State Economy Commission urges sweeping state reforms
The Pennsylvania Economy and Efficiency Commission released an abstract calling for civil service with pensions, a new Board of Public Property, centralized supplies, highway rerouting, department consolidations, and a Department of Justice. It also proposes a State Tax Commission, reform of the Auditor General, streamlined payments, and expanded waterways and public info efforts.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Economy and Efficiency Commission
Capitol
Civil Service
Marcus Hook
State Quarantine Board
State Department of Health
Department of Justice
Attorney General
Auditor General
Commission
State Board of Examinations
Medical Bureau
Treasury
Capitol Park
General Assembly
Department of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Forestry, Fish and Game Departments
Department of Conservation
Public Service Commission
Water Supply Commission
Board of Public Property
Department of Publicity
Pennsylvania
Attorney General’s Department
Revenue and Finance Board
Philippine uprisings near Christmas in Manila Navotas and Laguna de Bay
Cable from Governor General Harrison to the War Department describes small Filipino gatherings on Christmas Eve in Manila Navotas and Laguna de Bay. Forty arrests and one shooting reported. Officials deem the movement small and linked to Ricarte propaganda.
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Washington
Philippines
Harrison
War Department
Breckinridge
Manila
Navotias
Laguna de Bay
Ricarte
Hong Kong
Department
House
Senate
Noted naturalist John Muir dies at 76 in Los Angeles
John Muir, famed naturalist and writer linked with John Burroughs, died of pneumonia in a Los Angeles hospital at 76. Born in Scotland in 1838, he studied at Wisconsin, explored Alaska and the West, and settled in Martinez, California after describing Yosemite. His polar reports came from De Long’s relief expedition.
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Los Angeles
John Muir
John Burroughs
Dunbar
Scotland
Muir
University of Wisconsin
Yosemite Valley
Martinez
Cal
Alaska
de Long
Beginning of Chandlers Valley Swedish Settlement
The Chandlers Valley history details early Swedish settlement in northwestern Pennsylvania near Warren. It notes the first settler Mr Chandler, 1817 arrivals, and 1847 Swedish families who walked from Buffalo to Sugar Grove. It highlights Rev. Jonas Swenson and later pastors, prominent descendants like Carl Aron, and Bethany College founder Carl Aron.
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American- Scandinavian Review
Chandlers Valley
Pennsylvania
Warren
J. A. Carlkstrom
Sugar Grove
Chandler
Brooks
Buffalo
N. Y
Fredrick Johnson
Carl Magnus Johnson
Samuel Dahl
Germund John
Hamburg
Germund Johnson
Louise
Josephine
Thomas Struthers
Robert Falconer
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Falconer
Jamestown
Johnson
Smaland
Jonas Swenson
Sedra Annaryd
Sweden
Swentson
P. S. Miller
J. A. Carlstrom
Hultberg
James + town
George Gelm
A. P. Gelm
United States Navy
Lawrence A. Johnson
First Swedish Lutheran Church
St. Paul, Minn
Augustana Synod
Swenson
Carl Aron
America
General Council of Lutheran Churches of North America
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Kansas
St. Louis
Repub
Roosevelt
Oscar Hl
Charlton Trial Postponed in Italian Murder Case
The trial of Porter Charlton for the murder of his wife in Como Italy has been postponed again. He has been imprisoned in Italy for over a year and a half, after two years in Hoboken prior to extradition. Depositions for the trial have been taken across the country. Charlton's attorney John Palmieri says Secretary Bryan cables demanded an immediate trial.
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New York
Porter Charlton
Como
Italy
Charlton
Hoboken
John Palmiera
Bryan
Rome
Pole and Freight Handlers Move Heavy Goods
Advertises a freight handler specializing in heavy moving and careful handling of pianos and household goods. Provides telephone connections Bell No. 2 B Warren Tel. Co. No. 84 for contact.
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Bell
B. Warren Tel. Co
The Sublime Porte The Sultan and the Grand Vizier in a Gas Bill Joke
The scene features the Sultan seeking a word about the light of the harem but the Grand Vizier redirects to addressing soaring gas bills. A humorous exchange highlights elevated wit amid domestic finance concerns.
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Sublime Porte
Fatima
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the State Civil Service
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Harry S. McDevitt
Philadelphia
Department of Health
Dairy and Food Commissioner's Office
State Live Stock Sanitary Board
Department of Agriculture
Commissioner of Health
Banking Commissioner
Warren Mail
American Press Association
Rogers Bros
Mechanics
Father and Son
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Pole
Doug Tryolgoer
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