Pennsylvania News In Brief Highlights State Happenings
Lancaster forms a women's preparedness society while York appoints R G C Liggett as factory inspector. Erie faces a $150,000 blizzard outage. Lititz votes $95,000 to build a new school. Reading adds four motorcycle policemen as many counties push paving projects and school loans. Prolific list covers deaths, accidents, fires, loans, industry moves, and public notices across towns from Pittsburgh to Reading.
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Erie
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Lehigh
Pittsburgh
Steelton Vot
Education worth ten dollars a day to students, says Supt Long
Jeannette Supt E W Long told the Jeannette Chamber of Commerce that school funding and student time benefit the town, estimating equipment costs at 160000 and annual spending at 45000. He argued education adds thousands in earnings over 40 years, equating daily schooling value to about 10 and noting long term societal gains.
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Times In Education
E. W. Long
Jeannett
Jeannette
Righting a Wrong and a Clock Mixup
A reader recounts a mistaken shipment mix up where parts for a Gould automobile were sent to Detroit and a new alarm clock arrived instead. The express office apologizes and promises to correct the error by sending replacements.
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Express Office
Detroit
Elgin
Warren County Bridge Cost and Condition Debate
A 125000 to 150000 dollar estimate is cited for a new bridge. The current bridge remains safe for ordinary traffic per an Expert report. Critics say circus days stress the bridge, while others urge keeping the present structure to avoid 7500 dollars annual interest and further construction costs. The present roadway width supports ten times current traffic and the suspension bridge is deemed not unsightly.
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Warren
Contemporary News Briefs From The Global Scene
A survey notes no meaningful climate change in northern Europe for 1,800 years while forest investments yield growing returns. Innovations include a grenade project for rifles and a high nitric acid patent from Norway. Global paper demand looms large and a Canada-based Hungarian patents a faster fire escape basket.
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Uncle Sam
Europe
United States
Norway
Canada
Jamestown Eyes Interstate Berth as Meeting Set
The Jamestown Inter-State hopes a berth in the circuit may come this season after a Wednesday meeting of the Canadian league to decide on restarting the circuit. Umpire selections for the year include William Stroh, Thomas Nolan, Edward J. Hiller, and Jack Dailey, with Nolan replacing an injured pitcher and Dailey highly recommended by Silk O Laughlin.
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Warren
Dougherty
William Stroh
Syracuse
Stroh
Boston Braves
Thomas Nolan
Carpenter
Hughie Jennings
Nolan
Edward J. Hiller
Jamestown
Hitler
Erie
James A. Lindsey
Jack Dailey
Rochester
Silk O’laughlin
Dailey
Bradford Star
State Agricultural Notes Highlight Pennsylvania Comparisons
Pennsylvania ranks sixteenth for horses and twentieth for mules, with Texas and Missouri leading in respective categories. The Department of Agriculture estimates over 6,000,000 tons of feed needed for livestock annually. Berks county reports thirteen percent of farmers retiring. York County hosts Farmers Institutes with about 11,000 to 12,000 attendees. Waterford in Erie County stores over 2,000 tons of cabbage at seven dollars a ton. Gasoline price boosts grinding costs in state grist mills. Pennsylvania ranks sixth in hay, fourteenth in oats, twentieth in corn, and leads potato production ahead of Maine New York Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Erie County
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