Post Office Bans Hopkins Publishing Mail Order Schemes
The Post Office Department barred the Hopkins Publishing Company from using the mails. It operated as C. E. Ellis Publishing in New York and ran cheap papers with puzzle contests. Winners paid a dollar for subscription and mailing costs, while prizes were worth less than a dollar. The department calls the scheme a lure that drains dollars from rural areas.
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Hopkins Publishing Company
C. E. Ellis Publishing Company
New York City
United States Mails
Let the stock market wait for producers and merchants
A call to favor the farm factory and market place as wealth creators and to support legitimate business and labor over speculative stock markets for national prosperity. The speaker urges focusing on producers and distributors of natural wealth to ensure ongoing happiness and growth.
Stingy Old Maid's Stamp Boxup Becomes Big News
A New York Press story recounts a stingy old maid dropping two two cent postage stamps into a church offering. The minister sold them for 1025 dollars, a year later the price rose to 3200, then 3900, before a German dealer sold to a Russian collector for 35000.
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New York
British Guiana
Dairy Commissioner Foust to Seek Law on Adulterated Beverages
Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust plans to urge the Legislature to curb adulterated beverages. He cites data showing drinks and soft drinks are adulterated to aid lawmakers in addressing the issue at the upcoming session.
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Dairy and Food
Foust
Man Repays Longstanding Rail Fare Promise
Twenty six years after riding from Jamestown Mercer county to Andover C without paying his fare a man mailed in a dollar to Lake Shore railway. Monday D T Murphy division superintendent received the letter noting the writer was near death and wished to settle all his debts.
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Jamestown
Mercer County
Andover
Lake Shore Railway
D. T. Murphy
Mitchell warns against sympathetic strikes in farewell
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America, nearing retirement, urged opposition to sympathetic strikes in his farewell address in Indianapolis. He argued labor troubles and conditions show no benefits from such actions and cautioned workers to focus on direct efforts.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Thaw Distrusts Matteawan Regime
The text notes Harry Thaw’s disdain for Matteawan asylum rules and its contrast with his fantasies of palatial hotel living and first-class travel to Europe.
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Harry Thaw
Matteawan
Europe
Untitled Proverb Reflects on Foolishness and Woman's Help
A terse old saying notes that any man may act foolishly, but with a woman's help the error is made easier to correct.
Capitol graft case shows Sanderson true for per foot meaning
In Dauphin County Court the Commonwealth builds a conspiracy case against Sanderson and others by showing his invoices misstate measurements for furniture. Evidence includes that sofas billed at 21.70 per foot, window seats, and rostrums were charged by running foot length, with invoices, approvals, and shipping dates used to argue fraud and intent.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Dauphin County
John H. Sanderson
Snyder
Mathues
James M. Shumaker
Sanderson
Rostrum pricing case drives probe in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg the contract suit against John H. Sanderson and former state officials over senate chamber rostrums proceeds. Sanderson earned 90 748 80 for the rostrums at 18 40 per foot, paid Wilt 2060, claiming a 88 688 profit and 4305 percent. Wilt testified the pieces measured 2 083 surface feet or 1 397 cubic feet or 3 990 board feet.
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John H. Sanderson
Sanderson
Snyder
Mathues
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Shumaker
Senate
House
Capitol
John F. Wilt
Philadelphia
The
Commonwealth Today
Good Weather Don’ts for Drivers and Horses
This list warns drivers and horse owners about winter care. It advises avoiding cold exposure, booting and shoeing issues, proper blanketing, watering with non ice water, careful loading, gentle handling, and regular teeth and tail care. It emphasizes humane, gradual handling and proper maintenance to prevent illness and injury.
State may consider Carlisle School transfer as industrial option
Dr. N. C. Shaeffer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, said Pennsylvania would consider an industrial school plan if the federal government offers Carlisle Indian School to the State. the State reportedly does not want an Indian school.
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N. C. Shaeffer
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Thomas Mellon Dies at 95 in Pittsburg Birthday Gathering
Judge Thomas Mellon founder of Mellon National Bank and large H. C. Frick Company stockholder died suddenly while celebrating his 95th birthday in Pittsburgh. He was famed as the Grand Old Man of Pittsburgh. His wife is 91.
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Pittsburg
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The
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H.C. Frick Company
Ballooning tragedy ends in man’s fatal swallow
A St Louis man dies after swallowing his false teeth during a balloon race. The incident follows other distant conflicts described as hopeful but unrealized war clouds.
A Piece of String in Japan
An American observer describes Japanese use of string as a universal tool, noting its various practical applications from repair and measurement to guiding detainees with string tied to the wrist. The piece highlights respect for law and string as a substitute for physical restraints.
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Japan
New York Tribune
Why do watches get dirty and how to care for them
A jeweler explains that dirt in watch pockets clogs the mechanism. Clean the pocket weekly, avoid placing a watch on stone, and hang it vertically when not in use. Wind in the morning, not at night, to protect the delicate works.
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New York Press
Cigarettes as Wedding Fee
A Manila socialite discovers 25 pesos in an envelope missing from his suit. He recalls giving a fee at a wedding and learns from Dr Rossiter that the payment was a box of foul smelling cigarettes.
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Manila
Dr. Rossiter
Blank
Arbiter and Arbitrary in Legal Thought
The London Chronicle explains that an arbitrator ending a dispute need not be seen as arbitrary though the terms are closely related. It traces arbiter from Latin meaning one who investigates to spectator, then to Roman law umpire, while arbitrium ruled on uncertain sums, leading to arbitrary meaning uncertain or capricious.
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London Chronicle
Honeymoon Surprise Provokes Town Laughs
A college professor and his wife returned from their honeymoon to Lewiston and amused locals by denying being spotted as newlyweds. When asked about their trip, he quipped that nobody there suspected they were bride and groom, joking the place they visited was “an institution for the blind.”
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Lewiston Journal
Economical Woman: Tobacco Purchases On Two Half Ounces
A London Chronicle remark notes a laboring man gives weekly wages to his wife who then purchases tobacco in two half ounce portions to gain the benefit of two scale turns. The item mocks frugality in domestic routines.
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London Chronicle
A Brutal Definition Kaicker on a philanthropist
A New York Sun exchange quotes Kaicker and Becker debating the meaning of a philanthropist with a sharp contrast about giving what one does not need and how such gifts may be received.
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Kaicker
Becker
New York Sun
Truth and Strangeness in Webster’s Notable Quote
A concise note highlights a famous Webster quotation on truth and strangeness, framing it as a succinct reflection on language and perception. The line showcases enduring regard for honest expression and the oddity that can accompany clear truth.
Harrisburg Railroad Contract Awarded to Local Firm
The Harrisburg Telegraph reports the plan to build a railroad by Lauman Daugherty Traverse and Barnum and Co. They bid below engineering estimates and accepted 250000 in company stock. The project costs are a little over one million and should finish in under two years. The line starts opposite Harrisburg connecting with the Baltimore and Cumberland Valley railroads then runs along the Susquehanna to Dauphin and Sunbury before reaching Lewisburg.
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Messrs
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Susquehanna
Dauphin
Rom Dauphin
Sunbury
Lewisburg
State Fair Dates Set and Exhibition Proposals Open
The Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society fixed September 27 to 30 for the next State Fair. A committee led by Judge Watts of Carlisle will receive propositions from towns seeking to host exhibitions, with Harrisburg as the preferred capital for these events. Citizens urged to submit prompt, liberal proposals.
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Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
Watts
Carlisle
Harrisburg Journal
The Warren Lyceum Lectures Draw Strong Attendance
The Warren Lyceum held a well attended session last Monday with John N. Miles presenting The Church of Rome in a creditable display of beauty and insight. Vocalists Breed, Rogers, Lucy Rogers, and Jennett Conroe delivered first rate singing as the audience listened with marked attention. A future lecture by J. D. James on Destiny is announced for two weeks hence, followed by a debate at the Academy next Monday on the question Do the
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Warren Lyceum
Church of
The
Academy
Deer hunt on pine grove heads waters of tionesta ends with big haul
In two weeks of the first snow this winter Charles Jones and Wm L Thompson of Pine Grove took 35 deer with 24 felled by Jones. They hunted at the head waters of the Tionesta toward Ridgeway and plan to stay until January, predicting a larger slaughter next time.
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Charles Jones
Wm L. Thompson
Pine Grove
Jones
Tionesta
Ridgeway
Liberian Emigration Fund and Local Religious Meeting Notice
The Pennsylvania Legislature appropriates two thousand dollars per year to aid free people of color emigrating to Liberia. The M E church Ministerial Association will meet on the first Wednesday of January with literary essays and theological discussions. A Presbyterian Bible class meets Tuesdays beside our office.
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Liberia
M. E. Church
The
Presbyterian Church
Sheriff Foreman Assumes Office Without Residence
Sheriff Foreman begins his term but will not occupy the residence this spring. Constable A. M. Rogers remains in charge of the jail in the interim.
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Foreman
A. M. Rogers
Pennsylvania Railroad Promotes Easy Travel and Planning
The management aims to boost travel by making it easy with Interchange as social lubrication. The Pennsylvania Railroad sells tickets for short hops and world trips, offers trip planning, and emphasizes having a great transportation agency at your command.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
The
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