Warren County Republican Primaries Set for January 23 1909
Warren County Republicans announce primaries for February 16 1909 to nominate candidates for the February election. Only qualified Republican voters in each precinct may vote, polls to stay open at least three hours with potential extensions. Time and locations to be posted by district committee members. A. G. Fildred chairs the county committee.
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Hogs
Republican Co. Committee
Warren
Warren County
Republican County Committee
Taft names Knox as Secretary of State in Cabinet
President elect Taft announces United States Senator P C I Knox of Pennsylvania will become Secretary of State. Knox acceptance prompts Pennsylvania to elect a new senator next month as Penrose term ends. Names floated for Knox successor include George T Oliver H C Frick and others.
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Augusta
William H. Taft
United States
P. C. I Knox
Pennsylvania
Taft
Knox
Penrose
Tor
George T. Oliver
Pittsburg
Oliver
Navy
Robert S. Murphy
Johnstown
Supreme Court
John P. Elkin
H.C. Frick
Popular Vote Tabulated in Final Official Totals
New York December 17 official forms show Taft with 7 637 676 votes and Bryan with 6 393 182. Debs 447 651 and Chafin 241 252 lead the minor parties. Total 14 852 239. Taft and Bryan gain versus 1904. Prohibition, Populist and Socialist Labor fall. Debs surpasses his 1904 mark by 43 300.
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New York
Michigan
Taft
Bryan
Debs
Chafin
Prohibition
Hisgen
Independence
Watson
Gilhaus
Socialist-Labor
Independence Party
Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt
Raw vote totals show Taft leading in key states and party declines
The analysis shows Populists losing 83 312 votes since 1904 while Prohibitionist Chafin trails by 17 284 and Socialist Labor Gilhaus earns roughly half Corrigan’s prior share. Taft leads in New York Pennsylvania and Illinois with 870 070 745 779 and 629 932 votes respectively, while Bryan tops New York Ohio and Illinois. Debs wins Pennsylvania Illinois and New York, Vermont reports zero Socialist votes, and Delaware provides 75 votes.
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Chafin
Gilhaus
Corrigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Taft
Bryan
Ohio
Maryland
Nevada
Debs
Iinois
Vermont
Delaware
Hisgen
Massachusetts
Four officials sentenced for state furniture fraud conspiracy
John H. Sanderson former Auditor General William P. Snyder former State Treasurer W L Mathues and former Superintendent James M Shumaker were sentenced by President Judge George Kunkel to two years in state prison and a 500 dollar fine plus costs for conspiracy to defraud the State in a 319000 furniture bill. The verdict followed conviction in Dauphin County court. Bail arrangements were made and an appeal to the Superior Court planned direct from Philadelphia. The four men showed perturbation with Snyder especially nervous.
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Harrispurg
John H. Sanderson
William P. Snyder
W. L. Mathues
James M. Shumaker
George Kunkel
Dauphin County
Dauphin Court
Philadelphia
Snyder
Trade conditions show brisk holiday movement and cautious 1909 outlook
The report notes active holiday trade with rising retail volume in favorable weather, wholesale and jobbing firms maintaining normal brisk activity for shipments, and many mills reporting strong forward orders for the next three months. Trade shows gradual improvement with central states and the northwest especially optimistic.
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Central States
Northwest
New York
United States
Canada
Dun
Abbeys Harrisburg Paintings Hide Pennsylvanian Progress
The Pennsylvanian born Abbey paints modernist lunettes and pediments in Harrisburg celebrating Liberty, science, oil, and industry. The Spirit of Religious Liberty honors William Penn with an ocean voyage and angels. Science Revealing Treasures of the Earth shows miners and Fortune with Peace and War. The Spirit of Light depicts oil’s rise amid derricks. The Spirit of Vulcan portrays a steel foundry. Medallions honor Religion Law Art Science.
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Pennsylvania
William Penn
Abbey
Horse Value of Country Projections and Breeding Boom
The year book of the Department of Agriculture puts U S horses at 19 992 000 with value 1 867 530 000 and average 93 40 per head. Demand for good trotters exceeds supply. auto trucks threaten city transport but merchants expect rising horse demand in the coming year. Breeders are urged that the coming year will be banner for horse business, especially in breeding.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Inventors Patent Week Highlights
Pennsylvania inventors received several patents this week. D. Swift & Co. and L. H. Atwell report in Washington and Grove City respectively. Notable items include a combined case and post for lawn-tennis nets, a folding wash basin, a spark-plug, an anti-skidding auto shoe, a padlock, a wire-guide for paper making machines, a rail joint, and other innovations from Coatesville Norristown Wayne and Erie areas.
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Pennsylvania
D. Swift & Co
Washington, D. C
L. H. Atwell
Grove City
J. G. Bailey
Coatesville
H. L. Brownback
Norristown
G. W. Constable
Wayne
R. Fraim
Lancaster
H. S
Unclear items listed for spring devis and tools
Fragmentary OCR mentions names D Howarth Chester J Smith Scranton track and ganger J H Swihart Beaver Falls automatic scale A S Wetmore New Castle bracket for window shade rolls P Woodhead Cheltenham wrench.
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D. Howarth
Chester
J. Smith
Scranton
J. H. Swihart
Beaver Falls
A. S. Wetmore
New Castle
P. Woodhead
Cheltenham
State to require ice cream made from cream with fat content
The State Dairy and Food Division will ask the Legislature to require ice cream to be made from cream with 14 percent butter fat and to contain 8 percent fat when flavor extracts are used and 6 percent when fruits are used. Coloring is banned. A final conference with ice cream makers produced the draft bill. committee members: Magee, Eckert, Reich, Crane, Walker, Shanahan, Hoffman.
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State Dairy and Food Division
Thomas Magee
Altoona
Edwin C. Eckert
Hanover
E. E. Reich
Pittsburg
R. R. Crane
Philadelphia
P. R. Walker
Warren
John Shanahan
William Hoffman
Tyrone
Public Documents Available By Callers At Office
A list of public documents is available to subscribers who visit the newspaper office. Titles include Cost Capitalization and Estimated Value of American Railways by Slason Thompson and reports from the Pennsylvania Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis and the State Livestock Sanitary Board. Other titles cover agriculture and insect studies from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Penn State College.
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Slason Thompson
Penn
Society For Prevention of
Hague
Pa. Dep’t of Agriculture
State College
Pennsylvania
Dept. of Agriculture
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Pennsylvania Railroad Introduces All Steel Passenger Cars
The Pennsylvania Railroad operates over two hundred all steel passenger coaches dining cars baggage cars and mail cars on its lines west of Pittsburgh. The steel framework fireproof cloth and cement floors create a practically indestructible sanitary car with seating for sixty to ninety passengers and electric lighting. Steel cars are in use on major routes from New York Philadelphia Washington and the Philadelphia Pittsburgh Main Line, with more cars added as production continues.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Pittsburgh
Standard of America
Steer Feeding Experiments at Pa State College
A source notes steer feeding experiments conducted at Pennsylvania State College. The piece humorously adds observations about husbands aiding in daily chores such as lifting items to high shelves and thawing frozen pipes, suggesting practical household tasks amid the report. It closes with a call to subscribe for March.
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State College
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