New Maine to be launched as modern first class battleship
The new Maine, to replace the historic cruiser, is due mid July possibly on the 4th. It will be a first class battleship of 12,500 tons with 18 knot speed and 16 000 horsepower, four 12 inch main guns, twelve 6 inch guns, rapid fire weapons, Krupp armor, 2 000 ton coal bunker, and a 510 man crew priced at 2 885 000 dollars. The launch will be christened by Captain Sigsbee’s younger daughter with naval officers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Sigsbee
Bureau of Construction
Denver
Neafle & Levy's
Bainbridge
Barry
Chauncey
Typhoid Cases Decline in City Health Report
The health bureau tally at noon shows 116 typhoid cases for the week, down 26 from last week. West Philadelphia north of Market leads with 28 new cases across the Twenty-fourth and Thirty-fourth wards, while South of Market records lower counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Philadelphia
Bureau of Health
Market Street
Chief Good
Haert
Asbury Church to Celebrate Seventy Fourth Anniversary
The Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church in West Philadelphia, oldest in the area, will mark its 74th anniversary next Sunday. The celebration includes paying off an $8000 mortgage, a milestone after a year of effort. Early pastors included William Cooper and Jacob Gruber, with ties to the Chester circuit and notable figures such as ex Governor Pattison’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
West Philadelphia
Asbury
Asbury Church
William Cooper
Jacob Gruber
Chester
Pattison
James Morrow
Pennsylvania Bible Institute
A. L. Kell
William Magor
Phillips
University of Southern California
Church Clears Debt Trustees Celebrate At Lansdowne Presby Church
The trustees of Lansdowne Presbyterian Church have succeeded in clearing the debt. A celebratory service will mark the repayment with plans for future programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansdowne Presbyterian Church
Will
Paul Creary
Delaware Valley Naturalists and Indian Walk Commemorated
Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley naturists began an annual excursion by the Bucks County Natural Science Association and the Daughters of the American Revolution marked by a pilgrimage to Ardmore and other historic sites. A Lenni Lenape graveyard boulder near Wrightstown honors the ancient owners with an inscription describing the Indian Walk begun in 1737 and the memorials accompanying the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware Valley
Wrightstown
William Penn
Penn
Delaware Bank
Thomas Penn
Marshall
Naturalists’ Union
Elizabeth A. Simons
Haushberger
University of Pennsylvania
Witmer Stone
The
Academy of Natural Science
Shoes Beggar Arrest Leads to Three Months in Jail
Charles Wallace 35 of South Eighth street known as the shoe beggar was arrested by Detectives Whitcomb and Miller after months of shoe thefts from businessmen. A nearly identical plea letter from Egward B Norris prompted the investigation. Wallace was jailed by Magistrate Cunningham and sent to the House of Correction for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wallace
South Eighth Street
Whitcomb
Harry Miller
Wallace
Emil Albrecht
Bourse
Oarsman Richard Paxson Rescues Drowning Boy at Schuylkill
Oarsman Richard Paxson of the Crescent Boat Club saved a ten year old boy named Green from drowning in the Schuylkill River opposite Turtle Rock. Amid a crowded riverbank no one else could swim but Paxson plunged in and brought the lad to shore before returning to his boat. Park Commissioners may award him a medal for bravery.
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Richard Paxson
Crescent Boat Club
Green
Schuylkill River
Turtle Rock
Paxson
Prospect Park
Maid of the Mist
Clifton
Big Brown Museum
Prospect Point
Falla
Niagara Falls
No Permit Delays Finch Fountain Dedication
The Haddington Branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union marks its sixteenth anniversary but cannot place a drinking fountain along Sixty inch and Vine streets due to an oversight by the Thirty-fourth ward Council. The fountain, completed and ready, awaits official permission before dedication ceremonies can proceed.
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Haddington
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Old Village
Thirty-fourth Ward
C. E. Lemon
Postal Receipts Rise Through 1901 Months
Postmaster Hicks reports 1901 monthly receipts outpaced 1900 figures with each month showing gains. January 1901 up by 45 983 39 dollars, February by 34 422 91, March by 31 323 57, April by 39 226 74, and May 1901 at 328 949 46 compared with 280 801 91 in 1900, a rise of 48 147 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Employee Held for Theft From Local Company
Howard Cook of 2122 Arch Street is charged with embezzlement from Mitchell Pletcher and Co. and held on $500 bail for a further hearing tomorrow. Cook, a salesman, was arrested Friday by Detective John Smith after a sting at the store revealed a customer paid a dollar but Cook kept fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cook
Arch Street
Mitchell, Pletcher & Co
Rochersperger
Cook
John Smith
City Hall Force
Bee
Haddingtons Village Reunion Plans Set
Plans are complete for a village reunion and banquet at the old village schoolhouse in Haddington on the last day of the month. A feature recalls seven of the ribbon winners from the festival of years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddington
Not Long-Seated
A Richmond Dispatch brief notes the death of a neighbor named Daggerman. The obituary tone reflects surprise on the narrator’s return from travels and mentions the neighbor’s passing with a somber, understated farewell.
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The
Richmond Dispatch
Daggerman
Dag
Amusements and nuisances mark Niagara Falls visit
Special to The Philadelphia Times describes Pan American Exposition visitors traveling from Buffalo to Niagara Falls. The piece notes rain, crowded trolley and hackmen, and changes to Prospect Point and Gorge Railway access. It laments resurgence of fakirs and petty swindles, urging vigilance to keep Niagara Falls free of nuisance vendors and unscrupulous guides.
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Philadelphia Times
Buffalo
Niagara
Falls
Niagara Falls
Niagara Street
Exposition Grounds
Niagara Falls Village
New York Central Railway
International Hotel
Prospect Park
Hackman
Goat Island
Kerridge
Bick
Niagara Gorge Railway
Lewiston
Philadelphia Teachers and Schools Census Entrants List
The document lists numerous Philadelphia area teachers and students with their associated schools and values such as enrollment or assessments. Names include Estella English Trt School Grace Bennett Gratz School Hannah Berry Northwest School Elizabeth McGord Hoffman School and many others across multiple districts.
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E. F. Adair
Coe
Vincent Clarke
Central M. T
Miss Kilda
Baldwin School
Estella English
Grace A. Bennett
Gratz
Hannah Berry
Northwest School
Ef Urquhart
Mt. Vernon
R. Nay Lidleie Strockbine
Hart Grammar
Lang
R. School
Winamore
Heston School
J, Hogan
St. Son
Ceunese
Miss Haas
Close Moor Os
Emma Platt
W, Shaffer
John W, Moyer
N. FE
C. Deckey
Hall
Miss Williams
Mabel Hollis
Sass H. K
Adel Miss Kissickwirn
J. Braddock
Anna
Thomas Wood
Mies Worman
Henry
Temple
Sara I
Gaurley
Webster
Reinhardt
Disston
Tee
Jennie Graham
Bbs
Gerson
Morris
Brill
Rutled
Ric
Ise Blake
David Foy
Helen Mugen
Wharto
Charles A. Singer
P. K. Niewilg
Mazie Gauler
Zion Drawing
Margaret Maguire
Wharton
Baveevens
Illinois Day at Pan American highlighted by Governor Yates
Governor Richard Yates designated June 25 as Illinois Day for the Pan American event in Chicago. The state’s officers invite Illinois participants to join the celebration and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Chicago
Richard Yates
Philadelphia Times Scraps School Teachers and Pupils Contest
The Philadelphia Times ends the Schools Teachers and Pupils Contest at midnight June 20 1901 to award prizes to top voters. Contestants must submit a list of paid subscriptions with names and addresses before June 20 to count votes. Outstanding coupons must arrive by June 15. errors in votes may be adjusted from the books. A second Buffalo trip will be offered later with 45 votes per paid in advance monthly subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Buffalo
Times
Daily and
Sunday Times
Pennsylvania Teachers J Gray and Maryeville Names
Fragmentary OCR item lists names including J Gray Maryeville and Les Lancaster with unclear roles. No clear event or outcome present. summary limited by unreadable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
High
Maryeville
Sani Powter
Wemaport
Les Lancaster
Fragmentary Names List From Allentown to York
A fragmented OCR list shows many personal names and places across Pennsylvania towns including Allentown Mifflinburg Lancaster Altoona Doylestown Harrisburg York Bloomsburg and others. It reads like partial addresses numbers and occupations with scattered entries such as Norton Lichtenwalver Walter Hanley Cora Rourke Florence W Hager and Jane Hep Bloomsburg among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton Lichtenwalver
Allentown
Mary Poswer
Mifflinburg
Rs Cc
N. King
Marysville
Jackson Harmon
Berwick
Bee
Bonnetey
Lancaster
Ora Stahl
Altoona
Walter Hanley
High
Strafford
Cora Rourke
Windsor
Dallas Dillinger
Florence W. Hager
Sell
L. E. Haliman
Tan Elster Hones
Carlton McHenry
Danville
Ethel Bechlar
Sdowne
Hattie Ei
Igh
Mae Kramer
Doylestown
Clara M. Dee
West
Lee Jane Hep
Bloomsburg
EA. Hartzely
James P
Josie Eel
Gilberton Ivese
George Milnes
Harry Weston
Webster
Harrisburg
Alice A. Gleim
Georgione Sanderson
Huntingdon
Maw le Noble
Oeev Erry
Margaret Fissted
Waits P. Freeh
Phoenixville
York
First Brigade Rifle Contest Opens Season in 1901
The First Brigade of the National Guard of Pennsylvania began its 1901 rifle contest season with a match Friday at the First Regiment Range. Poor weather and a switch to bull’s eye targets lowered scores. six matches will be held on the last Friday of each month. Lt E C Goddard acted as charge in Major Chew’s absence as officers and men from Companies D E and A plus the Sixth Infantry competed amid light turnout.
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National Guard of Pennsylvania
E. C. Goddard
Sixth Infantry
David
B. Chew
William 8. Sloan
Gisaa Lk
A. E. Perkine
Eet Kemp
Semans Bedine Uy Aus Gatun
P. Maxwell
Eben Wabes
Post Office Flag Raising Banquet Held in Reynolds Hall
A banquet honoring the flag raising was held last evening at Reynolds Hall 1226 South ith street for letter carriers and clerks of the state office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street
Washington Avenue
Reynolds Hall
South Ith Street
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New Maine
Miss Sigsbee
M. E
Calvary Monumental
Fortyfiret
Brown Streets
St.ul's
Quee
Oarsman
Boy
Lad
Table Rock
Great Falls
Bowery
Bree
Niagara Sharks
Tonawandas
W. Mueller
Temple A. Muller
Friends’ Central
Seeeeereeers
C Ton Moore
Joseph Singerly
Lillan
Brown
W. Ranier
Claghorn
John Morris
Cathedral
Macganet Kershaw
Hoff
Goes Laird
Jene Indig
Mount Whitehall
Cecelia Digtenback
Northwest
Clarence Ae
Age
Eeterees Jno
Ella Richardson
Grace Hinkley
Commercie Hix
Fleury Harper
Annal Stance
K Bal i
Muller Inanpesty
Carrie Twesten
J Racaline I Hotta
Meade Wef
Nellie Mossay
E. Is
Muller Reece We
Elizabeth Rapp
Temple Setee
Btamsod
Cnn
James Mecano
R. C. Bee
Arouse A. Ongnees
Jamen
Ma High
Eoper Girls
le St. Clair
Pennsylvania
Philadel 1A
Ambler
Mary Engan
Glee
Minooka
Ween
Mary Heed
Public West Chester
Katie Mahoney
Berton
Mary Milnes
K Cleaver
Bella Noble Upton
Ida Flora M. Harley
Dublie
Darby
Emily ‘Bates
Lasosia
E Young
Thiva Kn
Gilloonia
Miss A. Rathvon
R P. MacNameery
Straff
Sallie
Maggie Madn
Riverside
Barbara Heger
Mary
Sellersville
Katle
Lansdowne
Emma
Hathor Anna McDowell
Yorkweeee A
Doyle
Hiarvey
Pizzabyth Dd Steele
New Jersey
Elen Deacon
E. Southard
Seene
Ewee
Lillian Dilmore
Ethel
Old
Gaid
Camden Etter
Belle Reece
Setae Arenes
Dance Abbott
May's Landing
Bertha Mothes
Paul
Goble
Pemberton
Amelia Watson
Lenora Rebe Day
Mulford
Cam
Riversid
Delaware
Emma Hiewww
Maret Sawin
Publc
Felton
Ti Wilm Mion
Lizzie D. Hoopes
Anna Simmons Wollaston
Wilmington
Edith OM
Cee
Eee
Ewe Ereeree Pean Dohertie
Har
Dade Es Ellish
Laurel
Wilmings
Ogton
Marion Simmons
Hal
Elen Hammann
Belle Twilley High
la Eee
Wrenee
Walter Ross
Maryland
Pra
H. M. Larzalere
Emma Lewis
H . Eston
Lee Mitchell
Jasee D. EB. Lavid
Pee Mille H
Elkton
Bedawor
First Brigade
Post Office
Warfina
U. G.I. CO
John H. Woodbury
Walnut Street
Market St
Schumacher
Decker Bros
Weber
Chickering
Prescott
Wen Weber
Krell
Albrecht
Painter & Ewing
Spring Garden
Stalag
Wofaji
Lyon & Healy
Banufacturers
Adams St
Itor
Fowler & Hannaco., Inc
Chestnut Street
Phila
Alba
Whist Arts
Eae Pub'g. CO
Boston
Eftvev
Seeley
Bunions
Bunion
tSe Stam Petters
Lucien
Carpenter
Cail
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