Helmbold Family Turmoil Prompts Divorce Fight and Seizure
The Philadelphia Times reports Horace W. Helmbold and his mother in law Mary E. Whitaker amid a $100000 alienation of affections suit. Whitaker bought in all household goods in an Ogontz sale after Helmbold locked doors and cut wires to starve him. A writ of replevin ousted Helmbold, who faced further complications over an August 1900 separation and possible divorce implications.
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Horace W. Helmbold
Helmbold
Mary E. Whitaker
Mrs. Helmbold
Family splits over heiress wealth and custody dispute
Ton announces marriage under a contract requiring residence at the bride’s home. Mrs. Whitaker, heiress of Jacob G. Neafie, funds a luxurious life. After years of strife the couple separated, moving from Hillside to Ogontz, then to California and Atlantic City. The mother gained custody of their son. the boy recently sent a photo inscription to his father.
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Ton
Whitaker
Jacob G. Neafie
Helmbold
Mrs. Whitaker
Hillside
Helmbolds
Ogontz
Excursionists Arrive in City for Shore Visits and Shopping
About 2,500 visitors in five groups arrived yesterday at Broad Street and Baltimore and Ohio stations. The travelers, mostly merchants and their families from Middle and Central States, plan trips to New Jersey and Maryland shore resorts and use the city for shopping before returning home.
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Broad Street
Baltimore and Ohio
New Jersey
Maryland
City Treasurer’s Report Details Receipts and Transfers
The weekly statement by City Treasurer J. Hampton Moore shows total receipts of 8 066 871 43 and payments of 416 114 53. It reports a close balance of 22 054 444 73 after transfers from multiple deposit locations and sinking fund allocations.
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J. Hampton Moore
Boarding house thief held on five charges
Sankey Deleiser of Altoona was held in 1000 bail at Central police station on five charges for stealing from boarders. He entered rooms while they were away and stole valuables including a gold watch and chain from Mrs Ella Haines of 1413 York Street, who identified the items after she followed him and had him arrested.
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Sankey Deleiser
Altoona
Central Police Station
Ella Haines
York Street
Revenues Fall Off in First District of Pennsylvania
Internal Revenue Collector William McCoach reports the first month of the fiscal year shows First District receipts down by 372 216.79 dollars from July 1901. He attributes the drop to the repeal of war taxes effective July 1. July 1901 receipts were 1 062 489.39 dollars versus 690 272.00 dollars last month.
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Internal Revenue
William McCoach
Pennsylvania
Salmone Sues Over Horse Attack for $1000 Damages
Joseph Salmone sues Kate ONeil in Common Pleas Court seeking $1000 after his son Cha Balmone was kicked by ONeil's horse. Salmone, resident near Dinston street and State road, alleges the horse has vicious traits and caused injury to his minor son while passing through the lot.
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Joseph Salmone
Kate O'Neil
Common Pleas Court
Salmone
Dinston Street
State Road
Pice
Passi
Drowned Man Identified Near Girard Avenue Bridge
The body recovered yesterday from the Schuylkill River near the Girard Avenue Bridge was identified as H ba S at feltner rand Fae i, previously found near the river and removed to the morgue.
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Schuylkill River
Girard Avenue Bridge
Bye Morgue
H Ba S
Feltner
Rand Fae i
Sneak Thief Robs Doyle Home on North Twenty-ninth
A thief entered Charles E. Doyle’s residence at 2125 North Twenty-ninth Street yesterday before dawn and stole money from a pillow. Police reported the break in but provided few details.
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Charles E. Doyle
North Twenty-ninth Street
Weterday Pillow
Double Merger in Rock Island Board Adds Frick
Formal notice of reorganization of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway and creation of a new Rock Island Company outlines purchase terms for all Rock Island stock, with 4 per cent gold bonds and preferred stock exchanges. The board includes H C Frick, Marshall Field, Ogden Mills, and others. finance details remain largely undisclosed.
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New York
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Iowa
Central Trust Company
Rock Island Company
New Jersey
Central Trust Company of
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Iowa Company
Preares Company
Iowa Comany
Chicago
Board of Directors
R. R. Cable
Marshall Field
H. C. Frick
William H. Moore
D. G. Reid
J. H. Moore
W. B. Leeds
Ogden Mills
George S. Brewster
Apvson
Boggs
Reid
Rock Island
Stock Exchange
Southern merger plans create vast railroad system
Steps reported by the New York Mall and Express aim to form one power ful system uniting leading Southern and Southwestern railroads. The merger would span the region south of the Ohio river to the Gulf with access to Chicago and feeders to the Southwest and Northwest. Southern Railway 6742 miles and Louisville and Nashville 5324 miles are listed as components.
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New York Mall and Express
Southern
Ohio River
Gulf
Chicago
Southern Railway
Louisville
Nashville
Railroad mergers outline one southern system under one organization
The Mail and Wire reports a plan to unite the Louisville and Nashville with the Atlantic Coast Line, while maintaining separate identities for the Southern Railway and others. Illinois Central shows willingness for a close alliance. no firm alliance yet with St Louis and San Francisco or Chicago and Eastern Illinois.
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Louisville and Nashville
Atlantic Coast Line
Illinois Central
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
Eastern Illinois
Great Northern to Run Special Train for Road Building Demos
The Great Northern Railroad places a dedicated train at the U S Department of Agriculture office to transport officials engineers and road crews for on site lessons in road building. The train departs Chicago August 15 reaches Minneapolis in September for fair week demonstrations then moves west to the Pacific coast visiting major cities with practical building demonstrations.
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Washington
Great Northern Railroad Company
United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
Two Indiana Railroads Consolidate into Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western
Directors from the Cincinnati Hamilton and Indianapolis and the Indiana Decatur and Western meet in Indianapolis to merge the two lines into the Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western. They issue 8 7 million percent refunding bonds, consolidating properties owned by M D Woodford and associates, linking to Springfield Illinois and Kansas City with a shared Dayton line heritage.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Indiana, Decatur and Western
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western
M. D. Woodford
Dayton
Indianapolis and Western
Springfield
Kansas City
County Delays Trolley Franchise Decision In Elkton
Kent County Commissioners defer vote on highway trolley franchise to next week after two companies push cash deposits. Barrell for Baltimore and Chestertown Railway offers 1,000 cash and 2,000 forfeit if not built by May. Aste for Kent and Cecil Light, Power and Railroad puts 2,000 cash and 2,000 stock. Plan aims to connect Rock Hall to the Delaware line via Cecil County to Chesapeake City and Elkton.
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Philadelphia Times
Elkton
Kent County
Slope H. Barrell
Baltimore and Chestertown Railway Company
Chestertown
Rock Hall
John D. Aste
Kent and Cecil Light, Power and Railroad Company
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware Line
Cecil County
Chesapeake City
Pennsylvania Officials Report Heavier Seashore Travel This Year
Officials say seashore travel on Pennsylvania lines is up sharply with heavy Western-origin traffic. The week ending July 26 saw coal and coke shipments total 760879 tons east of Pittsburgh and Erie, including 548817 tons bituminous coal and 208653 coke. Captain Green leaves for East Hampton to Sept 1. J Purviance will vacation in Canada starting Saturday. Samuel Rea returns from Europe and is due back Monday.
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J. Purviance
President Cassatt
Pennsylvania
Canada
John P. Green
East Hampton
Long Island
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburg
Erle
Samuel Rea
The
Europe
Henry L. Lamb
Chattanooga Southern Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Chattanooga Southern
The Beginning of Beet Sugar Discovery by Vilmorin
The great sugar beet industry stems from Vilmorin’s discovery. He found a way to test sugar content without destroying the plant and through selection and cross breeding created a sugar beet suitable for commerce. He also contributed to the development of the carrot by refining its quality.
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Vilmorin
France
Vilm
Insurgent Junior Order Councils Hold Manayunk Meeting
About twenty insurgent councils of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics rallied in Manayunk in support of expelled West Philadelphia Council 561 and Windom Council 508. Speakers denounced Loyalist rule and bylaws changes while noting insurgent gains and growing support as the Loyalists confront a mass turnout.
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Order of United American Mechanics
Temperance Hall
Manayunk
West Philadelphia Council
William Windon
National Loyalist Council
Manayunk Council
Schuylkill
West
Samuel B. Mench
West Philadelphia
Crawford
State Council
Robert W. Crane
National Council
George A. Banman
H. J. Stone
Walter J. Rees
Jefferson
American Star
Mantua
Woodland
Belmont
Charter Oak
Reserve
West Park
Anna M. Ross
William Windom
Haverford
E. A. Shubert
Robert Fulton
Cincinnatus
Davis’ Hall
Thirty-ninth
Lancaster Avenue
Forty-fourth Street
Belmont Avenue
Park
Ridge Avenue
William A. Pike
Deemer
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Missing persons report flags Agustave Herbst and Mrs Hodge
Missing persons concerns issued for Agustave Herbst 39 of Linwood New Jersey missing since July 29 and for Mrs Om Hodge of 2 Preston Avenue Bryn Mawr missing since July. Local police seek information to locate both individuals and establish their safety.
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Agustave Herbst
Linwold
N. J
Om Hodge
A. Preston Avenue
Bryn Mawr
Weather forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania Delaware and New Jersey
Partly cloudy and warmer with showers at night for the region. Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware expect partly cloudy weather Friday with rising temperatures and possible night showers. Saturday should be fair with light to fresh southerly winds. New Jersey trends to fair Friday with possible evening showers, Saturday warmer with east to southeast winds.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Baby lion dies after zoo attempts to foster with Great Dane
A cub at the National Park Zoo died after its lioness mother refused to care for it. Keepers tried to nurse the cub with a bottle and later with a Great Dane foster mother, but the cub rejected nourishment and died. The zoo notes previous trials with canine fosters in similar cases.
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National Park Zoo
Washington Times
Frank Baker
Blackburn
Cecil French
Zoo
Howgates Daughter Paid Father’s Thefts Across Years
A historical parallel to the Greene and Gaynor case is recalled by H. Gilson Gardner. It tells of Colonel Henry W. Howgate a former signal corps chief who fled after embezzling government funds. Years later he resurfaces in New York as a second hand bookseller and dies in prison. His daughter supported them by sending nearly half her earnings.
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Greene and Gaynor
H. Gilson Gardner
Henry W. Howgate
Signal Service Division
Regular Army
Washington
South America
Africa
New York City
Begi
Sugar imports surge as ships crowd Philadelphia port
The Philadelphia port sees unprecedented sugar imports in the last three months with 80 plus vessels under charter. The new steamship Alaskan arrives with 22,000,000 pounds of sugar valued at $800,000 from Honolulu via Hilo and Coronel for W. F. Hagar & Co. The Munson Line steamer Mellbridge sails from Matanzas carrying 8,400,000 pounds of Cuban sugar for W. F. Grandfield, amid more than a dozen cargoes by the line in four months.
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Philadelphia
Alaskan
Pacific Coast
Hawaiian-American Steamship Company
Banefield
Hilo
Honolulu
W. F. Hagar & Co
Coronel
St. Lucia
Munson Line
Mellbridge
Matanzas
W. F. Grandfield
Walnut Street
Larry Carey Married in Chester Rectory
Lawrence J. Carey known as Larry Carey of the Third ward wed Miss Catherine Brennan of Willington street at St. Michael's Church rectory in Chester. Rev. James Timmins officiated as a small party of friends witnessed the ceremony. A guest said Carey avoided a brass band serenade by choosing Chester over Philadelphia.
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Lawrence J. Carey
3D Ward
Larry” Carey
Third
South Streets
Chester
St. Michael's Church
James Timmins
Catherine Brennan
Willington Street
Larry
Philadelphia
McCain and Poole Married at Emanuel Baptist Church
Miss Elizabeth Mc Cain and Millard Poole wed in Chester at Emanuel Baptist Church with Rev. H. W. Cummings officiating. The bride serves as superintendent of the church primary Sunday school.
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Philadelphia Times
Chester
Elizabeth McCain
Millard Poole
Emanuel Baptist Church
8. W. Cummings
Andrews and Courtney Wed in Hopkinsville Nuptials
Edward G. Andrews of Plainfield New Jersey and Miss Anna L Courtney of Hopkinsville Kentucky were married here yesterday and will reside in Norwich Connecticut.
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Philadelphia Times
Hopkinsville
Edward G. Andrews
Plainfield, N. J
Anna L. Courtney
Norwich
Conn
Accused Of Giving Short Measure In City Provision Store
Simon Goldstein of 306 Lombard Street was held in 300 bail by Magistrate Smith at the Second and Christian streets station yesterday morning after complaints that a false half peck measure cheated customers at his provision store.
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Simon Goldstein
Lombard Street
Smith
Second
Christian Streets
Goldstein
Balfour A Friend Of America In British Policy
A sketch notes that as premier Balfour would keep cordial U S relations, pledging support against European hostility. It recalls his prewar role as acting Foreign Secretary and his anti coalition stance during a European bid to join against the United States.
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Mr. Balfour
America
London
Lord Salisbury
France
Foreign Office
Austria
United States
Europe
Great Britain
League
Balfour
Russian Forests and Timber Use in Empire
An Anglo Russian report notes Russia’s forests cover about 464.86 million acres and explain wood is vital for villages and fuel. It cites private ownership as a cause of wasteful cutting and cites imperial domain revenues rising from 17 million to 48 million roubles between 1890 and 1899, urging government moderation.
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Russia
Europe
How to Buy a Piano Guides Smart Selection
A newly published book titled How to Buy a Piano provides guidance for buyers on selecting size, case style, finish, sounding boards, action, construction and tone. It aims to help readers assess these elements to make a satisfactory purchase.
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Anna Kitaker
Pennsylvania and Texas Oil Co
Texas Fields
Welter Tor
Nne, Prince & Co
City
Northern Centennial
Penn Consolidation
Quaker OF du
Far. & M
Ridge Ave
Fourth St
Southwark
Franklin
Southwestern
Germantown
Girardoe Lao
Gotaa
Market St
N. N. Liberties
Northweat
Vniis Dig
Sccmeric
Camteal
Weeweses Sae
Roma A
Girard Trust
Seeseeerersees
Bexknap Eo
Enih
THEIF
Securities Company
Good Roads
Great Northern
Indiana
Reading
M. B. Trump
Monon
Chesterbrook Stock Farm
Cassatt
Frank N. Barkadale
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ray
Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
Wisconsin and Michigan
Norway
Quionesce
Lake Superior
Mechanics
Manayunk Hall
Brethren — Association
Ing
Weather Bureau
Puitete Hia
Kiiometer
Atlantic
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Baby Lion
Howgate
Government
Larry Carey
Poole-Mccain
Balfou
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