Legislature Keeps Busy Amid Bills on School Code and Public Utilities
Harrisburg notes a listless week in which judges pay raises and the school code loom large. The senate approved a judges salary bill and a school code, while conflicts arise in the house over compulsory medical inspections and board structure. A public utilities bill, insurance measures, liquor licensing, and constitutional road-borrowing debates fill the agenda as session time dwindles.
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Senate
Harrisburg
House
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Clearfield County
Huntingdon
Bedford
Miffin
Lancaster
Judiciary General Committee
Tenei
Bell
Tener
D. I. Ball Auditor Warren Pa Apr 27
Public notice from auditor D. I. Ball of Warren Pennsylvania dated April 27 announces financial oversight actions.
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D. I. Ball
Warren, Pa
Thompson and Mook Named Candidates for County Commissioner
Two Republican primary filings announce E. F. Thompson and A. C. Mook as candidates for county commissioner. The notices confirm authorization to publish their candidacies ahead of the primary election.
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E. F. Thompson
A. C. Mook
Three Candidates Named for Associate Judge in Republican Primaries
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 Republican 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 upcoming primary.
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E. R. Allen
Register
Recorder
Frank A. Wood
Grand Valley
Orphans’ Court
Sthercoming
Square Peas for the Rich from Cedar Grove
Farmer John Jenkins of Cedar Grove New Jersey envisions a fortune in his square pea after patents were granted in Washington He conceived the idea after noticing rich Pittsburg diners in a New York hotel and sought a stable balance not possible with the round pea on a knife blade The novelty aims to appeal to affluent consumers and promises a potential patent driven venture
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Cedar Grove
N. J
Farmer John Jenkins
Washington
Farmer Jenkins
Pittsburg
New York
Balance Sheet Of Warren Public Utility Company
Liabilities include capital stock of 125000 deposits 58707.86 time certificates 1029.00 savings funds 51139.32 and 111876.18. treasurer’s and certified checks 659.45. bills payable 8000.00. Pennsylvania Warren County seal witnesses H S Keck treasurer sworn May 6 1911 before Notary John Siggins Jr. directors Jos G Johnson Emil Johnson V W Stevens.
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EAB
State of
Pennsylvania
Warren
I. H. S. Keck
H. S. Keck
John Siggins, JR
Jos
G. Johnson
Emil Johnson
V. W. Stevens
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Best Kidney Remedy Yet
A South Rockwood man credits Electric Bitters with curing his son and claims six bottles improved his kidney trouble. The ad warns of backache nervousness and loss of appetite as kidney trouble signs and urges readers to buy the medicine.
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Peter Bondy
South Rockwood
Mich
Bright
Auction bills and printing offered at The Mail Office
The Mail Office provides prompt and reasonable services for auction bills syrup labels letter heads and all kinds of job printing.
Wrong End First Justice’s Paradoxic Guilty Finding
An Indiana justice of the peace, after two days of hearings, says he doubts the prisoner's guilt yet cites Blackstone that it is better that ninety nine innocents suffer than one guilty go free. He finds the prisoner guilty.
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Indiana
Blackstone
Hilton
Jury Discharges Without Verdict in Hoffstott Case
In Pittsburg on May 11 the jury trying banker Frank N Hoffstott, president of the Pressed Steel Car Company, for conspiracy relating to graft failed to reach a verdict after more than 24 hours of deliberation. District Attorney Blakely said Hoffstott will be tried next Monday on a separate bribery indictment.
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Nea
Pennsylvania
Gem Mirror and Glass Company
Assembly
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Alexander & Clark, Solicitors
Pittsburg
Frank N. Hoffstott
Pressed Steel Car Company
Growig
Haymaker
William Blakely
Hoffstar
Revd Reginald Campbell to Tour U S Preaching New Theology
London reports Rev Reginald John Campbell of City Temple will visit America on a preaching tour invited by several American ministers. He plans no permanent settlement in the United States and expects reincarnation as part of his beliefs.
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London
Reginald John Campbell
City Temple
America
United States
Drowned at Marion as 14-year-old swims
Marion Indiana May 11 Charles Mc Donald aged 14 drowned in a river during a first swim of the season. He went beyond his depth and his body was recovered with two companions nearby.
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Marion
Ind
Charles McDonald
Evansville girl 14 wounds self over parents’ ban
Evansville Indiana May 11 14 year old Ethel Wright after being forbidden to keep company with boys shot herself in the abdomen with her brother’s pistol last night and is dying.
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Evansville
Ind
Ethel Wright
Market Report from New York Commodities May 10
Wheat No 2 red quoted at 96 4 cents, Corn No 2 f o b 59 cents, Oats Standard 3 cents. Pork Mess 17.75 to 18.25. Butter Creamery specials 23 cents, extras 22, packing stock 14 15 1/2 cents. Cheese State specials 14 cents. Eggs State and Pennsylvania 20 21 cents. Bermuda new No 1 potatoes per barrel 5.25 to 5.75, bulk 1.70 to 1.38.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Bermuda
Buffalo Provision Market Prices May 10 1914
Buffalo market report lists wheat No 1 northern carloads at 1.04 5. No 2 red at 95 4c. corn No 2 yellow 58 ¢ fob afloat. oats No 2 white 37 c fob. flour blends and patents priced. butter creamery western tubs 23c. eggs state selected white 1914 20c. cheese good to adolescent 11 11 1/2c. potatoes white shotee to fancy 60 62c per bu.
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Buffalo
Livestock Market Report Prices for Cattle Sheep Hogs
Prime steers bring 6.15 to 6.30 per cwt with 1 200 to 1 400 head. cows 5.00 to 5.25. heifers 5.50 to 6.00. bulls 3.75. Sheep and lambs show choice lambs 6.00 to 6.15, mixed sheep 3.75 to 4.15. Hogs list light Yorkers 6.60 to 6.65, heavy hogs 6.25 to 6.40, pigs 6.65 to 6.79.
Buffalo Hay Market Pricing Report
Timothy No 1 on track at 19.00 per unit Timothys No 2 at 18.09 Straw wheat and oat priced 6.50 to 7.00 per unit.
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Timothy
County Treasurer Candidates Named in Republican Primary
The Mail announces Ernest D. Stewart of Conenango township as a candidate for County Treasurer subject to Republican voters decision and also names C. A. Love of Irvine as a candidate subject to the same primary decision.
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Ernest D. Stewart
Conenango Township
C. A. Love
Irvine
Peculiar Sea Horses Use Tails to Grasp and Pass
The London Spectator notes that sea horses possess a unique prehensile tail to anchor in strong currents as they drift poorly through water. When two meet they may clasp tails briefly before passing, a gesture like wishing each other well.
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London Spectator
Johnson Pinched Again in Camden Racing Car
Camden May 11 Jack Johnson the heavyweight champion was arrested by a motorcycle officer while speeding a large racing car beyond Camden City Hall. He lacked a New Jersey license and escorted to the motor vehicle office where he obtained a license and paid the fee.
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Camden
N. J
Jack Johnson
Haddon Avenue
Camden City Hall
New Jersey
Johnson
Joseph H. Forsythe
Harper’s Weekly
Tresspass Signs For Sale In Warren Mail Office
Tresspass signs forbidding hunters and other trespassers from entering premises are for sale at The Warren Mail office in Warren Pennsylvania at 10 cents each.
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Warren Mail Office
Warren
Novel Arithmetic Joke: Two Plus Three About Forty
A schoolboy tells his puzzled teacher that two and three make about forty because his father caught two big fish and three little ones last Sunday. The uncle asks how many, and the fisherman says about forty, a humorous exaggeration.
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London
For Sale Eggs from Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds
Eggs from prize winning Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds offered by Siegfried's Farm Akeley Pa. Sold at $1.50 for 15. Farm notes winners from Warren County Poultry Show this year. February 9 entry marks three months old.
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Rhode Island
Warren Co
Siegfried
Akeley, Pa
A Gift From Conversation Sparks Studious Exchange
A studious woman calls conversation a gift and Miss Cayenne agrees. A remark from the Washington Star notes that people would talk less if they had to pay for it.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Osborne to resign rumored by Albany report
A circulating report claims Thomas Mott Osborne forest fish and game commissioner plans to resign soon from Auburn home where he has been ill for three weeks. Governor Dix had no word from Osborne. The report says he suffers a nervous breakdown and would retire if unable to carry out his policies.
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Albany
Capitol
Thomas Mott Osborne
Forest, Fish and Game
Auburn
Osborne
Dix
Wreck on the Lehigh injures twenty passengers
A passenger train on the Elmira and Cortland division of the Lehigh Valley railroad was wrecked about eight miles north of Elmira New York. Twenty passengers were injured including four seriously with names such as J J Chandler Moravia W Brown Ithaca Avery Ennis Elmira Thomas Linderman Horseheads John Merritt Breesport Mrs J O Sebring Corning Peter Hosecker Auburn John McDonald Harry B Kingsley Mansfield Perley Dickinson Cortland P H Kiernan Elmira Conductor John Kane baggage man and eight others not yet named.
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Elmira
Gas Fatal to Auburn Family Head in Night Tragedy
Charles Hunt, breadwinner for the Hunt families of Auburn New York, died from coal gas inhalation after escaping gas entered a sitting room during the night. Mrs Hunt and children Albert 14 Hazel 12 Pearl 9 and Earle 9 were seriously ill but expected to recover.
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Charles Hunt
Leo Hunt
Auburn
N. Y
Standard Oil Eyes Purchase of Wells Near Hornell
Reports from Hornell New York say Standard Oil representatives are negotiating to buy wells and leases on the Harmon farm between Hornell and Canaseraga. Buffalo speculators drill the wells and oil men expect a large field potentially more productive than the Marsh field south of Hornell.
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Hornell
N. Y
Standard Oil Company
Jlarmon
Canaseraga
Buffalo
Big Marsh
Woman Scared to Death by Lightning Near Monticello
Mrs. Wimot Moulthrop of Kenora Lake New York near Monticello died after a sudden flash of lightning frightened her while she spoke with a neighbor. Neighbors say she had been extremely nervous during storms since her home was struck two years earlier.
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Wimot Moulthrop
Kenora Lake
N. Y
Monticello
Attempted derailment on New York Central at Little Falls
For the third time in a month obstructions were found on the New York Central tracks at Little Falls. A switch was wedged with a bar of iron, apparently to derail a train. Bailey officials have ordered round the clock guarding and patrolling of their tracks in the city.
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New York Central
Little Fall
Bailey
Brotherhood Trainmen to Convene in Harrisburg May 9
The triennial convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will open in Harrisburg Pennsylvania on May 9. Major items on the agenda include plans to establish a home for old and disabled members and a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients.
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Harrisburg
Abolish Office Bill Introduced In Onondaga
Majority Leader Smith files a bill to abolish the superintendent of the Onondaga salt springs role held by H. H. Freeman of Syracuse. The office duties would transfer to the state comptroller’s office with a salary of 1500 dollars yearly.
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Smith
Onondaga Salt Springs
H. H. Freeman
Syracuse
State Comptroller’s Office
Indian dies after severed leg from saw mill accident
Daniel Shanks, 20, an Indian from the Tonawanda reservation, was working at a saw mill near Oakfield New York when he fell against a circular saw. His left leg was severed and he bled to death before medical help arrived.
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Oakfield
N. Y
Daniel Shanks
Tonawanda Reservation
Fire razes 500 acres of timber in Adirondacks
A Tuesday blaze swept 500 acres of timber in the towns of Russia and Ohio, Herkmie County in the Adirondacks. Fire wardens warn that unless rain arrives the fire could intensify and spread.
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Adirondacks
Russia
Ohio
Herkmie
The Denial Habit Cited by Courier Journal
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt has an alert sister cautioning a prospective groom about answering the bishop during the wedding ceremony. She warns not to deny rumors when asked if he takes the woman as his wife.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Quotations on Justice and Integrity
A compact pairing of two literary maxims. Juxtaposes Juvenal and Lowell to frame rights and moral courage as enduring guides.
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State Insurance Department
Senate Committee On Insurance
John J. Coyle
Schuylkill County
Wertz
Cambria County
Riebe
McConnell Excise Commission
Good
Woodward
Ida Anna
Orine Preston
Parkers Landing
Armstrong County
B. M. Palmer
Parker's Landing
Ad Thomas F. Akeley
Pine Grove
Warren County
Antelawmane
Dellicmicul
John G. Smith
Liberty Street
Etters
Mary A. Martin
MO. W. Steen
D. F. A. Wheelock
Victor W. Smith
T. L. Hampson Esq
Warren National Bank
Borough of
Earl T. Abbott
Augustus Horton
L. E. Chapman
Darius A. Mead
Zaidee Hinckley
Lucy Carpenter
C. E. Bordwell
Belle V. Wood
Lewis G. McKinney
Sarah McKinney
Theodore Swanson
John S. Nelson
ED. R. Allen
Register, Register’s
Register and Recorder
Warren Savings Bank
Banks and Trust “Cos. Nol Tesetves
Rte Tenteneweee
S.cesceeseree
G.B. Ensworth
G. B. Ensworth
Ozro Nesmith
E. W. Campbell
Walter W. Beaty
C. W. Stone
Pitts
Conewango Trust Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hoffstatt
Pastor Campell
Market Report
Buffalo Provision Market
East Buffalo Livestock Market
Jersey
Standar Oil
Lowell
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