Philadelphia reform may let Wabash in
A June report from Philadelphia traces how reformers and the Committee of Seventy push for honest officials and pure elections to curb the Republican machine. It notes potential Wabash access to Philadelphia terminals amid political upheaval and mentions Mayor Weaver focusing on economy and city governance over party politics.
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Philadelphia
George Gould
Pennsylvania
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Tidewater
John M. Mack
Could
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Committee of Seventy
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Republican Organization
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SEGA
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Burned Church Mortgage Gift from Durham Man
Tix Durham man turned Weaverite, giving 9 757 dollars to the St Tar on the Mersiy Methodist Episcopal Church. The gift prompts defense of Vere money amid accusations linked to religious ties.
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Dixatt
Wiliam S. Vares
St.Tar
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Sipte Sernaic
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Rockefeller
Majter
Fats
Lawyers Confer Over Philadelphia Affairs in N D
Joseph S. Auerbach of New York counsels the Committee of Seventy in Philadelphia. He met Julie Gordon of Philadelphia representing Mayor Weaver in Princeton. Auerbach said a conference occurred but he will await clients before noting results.
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Princiston
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Joseph S. Auerbach
New York
Committee -of- Seventy
Philadelphi
Julie Gordon
Philadelphia
Mayor -Weaver
A. H. Phillips
Wuerbach
Tocan
Quiet Sunday at State camp in Peekskill
The first Sunday at the state camp near Peekskill was uneventful with guard mount, a brief officer school in Col. Denik's tent, and a rain shower after the evening parade. Religious services filled the day including a Moss Hall sermon by Rev. Alfred F. Tenney and an open air service led by Father Paul. Visitors included Assemblyman James K. Apgar and Edward F. Hill, and the Tenth Regiment reported 70 men present.
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New York Times
Peekskill
N. Y
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Tenth Regiment
Alfred F. Tenney
Moss Hall
Young Men's Christian Association
Father Paul
James K. Apgar
Idward F. Hill
Auto crash scare in Queens leaves two youths uninjured
Henry Hooper of Hempstead and Ernest Meadows of 19 West Twentieth Street escaped serious harm after a red touring car sped toward them in Queens. The two youths leaped from their auto and rolled along the road before the other vehicle vanished, with no injuries reported.
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Henry Hooper
Hempstead
New York
Ernest Meadows
West Twentieth Street
Hooper
Meadows
Hlooner
Dobbs Ferry Bride Secrets Wedding Surprise
Lillian Storms told her father Judge Charles D. Storms she secretly wed David Russell Ravekes on June 1. The couple, both about twenty-one and twenty-two, married at Marble Collegiate Church in New York after a matinée trip.
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Tiwss
Dobbs Ferry
Charles D. Storms
Lillian
David Russell Ravekes
Ravekes
Counse
Unions Vindicate Gompers Over Civic Federation Ties
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, was vindicated by the Central Moderated Union in a unanimous vote. Cigarmakers Union 144 endorsed him, affirming his honesty and integrity in labor matters and his past membership in Union 144 before leading the AFL.
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American Federation of Labor
Seeders Federation
Cigarmakers’ Union 144
Mr. Gompers
Cigarmakers’ Union
Gompers
Civic Federation
Mass Held for Seaside Summer Residents at Byrnes Hotel
Mass was celebrated yesterday at 7 AM in Tim Byrnes’s Hotel Remsen and Washington Avenue for Summer residents at Seaside Station Rockaway Beach. Services planned every Sunday. Father Murray of St. Rose of Lima aims to serve all Catholics at the Rockaways including Arverne Imagine Company rooms St. Malachy’s Home Rockaway Park Hammel’s Station. Mass took place in Byrnes’s Hotel dining room with worshippers kneeling beside tables.
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Rockaway Beach
Tim Byrnes
Remsen
Washington Avenue
Father Murray
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St. Rose of Lima
Rockaways
Arverne Imagine Company
St. Malachy
Rockaway Park
Church of St. Rose
Attack Near Williamsburg Bridge Leaves Man Unconscious
Adolph Hatsche of a Williamsburg lodging house was found near Wythe Avenue after a nighttime assault by a gang. He suffered multiple wounds and bruises, was taken to the Eastern District Hospital, and the attackers fled the scene.
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Wythe Avenue
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South Sixth
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Hatsehe
Hastern
Farming needs brains no less than business
Nathan Bijur declares to Jewish farmers that the nations farming industry requires intellect as much as commerce. The June 4 commencement at National Farm School in Doylestown features Jacob H. Schiff awarding diplomas, Mrs. Schiff, and Bijur as orator.
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New York Times
Doylestown
Penn
National Farm School
Philadelphia
New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Schiff
Nathan Bijur
Bijur
Maurice H. Harris
United States
New World
Palestine
Mr. Bijur
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Russia
Roumania
Jacob HA. Schiff
Lively Sunday speedway brushes light up Harlem River
A vast Sunday crowd witnessed horse racing at the Harlem River Speedway with multiple heats. Princess Pique edged Ida Highwood in a tense half mile dead heat, Kingmond broke late, and Princess Pique won the second heat as Kingmond faltered. Bessie Thompson and Matilda claimed heats, while Florence Wilton underperformed. Don Riley and Fred W. fought a close pacing clash with Don Riley finally prevailing. Fanny K. narrowly beat George Dumond in a featherweight wagon heat.
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Thomas RK. Leahy
Ilda- Highwood
Nathan Straus
Ida Highwood
Straus
Leahy
Kingmond
Claus Bohling
Isaac A. Hopper
Bessie Thompson
Teddy K
T. F. Kennedy
Matilda
E. H. Demarest
Destiny
George F. Harrison
W. C. Green
Walter M. Jermyn
Speedway
Florence Wilton
W. C
Floyd- Jones
King Chimes
Gov. Holt
Don Riley
Andrew Phillips
Fred W
Alexander Frankenstein
Andrew Crawford
Fanny K
George Dumond
H. B. Gill
Road Drivers’ Association
Promise of Good Tennis at Crescent Club Championship
The Crescent Athletic Club hosts a key pre-England Davis Cup series at Bay Ridge featuring Holcombe Ward William Larned William Clothier and Beals Wright against a strong American and collegiate lineup led by Malcolm Whitman and the pairings of Alexander Hackett Little Fisher Ward Wright and others as the team tunes up before sailing to England on June 13.
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Bay Ridge
England
Holcombe Ward
William A
Malcolm D. Whitman
Frederick B. Alexander
Harold H. Hackett
Princeton
The
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W. F. Powers
C. M. Bull, Jr
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Anne Griffith
J.S. Lodewick
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Wright
Larned
Ward
Alexander
Hackett
Little
Fisher
Finday
Little and
Clothier
Crescent Club
Races Held by Century Road Club at Grant City
New York and Long Island Divisions staged cycle races at Grant City yesterday. Hofgren won the Long Island mile with a 120 yard handicap, Nerent captured the New York mile handicap from scratch, and Burch won the two mile New York event. Races ran 2:06 and 2:14 times for the mile manuals and 5:45 for the two mile.
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Long Island
Century Road Club Association
Grant City
S. FE
Charles Nerent
C. Burch
H. H. Hofgren
UH. H. Hofgren
J. M. Ettler
George Kk. Glunz
Cc. Bureh
A. Rousch
C. Bureh
Nerent
Floral parade and Morris Park auto races announce summer schedule
Plans for an August floral automobile parade at Long Branch highlight a week of events from August 14 to 19 with motor car exhibitions and non stop contests. Morris Park hosts a middle weight race featuring Dan Vargis and Guy Vaughn while Henry Fournier eyeing later American track action and a 100 horsepower car.
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Henry Fournier
America
Ormond
Long Branch
Red Bird
Dan Vargis
Decauville
Guy Vaughn
Empire City
Chevrolet
Fiat
Madison Square Garden
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Lexington Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
White Mountains
Mount Washington
W. J. Morgan
Nassau Street
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