Dreer Will Leaves Fortunes to Hospitals and Homes
The late Ferdinand J. Dreer of 1520 Spruce Street died recently and his will, filed for letters testamentary, values his estate at $100,000 plus real estate thought to be much larger. Executors named are Dundas T. Platt Frederick A. Dreer S Henry Norris and William Love. The bulk of the estate goes to local charities and educational institutions with sizable sums for his children and relatives. The will directs a ten year division plan to fund twenty three institutions including Hayes Mechanics Home for Memorial Building upkeep and several hospitals and orphanages. The subdivided bequests also provide annuities and specific legacies to relatives and unnamed galleries and paintings to be placed in public or home galleries. The Spruce Street residence and contents are left to his two sons with annuities and conditions on inheritance, including a large trust fund allocation and conditions for surplus income to be distributed among institutions named in the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Julius Dreer
Spruce Street
Dundas T. Platt
Frederick A. Dareer
S. Henry Norris
William Love
Office of the Register of Wills
Louisa G. Creer
The
Academy of Music
Frederick A
Ferdinand J. Creer
Mary A. Johnson
Elizabeth Harrison
Alexander A. Norcross
Newark
N. J
Edwin G. Creer
Abigail D. Read
South Nineteenth Street
Hayes Mechanics’ Home
Belmont and
Girard Avenues
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Frederick Doug Mass
Industry
Southern
Presbyterian Home
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Dreer
Women’s Christian Association
Abigail Dickinson Dreer
Presbyterian Hospital
German Hospital
Frederick Dreer
Fredericka Augusta Dreer
Berean Manual Training
Women's Christian Association
Philadelphia
Abigail M. Dreer
Jewish Ital
Howard Hospital
Presbyterian Orphanage
House Offerers
Southern Home For
Remescet Hospital
Even
Home and Library Association
South
Young Men's Christian Association
Home Missionary Society
Christian League
Bedford Street
Rush
St. Christopher's Hospital
OryamAculum
City Gate
Hasenplug
Ranney
Sicily
Andreas Achenbach
Henrietta Renner
Netherlands
Valkenburg
Bay of Fundy
Moran
Shayer
Julson
Janloo
H. Bisbing
Rolf
EF. Verboechoven
Hassencleven
Germany
Fairmount Park
Belgium
America
New York Crystal Palace
Sharpes Painting Collection Sells for $28,450 at Philadelphia Auction
The late Charles L. Sharpless collection of modern paintings was auctioned yesterday by executors of Anna R. Sharpless at M. Thomas & Sons galleries, 1519-21 Chestnut St. The sale drew prominent attendees and included works by Munkaesy Vibert Ziem Van Marcke Detaille Dupre and Moran Harrison Richards. Prices ranged from $90 to $28,450 with Munkaesys A Combat at $6,800 and The Lunch in the Ruins selling for $2,400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Sharpless
Anna R. Sharpless
M. Thomas & Sons
Chestnut Street
Munkaesy
Vibert
Ziem
van Marcke
Detaille
Dupre
Alexander Harrison
Morans
W. T. Richards
Jean Richard Goubie
Paris
Keokkock
Ogontz School Graduates Twenty Seven In Commencement
The Ogontz School for Young Ladies held its annual commencement with twenty seven graduates. Rev Dr George C Lormier gave the address and Miss Vernon Venable delivered the valedictory. Recitations essays and musical selections followed before a luncheon on the piazza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogontz School For
George C. Lormier
Robert Ridley Vernon Venable
Evadne Mullett Holloway
Helen Barnett
New Haven
Conn
Mary Elizabeth Bennett
Constance Bigelow
East Orange
Bedford Street Mission Aids Destitute Children
The Bedford Street Mission report by J. P. Hall shows over 200 children, mainly foreigners, attend daily to learn English for public schools. The playroom gymnasium and sewing room are heavily used in the evenings, with baths totaling 89,186 during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Hall
Bedford Street
Kater Street
Hall
Heat Repair Cost Sparks Fire Danger Talk at Schools
John D. Cook, architect for the Board of Education, reported that heating repairs would cost about $100,000 across the city’s 200 schools. The danger from fire stems from hot air furnace flues and wood surroundings, prompting debates over modernizing heating systems and a call to complete a central High School annex contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Cook
Board of Education
Board Education
Locust controversy stirs opinions in Philadelphia area
Suburban Philadelphia residents debate the seventeen year locust phenomenon. City Forester John C. Lewis questions the idea, saying no entomologist has proven a seventeen year dormant phase and noting locusts may be seen as ordinary seasonal varieties instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
City
John C. Lewis
Tue Psilaadelpma Times
Lewis
Kindergarten Officers Elected by Philadelphia Branch
The Philadelphia Branch of the International Kindergarten Union held its annual meeting at the Blind Asylum auditorium in Overbrook. Anna W Williams presided and officers were elected including President Anna W Williams Vice Presidents Mrs M Louise Van Kirk and Mary Adair Treasurer Louise Renshaw Recording Secretary Adele Mackenzie Corresponding Secretary Mrs Caroline L Barber Home Secretary Carrie Kuhn Directors Florence Reynolds Devlin Carrie Benkitt Hildegarde Hering Sarah Rachina Sarah Fible Anne McDonough Zeta B Cundey Ella Barnett Elizabeth Slevin Mingus Lilian Gaston Jennie Teers not all names fully readable.
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Philadelphia
The
International Kindergarten Union
Blind Asylum
Overbrook
Anna W. Williams
M. Louise van Kirk
Mary Adair
Louise Renshaw
Adele Mackenzie
Caroline L. Barber
Carrie Kuhn
Florence Reynolds Devlin
Carrie Benkitt
Hildegarde Hering
Sarah Rachin
Kidnapping Case Quashed as Grandmother Returns Child
Mrs. Catharine Lennon was acquitted in Quarter Sessions Court No 1 after she returned with eight year old Margaret V H Kelley. The father, George G K Kelly, requested dismissal saying he sought only custody. Judge Beitler allowed the bill to be abandoned and the child returned to the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Lennon
Margaret V. H. Kelley
Beitler
Quarter Sessions Court
George G. K. Kelly
Kelly
Lennon
Franklin and
Vine Streets
Ohio
Wright Sentenced to Five Years for Assaulting Wife
Herbert Wright of Eleventh and Vine streets received a five year term in Quarter Sessions Court No 1 for assault and battery with intent to kill his wife Annie Wright. Mrs Wright testified he beat her after returning home drunk and jealous, leaving her head and body bandaged and swollen. Judge Beitler called him a dangerous brute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Wright
Herbert Wright
Eleventh
Vine Streets
Beitler
Quarter Sessions Court
Wright
Obituary notices recall colonel and college leader
Colonel Dallas Bache United States Army retired dies in San Diego aged 80 born January 23 1838 in Washington D C served since 1861 and led surgery roles including chief surgeon of the Department of the Platte. John Henry Barrows president of Oberlin College dies born July 1 1847 in Medina Michigan. Henry Cochran prominent Philadelphia lawyer dies aged 78. Savillion Birmingham retired book binder dies at 61. Blaney Harvey president of the Tradesmen Trust dies aged 72. Reverend J C Roehm longtime pastor of First Evangelical Lutheran Church Galveston dies at 80.
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Dallas Bache
United States Army
San Diego
Cal
San Francisco
Department of the Platte
Omaha
Washington
Bache
Philadelphia
John Henry Barrows
Medina
Mich
Olivet College
Yale
Union
Andover
Kansas
Springfield
Ill
Lawrence
Boston
Mass
First Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Barrows
India
Haskel
University of Chicago
Oberlin College
Savillion M. Birmingham
Montgomery Avenue
Mr. Birmingham
3Rd Ward
Harry R
Decatur
J. C. Roehm
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Galveston
Texas
George S. Hughes to be Buried Today
Funeral services for George S. Hughes, chief inspector of house drainage for the Board of Health, who died last Saturday, will be held from his residence at 1431 North Park Avenue at 2:30 PM. The Bureau of Health offices will close at noon and employees will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Hughes
Board of Health
North Park Avenue
Bureau of Health
Commandant of Philadelphia Navy Yard to be filled June 9
Admiral James H. Sands, former governor of the Philadelphia Naval Home, will fill the Philadelphia Navy Yard commandant post on June 9. Sands recently served on the Appointing Board in Washington D C. He was born in the District of Columbia in 1845 and entered the Naval Academy in 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Navy Yard
James H. Sands
Philadelphia Naval Home
Washington, D. C
Admiral Sands
District of Columbia
Naval Academy
Commercial Exchange Ball Game at Orchard Essington
The annual baseball game between the floor and grain members of the Commercial Exchange will be played at the Orchard in Essington. Teams will include Wm. McAleer Ir W. RB Brown H. Price E. E. Delp Samuel McKnight Eigen Walton Herbert Bell Neaviing Stone and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Exchange
Orchard
Essington
Wm. McAleer
Ir W. RB. Brown
H. Price
E. E. Delp
Samuel McKnighteigen Walton
Edmunds Answers Mayor's Charges
Mayor Ashbridge advocates abolishing the Sec tional School Boards and the Board of Education to centralize public schooling under one head. President Edmunds argues abolition would invite political control and requires a constitutional amendment. A 28th ward teacher inquiry into extortion charges proceeds with no direct link found yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashbridge
Eduucation
Edmunds
Board of Education
Department of Education
Policeman Rescues Boy From Oncoming Trolley Car
Police officer Dennis Harrington of De Lancey Street station risked his life on Lowther Street when a boy darted into a trolley path. He grabbed the boy from the moving car but fell, injuring three fingers. the boy Abraham Hart survived and returned home at 528 Lombard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Harrington
de Lancey Street
Harrington
Pennsylvania Hospital
Abraham Hart
Lombard Street
Small Boy Targeted in Alley Shooting Case
A 12 year old boy, George Price, was struck in the leg by a stray bullet while passing through an alley behind 3103 Page street. Bert Crouse, 22, was brought before Magistrate Pullinger after Special Policeman Callahan traced the incident to Crouse firing at a back yard target. Crouse was released on his promise to appear at a further hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Street
Twentieth
Berks
Callahan
Bert Crouse
Pullinger
Crouse
George Price
Natrona Street
Price
Missing youths reported in city notices
Petro Lebano aged 15 of 415 South Seventh Street since May 19 Frank C Gray of 2313 Rawlston Street since May 20 Annie Meiser 18 of THT Saybrook Avenue since May 1 Kate McBride 14 of 1625 Woodstock Street and another 14 year old of 1611 South unnamed in the latest citizen missing persons listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petro Lebano
South
Seventh Street
Frank C. Gray
Rawlston Street
Annie Meiser
Saybrook Avenue
Kate McBride
Woodstock Street
Anes
Noted Stage Announcements On Actors And Plays
The stage world announces Ada Rehan star in a November opening from Diana of the Crossways, with Lee Arthur Dunn in Huckleberry Finn adaptation. Katherine Grey and Edwin Arden lead Ramsay Morris Ninety-nine-Nine. George Honey, Gustavo Salvini, Mary Mannering, and others are linked to upcoming seasons. A Pittsburg production of Lady Godiva features Sarah Truax with Clarke and Klein connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Rehan
George Meredth
Lee
Arthur Dunn
Lee Arthur
Mark Twain
Ose
Katherine Grey
Edwin Arden
Ramsay Morris
Lady Godiva
Pittsburg
Sarah Truax
Joseph I. C. Clarke
Francois Coppee
Julia Marlowe
Charles Klein
Variety and Extravaganza Show Listings
Event listings for several venues including Girard Avenue Theatre Theo Keith's Theatre Lyceum Theatre and Chestnut Hill Park. Details are garbled but indicate multiple time slots around 2.15 and 8.15 P.M. and 2.30 and 8.30 P.M. with variety acts and music performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard Avenue
Theo Keith
V. Lyceum Theatre
Lovers’ Lane
ORE Sons
Insurance Officials Held in Bail Over Pennsylvania Law Conspiracy
Jacob Rothschild and Frank G. Sherman treasurer and secretary of the Commercial Fire Insurance Company of Wilmington were held in $1,000 bail each by Magistrate Harrison after a continued hearing. They face charges of conspiracy to violate Pennsylvania insurance laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Rothschild
Frank G. Sherman
Commercial Fire Insurance Company
Wilmington
Del
Harrison
Pennsylvania
Public Hearing Reforms on Lunatic Commitments
Judge Davis rules future lunatic commitments require assistant solicitor service or public hearings. A petition sought commitment of Margaret Shields to Norristown. Drs testify she is not insane, apenas dull from religious fervor. Overcrowding at State Hospital cited as factor in new policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Norristown
John R. K. Scott
Margaret Shields
State Hospital
Scott
Norristown Hospital
BE PUNCTUAL SAYS KINSEY City Solicitor orders strict 9 to 4 office hours
A notice signed by City Solicitor John L Kinsey requires all assistants in the City Solicitor’s Office to report at 9 a m and stay until 4 p m unless on official business. The move comes after a Monday scramble when no assistant was found in the office and a message had to be sent. Assistants will log arrival and departure times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Kinsey
Smallpox Closes School in West Chester
June 3 West Chester State Normal School halted classes as Paul Kantz 21 a student and Patchinsville teacher contracted small pox and caused mass pupil vaccination of about six hundred pupils under quarantine with Dr Addison May Rothrock also quarantined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Paul Kantz
West Chester State Normal School
Kantz
Patchinsville
Clearfield County
Philadelphia
Addison May Rothrock
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F. J. Dreer
Gelical Lutheran Church of
Germantown
Fredericka Dreer
Ferdinand J. Dreer
American Philosophical Society
Instituton
Stade
Sharples
Munkacsy
Jean Robie
Antoine Fabres
Champs Elysees
Henri Victor Lesur
Frederick Albert Schenck
Venice
Thomas Moran
Koekkoek
Julien Dupre
Edward Moran
Leon Brunin
E. Charlier
Meyer von Bremen
L. Solon
Ogontz Girls
School For Young Ladies
Helen Elizabeth Crippen
Denver
Col
Julia Emery Dixon
Buffalo
N. Y
Ethel Field Fisher
Mildred Sydney Hall
New Orleans
Margaret Lilian Hallberg
Evanston
Caroline Long Henderson
Wyncote
Charlotte Maria Holden
Syracuse
Roberta Wood Johnson
New Brunswick
Rose Hope Lake
Mabel Elizabeth Mathieu
Luella Eva Maophall
Blanche Niedringhaus
St. Louis
Katharine Sunister Nice
Ogontz
Grace Malcolm Parker
Marcela Penzel
Little Rock
Ark
Sara Towne Peters
Jenkintown
Florence de Moss Robinson
Rochester
Bedford ST. Mission Report
William T. Tilden
Robert S. Johnson
Central High School
City Trust Company
Johnson
Councils
Paul Kavanagh
Henry R. Edmunds
Mr. Edmunds
Folsom Street
Thaddeus Stevens
Martha Washington
J. H. Jordan
Twentyninth
Diamond Streets
Moyamensing Avenue
Morris Street
Common Council
Frankford and
Avenues
Glenrod Avenue
Frankford
Erie Avenues
Venango Street
Kensington Avenue
Frankford Avenue
International Union
Wife Beater
Henry Cochran
Baring Street
Mr. Cochran
Princeton College
John Cadwalader
John J. Ridgeway
Blaney Harvey
Tradesmen’s Trust and Saving Fund Company
South Teaventy Second St
Country Caven
Ireland
William H. Lovell
William Henry Harrison
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hollidaysburg
Well
Pennsylvania Railroa Company
Altoon Dustensville
Butler
Herbert Bell
Neaviing
Stone
Zu Zu
National Biscuit Company
Harry B. Smith
Jerome Sykes
Gustav Kerker
George Honey
Rogers Brothers
Robertson
Harry Bulger
Joseph Cawthorne
Klaw & Erlanger
Buger
J. Sherrie Mathews
New York City
Mary Mannering
Gustavo Salvini
Tomasio Salvini
Alexander
Gustavo
Duse
D'Annunzio
Francesca da Rimini
Entertainments Today
Chestnut Hill Park
Eeatienn' ¢ Ae Band ’ Grove
Sousa Woodside
Kinsey
West Chester Normal Institution
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