Letters to the Editor on banking, religion, and public virtue
A Philadelphia Times reader urges safer bank practices favoring tangible collateral and mercantile notes to curb speculative excesses, referencing the Seventh National Bank collapse. Another letter praises Archbishop Ryan and Rabbi Krauskopf, noting moral guidance in faith and urging civic virtue. a young student contribution titled FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT is included.
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Philadephia Times
Eckels
Seventh National Bank of New York
Philadelphia Times
Archbishop Ryan
History Repeats Itself in Philadelphia Politics
In a 1902 Philadelphia letter, Ryerson W. Jennings surveys political shifts from Garfield era figures to Chester A. Arthur and Governor Crane, noting how puppets become masters. He cites John Weaver and John P. Elkin, their fates, and the conduct of Philadelphia’s District Attorney’s office as a safeguard for honor.
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Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Dudley
Benjamin Odell
Thomas Platt
New York
Crane
Massachusetts
Patt
John Weaver
John P. Elkin
Quay
Elkin
Plowboy
Pennsylvania
Ryerson W. Jennings
Philadelphia
The Philippine Problem and Capitalist Policy
A letter decries the Paris Peace Commission and Secretary Hay amid debate on Philippines policy. It claims Republicans would control the islands with capitalists backing, condemns the 20 million price, and cites war costs and sacrifices tied to Cleveland’s era.
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Philippine Islands
Congress
Philippines
Hay
Paris
Paris Peace Commission
War Mementoes Displayed At Tabernacle Church
The Tabernacle Presbyterian Church at Thirty seventh and Chestnut displays a Confederate flag sent by Major General McCook along with a drum used by the Scott Legion in the Mexican War and at the first recruiting in this city on April 13 1861 when Fort Sumter fell.
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Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Thirty-seventh
Chestnut Streets
Henry C. McCook
McCook
Scott Legion
Legion
Fort Sumter
Denver Man Enriches Church Capitalist Donates $350000
Denver on May 31 Henry Cole a veteran real estate man will enrich the Methodist Church of the city by over $350000 The sum will be placed in a new corporation with interest divided for evangelistic work buildings and improvements and for charities Twenty five percent goes to church buildings and improvements fifty percent to evangelistic work and the remainder to charities.
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Denver
Col
Henry Cole
Methodist Church
Panama
Nicarangua
Cosequina
Nicaragua
Rivas
Pacific
Nicaragua Canal
Beheading the Orchard Pay Cut Proposal in 1899
In February 1899 a severe cold damaged fruit trees across the nation. J H Hale recounts workers cutting tops from over 100 000 older trees to salvage trunks and allow new growth, while an aging enslaved worker proposes cutting wages by half to keep laborers at work through the long recovery.
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J. H. Hale
America
Philadelphia
New York
Darkies
Loud in Congress Pushes to End Cheap Postal Rates
The Atlantic Monthly notes Congressmen Loud of California leads efforts to cut cheap second-class rates for publications. It argues rail contracts drive postal deficits, with railroads paid per mile far beyond passenger or express rates, and postal car rents funding car construction. It cites repeated calls to abandon postal service in favor of private enterprise.
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Brooke Fisher
Atlantic Monthly
Congressman Loud
California
Committee On
Post Office Department
Pasengers
Sonpage
Ofive
Metz and Its Roman Remains
The Metz region attracts few visitors yet displays notable Roman heritage. The aqueduct arches, including eleven surviving spans at Jouy-aux-Arches, show Metz’s ancient water supply system.
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Metz
Jouy-aux-Arches
Moselle scenery and legends along the river
The Moselle offers a scenic waterway with wooded banks and cultivated valleys. Towns like Bretagne Sierck and Kontz display medieval charms and customs such as St. John s festival on June 28 with the fire-wheel ritual and toll exchanges. The poem Mosella by Ansonius captures these legends from Roman times.
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Moselle
Sierck
Kontz
Mosella
Ansonius
Oregon Election Preview Highlights Roosevelts Policy Fight
Special to The Philadelphia Times from Portland Oregon May 31 Republicans plan to endorse President Roosevelts administration and insist on U S sovereignty in the Philippines with local self government as parties clash over trade and independence for island territories Democrats fault tariff laws and urge preparation of Philppine self government with retained ports to protect trade in the Orient
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Philadelphia Times
Portland
Ore
Roosevelt
Spain
Philippine Islands
United States
The
Peeping
Philippine Commission
Congress
Hawaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Philippines
Orient
Questions and Answers from the Summer Chautauqua and World Inquiries
Readers submit questions on topics from the Chautauqua summer program to geography, trade, exploration, and notable events. Answers cover schedule details in New York, butter origins, Pacific railroads, olive oil lighting, volcanic heights, and canal construction.
Oregon Campaign Highlights Silver Question and Island Retention
A state campaign analysis notes two drivers of progress focus: the Democratic platform’s silence on silver and Oregon’s stake in island retention. It profiles Republican Governor candidate W. J. Furnish as a 40 year old Missouri native banker and stock raiser who left the Democrats in 1896 over silver and champions Republican principles. It contrasts with Democrat George E. Chamberlain, 46, Natchez-born lawyer and former Attorney General who has served in the Legislature. Republican leaders expect a 13,000 plus vote margin with Tongue and Williamson safely atop the ticket despite weak Democratic opposition.
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Oregon
Portland
Philippines
W. J. Furnish
Missouri
George E. Chamberlain
Natchez
Miss
Washington and Lee University
Congress
Thomas H. Tongue
J. N. Williamson
KONGO MAN'S DARLING PIG IN AFRICAN DIET AND WILDLIFE
The Congo man's cherished pig shapes the social order, with touching a pig incurring serious offense. Forests around Zombo host deer antelope and wild hares, Guinea fowl and pigeons, pheasants, and wild ducks. Birds of prey and big game like elephants buffaloes and leopards inhabit sparsely populated zones.
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Congo
Geographical Journal
Sentinel at Vincennes Confronted by Gun-Wielder
A well dressed man tried to wrest the sentinel's gun at Fort Vincennes. He pulled the bayonet from the weapon and pressed it to the guard's breast claiming the guard was a coward. The stunned soldier resisted and the attacker fled after the scuffle.
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Paris Temps
Vincennes
Roosevelt’s Compliment A Naval Vessel Named The Vixen
The Baltimore Sun recounts President Roosevelt jokingly relenting to a officer’s wife request to name a Navy boat after her. He initially resists due to a gender naming superstition but then approves with a twist and humor. The boat is named The Vixen and the officer jokes about placing the wife in command.
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Baltimore Sun
Roosevelt
Navy
Vixen
Mr. Roosevelt
Tube Service Plans For This City
Assistant Postmaster George W Knowles proposes a Philadelphia pneumatic tube system linking the Central Post Office with the Bourse and eight sub stations. An exchange at Station A would connect to Stations D and possibly West Philadelphia to route out of town mail to Reading Terminal and Broad Street Station. An appropriation of 155000 is sought. bids open June 12 with work starting July 1.
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George W. Knowles
Post Office Department
Washington
Philadelphia
Congress
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
Knowles
Payne
Postal Department
Sixteenth
Chestnut Streets
West Philadelphia
Reading Terminal
Broad Street
Knowes
The Home Aquarium from the Brookdye Standard Union
An amateur aquarium guide advises a flat bottom circular glass tank about 9 inches high and 14 to 16 inches wide with vertical sides. It suggests white gravel, central stones, and decorative pebbles, plus underwater and floating plants for self sufficiency. Cabomba and other plants oxygenate while bladderwort adds display. ensure proper plant to fish ratio to avoid water changes and maintain bubbles on the surface.
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Brookdye Standard Union
Good Housekeeping
Tribute to Rouget de Lisle Honored by Choisy-le-Roi
The London Morning Post recalls Rouget de Lisle once poor and forgotten who died to a village funeral. Choisy-le-Roi residents now plan a three metre high tombstone with medallion and inscriptions 1760 1836. A fete marks the inauguration ceremony.
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London Morning Post
Rouget de Lisle
Marseillaiee
Choisy4te-Rel
Choley
de Lisle
Tourists Vex Mexico As Visitors Pack The Palms
From the Mills Mexico Messenger recalls a flood of travelers roaming Oaxaca and Oaxaca de Juarez with guidebooks cameras and blue glass spectacles. Locals note the odd social clash as moonlit palaces and ancient walls witness tourists singing ragtime amid historic majesty.
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Dior
Menia
Oaxaca
Coronation customs through English kings and eras
A historical survey traces coronation seats from Winchester and Oxford to Westminster, detailing key moments such as William the Conqueror’s oath, Henry II’s conflict with Becket, Richard II’s fasting siege, Henry V’s banquet lore, and Henry VIII’s Bath ceremony, reflecting shifts in ritual, power, and church authority.
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D. T. Pierce
Edward the Confessor
St. Peter
Thorney
Thorny Island
Westminster
England
Kingdom of
Arthur
Stonehenge
Edward the Elder
Ethelred
Kingston-on-Thames
Venta Belgarum
Edward I
Winchester
Southampton Water
Hardicanute
Oxford
William of Normandy
Winchester Abbey
London
Aldred
York
Stigand
Canterbury
Scotland
Godfrey
Coutances
William
Lanfranc
William Rufus
Henry
Robert
Cardiff
Anselm of Canterbury
Thomas of York
Ripon
Stephen
Maud
Henry II
Prince Henry
Thomas A. Becket
Roger of York
Morgan
Becket
Richard Coeur-de-Lion
John
Richard
Louis
France
Gloucester
Wincheser
Henry III
Earl of Arundel
Archbishop of Canterbury
Sussex
Arundel
Long de
Order of the Bath
Knights of the Bath
Edward II
Scone
Edward
Piers Gaveston
Richard III
Abbot Littington
Henry VII
Shakespeare
Bosworth
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