Republican Leaders Plan Early Adjournment and Reforms
A Philadelphia dispatch reports Republican leaders aim to limit the next session to enacting platform reforms, approving charitable and penal appropriations, and funding state operations to allow an early April adjournment. They pledge no useless measures, with bills on railroads, trolley eminent domain, and an employers liability law among priorities.
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Philadelphia
General Assembly
Republican Party
Inter State Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Devastating Gillette murder case earns near universal praise
A review notes near-universal commendation for the verdict in the Gillette murder trial. It describes the crime as cold-blooded and deliberate, detailing how Gillette ruined a village beauty and murdered her. The girl’s letters to her lover are highlighted as profoundly moving and innocent.
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Gillette
Hell
Economic signals show holiday demand and tight money then
The report notes cooler temperatures boosting seasonable staples and holiday goods demand. It cites record Christmas specialties expectations, solid wholesale activity, and rising prices with heavy money rates. Rail earnings rise 7.5 percent in November amid freight delays, while factory labor and raw material shortages dampen output.
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New York
Dun
Publication cites 1905 act banning street waste disposal
Norristown Herald argues the 1905 act makes it illegal to discard waste paper ashes nails or rubbish on streets of towns and asks how many residents know they may be arrested or jailed for such acts. It suggests game and fish wardens lose revenue if citizens were informed of laws.
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Commonwealth
Norristown Herald
Norristown
Pennsylvania Reports Record State Receipts and Surplus
The State of Pennsylvania closed its fiscal year with a large cash surplus despite heavy capitol payments. Receipts reached 25,818,924, a record, with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as the largest taxpayer at about 3,000,000. The Commonwealth just completed a 13,000,000 capital project now largely paid, leaving nearly 10,000,000 in the general fund to offset state debt.
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State Capitol
State of
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Commonwealth
Japan Faces Costs Of 750000 Man War Footing
Derrick argues Japan’s readiness to mobilize 750000 men will not yield practical military gains and will burden taxpayers with ongoing subsistence costs, harming the nation’s overall welfare.
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Japan
Derrick
Republican Campaign Chief Sees Strength in Pennsylvania
After closing the Philadelphia headquarters Chairman Andrews praised the party's loyalty in the recent election. He cited a solid majority for the ticket led by Stuart and predicted a prosperous administration for the new Governor. He highlighted the campaign’s strenuous effort and voters’ strong loyalty to Republican principles.
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Philadelphia
Andrews
Stuart
Pennsylvania
Life of Mrs Eddy in McClures Heralds Christian Science Rise
The editorial notes a December McClures series on Mary Baker G. Eddy and the Christian Science movement. It argues the public deserves an impartial history of Eddy and its growth from obscurity to nationwide belief, despite potential hostility.
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McClure’s
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Lynn
Mass
Mary Eddy
Christian Science
Christian Science Movement
Entertaining Colored Friends in The New Idea Magazine
A December piece by S. B. Hackley portrays an old enslaved auntie and her granddaughter visiting a white family in the postwar South. The scene blends humor with sympathetic etiquette as the white women serve the guests at a kitchen table while Aunt Maria and Lizzie inspect gala attire and exchange gifts, framing a candid Southern portrait.
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New Idea Woman's Magazine
S. B. Hackley
Maria
Lizzie
American farmer tops world in value of 1906 output
The Oil City Blizzard highlights that US farm value reached 6.794 billion dollars in 1906, up 3.485 billion from 1905, with grain output at 4.688 billion bushels. Exports valued at 976 million and a favorable balance of 433 million fed national credit, while other producers earned 85 million.
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Oil City
Mintzer and Cable merge into Mintzer Cable and Co
The insurance agencies Mintzer and Co and W L Cable combine to form Mintzer Cable and Co with offices in the Warren Trust building.
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Mintzer & Co
W. L. Cable
Mintzer, Cable & Co
Warren Trust Building
Love Potion Original Ends in a Wedding Gift
A scientist helps Molly Baine use a love draught to win back her partner Tommy, but the spell backfires and leads to a lesson about trust. After a sequence of violet gifts and misunderstandings, the chemist dispenses final counsel and a wedding present.
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Daughters of Britain
Molly Baine
Tommy
Molly
Thomas
Alice Cheever
Oil Fuel on Warships and Oil Tank Plans
Rear Admiral Cowles reports that future battleships should have double bottoms to carry oil and include oil burning equipment. The monitor Wyoming will be prepared to use fuel oil, with plans for oil tanks in bunkers. Experiments will test vessels designed for exclusive oil propulsion, though oil supplies are limited and costly, so coal storage space should be maintained.
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Cowles
Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
Wyoming
Treasury Open Letter Calls Banks to Redeem Silver Certificates
The Secretary of the Treasury asks all banks to locate and send in $10 silver certificates to be converted into smaller denominations. He notes a severe shortage of small bills and urges institutions to search vaults for $10 certificates to relieve the currency strain. The plea emphasizes no current legislation to expand national bank circulation in fives and tens.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United
Treasury
Conviction of Gillette Shows Dangers of Murder in Herkimer
The conviction of Gillette the notorious murderer at Herkimer New York illustrates to thoughtless youths that killing a girl whom one fears marrying is not a solution. Subscribe for the Malt.
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Gillette
Herkimer
N. Y
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