Reading Elevated Road Ordinance Heard by Council
The Railroad Committee prepares to lay the ordinance before Select Council next Friday. Mayor Fitler’s letter explains the elevated road plan with iron columns on Willow Street and truss columns on other streets, promising no city costs and a one million dollar performance bond by the companies. The measure aims to relieve grade crossings while protecting city rights and supporting factories, with hearings set for Tuesday and Wednesday and a special council meeting slated for Friday.
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Yester Preevee Pitler
Louis E
Reading
Willow Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Poplar Street
Twelfth
Market Streets
Ninth and Green Streets
Huntingdon Street
Glenwood Avenue
Ninth
Green Streets
Philadelphia
BRILL
Hammett
Railroad Committee
Fitler
Wagner
Corbin
Select Council
Etting
Messrs
Elevated road plan from Twelfth to Market Streets adopted
A new ordinance outlines the construction of an elevated rail line from a Philadelphia Germantown and Norristown line point along Willow Noble and Pennsylvania avenues toward Twelfth Street and Market Street. The project features two tracks on Willow, four on Pennsylvania Avenue, and a parallel extension to near Glenwood Avenue, with work starting within ninety days and full completion in three years.
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Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown
Willow and Noble Streets
Delaware River
Pennsylvania Avenue
Poplar Street
Twelfth and
Market Streets
Willow Street
Delaware
Noble Street
Noble and
Broad Street
Twelfth Street
Market Street
Neaf
Philadelphia, Germantown and
Norristown
Glenwood Avenue
Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad Company
Department of Iblic Works
Spring Garden Street
Ninth Street
Nobile Street
Willow
Noble Streets
Front Street
Caliowhill
Willow Streets
Green Street
Lehigh
Pennsylvania
Belgan
Jefferre
Elevated Road Debate Ends in Council Concurrence
The Northeastern Elevated Railroad bill passed Select Council after a brief clash over amendments. The chamber, lively with old rivalries, heard protests from residents along the proposed line, notably in the Nineteenth and Thirty-first wards. The vote 17 to 10 followed a tense session as officials read amendments and governing remarks.
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Select Council
Monroe and
McMurray
Gates
Hammett
Committee On Railroads
Clerk Paist
Railroad Committee
Common Council
Tam
Peter Monroe
Rennd
Rose
Patton
Green
President Gates
Paist
Philadelphia Council in clash over bill amid heated floor scene
A crowded Philadelphia council chamber sees Peter Monroe defy orders and clash with Councilman McMurray as President Gates pounds for order. The vote on the bill ends with 17 yeas and 10 nays, with several members absent and Mayor Fitler’s veto anticipated.
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Peter Monroe
Select Council
Philadelphia
Trise
Mr. Patton
Third Ward
Gates
Monroe
Friends of the Bill
President Gates
Mr. Monrose
Kent Gates
Clerk Robertson
Mort Johnson
Councilman McMurray
Twenty Eighth
McMurray Ber
Genta
Green
Yeas
Messrs
Hart
Ryan
Scherr
Moffett
de Tousen
Paton
Stuart
An Outra
Nays
Becker
Graham
van Dusen
Etting
Agen
Rose
Freeman
Hammett
Squire McMullen
Fitler
Reception to noted men crowd Mr Griscoms parlors
Notable winter reception at Clement A Griscoms Spruce street home drew statesmen bankers and industry leaders. Guests included Senators Cameron and Jones and figures such as Frank Thomson Jno P Green Wayne MacVeagh and Mayor Fitler among others in a broad cross section of business and public life. Supper filled the second floor while the first floor hosted the guest list in a large informal gathering.
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Clement A. Griscom
International Steamship Company
Spruce Street
Donald Cameron
Jones
Nevada
Daniel
Virginia
Warner Miller
New York
Frank Thomson
Mr. Pubary Jno
P. Green
W. H. Houston
H. D. Wegh
A. J. Cassatt
E. T. Postlethwaite
John Scott
Isaac Wistar
Samuel Jin
Isaac 4 Ria
Justin Green
Wayne MacVeagh
David E. Rache
A. Hetherington
Ndn
Thomas McKean
W.omy Ison
Chi Father
Ney’ Wright
Charles H. Cramp
Beauveau
Wen A Beret
Mayor Fitler
R. Jemas Cochran
J. W. Besy
B Kndrews Taint
Bird Shot For A Burglar In Darby Residence
A burglar attempting to enter a Darby home was hit in the head by bird shot from the house owner about 9 80 last night and severely injured. Justice Lindsay notified University Hospital, an ambulance was sent, and Charles Smith of Jersey City, age about 35, was admitted around midnight.
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Darby
Justice Lindsay
University Hospital
Charles Smith
Jersey City
Woman Suffrage Resolution Favored by Blair Committee
Waantworor February 7 A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to ensure the right to vote regardless of sex was favorably reported by Senator Blair from the select committee on woman suffrage. The report argues the amendment prohibits denial or abridgment of a right seen as essential, notes differing origins of suffrage rights, and contends the Supreme Court challenges the idea that federal power overrides state sovereignty. A minority report opposing adoption will be presented later.
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Waantworor
United States
Blair
Select Committee
Supreme Court
Black Diamonds Gang Robbed City Stores in Twenty-Third District
A band of youth thieves nicknamed the Black Diamonds was captured by Special Officers Smyth and Carpenter. Names and ages of gang members are listed, with details of their camp near Snyder's Woods and the thefts from multiple storekeepers. Magistrate Riley to hear the case.
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Smyth and Carpenter
Twenty-third District
George Dellestash
North Twenty-seventh Street
Thomas Hatfield
Martindale Place
Harry Estelle
William Gosmyer
Cambridge Street
John Searles
Alfred Dellestash
William Kessell
Snyder's Woods
Thirty-third
Thompson Streets
N. KR. Dewees
Ridge Avenue
Mary Boyle
Som Fifteenth Street
Sadler & Co
North Nineteenth Street
Edward Veral
J. Jones
Twenty-third
Carpenter
Smyth
Black Diamonds
Riley
Consul General to Samoa Resigns Over Policy Clash
Washington February 7 Harold M Sewall Consul General to the Samoan Islands said the State Department accepted his resignation citing policy differences with the administration He charged the deposition of Malietoa and German British influence shaped Samoa events and accused Bayard of unpatriotic policy while alleging State Department instructions came with German and British ministerial influence The episode stirred debate with officials split over the firing and Sewalls interview.
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Washington
Harold M. Sewall
Samoan Islands
State Department
Sewall
Senate Foreign Committee
Malietoa
Samoa
Bayard
Germany
England
State de Ent
Lie Seay
Bismarck
Fire damages Vineland grain building and more losses
The Vineland Grain Company building in Vineland burned yesterday causing $10,000 in damages. Earlier a morning fire destroyed Turner Brothers feed store in Atlantic City with losses listed at $4,000 and $3,000 covered by insurance. Other brief items include a miner Thomas Hobin killed at Hammond Colliery near Shenandoah and political notes from Washington and New York.
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Vineland Grain Company
Vineland
Turner Brothers
Atlantic City
Thomas Hobin
Hammond Colliery
Shenandoah
J. Edward Addicks
Pea Were
Wilmington Daily Republican
Committee of
Washington
Spain
General Salamanca
Cuba
Henra Eres
CREO
See ‘ Love’ Sasional
Change Agate
Feir
Masonic Ple
New York
Senpa
Henry D. Batterly
Calvary Church
Yeswanes
Mneta Ch Gme
Osar
Joho Cones
Seasanoa
Kingston
Seaaeiee
Oth
Legislative Menagerie Sparks Bounty Debate in State House
In Harrisburg the House debated a bounty bill to kill foxes and other pests, with Krata opposing a one dollar fox tax and Lytle supporting bounties for turkeys and chickens. Baker warned of harming fox-hunting clubs. Bean opposed mink and weasel scalp payoffs. Hassett and Evans sparked laughter over coon remarks. The scalp bill passed second reading but may fail on final passage as farmers distrust it. Senate members Robbins Rutan and Newmyer urged scrutiny of the Western Penitentiary, prompting a joint investigation pending appropriations.
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TIMES
Hanrriscura
Krata
Montgomery
Lytle
Huntingdon
India
Baker
Delaware
Bean
Hassett
Philadelphia
Evans
Bedford
Senate
Robbins
Westmoreland
Western Penitentiary
Rutan
Newmyer
Allegheny
State Board of Charities
Committee On Appropriations
Measures That Will Be Favorably Reported and Some That Are Doomed
Harrisburg February 7 House general judiciary committee reports negatively on Ex Speaker Graham’s wage protection bill and on the United American Mechanics centennial holiday measure. Debated were bills excluding minors from criminal court rooms, creating Saturday half-holidays, and recognizing election day as a holiday. Several education, hospital, and textbook bills received favorable or disapproved rulings, with appropriations debated for Medico-Chirurgical Society, Elwyn school for feeble-minded children, and Ashland’s Anthracite Hospital. Additional bills concern industrial training in normal schools and funding, with capacity and reserve fund questions. Governor Curtin urged memorial hall funding at Gettysburg battlefield and extra appropriations. Senate changes to third-class city government include street paving authority and cost provisions.
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Harrisburg
House General Judiciary Committee
Graham
Order of
United American Mechanics
George Washington
Jones
Philadelphia
Fown
Bean
Danville
Committee On Education
Garrett
Delaware
Medico-Chirurgical Society of
Elwyn
Anthracite Hospital
Ashland
Chirurgical Society
Atherton
Industrial Commission
Commission
Ee An
Curtin
House Military Committee
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Legislature Acts In Feb Session
In Harrisburg February 7 the House heard Mr Fow present a libel law bill and filed committee reports. A bounty bill to kill wild animals went to third reading. In the Senate Mr Macfarlane introduced a women’s suffrage bill. A funeral attendance was arranged for Taylor. the session adjourned.
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Harrisburg
Fow
Senate
Macfarlane
Sears Oere
Taylor
Aer
Chin Kwang Foo In Hands Of Chinese After Concession Destruction
Shanghai reports say Chin-Kiang-Foo foreign concession nearly destroyed, with the American mission chapel burned and Chinese officials and soldiers alleged to have aided the plot. Foreign warships have arrived as the city remains under Chinese control. The other item notes a New York meeting where Penn plans to hold games in Philadelphia under amateur athletic rules, extending tensions between national bodies into colleges.
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Shanghai
Chin-Kiang-Foo
New York
National Association of Amateur Athletes of America
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Leon of Amateur Athletes of America
Amateur Athletic Union
Fatal Fire at Rockland Shatters Valley Railroad Site
A fatal fire broke out in Rockland on a February day, destroying a silo and railroad area. Residents report heavy smoke and extensive damage to the silagony Valley facilities, with Porter and a tied team allegedly involved in the incident.
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Rockland
Silagony Valley Railroad
Mrs .Fire
Tun Teamloner Eee de Porter
The Last State Dinner at the Executive Mansion
An elaborate February dinner in Washington marked the final ceremonial state event of the Cleveland administration. Guests included Justice Gray Blatchford Lamar Butler Eustis Edmunds Evarts Hoadly Miller and others with Mrs Cleveland and Mrs Fuller. The Marine Band played Sousa tunes as attendees exchanged greetings and farewells at the Boston-like gathering.
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THE
TIMES
Times Ofview
Corcoran
Washketon
Cleveland
Executive Mansion
Supreme Court
Fuller
Justice Gray
Justice Blatchford
Justice Lamar
Senator Butler
Senator Eustis
Senator Pugh
Justice Miller
Justice Harlan
Edmunds
Evarts
Senator Gray
Delaware
Hoadly
Kernan
MacVeagh
Philadelphia
Simon Cameron
Gray
Butler
Oates
John D. Kernan
New York
Gilman
J. Pierpont Morgan
Folsom
Cummings
John ©. Bullitt
Bullitt
Washington
Lamont
Marine Band
Tainty
Sousa
Map of Washington Route for Inaugural Parade Drawn Up
Harrisburg reports Captain Campbell of the Surveyor General's Office completed a detailed map of Washington with the inaugural parade route. Adjutant General Hastings plans lithographed copies for parade officers, naming division commanders such as General Gibson, General Ordway, and Major General Hartranft, with arrangements for civic and Grand Army groups on specific streets and avenues. The procession moves from East Capitol to Washington Circle and Mt. Vernon Square for review by Governor Beaver before the President’s post ceremony drive to the Ware House.
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TIMES
Harrisburg
Campbell
Surveyor General’s Office
Washington
Hastings
Gibson
United States
Ordway
National Guard
District of Columbia
John F. Hartranft
Pennsylvania
Grand Army
East Capitol
National Guard of
Maryland Avenue
Yes
Grand Army O' E Republic
Firet Street
New Jersey Avenue
North Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Circle
Kalo’ K Street
Mt. Vernon Square
James A. Beaver
Immedi
Harrison
Ware
Governor Beaver Hostes Reception in Harrisburg
February 7 report from Harrisburg notes Governor and Mrs Beaver hosting a large reception at the Executive Mansion attended by about 1,000 guests including state officials and many Harrisburg residents. Attire described in detail among the guests and aides assisting Mrs Beaver.
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TIMES
Harris&urg
Beaver
Headaof
Harrisburg
Hastin
Pearson
Duchess Lace
CIA
Nee
Harmony Legion Meeting at Harmony Hall Report Hears Ties Charge
Harmony Legion held at Harmony Hall on Broad and Firewater streets to hear the report from the officials in charge of the ties in Washington. The date is noted as last t.
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Harmony Legion
Harmony Hall
Broad and
Firewater Streets
Washington
Grand District Formed By Philadelphia Financial Union Departments
Representatives of twenty two Philadelphia departments of the Financial Union met at Eighth and Spring Garden streets. A vote formed a Grand District for the state after heated discussion. Officers elected include Grand District Governor Dr Peltz and Grand Vice District Governor H Ely. A committee will investigate the Supreme body in Paterson, N J, and departments were taxed two dollars to cover expenses.
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Philadelphia
The
Financial Union
Eighth
Spring Garden Streets
Harry C. Stout
Stout
H. ©. Lang
T. B. M. Addis
Grant
Paterson
N. J
Department 56
Maniac German Immigrant Attacks Cell Wall in Panic Over White Caps
Allentown February 7 A German immigrant August Heydecke living near Walnutport, driven mad by White Cap fears, battered his head against a stone wall in his jail cell. He suffered severe head injuries and attempted self harm including throat and wrist wounds. Doctors deem him unlikely to recover as authorities note the White Cap nuisance has unnerved locals.
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TIMES
Allentown
August Heydecke
Walnutport
Heydecke
Slatington
Justice of the Peace
Night
Ell
SINKING OF GLENCOE CLAIMS FIFTY-TWO LIVES
The Glencoe, Glen Line steamship sailing Liverpool to London, collided with the British bark Largo Bay off Beachy Head and sank. Fifty-two crew members were lost, including twenty-three Chinese sailors. the ship was built in Glasgow in 1878 and rated 100 A 1. The Largo Bay boats were wrecked and no rescue possible.
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Loxton
Largo Bay
Beachy Head
Glencoe
Glen Line
Glasgow
Liverpool
London
McGregor, Gow & Co
Lloyds
Governor Sawyer to name interim senator for NH
Washington February 7 information from Governor Sawyer of New Hampshire states he will not appoint Senator Chandler for the interim March 4 to June 19. Other candidates named include Gilman Marston Jeremiah Smith George W Nesmith and Daniel Hall in the context of Chandler's past criticism of a railroad veto.
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Washington
Sawyer
New Hampshire
Chandler
Senate
Gilman Marston
Jeremiah Smith
George W. Nesmith
Daniel Hall
Kayser Insanity Backed by Preliminary Brain Disease Finding
Preliminary examination indicates Kayser's mind was diseased in the Kensington tragedy. Coroner's inquest deferred until Mrs Kayser leaves Episcopal Hospital where she is recovering. Dr. Formad holds Kayser's brain for preservation as the inquiry proceeds.
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Kensington
Governor Beaver Moves on Miners Hospital Trustees
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE TIMEA Harbinburg February 7 Governor Beaver is reported to have decided to dismiss the Miners Hospital trustees in Schuylkill county and appoint a new board despite the appropriation. The Yarn Manufacturers Association held their first banquet at the Colonnade Hotel with many carpet manufacturers and wool guests including Thomas Frome, Robert George W. Patton, and Joseph M. Kane Lane among others.
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TIMEA
Harbinburg
Beaver
Miners’ Hospital
Schuylkill County
Tomet
Debe
Feinto
Yarn Manufacturers’ Association
Colonnade Hotel
Thomas Frome
Oes
Robert George W. Patton
Joseph MM. Adam Thomas Ken- Kane Lane
A. Wy A Gore
Premier Floquet Beaten in Political Setback
Paris reports Floquet faces mounting opposition as attempts to infuse the cabinet fail. Lacroix and Dessaigne draw skepticism, while Radicals and Opportunists alike disapprove. Dissolution not expected. Carnot and the Senate unlikely to authorize it.
Sir Morell Mackenzie Speaks on College Rift
London February 7 Sir Morell Mackenzie declares his disinterest in the College of Physicians condemnation of his book The Fatal Illness of Frederick the Noble. A secretary's letter to Sir Henry Pittman, Registrar of the Royal College of Surgeons, requests the college desist from further intrusion and notes Mackenzie's firm stance.
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College of Surgeons
the Times
N. Y. Herald
London
Morell Mackenzie
College of Physicians
Frederick the Noble
Sir Morell
Henry Pittman
Royal College of Surgeons
Harley Street
Cavendish Square
Royal College of Physicians
Epwarp NaInsy
Death by own action Rudolf and Baroness Marie Vetsera
Vienna reports outline the love liaison of Crown Prince Rudolf with Baroness Maria Vetsera. They traveled to Meyerling in January and were found dead January 9 after both apparently shot themselves. Marie’s body moved to a cottage before burial. Vetsera family fled to Venice.
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Vienna
Rudolf
Maria Vetsera
Wallersee-Larisch
Empresas
Marie
Meyerling
Vetsera
Venice
Notifying the Pope Why the Vatican Allowed Rudolf
A Rome dispatch reports the Vatican’s response to Crown Prince Rudolf’s death. The pope sent a four line note acknowledging the news though he was nearly unable to write. A later telegram described Rudolf’s dangerous duel with dice and his suicide. A conclave of Cardinals deemed only a deranged person could enter such a duel and denied funeral rites. An official Vienna denial says foreign press rumors about Austrian figures and the prince’s death are pure inventions.
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Lowpox
Rome
Rudolf
Vatican
Peror Joseph
Vienna
The Samoan Conference Opens in Berlin Talks
Berlin reports say the Samoan conference will begin in a few days with England and America accepting Germanys proposal. A German compromise plan is under consideration and swift official movement toward agreement is noted, signaling prompt diplomacy by major powers.
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the Times
N. Y. Herald
Koelnische
Berlin
England
America
Germany
Oearesy
French Troops Rout Rebels Near Dinbefntong and Chochu
Advices from Hanoi and Tongguiv report French forces attacked local rebel positions at Dinbefntong and Chochu and routed the insurgents. The royal authority claims the rebellion is crushed and rebels are defeated.
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Paris
Hanoi
Tongguiv
Dinbefntong
Chochu
Thanks From ole Joseph Speror Francis Jo Fetthe Os Day
The note expresses gratitude from Joseph and Francis to Rtweees for the day of thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Joseph
Speror
Francis Jofetthe
Rtweees
Remarkable transient insanity at McAllistervilleOrphan School
In Mirkintowy on February 7 a sudden outbreak of nervous illness among seventeen boys at the McAllisterville Soldiers Orphan School was reported. By the next morning twenty five students showed insanity symptoms as they played a game of Passing it on and removed objects from each other’s clothing. A patient with a rule in hand struck a comrade and asked How can I help it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Mirkintowy
McAllisterville
Lucian Banks
Mifflintown
Banks
Steamer Wesleydale Allegedly Carried Contraband to Haiti
Haytian government agents in this city report that the steamship Wesleydale, which left port Tuesday with a coal cargo for Cienfuegos Cuba, carried guns ammunition and other contrabands of war for Haiti’s insurgents. They believe cannon and means to run the blockade were aboard. The vessel, under a time charter to E F Cabada & Co, had two captains on board and a manifest listing iron chains shovels and an iron safe. The Haitian minister in New York dispatched word Monday night, but the steamer sailed before action could be taken.
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Wesleydale
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Haiti
Hayti
E. F. Cabada & Co
New York
Walter
Coyle
W. P. Hagar & Co
Greenwich Point
Preston
Philadelphia
New Jersey committee named to entertain President Harrison
Governor Green appointed a committee to arrange Harrison’s April 27 visit through Trenton on his way to New York for Centennial ceremonies. Members include Sewell, Grubb, Grier, Adams, Lee, Donnelly, Green, Skirm, Toffey, Shields, Stockton, Hamill, Roberts, Parker, Jackson, Wright, Gates, and Janeway. The president will be led along Broad and Greene to the arch once owned by Judge Green’s wife and will be hosted at the State House with an Elizabeth parade planned for March 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TIMEA
Trenton
Governor Green
Harrison
New York City
William J. Sewell
Camden
E. Burd Grubb
Edgewater Park
Joseph H. Grier
Hugh H. Adams
Elizabeth
Benjamin F. Lee
R.A. Donnelly
Charles E. Green
Col Ee
Henry L. Janeway
New Brunswick
General Washington
New York
Caleb 8. Green
State House
New Jersey
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Ministry of Justice
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Times and Standard
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Carnot
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M’allisterville School
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Lady Friends of the
First Ward
Republican Marching Club
George W. Delamater
Meadville
Lafayette Hotel
Supreme
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Knights of the Golden Eagle
California
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George Heller
Holman Street
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Ontario Street
Williamson Free School
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