![]() The tavern is being reconstructed with funds from the National Park Service, for the 1976 Bicentennial Celebration. Pennsylvania has a four-cents-a-pack levy.ĥ0 Years Ago, 1973: A Media architect has been awarded a $60,000 contract to design and supervise construction for the renovation of The City Tavern, a popular meeting place in 18th century Philadelphia. Snared in a trap set by four agents of the Bureau of Investigations and Collection in the State Department of Revenue and two State troopers from the Glenolden barracks, most of them said, “I had no intention of selling them I merely bought them for friends.” It was the second day of an intensive search for persons attempting to “bootleg” un-taxed cigarettes into Pennsylvania from Delaware, which has no cigarette tax. They were arranged before Justice of the Peace J.O. Their screams awakened Milton Hughes, a boarder at the White home.ħ5 Years Ago, 1948: Twelve autoists, one a State employee driving a State car, were trapped “bootlegging” cigarettes into Pennsylvania from Delaware Thursday. Several plug streams were directed on the blaze. Members of the Felton and Franklin fire companies responded and fought the fire for nearly an hour. 100 Years Ago, 1923: Flames completely destroyed a frame stable in the rear of the residence of John White, expressman, of 319 Tilghman St., this morning. ![]()
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