground, pay standards for election clerks and justices, and rules for court orders in smaller counties. Also measures to hospitalize habitual alcohol and drug users and to print forestry and mine department reports and the Sproul good roads law.
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Pennyacker
Department of Mines
Sproul Good Roads
Flobert
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Election Boards
Justices of the Peace
Commissioners of Forestry
Bureau of Mines
Anniversary of Lincoln Funeral Observed
Last Monday April 20 marked the 38th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral held April 20 1865. The two surviving figures are Henry C Worthington of Nevada and Andrew Coffroth of Pennsylvania, both then serving in Congress.
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Abraham Lincoln
Henry C. Worthington
Nevada
Andrew Coffroth
Pennsylvania
Congress
Second battleship Maine cursed by sailors as hoodo ship
The second battleship Maine, completed two months ago, has suffered frequent accidents and mishaps. Sailors say the name brings bad luck, and seven crew members have died since its first cruise. The vessel was sent last week to Philadelphia-area yards for repairs.
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Maine
Philadelphia
Wireless telegraphy could span thousands of miles says lecturer
A recent lecturer on wireless telegraphy asserts communications may occur between points 3 000 miles apart. He notes messages traveling 700 miles in daytime could reach 2 000 miles at night with the same energy, while half the globe remains an open question.
Legislature requires divorce reason on marriage license bids
A recent legislative act requires applicants for marriage licenses who have been divorced to state the cause of the decree. Sworn applications carry perjury liability, making misstatements unacceptable.
Harrisburg Bill Failures Include Blumb Medal Act
In Harrisburg several proposed measures fell short including the Blumb medal act to subsidize large families the Simon Cameron monument scheme and various objectionable pinch bills.
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Harrisburg
Simon Cameron
Postoffice Department Distribues New Stamped Envelopes
New stamped envelopes prepared for months are now distributed to post offices nationwide.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Ad Offers Free Sample Bottle
A newspaper advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claiming cures for lame back kidney liver and bladder trouble. It asserts success in hospitals and private practice and offers readers a free sample bottle and an informational book by mail in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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Willis Cowan
Dwight Cowan
Homer M., Putnam
Ralph N. Brown
Farmington
WM. S. Clark
Alson Rogers
8. Guth
Warren State Hospital
Natural Science Club
United States
New York
Greater
Erie
New York City
Hanan & Son
Baker & Bowman
Sorosis
Utz & Dunn
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Jerry Crary
D. W. Beaty
A. T. Scofield
Nelson P. Wheeler
G. N. Parmlee
Andrew Hertzel
Charles Chase
C. Schimmelfeng
Christian Smith
H. A. Jamieson
F. E. Hertzel
Hammond Iron Works
Struthers Station
Etters
Ed Sohpia Morck
WM. Schnur
Hoffman Block
Warren, Pa
Emily P. W. Thompson
OTICE
Joint Stock Association
Kinzua Pad Company
Kinzua Village
J. H. King
J.C. Fuller
A. Muntz
Kinzua
Warren County Common Pleas
Luella Phillis
Libellant
Grant Phillis
Arren
Court of Common Pleas
James Brann
Solomon
Clara B. Arnold
John M. Arnold
Warren Borough
Elizabeth Barker
Deerfield
Pennslvania
Orly Sub
Keefer
Admr
Grand Valley
C. C. Thompson
Elizabeth
Court House
May
A. D
Crippin
Deete
William
William Barker
C.S. Keefer
C. C. Thomps
Erastus Feeney
Isa Jape Akeley
Frank Akeley
Emma Gregory
Edwin A. He Oeory
Alice Eugene Clark
W. A. Clark
Charles Morgan
Adelbert Morgan
Pear Hitchcock
George Hitchcock
Nellie Maddox
Charles Maddox
Lizzie Maddox
J. A. Maddox
Etta Maddox
John Maddox
May Elwood
R. Elwood
Jennie Foster
John Foster
Lester Morgan
Eunice Nourse
Borough of
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James Ahan
G.C. Son
Mary Ann Wright
Koroush Orane Valley
Apres County
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NM. McGill
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Malil Orrer
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