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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
2
The catalog showcases dolls from an inch china baby to life size talking beauties with eyes that close and movable limbs. Prices run from 10c to $25 for items like skin rocking horses, mechanical boats, go carts, stoves, and English carriages. Fourth floor display highlights laundry sets, tricycles, and various mechanical toys.
Cerise and Cyrano lamp lines feature tufted drapery and smooth glazed surfaces. The Drapery Cerise with 12-in globe is gold plated and $8 complete. Imperial Cerise 11-in globe 12-in body is $7.50. Reception Cerise ranges $5.00 to $6.50 depending on decor, Imperial Boudoir $2. Cyrano lamps offer 11- or 12-inch globes with double glass and white interior, $9.00.
A newspaper ad touts Dr White's Electric Comb as a world patent and cure for dandruff hair loss and headaches. It claims the unbreakable comb requires only daily use and offers a money back guarantee. Sizes priced 50c and 3c with agents sought nationwide.
Dr. Lightner Witmer of the University of Pennsylvania spoke to alumnae on how teachers secure child attention to foster intellectual growth. He recounted hypnotism cases, argued hypnotic susceptibility lies with the subject, and stressed teachers must engage the active mind rather than induce a dreamlike trance to improve instruction.
The battleship Alabama anchored yesterday at League Island Navy Yard and fired a thirteen gun salute. The ceremony honored Rear Admiral Jane Hanson, with the warship answering in kind as officials noted the event.
Dave Miller of 857 North Fortieth Street and accomplice Beech Lann were arrested and held on $800 bail each after allegedly assaulting Tom Lee, a Chinaman, at a laundry on Wednesday night. A bulldog was set on Lee when he refused entry, driving him from the premises. Police later detained Lann and Miller, while other neighborhood details and follow ups are noted.
Select Council kills the bill repealing automatic valves for hopper closets to curb water waste. In the lower chamber lawmakers debate a bridges measure and minor ordinances. Both branches approve plans to celebrate the dawn of the twentieth century with a committee to organize events.
In a split water committee vote the repeal of the hopper device was blocked by a reconfirmation move. The majority opposed repeal citing waste prevention and reservoir subsidence, while critics claimed no water savings. An extending deadline for device installation was also proposed as part of the session.
Common Council approved a bridge construction plan totaling about 750000 with work to begin on several sites. The survey committee had tied amendments to remove a bridge over the Philadelphia Germantown and Norristown Railroad on Seventeenth Street and shift focus to alternatives along a Kiladelphia peewee line.
Frank Lantell towerman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was acquitted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer after witnesses said the wreck and fire near Spring Garden street tunnel on May 11 were caused by a late freight train. Engineers George E. Laub and Fireman William P. Hinchman died in the incident.
Charles W. Morgan, broker in New York with a Philadelphia branch, assigned his interests to Bert Hanson for creditors after arrest on conspiracy and grand larceny charges. Morgan and bookkeeper Henry Hart faced Centre Street Court with $5,000 bail. Creditors froze Morgan & Co funds at Tradesman’s National Bank and secured the Drexel Building office.
Paul Jordan is missing from his Manayunk home with 1500 dollars of his wife’s money. Paul Conway faces trial for drunken reckless driving that killed a horse owned by Dr Randolph Fortes. Donations pour into Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital on donation day. Robert Roehner, 17, was overcome by coal gas at Baldwin’s Locomotive Works and admitted to Hahnemann Hospital. A mandamus ruling grants removal of a pool room license at 3008 Market Street. A Chinese Fair exhibit features a brick from the Great Wall with a guessing contest for an embroidered fan. John Walker and his brother Reiter are held on art and battery charges over a dog ownership dispute. Thomas Fitzgibbon is sent to the House of Correction for three months. George Fleming was injured by a train at Ninth and Brown Streets and taken to the Children’s Homeopathic Hospital. An officer incident at Ninth and Market Streets leads to arrests. The axle damage at St Agnes Hospital site and injuries to Spern are noted. The Board of Sessions meets to file judges and talesmen for the coming year. Court orders regarding vacancies and openings are discussed.
To day schedules show the Finance Committee at 2 P M in Room 496 and the Night School Committee at 3 30 P M. Bids will be opened by the Schools in Room 204. Girls High School 2 P M committee and Central High School committee meet today. Auditing Committee gathers at 3 P M and the Property Committee at 8 30 P M.
Fire and health committee postpones action on prohibiting spitting after Dr Crane's sanitary briefing. An office site on Parrish Street is referred for purchase. Mayor sends request for 15000 to extend Municipal Hospital with a wing and a pay patient wing for diphtheria and scarlet fever, referred to finance. Samuel Bell Jr. takes a $5000 coal firm post while staying as chief clerk. Sinking Fund Commissioners sell 500000 in 3 percent bonds at 2.95 percent, boosting Philadelphia’s credit. Valve break at Queen Lane pumps blamed on air hammering. repair crews deployed. Fencibles Armory lease transfer to Third Battalion National Guard defeated. four years remaining for occupants.
General Order from the Railway Mail Service directs that mails for the province of Santiago Cuba be forwarded from Philadelphia rather than New York. Mails will ride contract mail steamers of the American Mail Steamship Company leaving Philadelphia each Thursday, saving three to four days in sailing time.
Joseph Anderson of 105 Christian street and Caroline Peterson of Thirteenth street and Germantown avenue have been licensed to wed. Both are Norwegians and Anderson works as a lighthouse tender on the Delaware. They plan a seaside honeymoon next week as waves lap a rocky retreat.
A grand jury returned true indictments against John Schoch Michael Conway Allashael Carroll John White and William Casey for illegal voting in the November election. They are named from the Fourth Division Eleventh Ward Second Division Fourteenth Ward and Fourteenth Division Fourth Ward.
A quaint note suggests the family piano, described as a dumb instrument in the house, could entertain everyone if it were left out and played.
The passage argues many pianos lie unused or misplayed and introduces the Pianola as a solution. It claims the device can play any piano, enabling anyone to perform properly without being a trained pianist.
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