Coal Funds Light City Winter Relief Since 1769
Philadelphia's extensive fuel funds and charitable trusts provide annual coal and warm housing aid to the poor. From early stoneware foundations to modern endowments, hundreds of tons of coal are distributed free or at half price, with safeguards and inspectors ensuring aid reaches widows, housekeepers, and the most deserving across districts including Southwark, Northern Liberties, and old city neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiladelphia
City Truata
Thomas D. Grover
Southwark
Board of City Truste
Milas Boudinot
Free Masons’ Fund
Mr. Rickett
Mayor's Court
Elizabeth Kearpatrick
John Bleakley
City Fund
Philadelphia
B. W. and W. Morrie Fund
Old City
Parthens Haber
Stephen Girard
Northern Liberties
James Dutton
Esther Waters
Anvother
Paul Beck
Spring Garden
Broad Street
Frederick A. Sheart
Mary Shields
Shields
Seybart
Board of Dity Trusta
Edwin G. Dixon
Dixon
Grandam Fund
Fuel Savings Society of
City and Liberties of
Bedford Street
Comly B. Shoemaker
Kater Street
Mission
Mary Boyd
Miss Boyd
Whittier Center
Starr Center
Lombard Street
Union Benevolent Association
Spruca Street
Home Missionary Society
The
Maize and Fuel Association
Ceiling Clause Triggers Haggard Tenant Landlord Debate
A landlord balks at a tenant demand to decorate the ceiling every six months. The tenant argues barbers notice ceilings more than others, saying a new ceiling can influence loyalties. After debate the landlord concedes to the unusual clause, with both sides admitting the stakes of interior details.
Troemet Troemel Discharged After Algerian Service
In March Burgomaster Troemel of Ursedom went to Algiers and joined the Second Foreign Legion. Germany sparked an international incident, but bluster faded after the private declared no complaint. En listment was for five years, but Troemel has now been discharged for disability due to deafness after serving at Oran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troemet
Troemel
Ursedom
Algiers
Second Foreign Legion
Germany
Nthe Oran Og Tary
Ie' Ah Ey
New Albanian King Sorun Wralts to Rule Scutari Capital
Scutari is identified as the future capital of the autonomous Albanian state under Prince William of Wied, nephew of the German emperor. Italy and Austria back the plan, with other powers likely to concede. The piece notes Albania’s rough geography and the populace’s poverty and tribal structure, plus potential future conflicts as taxes and governance emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William of Orange
Scutari
London
Nicholas of
Montenegr
Italy
Austria
William of
Europe
Prince Williams
Bnd
Prince William
Albania
Ntortae
Snoe Jp
Saato
Soldier Dies for Honor in Fort I affair
Fragmentary report from Leavenworth Kansas indicates a soldier killed himself as troops arrived to escort him to a court martial for a charge of perjury or related offense. The incomplete text suggests a defense against court-martial proceedings and a fatal act prior to trial. The names and exact charges are unclear due to damaged OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kas
Per- Morgan Co
Hall
Fort Iaflita
Efsra
Aoldiérs
Rockefeller Grotto at Pocantico Hills a Mythic Chamber
Feature on John D Rockefeller and the Pocantico grotto. An underground passage links the house to an octagonal cave decorated with Greek gods, a Venetian garden setting, and a mysterious sculptor known only as the “mysterious one.” The grotto houses Hiebern's Spirit of Joy fountain and a mythic ambience as evident from the gods peering from walls and a marble column tableau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller
Pocanticoills
Catskills
Italy
Romulus
Mr. Rockefeller
Versailles
Rockefeller
Dhore
Emil Bleburp
Pocartieg Hills
Iy Hiebern
Phe
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Morocco
NEW
Prince William of
Wied
Neuwied
Sona of
Schomburg Waldenburg
Carmen Sylva
Prince of
College of Jena
Tropper
Joan D
Pocantico Hille
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