Wealthy women seek control of Valley Green Inn
A formal application by twelve prominent women requests management of the Valley Green Inn in Wissahickon to turn it into a guest stopping place for park users. Mayor Ashbridge supported granting the request with no rent, while officials consider funding to refurnish the inn. The effort mirrors the Wissahickon trend of entrusting property to local elites.
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Old Road House
Valley Green
Wissahickon Ravine
Lydia T. Morris
Alexander van Rensselaer
Samuel Chew
Mitchell Harrison
Frances H. Bohlen
Valley Green Inn
Wissahickon
Fairmount Park Commission
Germantown
Chestnut ‘Hill
Mad dog bites three children in city streets
A small black dog chased and bit three boys on Thirty eighth and Melon streets. Frank Miller, 10, William Killoren, 6, and Willie Stackhouse, 9, were treated at Presbyterian Hospital after their clothes were torn and wounds cauterized. Police followed and shot the animal after it was cornered in Manbtua avenue lots. The dog belonged to John Wright of 3838 Melon street and had been acting strangely.
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Melon Street
Willie Stackhouse
Presbyterian Hospital
Policeman Dale
Lancaster Avenue
Thirty-eighth Street
Manbtua Avenue
Dale
John Wright
Emma Goldman Not Barred From Mercantile Library Meeting
Letter to the Times defends Emma Goldman’s brief appearance at a Single Tax Society gathering at Mercantile Library Hall. Writer says Goldman spoke for fifteen minutes and that the event respected free speech, countering claims of a police trick and noting the society’s open platform for all views.
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the Times
Awill
Single Tax Society
Mercantile Library Hall
Emma Goldman
Miss Goldman
Crampton Says Goodbye After Tongue Removed
William J. Crampton, lecturer and ex soldier and policeman, had his tongue removed at Seney Hospital Brooklyn for cancer. He will speak again only via phonograph recordings, delivering lectures mechanically to earn a living. Surgeons report his condition good and recovery chances high. He bid his son farewell with a firm handshake.
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New York
William J. Crampton
Seney Hospital
Brooklyn
Crampton
Relic of Coroner's Office Presented to Coroner Dugan
A death certificate from August 9 1806 certifies Patrick McFall died by strangulation while insane. Dr Thomas G Morton, coroner’s physician, presented the relic to Coroner Dugan in Philadelphia and it will be framed.
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Dugan
Thomas G. Morton
Patrick McFall
John Dennis
Philadelphia
Telegraphic Brevities From New York and Beyond
A summary of brief items: William Lang alias Long held on $1000 bail for pocket picking. Maine Central rail line east of Oldtown Maine disrupted by washouts may resume today. James W. Gerard to appeal contempt ruling against Stewart Brice. Body of Charles P. Clark arrives Newton Highlands for funeral Monday. Associated Merchants’ Association underwriters confirm $5,000,000 first preferred stock issue. Cleveland carpenters strike threats over 32 cents hourly pay as unions threaten action. Missouri Fourth District returns show Llewellyn Powers leading Thomas White by 18 votes in a recent special election. Bert Cassidy wounds himself in Chicago while with the Chicago News. Domestic troubles noted related to early use of check plates in newspaper illustration.
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New York
William Lang
Long
Maine Central Railroad
Oldtown
James W. Gerard
Stewart M. Brice
Missouri
Llewellyn Powers
Thomas White
Chicago
Bert Cassidy
Ly News
FATAL BATTLE WITH MURDERERS IN PITTSBURG
In Pittsburg on April 12 detective P E Fitzgerald was killed while arresting Ed Wright J P Wright and Robert Wilcox who robbed grocer Thomas D Kahoney on Mount Washington. Kahoney was murdered at 2 30 am while trying to rescue his wife from one burglar. Ed Wright fired at Fitzgerald and Wright was wounded as police closed in. Wright and Wilcox were captured. Ed Wright may die. his wife was later arrested.
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the Times
Pittssura
P. E. Fitzgerald
Ed Wright
J. P. Wright
Robert Wilcox
Thomas D. Kahoney
Mount Washington
Kahoney
Fitzgerald
Albert Street
Gray
Pittsburg
West
Robert Robinson
Fulton Street
Wilcox
Mercy Hospital
Pottery Strike Potential Creates National Labor Tension
In Liverpool Ohio on April 12 officials from the Potters Brotherhood urge restraint to avoid a national lockout as kiln men demand 1.50 per kiln or about 4 dollars a day. With 170000 workers potentially quitting nationwide, socialistic agitators fuel unrest across departments.
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Liverpool
Ohio
America
Hughes
Potters’ Brotherhood
Duffy
China could raise 300 million in gold for indemnities
The Chinese Ministers committee in Pekin says about 300 million dollars in gold can be raised without overstraining resources. The inquiry remains incomplete and may reveal additional Chinese resources for indemnities. Ministers want foreign troops to evacuate Pekin, showing eagerness for withdrawal.
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Pekin
Committee of Ministers
China
England Seeks Trading Privileges Over Indemnity
London reports that Britain has not fixed a sum for China’s indemnity. The government prefers greater trading privileges over cash payment and instructs Sir Ernest Satow in Beijing to press powers toward this settlement despite possible delays.
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London
Great Britain
China
Associated Press
Ernest Satow
Child Fatally Burns In Brush Fire Near Jew Town
Mary Schmidt twelve, daughter of John Schmidt, near Williamstown, was burned while playing near a pile of burning brush. Her dress caught fire and she died soon after despite doctors' efforts.
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Mary Schmidt
Timms
Woodbury
Mary
John Schmidt
Jewtown
Williamstown
Philadelphia Brass Finisher Fatally Run Over in Altoona Yard
April 12 in Altoona, John Hansen a 40 year old Philadelphia brass finisher was run over and killed in the railroad yard this morning.
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Altoona
John Hansen
Five Hurt in Point Breeze Oil Refining Explosion
Five Atlantic Oil Refining Company workers were burned when a tar pipe burst early yesterday near the main conduit at Point Breeze. Injured men Norbert Lunney David Brown William Whelan John McCusker and George McCoy were treated at St Agnes Hospital before returning home. cause disputed, fire brigade responded.
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Point Breeze
Atlantic Oil Refining Company
Norbert Lunney
Stillman
Mountain Street
David Brown
South Twentieth Street
William Whelan
Latona Street
John McCusker
South Twenty-first Street
George McCoy
South Twenty-seventh Street
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Shipment of Mules to Africa Sparks Cabinet Debate
Washington reports the Cabinet labeled New Orleans proceedings to block mule shipments to South Africa as a major issue. Attorneys general and legal experts doubt individual suits. neutrality actions should be in government name. Knox to investigate and report. possible congressional amendments to keep such matters with the government.
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Knox
New Orleans
Washington
South Africa
United States
Congress
Eighty Boers Captured Near Denetsdorp by Monro’s Infantry
A General Kitchener dispatch from Pretoria dated April 11 reports Colonel Monro’s mounted infantry after two hours of hard fighting captured eighty prisoners, including Commandant Bresla, at Lietfindeyue near Denetsdorp. Nylstroom, Transvaal Colony, on April 7, saw all inhabitants sent to Pretoria, about eighty miles north of Pretoria on the railroad.
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London
Kitchener
Pretoria
Monro
Bresla
Lietfindeyue
Denetsdorp
Nylstroom
Transvaal
Nilstroom
Charters Sought for AOH Division 46 and Alumni Amendments
City notes an application to Common Pleas Court for a charter for Division No. 46 Ancient Order of Hibernians of America and an alumni group seeking approval to amend the Central High School Alumni charter. Also reported are indictments over liquor sales without license, bail actions for alleged policy shop, theft and burglary cases, robberies at a cigar shop and tailor, a damages award in Arch Street widening, and a worker sent to the House of Correction for punishment.
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Common Pleas Court
Ancient
Order of Hibernians of America
Adolph Stark
Mary
Carmen
Nectarine Street
Third Street
Fairmount Avenue
St. Joseph's Hospital
Harry Stiles
Harry Ward
George Brickley
South Seventh Street
Devlin
Central High School
Court of Common Pleas
Smith
Belr Joseph McAdams
South Twelfth Street
John Simmons
South Eleventh Street
Te Jessup Street
Laura Jackson
State Street
Thornton
Mark Roberts
Baring Street
Patrick Klee
South Penn Square
T Tailor Shop
Morris Golderberg
Quarter Sessions Court
Arch Street
John W. Graham
John Clemmons
Broad and
Medford Pastor Dies of Broken Heart After Farewell Sermon
Rev. John W. Frambes of Medford Baptist Church dies ten days after resigning due to failing health and financial strains. His daughter is critically ill from heart shock, and his death is attributed to heart disease worsened by emotional strain over leaving his congregation. Interment is planned at West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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John W. Frambes
Medford
N. J
Les
The
Baptist Church
God
Mr. Frambes
Frambes
Board of Elders
Sharp
Louis Frambes
Bouvier Street
Times
Philadelphia
W. YT. Johnson
Parkerford
William T. Harrison
Vincentown
Joseph Garrison
Edward T. Frampbes
North Nineteenth Street
West Laurel Hill
Royersford, Pa
Addie Frambes
Burned Eye With Chloroform Mistaken For Eye Water
Mrs May Bedell wife of Arthur Bedell Camden Ex cise Commission president mistook chloroform liniment for eye water. Last Wednesday an acute burning sensation followed. Eye grew worse. a specialist had only slight hope of saving the sight in her left eye.
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May Bedell
Arthur Bedell
Camden Excise Commission
Twelve pallbearers carry weighty coffin for Mrs Ingram
The body of Mrs William Ingram of South Camden, described as a very large colored woman, required a dozen pallbearers to bear her coffin six feet long and weighing over eight hundred pounds. Passages describe removing a window to exit the home at Twenty eighth and Mitchell streets.
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William Ingram
South Camden
Twenty-eighth
Mitchell Streets
Oriental Dances Stopped by Regiment Director
The Second Regiment Armory canceled the Oriental dancing after Colonel Dechert ruled the act would smirch the regiment. At the W T U monthly meeting resolutions urged the Director of Public Safety to suppress the dance.
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Dechert
Director of Public Safety
Weather forecast for northeast and mid-Atlantic states
The forecast covers Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York with cloudiness rain and variable winds. Delaware and Western New York expect rain and fresh easterly or southeasterly winds. Philadelphia based United States Weather Bureau notes temperatures sunshine and rainfall deficits and excesses for April 12 1901.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Ardnamorehan Vessel Believed Wrecked After Coast Findings
A cablegram from Victoria reports the Ardnamorehan has arrived at its destination. Earlier wreckage and canned salmon linked to the ship were found on the Oregon coast, suggesting the vessel was wrecked.
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Victoria
B. C
Ardnamorehan
Oregon
Buller slated to command British troops in North America
A letter received by an officer in Halifax reports that General Buller will be offered command of the British forces in North America, a post currently vacant, following orders from England.
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Halifax
N. S
England
Buller
North America
First Big Saturday for Spring Clothes in Philadelphia
The article announces a peak spring clothing rush in Philadelphia with last Saturday’s heavy business despite rain signaling a strong turnout today. It highlights a vast stock of new 1901 fashions including men suits from $8.50 to $22.50 with black blue and Oxford cheviots and various coats vests and fabrics.
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Philadelphia
Bargain clothing sale draws families for big savings
Local shop promotes savings on $10 and $12 Coverts at $7.50 and $8.50, with Chesterfield overcoats cut to $12 to $22, and suits for boys 3 to 16 and youths 14 to 18 offered at deep discounts.
The Bloomers Trend Hits The Street In Fashion Push
The ad notes bloomers are catching on faster than expected with wide hips tapering to the ankle. It says young men lead and urges shoppers to view coats in the window, claiming unmatched quality and beauty. The message promises others will follow.
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Margaret Corlies
Mad Dog
Charles P. Clark
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Newton Highlands
Mess
Monay
Associated Merchants’ Association
Building Trades Council
Cleveland
Thomas Kahoney
Cirl
Hve
Africa
City News
Sunday Times
Tomorrow’s
ST. Marks Cathedral
Venice
Fem
Wales
Nebes
Buller May
Canada
Wm. H. Wanamaker
Forbes
Andrew Forbes
N. Silth St
sextSin Wu
Perry & CO
Chestnut Street
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