Memorial tribute to late Geo B Finch and water rate discussion
The board honored Geo B Finch with a memorial resolution praising his integrity and counsel. They read an opinion supporting power to reduce water rates and referred it to committee. The minutes cover warrants, street and water work, lighting, and transfers, with adjournment after scheduling the next meetings.
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Geo. B. Finch
Vastine
George B. Finch
Committee of Whole
H.C. Hansen
Thance
Capt
Hansberry
Meinie and Townsley
Geo. W. Niuuroth
Norcester
Andrew Jackson
Augusta Street
Franklin
Austin Avelle
C. McLennan
Lee
Rearden
Randolph Street
Austin Avenue
Cheney
Street Car Rival Ponders Bicycle Impact on Harrisburg Lines
The Pennsylvania Bureau of Railways reports street railway stock per mile exceeds average steam railway costs due to over-capitalization. It also notes a drop in combined street railway receipts, attributing much to bicycle use by business and leisure riders. Harrisburg observations show 67.7 percent on bicycles versus 32.3 percent in cars in October, signaling a serious competition to rails.
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State Bureau of Railways of Pennsylvania
United States
Maj. Brown
Harrisburg
Third Street
Traction Company
The Sporting Duchess Advances at Mc Vicker’s Chicago
The English melodrama The Sporting Duchess draws crowded houses at Mc Vicker’s since opening last Sunday. With lavish scenery costumes and an all-star cast, it pleases theatergoers and marks a standout production in Chicago. The second week starts January 17 with Wednesday and Saturday matinees, featuring Ffolliott Paget Cora Tanner J. H. Stoddard Louis Massen Edmund Collier and Eleanor Moretti. On January 24 James A Herne begins his engagement with Shore Acres.
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McVicker’s
Chicago
the Sporting Duchess
Ffolliott Paget
Cora Tanner
J. H. Stoddard
Louis Massen
Edmund Collier
Eleanor Moretti
James A. Herne
Shore Acres
Various Babies Parade Global Carrier Customs
A historical survey describes diverse infant transport methods across cultures. Mothers carry newborns in nets, slings, cloth wraps, or bindings, from New Guinea to Cuba to Italy, with infants secured on backs, hips, or necks. Some practices involve oil rubs, deformation of nostrils, or water immersion if distressed.
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New Guinea
Mlovery
Cuba
Women editors helped spark the American Revolution
The article highlights women who owned and ran colonial newspapers and boosted patriotism. It cites Clementine Reid in Virginia, Mrs Hi Boyle in Williamsburg, Elizabeth Timothy in Charleston and Ann Timothy, Mary Crouch in Charleston and Salem, and Anna Franklin in Rhode Island as notable early female printers and editors who shaped public opinion and supported the colonial cause.
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Clementine Reid
Virginia
Hi. Boyle
Williamsburg
Elizabeth Timothy
Charleston
S.C
Ann Timothy
Mary Crouch
Salem
Mass
Rhode
Anna Franklin
Improved hair crimper and assorted inventor devices
The article lists inventions including an improved hair crimper with a cylindrical member and hinged leaf clamp, a skirt adjuster using linked wire hinges, a baby carriage fan with a top yoke and wheel shaft, hollow wairpins with sliding arms for fastening, and a boiler water alert using end weights to lift a lever and sound a whistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mind and thinking shaped by perception and progress
The text discusses mental focus versus scattered brain power and the impact of improved mental imaging on thought. It envisions a future where perfected X rays reveal thoughts, prompting a radical shift in thinking. It likens heaven’s vast multitude to beings on earth termed foola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
Miss Philadelphia to Open in Chicago After Town Topics
Saturday night marks the close of Town Topics and Sunday begins the first Chicago performance of Miss Philadelphia a one week engagement. The satire musical features twenty principals a chorus of forty a premier danseuse and a special quartet with eight elaborate sets. Original Philadelphia Chestnut Street run fourteen weeks with Frederick Gagel supplying the music. Notable cast members include Elvin Crox Sea brook e Wm H West Joe Cawthorne Queenie Vassar Jessie Villars and Lilly Collins premier danseuse.
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Chicago
Quaker City
Chestnut Street Opera House
Philadelphia
William Penn
Frederick Gagel
Elvin Crox Seabrooke
Wm. H. West
Joe Cawthorne
Queenie Vassar
Jessie Villars
Lilly Collins
Darkest Russia at Alhambra promises lavish production
Sidney R. Ellis presents Darkest Russia at the Alhambra with a spectacular show. The program notes recount a New York investigation into Russian officials seeking to halt the play and a secret government society aiming to polish Russia’s image in America. Shows run Sunday matinee plus Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
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Alhambra
Sidney R. Ellis
Russia
New York
Hopkins Presents The Private Secretary At Full Strength
Gillette's company strengthens for next week with new scenery and full force. Maurice Freeman C Ed Dudley Frederic Montague lead the principal roles joined by Miss May Hosnyer Miss Jillian Mortimer and Miss Helen Aubrey. A metropolitan, risible plot follows a young man tangled in ludicrous city life with sharp wit and rapid gags. Vaudeville features include the Karno trio Adelman and Lowe Sidman and Mrs Arthur Sidman plus Genaro and Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Wm. Gillette
Maurice Freeman
C. Ed Dudley
Frederic Montague
May Hosnyer
Jillian Mortimer
Helen Aubrey
Karno
Adelman and
Lowe
Gilmore
Mrs. Arthur ©. Sidman
Genaro and Bailey
An Evening with Dickens Inspiration for Club Programs
A Leeds Ladies' Home Journal piece suggests lively Dickens themed evenings with sketches of life, Gibson drawings, character tales, readings from Pickwick and Dombey, lantern slides, and anecdotes by club members. Included are a child’s Santa letter and a stray comic snippet from Boston Transcript.
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Dickens
Fannie Mack Lathrop
Ladies’ Home Journal
Charles Dana Gibson
Pickwick
Dombey
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Giley
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Norbury
London Daily News
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Boston Transcript
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Lake
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North Park Ave
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North 48Th Ave
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Berwyn Grocer
Harper & Buttendorff
Dunlop Bank
W. W. Kimball Co
Wabash Ay
Kimball Pianos
Kimball Organs
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