Democrats Plan Vigorous Push Against Bogus Voters
The Philadelphia Democrats plan a wide campaign to purge voter lists of fraudulent names. Charles P. Donnelly leads a committee to check 1,062 divisions with help from John J. Green and other officials. Aiming for 150 local speakers, the party expects strong support from City and State leaders and anticipates a vigorous fall effort.
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Charles P. Donnelly
Philadelphia Times
Committee On Election
Democratic City Executive Committee
John J. Green
Tenth and
Walnut Streets
Green
Commit
F. A. Hartranft
Charles P. Murray
William Ranson
Frank J. Kane
William Higgins
Morty Carroll
Thomas Farrell
John M. Flood
William H. R.lukens
Edward Callen
Jane Strouse
Harry Donohue
Patri Hagan
Thomas Cavanaugh
Citizens’ Committee of 200
Board of Assessors
Political Row Over Ballot Columns In Pittsburg
Governor Stone plans drastic action to sideline Judge Pennypacker and force a legal fight over ballot columns. The Secretary of the Commonwealth may refuse to place the Republican ticket in the Citizens column triggering a mandamus suit. County officials and court battles loom as the row unfolds ahead of elections.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg
Stone
Judge Pennypacker
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Citizens
Citizens’ Party
Mandamus
Ring Republicans
Will Break Deadlock in Twenty Sixth Senatorial District
Honesdale, August 7. Republicans in the Twenty sixth Senatorial district adjourned after agreeing on a plan to end the deadlock. The Republican State committee may appoint two more conference members from Wayne and Susquehanna counties. If no nomination is made an umpire would be appointed, creating an eleven person conference in Honesdale.
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Honesdale
Republican State Committee
Wayne
Susquehanna
State Committee
Nebraska prohibitionists nominate state ticket
The Nebraska Prohibitionists met in Lincoln and named a full state ticket headed by Governor candidate T Davies of Otoe County. Isaiah Lightner is the lieutenant governor designate, with D D Norton as secretary of state and W N Maddock treasurer. The platform focuses on liquor suppression and they favor Congressional nominations in every district.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
T. Davies
Otoe County
Isaiah Lightner
Atte
D. D. Norton
Adams County
W. N. Maddock
Richardson
John Dale
Douglas
W. Bert Clarke
Saunders
J. M. Dilworth
Johnson
A. E. Howard
Lancaster
Local Roster and Nominations Highlight Republican Section
Captain John R. Morris sworn in as lar mes senger in the paw Sweeneey. John A. Stewart nominated by Prohibitionists for the Twenty third district Legisla ture. Former Rep R K Young Tioga county chair and Capital Commission counsel called at Republican headquarters. Senator Dolliver and Assistant Secretary Hill to address the State League of Republican Clubs convening in Erie on September 17.
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John R. Morris
Judson Place
Morris
John A. Stewart
R. K. Young
Tioga County
The
Capital Commission
Dolliver
Hill
State League of Republican Clubs
Erle
Leading Hotels Guest Lists Across Cities
An OCR fragment lists names of guests and associates at leading hotels including Clearfield Harrisburg Baltimore New York Pittsburg and Boston with individuals such as Mr. and Mrs A T Poynton W J Dorr S M Hawkins and J B Carter among others. The text reads like a social register cross section detailing attendees from varied states and cities.
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Willians
Curwenaville
J B. Carter
Pittsburgh
Carpenter
Z. Dang
Uniontown
John Kghee
Pitts Ounen
Dean Klein
William Biehl
Ay Apotle
Pawh Miller
Boston
Obarins
Norris
Maiden
Mass
Spencer Nelson
Pitts
Dooner
W. E. Wallace
Municipal Band Concert in Germantown Tonight
A Germantown event at Vernon Park on Cheltea avenues features a municipal band concert in the evening. Local organizers invite residents to attend for an evening of Germanic inspired music and community entertainment.
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Vernon Park
Germantown
Cheltea Avenues
Ica
Hoth
Profit in Frog Raising in Baltimore City Farm
A Baltimore city frog farm near Guilford Station is described as one of the state's largest. The enclosure guards a muddy pond fed by nets and a scarecrow. Snakes and nightly raids by boys diminish frog numbers while three life stages—tadpoles breeders and table frogs—define husbandry and fattening for sale at about $2.50 per dozen.
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Baltimore City
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Guilford
Epicure
Baltimore American
Little slips that mean ruin in oil history
An old Pennsylvania oilman recalls a 1861 disaster near Cambridge Springs where the Hawler and Merrick well ignited, burning H. H. Rousse and injuring Uriah Smith and Cyrus Quigley. Rousse died 12 hours later after dictating a will dedicating $100,000 to Warren county’s poor fund and legacies to two rescuers, but the will failed to transfer due to heirs and legal form.
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Pennsylvania
Sun
HH. H. Rousse
Old Creek
Enterprise
Warren County
Cambridge Springs
Hawler & Merrick
H. H. Rousse
Uriah Smith
Cyrus Quigley
Rousse
New York
Clock of Balmoral Clocking Queen Victoria’s Death
The article summarizes a Balmoral Castle clock tale from a Scottish author. Snow sometimes halts its hands in winter. On Queen Victoria’s death day the clock’s snow covered hands paused at the moment of her passing as the kirk bell tolled and the fag half-mast was raised.
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Balmoral
Castile
Victoria
Familly Herald
City Hall Smoke Nuisance Ends With New Smoke Consumers
City officials under acting mayor ordered two smoke consuming devices for City Hall furnaces after weeks of heavy black smoke. Contractors cited buckwheat coal shortages due to a strike and soft coal use began June 15.
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City Hall
Hiram Horter, Jr
Department of Public Safety
Horter
Ashbridge
English
George G.’ Pierie
Bureau of City Property
James Bannister
City Hall Mechanical Equipment
Isaac B. Elliot
Elliot
McKee & Cox
Bureau
McKee and Cox
How to Buy a Piano and Avoid Buyer’s Mistakes
An overview of a book titled How to Buy a Piano guides buyers in selecting a piano safely. It explains determining piano size, case style, sounding-board construction, action and tone, and recommends readers obtain a free copy from Blastus & Sons at Chestnut and Eleventh streets by mentioning Tas Traxs.
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Blastus & Sons
Chestnut
Eleventh Streets
Tas Traxs
City smoke blamed on careless firemen and ducts
Citizens blame fire department carelessness for excessive smoke in the city square. Officials note fires at Wanamaker’s and the Rothschild building, with plans to install smoke consumers at City Hall to reduce gloom and pollution.
Jailed for Being Armed Three Men Sentenced by Judge McCarthy
Charles Waymon Alfred Norris and Robert Walker appeared before Judge McCarthy in Criminal Court on charges of carrying loaded revolvers. Waymon threatened residents with his revolver Norris fired it while intoxicated and Walker found a revolver and denied intent to use it. Walker received six months. Waymon and Norris each one year. The judge warned there is no need to be armed on city streets.
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Charles Waymon
Alfred Norris
Robert Walker
McCarthy
Criminal Court
Waymon
Water Street
Norris
Walker
Coatesville
Wayman
Religion rests on feeling not thought or truth
The passage argues religion derives from emotion guided by intellect, not from science or rationalism. It claims emotion is essential in all religions, regardless of civilization, and warns that losing emotional experience erodes faith into mere theory. The heart is the source, not the understanding.
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Morris Jastrow
Christian Register
Long Islanders Old Surf Bath
A nostalgic portrait recalls primitive surf bathing on eastern Long Island where farm wagons parked by the beach and old fish houses served as pavilions. A life line and a rugged ex-whaler kept bathers safe as women and children clung to the rope and laughed in the Saturday tub.
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Long Island
Fires Ravage Homes and Plants Across Towns
A dwelling at 2104 North Second Street suffered slight damage from a fire started by children playing with matches. The Samuel W. Brinker tannery in Easton, Pa burned completely, with losses around 10,000 dollars. A fire unknown origin damaged one Landreth & Sons seed house near Bristol, causing about 40,000 dollars in losses, with Bristol and Burlington departments unable to stop it. insurance fully covers the blaze.
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William Garvin
North Second Street
Samuel W. Brinker
Easton
Landreth & Sons
Bristol
Burlington
United
Weather Forecast for the Mid Atlantic States
Local forecast from the United States Weather Bureau Philadelphia notes fresh west winds. Far eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland expect Friday and Saturday fair. August 7, 1902. Temperature and rainfall readings include 4 degrees today and 0.10 inch rainfall since August 1 with 3.71 inches accumulated since January 1.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Jane
Real and False Curiosity Shop Tale From London
In London Daily Mall A T recalls an American visit to the famed Old Curiosity Shop and shows a London street debate over the shop as Dickens original. He closes by noting the real shop’s owner Palmer invented the sign and Dickens used a different Fetter Lane site as a possible influence but not the literal model.
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London
Clare Market
Lincoln's Inn-Fields
Palmer
Little Nell
Fetter Lane
Fleet Street
Charles Dickens
Haynes
George Augustus Sala
Nell
Jonah
A. T. Story
London Daily Mall
Largest Harvester At Work In California Fields
The Los Angeles Herald reports a massive combined harvester in Central California cutting 40 000 acres of barley. The machine blends a traction engine a mower header and a threshing unit with a thirty horse power separate engines for threshing and header. It runs three and a half miles per hour processing up to 100 acres daily with eight men employed on the thresher.
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California
Los Angeles Herald
France urged to boost aid for Martinique after disaster
Senator Knight from Martinique criticizes France for slow relief and compares subscriptions. He urges Parliament to approve 15 million francs for public works and 25 million for a fresh start for sufferers, noting American aid of three million and larger foreign pledges.
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France
Martinique
Knight
America
England
City Fire Losses Surge in 1902 Seven Months
Fire losses in the first seven months of 1902 reached 1,878,265, up 75 percent from 1901, with the congested district from the Delaware river to Broad Street showing a 77 percent rise. Many small fires and large warehouse losses drove the total, while a new pipeline reduced spread and aided containment.
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Delaware River
Broad Street
Vine
Walnut Streets
Rosenblatt & Co
George de B. Keim
Market Street
D. E. Murphy
J. E. Mitchell
Murphy
Charles C Murray Critically Ill With Paralysis at Guy's Hotel
Charles C Murray proprietor of Guy's Hotel on Seventh Street above Chestnut lies dangerously ill from a paralysis stroke suffered last Monday. He cannot recognize friends and is one of the city's oldest hotel men. He previously served as a principal chef at the Arena Hotel under Colonel L U Altby.
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Charles C. Murray
Guy's Hotel
Seventh Street
Chestnut
Mr. Murray
Arena Hotel
L. Ualtby
Jefferson Hospital July 1902 Report Totals
The Jefferson Hospital month report for July 1902 records 72 patients at start, 108 new arrivals, 311 accident cases treated, 89 ambulance calls, 1492 new cases in dispensaries, 7134 old-patient dispensary visits, and 115 operations performed.
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Jefferson Hospital
Ex Register Hackett Improves After Paralysis
Horatio B. Hackett former Register of Wills is rapidly recovering from paralysis in Atlantic City. Director of Public Works Addock visited and reported Hackett took a short ride in a rolling chair yesterday, signaling improvement.
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Register Hackett
Register of Wills
Horatio B. Hackett
Atlantic City
Public Works
Addock
Mr. Hackett
Missing local youths and adults reported by addresses
A list of missing persons includes Mattie Sheets 18 of 2029 88th St since August 6 John McKnight 17 of 2349 Sears St since August 6 Robert Walls 30 of 221 Providence Road Media Pa since July 7 Robert Wood 12 of 2622 Letterly St since August 5 Edwardee 18 of 3111 Euclid Ave since August 5 Paraska 18 of 233 Queen St since August 5 Jobanpa Plumb 15 of 2517 Philip St since August 3.
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Mattie Sheets
88Th St
John McKnight
Sears St
Robert Walls
Providence Road
Media
Robert Wood
Letterly St
Edwardee
Euclid Ave
Paraska Cee
Queen St
Jobanpa
Philip St
Viennese Nails Spark Lawsuit Over Damaged Art
In Vienna artist Fiana Muller owned beloved nails that drew rival envy. A jealous opponent broke one nail and Muller sued for damages, winning 1000 crowns about 200 in U.S. money per the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Fiana Muller
Muller
San Francisco Chronicle
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Visions
John A. Thornton
Joan Cadwalader, Jr
Richard J. Welsh
Matthew Dittmann
Edward F. Ternan
Isaac Russell
M. J. Tarpey
Frank ©. Coffee
A. Vautier
F. J A. Hartranft
Rudolph Strouse
M.G. Delahunty
T. E. Fitzpatrick
W. H. R. Lukens
S. T. Stackhouse
Thornton
MR. Ryan
Henry Budd
Citizens’ Committee
Thomas J. Ryan
Pattison
Erie
Donnelly
Harris
J. M. Guffey
Harrisburg
Chestnut ST
Philadelphia Times Bellefonte
John F. Harter
Centre
Clinton
Union
Centre County
John Burkett
Stormstown
Harter
State College
K. LD. Musser
Spring Mills
H. B. Pontius
W. ©. Carsidy
G. W. Rees
Linn Harris
Hard P. Harris
Bellefonte
John A. Peter
Romola
James P. Hale
Phillips
Are
Assembly
Bridgeton
Cumberland County
Millville
Louis Hi. Miller
Vineland
B. Frank Buck
House of Assembly
Buck
William J. Moore
Wilmot
Preston M. Brock
John Age
Lee Des Wane Peeters
En Tunsel
New Yorks
Ervien
Steubenville
John Rowe
Homestead
W. &. Barton
Will
Walton
Wanamaker
Rothschild
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Local Weather Report
Eastport
New York City
London Daily
J. E. Mitchell Cotton and Woolen Eee
Chestnut Street
D. E. Murphy’s
North Water Street
Thompson's Iron Foundry
Sepviva
Vanhorn Streets
Sedgley Avenue
North Front Street
Hancock Ice Company
Belmont Avenue
New Market
Willow Streets
Marks & Co
North Broad Street
Inger
New Union College
James M. Lingle
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