Big Fight Over Utilities Bill in Four-Week Session
Harrisburg lawmakers push through urgent business as four weeks remain. Public utilities bill supported by Governor Tener faces intense lobbying from corporations and labor, with committee hearings, potential pauses on smaller measures, and talks of elimination to clear calendars.
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Tener
Sproul-Jones Good Roads
State Insurance Department
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Shern and
Scott
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Bell
Judiciary General Committees
Senate
Ney
O. Theodore N. Vail
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Vail
Mannion
Lackawanna County
Pennsylvania
Public Utilities Commission
Greenwalt
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
General Assembly
United Labor
Feeney
Washington County
World News Roundup: Unions Defeated in Parliament Bill Vote
The report notes Unionists in the House of Commons were defeated again in an effort to amend the parliament bill. Other items include Dutch forces reportedly raising the American flag on Palms island near Mindanao, a Brazilian expedition to Trinidad, and resignations and arrests in various governments and investigations.
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Island
Palmas
Mindanao
Trinidad
Cornelius V. Collins
Troy
Dix
Albany
Orville W. Owen
Detroit
Pacon
River Wye
Thompson and Mook Run for County Commissioner
The party announces FE. E. Thompson as a Republican primary candidate for county commissioner and A. C. Mook as a Republican primary candidate for county commissioner.
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FE. E. Thompson
Local Republicans Name Three For Associate Judge Race
John Sig gins of Tidioute J W Hughes of Warren and George W Cogswell of Warren are announced as candidates for associate judge in the upcoming Republican primaries.
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John Siggins
Tidioute
J. W. Hughes
Warren
George W. Cogswell
Allen and Wood Named Candidates for Register and Recorder
The party announces E. R. Allen as a candidate for register and recorder and Frank A. Wood of Grand Valley as candidate for Register and Recorder and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court at the coming Republican primary.
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E. R. Allen
Register
Recorder
Frank A. Wood
Grand Valley
Orphans’ Court
Insurgent Attacks and Global Turmoil Reach Headlines
Reports from Mazatlan to Canton detail Mexican insurgents attacking Mazatlan port, famine threats in Fez, and a Canton crisis with the US gunboat Wilmington nearby. London notes King George possibly aiding veto passage as Washington discusses woolen schedules while Boston cites the Gresham救救救救 salvaging 52 lives and cargo.
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Sinaloa
Pope
New York
S. B. Armour
Chicago
Stephenson
Iinois
Toatai
Canton
China
London
George
Boston
Gresham
Hong Kong
United States
Wilmington
Shamien
County Treasurer Candidates Named In Party Primary
The mail announces Ernest D. Stewart of Conenango township as a candidate for County Treasurer subject to Republican voters decision. A second candidate C A Love of Irvine is named for the same office subject to Republican voters decision.
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Thomas F. Akeley
Pine Grove
Warren County
Ernest D. Stewart
Conenango Township
C. A. Love
Irvine
Charming Sweet Peas Seed Offer from Edgar A Higgi ns
Sweet Peas praised as the season’s finest flowers for refined tastes. The ad offers eight half ounce packets of top named varieties postpaid for 25 cents, plus extra packets of orchid flowered Countess Spencer White Spencer Lavender Spencer Asta Ohn Queen of the Market and a double poppy. Edgar A Higgi ns, Avoca NY requests coin remittance.
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lLavende Spencer
Edgar A. Higgins
Avoca
N. Y
Trial of Camorrists Resumed in Viterbo Italy
After a one week interruption due to a juror’s illness the Camorrists trial in Viterbo Italy resumed. The report notes the ongoing legal proceedings and place of trial.
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Viterbo
Italy
City votes in Baltimore mayor race show slim margin
Baltimore elected a Democratic mayor by a majority not to exceed 500 votes as nationwide political maneuvering unfolds. Governor Harmon of Ohio urged Republican legislature members to cooperate to clear the atmosphere. A sealed verdict settled the Clarence F. Glover estate dispute in Cambridge. Camorra trial disorders occurred in Viterbo with threats to witnesses. Ex Mayor McClellan attended. Albany Democrats oppose George C. Van Tuyl’s bank supervisor confirmation, claiming he is an enrolled Republican.
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Baltimore
Harmon
Ohio
Clarence F. Glover
Cambridge
Mass
Viterbo
Italy
McClellan
New York
George C. van Tuyl
Albany
Trepass Signs For Sale At Warren Mail Office
Tresspass signs forbidding hunters and other trespassers from entering premises offered for sale at The Warren Mail office Warren Pa at 10 cents each.
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Warren Mail Office
Warren
Telephone Numbers in a Judge Story Cartoon
Ellis Parker Butler in Judge uses a comical bit about telephone numbers for social bonds and everyday actions. The piece riffs on number puns tied to occupations and life events. It satirizes how numeric codes could parodically map to people and outcomes in a bustling urban setting.
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Maaiden
John
Ellis Parker Butler
Periodic law and Mendeleev’s foretold elements
In Paris a mathematical astronomer and Berlin observers aided discovery, illustrating prophecy in science. The periodic table, graded by atomic weights, led Mendeleev in 1871 to leave three spaces for undiscovered elements and to predict their properties, later confirmed as elements appeared.
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Paris
Berlin
Mendeleef
Louisville Courier-Journaal
Spectral Shadows Said to Haunt Andalusian Mountain
Desert legends claim a mountain in Andalusia appears as ghostly forms in heavy mist. Travelers report sudden specters created when sunlight is blocked and the sun casts a shadow of climbers as towering phantoms.
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Theen
Andalusia
Bombardier beetle emits puff of poisonous vapor
The small beetle defends itself by releasing a puff of poisonous vapor when chased, likely startling pursuers and aiding escape. This curious defense has earned the creature the name bombardier beetle.
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Bombardier Beetle
Wife asks by telling not by asking
Quote from the Houston Post about married life where a wife avoids asking for unaffordable items. The husband notes she speaks up by telling what she wants, not asking, reflecting a practical approach to limits.
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Houston Post
He Found It. A Hole Reveals His World
Reflective quote set about seeking opportunity and finding a surprising reality. The speaker asserts starting with a theory of opportunity, then confirms discovery by literal hole. The exchange contrasts ambition with an unexpected outcome.
Knicker and Becker satirize legislative scene
In a brief New York Times exchange Mrs. Knicker asks about a short session with her husband. Mrs. Becker confirms the point, saying she had him pass an appropriation bill.
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Knicker
Richard Pockrich and the Musical Glasses Origins
Irish inventor Richard Pockrich created the musical glasses and other devices, inspiring Gluck Beethoven and Mozart. His tourney of fame ended when a London hotel fire in 1759 killed him as he slept, after touring England with his glasses and drums.
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Pockrich
England
Cognoscenti
London
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Horace Walpole
Peckrich
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Mozart
Goldsmith
Wakefield
Benjamin Franklin
Ireland
Broeckhill Newburgh
Islandbridge
Joseph Lewis French
New York Post
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