John Weaver Philadelphia Mayor and a Fraud Claim 1900s
John Weaver rose from Devonshire lad to Philadelphia mayor amid a storm over a proposed seventy five year lease with United Gas Improvement Company. The plan would cost the city 20 million and trigger loans, with critics calling it fraudulent. Weaver condemned it and later campaigned to defeat the scheme. The article traces his English birth, naturalization, early struggles, law career, and rise to political prominence through diligent work and public service.
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Philadelphia
Quaker City
United Gas Improvement Company
Philadelphia Gas Works
New York
John Weaver
America
Dick Whittington
London
England
Devonshire
John
Liverpool
Weaver
Oan
Young Men's Christian Association
Philadelphia Law Academy
Tioga Baptist Church
Weaver's Stubborn Stand Elevates Philadelphia Leader
John Weaver, a Baptist and independent reformer, defied party pressure, took the stump, and gained broad support. After election he reclaimed $3,000,000 from vendors, ended pool rooms, curbed police influence, and jailed four school directors. He defends independence against clergy pressure and remains a steady, affable figure at City Hall.
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Weaver
Ashbridge
John Weaver
Director of Public Safety
Law and Order Society
Ife
Temple Baptist Church
Tioga
Pattison
Drexel Road
Overbrook
Weavers
Overbrook Colony
Yokosuka Fortifications Hidden Behind Seaside Charm
A Russian spy explored Yokosuka to verify fortress claims and found a concealed system modeled on Gibraltar. Despite signs banning cameras, massive dry docks, a naval arsenal, and a gunnery school exist, with fortifications largely hidden from visiting ships. A local missionary later clarified the reality to the American tourist.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Gibraltar
Hals
Yokohama
Admiralty
Ints
St. Petersburg
Tokyo
New England Society
America
Rock of Gibraltar
Star
Mikado
J. Jackson
Oddities and facts from around the world in 1904
A collection of brief items notes global trivia from 1904 including Germany's 53000 kilometers of rail, a Vienna dog walking on hind legs, Kettering oysters with up to ten pearls, the Duke of Oporto as a famed flutist, Japanese pay for unskilled labor at sixteen cents daily, Siamese princesses trained for household duties, and a Crich sexton lineage continuing after a death, with Japan greeting Ohio in the morning as a shared phrase
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Duke of
Oporto
Portugal
Japan
Siam
Kalbacher's Feed Store Offers Flour and Feed
Flour Hay Straw and chicken food varieties are available at Kalbacher's Feed Store. Seeds for gardens in all kinds are also carried, with a wide selection for farm and household use.
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Kalbacher’s
Undertakers and Embalmers Offer Full Service
For a beloved family member we provide immediate attention to all earthly arrangements. With long experience as undertakers and embalmers we can carry out instructions, or act without instructions if relatives seek to be relieved of details. Private ambulance. KLAEHN MELCHING 205 West Main Street.
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Empire of Japan
San Francisco
California
San Franecisco
Uragi
Bay of
Imates Nashily
Imperial Dockyards
THE
Round World
Germany
Vienna
Kettering
Sexton
Derbyshire
Crieh
Wetton
Juin Wetton
Qheyo
Ohio
Packard Music House
Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne
J. W. Bell
Columbia St
Klaehn & Melching
West Main Street
Palace Cafe
Tarmon & Fry Automobiles
Barr Street
Victor
E. L. Barber & Son
Gallicun St. Fort Wayne
Arcade
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