Short Legislative Session Predicted in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg pennsylvania on November 23 speculation grows that the next legislative session will be brief, likely adjourned between mid April and early May. Penrose influence and per diem ambitions fuel talks of a longer session while many officials and clerks expect to profit from extended terms despite lawmakers’ aim to depart quickly. A separate item reports Anton Kohlbeck, a 37 year old Pittsburgh bar clerk, killed by accidental gunfire near White Rock in South Mountain.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Penrose
Delaware
Kephart
Garvin
Senate
House
W. Harry Baker
Herman P. Miller
W. S. Leib
Kephart- Garvin
Anton Kohlbeck
Pittsburgh
South Mountain
White Bock
Chambersburg
Kohlbeck
Explosion at Titusville magazine kills man and horse
A massive blast at the Adam Coupler Company magazine one and a half miles east of Titusville destroys the wagon and horses. Ralph Tubbs, a six month employee and nitro loader, is blown to atoms. A ten by ten foot crater, shattered windows, and scattered debris mark the scene. Tubbs, about 36 and a married man formerly from Grand Valley Warren County, is presumed dead along with the horse. Tubbs’ father died last spring in a wagon accident near Spartansburg.
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Adam Coupler Company
Titusville
Ralph Tubbs
Shooter
Tubbs
Grand Valley
Warren County
Tubb
Spartansburg
Oyster Supper Planned by Bear Lake M E Church
Bear Lake Pennsylvania November 24 The Ladies of the M E Church will serve an oyster supper at Elmer Churches on Wednesday evening Attendees from the Wil ey Phelps social report a good time A birth is announced a son born to Mr and Mrs Enoch Cornish Gladys Bordwell to Erie for the summer and may remain with her parents at Erie A school entertainment at Evans Hall was well received Local figures include E H Hill of Jamestown buried here Dr R J White and several neighbors helped transport the bodyQuilts were made at Town Line for the Dunewald family burned out recently
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Bear Lake
M. E. Church
Elmer Churche’s
Wiley Phelps
Enoch Cornish
Kim Wooden
Gladys Bordwell
Erie
Gladys
Evans Hall
E. H. Hill
Jamestown
J. Hill
Ethel
J. Gordwell
A Lift
A clipped dialogue features a driver and passenger in a motor car with tensions and a sudden invitation to board. The exchange hints at danger and urgency as the traveler contemplates going to town. The scene centers on fear and coercion in a terse ride request.
War Tax Drive Aims at Two Billion for First Year
Amid rapid war mobilization England imposes a tax exceeding two billion dollars for the initial year. Other items note a fatal train accident in New York, battles in Mexico and Cracow, political moves in New York Republicans, and various criminal and financial disclosures across the nation.
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England
Rainey Park
Long Island City
Cracow
New York State
Washington
Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Villa
Leon
Long Island
Sing Sing
Carnegie Teaching Foundation
Emanuel Metzger
New York
United States Motor Company
Experts Say Year-Old Dallas Turkey Safe If Soundly Processed
Washington reports Department of Agriculture experts, led by Dr. Wharton, say a turkey killed over a year ago near Dallas and stored cold is safe if slaughtering, dressing, and storage were scientific. The 2.9 million pounds said to be stored near Dallas may be on the market. the storage duration alone is not considered important if proper methods were followed.
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Washington
Dallas
Tex
Department of Agriculture
Dr. Wharton
Department
White House Baby McKee Arrested In Chicago
Benjamin Harrison McKee grandson of President Harrison known as Baby McKee was arrested near the University Club in Chicago after an altercation with a taxicab driver. He was fined 11 dollars plus costs for failing to pay the taxi bill and resisting a police officer.
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Chicago
McKee
Benjamin Harrison McKee
Benjamin Harrison
White House
University Club
Gemmill
Ford's thriftier employes profit sharing year ends
Ford Motor Company marks one year of profit sharing with workers investing in banks homes and education. Average $48.76 monthly per employee deposited or spent. Home purchases total nearly 5 million with 1.2 million down. Foreign workers learning English at Ford plant through peer instruction.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Fasting and Feasting in Puritan Thanksgiving Traditions
The Puritans linked fasts to Thanksgiving, sometimes observing a fast the day before or after the feast. Thanksgiving evolved into a November family reunion with turkey Indian pudding and pumpkin pie, differing from English Christmas customs. Local lore recalls Colchester delaying governor’s day to await a molasses supply for pies.
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Colchester
New York
Old
New England
Alice Morse Earle
Ancient Jewish Tabernacles Celebration Described
Three thousand years ago the Jewish feast of tabernacles featured eight days of rest from work, festive meals and gladness. People gathered in Jerusalem living in booths of olive pine myrtle and palm, with grand processions and household worships, sacrifices, and banquets.
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Tabernacles
Jerusalem
Thanksgiving Poem by Hannah E. G. Arey
The poem invites readers to join a festive meal as reapers return home and stores fill with harvest fruit. It reflects rural abundance and gratitude in a classic seasonal voice.
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Hannah E. G. Arey
Statistics From the Erie Conference M E Church 1914
Minutes from the Erie Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held at Sharon Pennsylvania in 1914 disclose year end figures. Data cover six districts Clarion Erie Franklin Jamestown Meadville New Castle with 264 charges 236 preachers and supplies 61 740 full members and 457 Sunday Schools. Funds include salaries 209560 for pastors 3095 for bishops 962 for widows 4527, building and debt 232300, benevolences 101219.
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Erie
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sharon
Clarion
Franklin
Jamestown
Meadville
New Castle
T.e New Castle
Board of Education
Board of Sunday Schools
Board of Conference Society
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Senator H W Schantz to seek repeal of hunters license law
Allentown Pa Nov 21 Senator elect Horace W Schantz Lehigh County says he will introduce in the next Legislature a repealer of the hunters license law He calls the law a revenue measure that harms citizens and offers no real protection or benefit to farmers or sportsmen. He argues it limits youth sport and cites military history to defend marksmen using rifles for food and preparedness.
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Allentown
Horace W. Schantz
Lehigh County
Mr. Schantz
Europe
Self shaving pastor buys auto for Chattanooga move
In Ladoga Indiana Rev T A Canady pastor of the Methodist church bought a car with savings from barbering. After fifty years of shaving himself he plans to quit preaching at year end and drive to Chat tanooga Tennessee in his new vehicle.
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Ladoga
Ind
T. A. Canady
Methodist
Chattanooga
Ten
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