Lyons and Orr win as candidates in York and beyond
York and several counties report results with F J Lyons and Sumner Orr leading in multiple districts. Alcorn Grim Henderson and Kephart figures appear in races for superior court and county offices amid votes on a road loan amendment and local officials in Harrisburg Wilkes Barre Allentown and Reading report results.
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San
Kephart
York
York County
Alcorn
Grim
Henderson
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Kunkle
Wilkes Barre
Luzerne County
Allentown
Lehigh County
Williamsport
Lycoming County
Norristown
Montgomery Superior Court
Alcounty
Washington
Washington County
Westchester
Chester County
Superior Court
Reading
P. Willis Bland
Orphans’ Court
Berks County
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Bradford
Joseph W. Baton
Kepa ‘An
Smethport
Hederso Anil Lopnalrt
Peight
India
Groost
Scranton
Lackawanna County
Hendeson
Dundon
Thaker
Voters’ League
Haibach
Laird
Washington Party
Republicans Make Big Gains in New York Elections
New York voters swung heavily Republican on election day with indications at 11:30 showing the lower house likely under GOP control. Of 118 of 150 assembly districts counted, 75 Republicans, 36 Democrats and 5 Progressives were elected, with 2 seats in doubt.
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New York
New York City
William Sulzer
Albany
Citizen’s Party
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Erie County
Herbert P. Bisse
Harry L. Taylor
Francis Burton Harrison
Philippine
Jacob H. Canton
Schenectady
Geo. R. Lunn
J. Teller Schoolcraft
Syracuse
Louis Will
James Allen
John Mack
Johnstown
Rochester
Binghamton
Falo
Elmira
Daniel Sheehan
Harry N. Hoffman
Kiam Barnes, Jr
Assembly
When Is a Body Not a Body in Death and Cremation
In a New York case Margaret Simpson’s will stipulated cremation and burial of ashes in Jackson Pennsylvania. The executrix’s estate later produced the cremated remains and a copy of the will. The health registrar advised burying the ashes without a health permit to avoid double fare for bodies, a certificate not required for ashes.
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Margaret Simpson
Binghamton
N. Y
Jackson
R. P. Evans
Boston
Health Office
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Fnally
Carmody Denies Application on Forestry College Funding
Albany reports Attorney General Carmody refused to initiate action to test the constitutionality of the $250,000 appropriation for building a New York state college of forestry at Syracuse University. The petition was filed by John J. Dillen of New York and signed by leaders in agricultural businesses.
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Albany
Carmody
New York State College of Forestry
Syracuse University
John J. Dillén
New York
King Finds Lost Red Eagle During Berlin Dig
Laborers tearing down a Jacobstrasse house uncover a decoration of the Order of the Red Eagle. King Charles of Roumania, who once received the order from King William of Prussia, had misplaced it for years. It lay wedged between wall and bath until his September Berlin visit for Princess Augusting Victoria of Hohenzollern’s marriage.
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Berlin
Jacobstrasse
Charles of
Charles
Augusting Victoria of
Hohenzollern
Manuel
Sleep on the Budget: Calcutta House Shows Lethargy
Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson recalled a remarkable event from 1909 in Calcutta when his first budget speech caused every member of the council to fall asleep. He himself admits he eventually drifted off during the remarks.
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London
Duke of Devonshire
Disraeli
Commons
Guy Fleetwood Wilson
Coun C
Guy
Viceroy
Legislative Council
Lord Morley
Guy Wilson
India
Sir Guy
Calcutta
Fifty-One Years of Sunday School Attendance
Samuel Winterton of Keyport has completed fifty-one consecutive years of perfect Sunday school attendance at Keyport Baptist church. He began at age three with aunt Mary Cailhopper as his first teacher, and has attended 2,652 sessions despite occasional illness. He now belongs to George Day's class. his brother Harry also kept an almost unbroken record until work on Sundays.
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Red Bank
N. J
Samuel Winterton
Keyport
Keyport Baptist Church
Mary Cailhopper
Winterton
George Day
Harry C. Winterton
Bees Sting Ferry Crowd On Market Street Ferry
Two thousand bees escape from a shipping box at the Market street ferry in Philadelphia. The crate breaks, swarms mingle with 4,000 commuters, a mounted lieutenant chases them, and the Camden ferry boat carries the agitated insects as they pursue it. Traffic nearly halted if the queens had left.
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Philadelphia
Market Street
Paulsboro
N. J
Buehler
Camden
Eagle feasts on Rockefellers chickens at Tarrytown estate
An immense eagle has been feasting on chickens captured on the estate of John D Roosevelt Rockefeller in Tarrytown New York. The bird’s presence has drawn local interest as officials seek ways to protect livestock and control the predator.
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Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Utica Tragedy as Mrs Ziggere Casts Kerosene On Stove
Mrs Anthony Zigg fatally burned and her twin four year old sons cremated when kerosene shone flames in their Utica home Monday night. She poured kerosene to hasten the fire causing an explosion that enveloped her. Neighbors pulled her from the blaze, but the injuries were fatal. The children, terrified by the blast, hid under a table and perished.
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Anthony Zigg
Utica
Barns Burn at Taft Farm Near West Bloomfield
Fire destroyed several large barns on the Sewa'd H. Taft farm three miles southeast of West Bloomfield. Employees saved all cows and all but one horse as 50 tons of hay and a year’s crop of wheat oats and barley were consumed along with farm machinery. No cause is known and losses are expected to be large with some insurance.
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West Bloomfield
Sewa'd H. Taft
Pittsburg Marketing Club Backs State-Wide Boycott on Elgin Butter
The Pittsburg Marketing Club adopts a 30 day statewide boycott against Elgin butter amid a 10 cent per pound price rise. Speakers include Mrs. William B. Derr of Philadelphia president of the National Housekeepers league and Mrs. John S. Flannery Pittsburg Marketing Club president.
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Pittsburg Marketing Club
Elgin
William B. Derr
Philadelphia
National Housekeepers’ League
John S. Flannery
Tragic Canal Crash In Syracuse Drowns Mrs Bennette
Mrs Thomas H Bennette wife of a Oswego lumber merchant drowns when an auto carrying her husband daughter and another couple plunges into the Erie canal in West Genesee Street Syracuse on a Sunday. Bennette driving failed to notice a raised bridge and drove into the canal. others in the party were saved.
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Thomas H. Bennette
Oswego
Erie Canal
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Ridgway
M. Campbell
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Burgess
Felix J. Tagen
Franklin
Venango County
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Oil City
Albert McElroy
Clyde J. First
Oil
W. A. Caldwell
Mark F. Cowden
J. J. Sharpe
Erie
Eichorn and Pelow
Tammany
King Charles of
Roumania
New Jersey
Auto
Warren Mail
ASN
Green & Davidson
Warren
Penn’a
Hamouie DI
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